By Election For Seat Vacated By C Ve Shanmugham

Chennai: Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced elections to 27 seats in the Council of States (Rajya Sabha), including the by-election to fill up the seat vacated by AIADMK leader C Ve Shanmugham after his election as MLA in the recent Assembly polls.

Filing of nominations began at 11 00 am on June 1 and the last date for filing of nominations would be June 8, 2026, according to the notification issued by the ECI, which has appointed Returning

Officers and Assistant Returning Officers.

The scrutiny of nominations for each of these elections will be taken up by the Returning Officers on June 9 and the last date for withdrawal would be June 11, the notification said.

In case of contests, elections would be on June 18, from 8.00 am to 4.00 pm followed by

the counting of votes at 5.00 pm