New Delhi: The election for 18 Rajya Sabha seat will be held on June 19, said the election commission. It was scheduled to hold in March, but EC decided to postpone due to COVID and lockdown.
The lockdown eased, EC announced the date for the RS elections, reports said.
According to reports, four seats each from Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, three each from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, two from Jharkhand and one each from the northeastern state of Meghalaya and Manipur. The voting will begin at 9 am on June 19.
The Chief Secretaries of the states have been asked to depute a senior officer to ensure that the extant instructions regarding COVID-19 containment measures are complied with while making arrangements for conducting the elections, the Commission has added.