The EC also announced bypoll to a RS seat from Kerala after MP Veerendra Kumar resigned in December.
After the government notified the law hiking the salary of Supreme Court and high court judges on January 25, the Election Commission adopted the same, officials in the poll panel said.
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Friday announced polls to 58 Rajya Sabha seats from 16 states which are falling vacant on April 2.
The voting will take place on March 23, the EC said.
The members, whose terms are ending, include union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dharmendra Pradhan, J P Nadda, Thaawarchand Gehlot and Ramdas Athawale.
Besides the biennial elections, the EC also announced bypoll to a Rajya Sabha seat from Kerala after MP Veerendra Kumar resigned in December. His term was to end in April, 2022.
( Source : PTI )
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