Bye-polls to 12 Rajya Sabha seats on September 3
Ten seats fell vacant after Rajya Sabha MPs won the general election to become members of the Lok Sabha.
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Bye-elections to 12 Rajya Sabha seats across nine states will take place on September 3, the Election Commission said on Wednesday. Votes will be counted on the same day.
The total number of seats in the Upper House of Parliament is 245, but the current strength is 225 due to 20 vacancies. The number required to achieve the majority is currently 113.
Telangana will vote for one seat that fell vacant when former Bharat Rashtra Samiti member K Keshava Rao resigned on July 5 to rejoin the Congress.
In Odisha, the seat became vacant when former Biju Janata Dal member Mamata Mohanta resigned on July 31 and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party.
The remaining 10 seats fell vacant after Rajya Sabha MPs won the 2024 Lok Sabha elections to become members of the Lower House.
This includes the seats of BJP’s Sarbananda Sonowal and Kamakhya Prasad Tasa in Assam, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Misa Bharti and BJP MP Vivek Thakur in Bihar, and Congress’ Deepender Singh Hooda in Haryana.
Other seats that fell vacant are those of BJP MP Udayanraje Bhosale and Union minister Piyush Goyal in Maharashtra, Congress leader KC Venugopal in Rajasthan and Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in Madhya Pradesh.
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