The 56 Rajya Sabha seats from 15 states up for election will go to polls on February 27. The term of office of the 56 members is expiring on April 2024.
A press release by the Election Commission of India (EC) said the voting for the Rajya Sabha election will take place on February 27, from 9 am to 4 pm and votes will be counted at 5 pm the same day.
The states are:
Andhra Pradesh - 3 members
Bihar - 6 members
Chhattisgarh - 1 member
Gujarat: 4
Haryana: 1
Himachal Pradesh: 1
Karnataka: 4
Madhya Pradesh: 5
Maharashtra: 6
Telangana: 3
Uttar Pradesh: 10
Uttarakhand: 1
West Bengal: 5
Odisha: 3
Rajasthan: 3
Full Schedule Of Rajya Sabha Election
Issue of Notifications - February 8, 2024 (Thursday)
Last date of making nominations - February 15, 2024 (Thursday)
Scrutiny of nominations - February 16, 2024 (Friday)
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures - February 20, 2024 (Tuesday)
Date of Poll - February 27, 2024 (Tuesday)
Hours of Poll - 09:00 am - 04:00 pm
Counting of Votes - February 27, 2024 (Tuesday) at 05:00 pm
Date before which election shall be completed - February 29, 2024 (Thursday)
Swati Maliwal resigned as the chief of the Delhi Commission for Women (DCW) after she was nominated for the Rajya Sabha elections by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) earlier this month.
The party also renominated jailed Sanjay Singh and ND Gupta for a second term in the Upper House of Parliament.
A court in Delhi had allowed Sanjay Singh, arrested in the excise policy money laundering case, to sign forms and documents for his Rajya Sabha renomination.
