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Elections for 10 Rajya Sabha seats will be held on July 24. These include 6 seats in West Bengal, 3 in Gujarat and 1 in Goa. The term of the members elected on these seats is ending in July-August. The Election Commission gave this information on Tuesday.
The tenure of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, Dinesh Jemalbhai Anavadia and Lokhandwala Jugal Singh Mathurji in Gujarat will also end on August 18. In West Bengal, the term of TMC’s Dola Sen, Derek O’Brien, Sushmita Dev, Sukhendu Shekhar Ray, Shanta Chhetri and Congress’ Pradip Bhattacharya ends on August 18. Vinay Tendulkar’s term in Goa will end on July 28. All of them have completed 6 years term of Rajya Sabha.
In another statement, the Election Commission said that a by-election will also be held on July 24 to fill the seat vacant in the Rajya Sabha following the resignation of TMC’s Luizinho Joaquim Faleiro from West Bengal. Faleiro resigned in April even though his term was to end in April 2026.
Full schedule of Rajya Sabha elections
The notification for the election will be issued on July 6. The last date for nomination will be July 13. Nominations can be withdrawn till July 17. Voting and counting will take place on July 24.
Rajya Sabha Voting Process
The MLAs of the concerned state vote for the election of the Rajya Sabha member. Since 2003, voting for the Rajya Sabha is not secret but by open ballot. That is, when the MLA votes, he has to show his vote to the representative of his party, failing which his vote is cancelled. This does not apply only to independents, but this rule applies to all the MLAs of the party.