Rajya Sabha elections to fill 55 seats on March 26, results on same date
Elections to fill the 55 Rajya Sabha seats falling vacant in April will be held on March 26, 2020. Announcing the dates of the Rajya Sabha election, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday (February 25, 2020) announced that biennial elections will be held in 17 states following the retirement of the members.
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Elections to fill the 55 Rajya Sabha seats falling vacant in April will be held on March 26, 2020. Announcing the dates of the Rajya Sabha election, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday (February 25, 2020) announced that biennial elections will be held in 17 states following the retirement of the members.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was holding 16 seats, Congress 13, All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) four, All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) four, Biju Janata Dal (BJD) three, Janata Dal (United) (JDU) three and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) two, One seat each was with Shiv Sena, Republican Party of India (Athawale), Communist Party of India (Marxist), Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), Bodoland People's Front and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD). One member was without party affiliation while there were two independents.
According to the ECI, the issue of notifications for the biennial elections to the 55 Rajya Sabha seats will be on March 6, 2020 (Friday) while the last date of making nominations is March 13, 2020 (Friday). The scrutiny of nominations will be carried out on March 16, 2020 (Monday) and the last date for withdrawal of candidatures is March 18, 2020 (Wednesday).
The date of voting is March 26, 2020 (Thursday) from 9 am to 4 pm and the counting of votes will start after the end of polling on the same date at 5 pm.
The results of the elections will be declared after the counting of votes is completed. The date before which election shall be completed is March 20, 2020 (Monday).
Below is the list of members retiring, states and parties:
S.No | State | Name | Party | Retirement Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MAHARASHTRA | Husain Umar Dalwai | Congress | 02.04.2020 |
2 | Amar Shankar Sable | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | ||
3 | Rajkumar Nandlal Dhoot | Shiv Sena | ||
4 | Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar | Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | ||
5 | Abdul Majid Haji Ahmed Memon (Majid Memon) | Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) | ||
6 | Ramdas Bandu Athawale | Republican Party of India (Athawale) | ||
7 | Sanjay Dattatraya Kakade | Independent | ||
8 | ODISHA | Anubhav Mohanty | Biju Janata Dal (BJD) (lying vacant) | 02.04.2020 |
9 | Narendra Kumar Swain | Biju Janata Dal (BJD) | ||
10 | Sarojini Hembram | Biju Janata Dal (BJD) | ||
11 | Ranjib Biswal | Congress | ||
12 | TAMIL NADU | Sasikala Pushpa | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) | 02.04.2020 |
13 | K Selvaraj | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) | ||
14 | Tiruchi Siva | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) | ||
15 | S Muthukaruppan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) | ||
16 | TK Rangarajan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
17 | Vijila Sathyananth | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) | ||
18 | WEST BENGAL | Ritabrata Banerjee | Member without Party Affiliation | |
19 | Jogendranath Chowdhury | All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) | ||
20 | Dr Kanwar Deep Singh | All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) | ||
21 | Manish Gupta | All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) | ||
22 | Ahamed Hassan | All India Trinamool Congress (TMC) | ||
23 | ANDHRA PRADESH | Mohd. Ali Khan | Congress | 09.04.2020 |
24 | Tikkavarapu Subbarami Reddy | Congress | ||
25 | Thota Seetharama Lakshmi | Telugu Desam Party (TDP) | ||
26 | K Keshava Rao | Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) | ||
27 | TELANGANA | KVP Ramachandra Rao | Congress | 09.04.2020 |
28 | Garikapati Mohan Rao | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | ||
29 | ASSAM | Bhubaneswar Kalita | Congress (lying vacant after Kalita quit party) | 09.04.2020 |
30 | Dr Sanjay Sinh | Congress, lying vacant after Sinh quit party to join BJP) | ||
31 | Biswajit Daimary | Bodoland People's Front | ||
32 | BIHAR | Kahkashan Perween | Janata Dal (United) (JDU) | 09.04.2020 |
33 | Ravindra Kishore Sinha | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | ||
34 | Ram Nath Thakur | Janata Dal (United) (JDU) | ||
35 | Harivansh Narayan Singh | Janata Dal (United) (JDU) | ||
36 | Chandreshwar Prasad Thakur | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | ||
37 | CHHATTISGARH | Ranvijay Pratap Singh Judev | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 09.04.2020 |
38 | Motilal Vora | Congress | ||
39 | GUJARAT | Chunibhai Kanjibhai Gohel | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 09.04.2020 |
40 | Madhusudan Devram Mistry | Congress | ||
41 | Lalsinh Udesinh Vadodia | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | ||
42 | Shambhuprasad Baldevdasji Tundiya | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | ||
43 | HARYANA | Ram Kumar Kashyap | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 09.04.2020 |
44 | Kumari Selja | Congress | ||
45 | HIMACHAL PRADESH | Viplove Thakur | Congress | 09.04.2020 |
46 | JHARKHAND | Parimal Nathwani | Independent | 09.04.2020 |
47 | Prem Chand Gupta | Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) | ||
48 | MADHYA PRADESH | Digvijaya Singh | Congress | 09.04.2020 |
49 | Prabhat Jha | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | ||
50 | Satyanarayan Jatiya | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | ||
51 | MANIPUR | Kshetrimayum Bhabananda Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 09.04.2020 |
52 | RAJASTHAN | Narayan Lal Panchariya | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 09.04.2020 |
53 | Ram Narian Dudi | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | ||
54 | Vijay Goel | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | ||
55 | MEGHALAYA | Wansuk Syiem | Congress | 12.04.2020 |
"The commission has directed that for the purpose of marking preference(s) on the ballot paper only integrated violet colour sketch pen(s) of pre-fixed specification, provided by the Returning Officer, shall be used. No other pen shall, under any circumstances, be used in the above said elections. Adequate measures for close monitoring of the election process by appointing observers shall be taken to ensure free and fair election," the press release by ECI Secretary Pramod Kumar Sharma stated.
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