Rajya Sabha Polls 2022: Biennial Election To 31 RS Seats On March 31, EC Announces

These 31 seats are spread across six states — Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, Tripura, and Punjab. 

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New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday announced biennial elections to 31 Rajya Sabha seats to be held on March 31, reports news agency ANI. These 31 seats are spread across six states — Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Nagaland, Tripura, and Punjab. 

The election would be held to fill in the seats which will be vacated by retiring Members of Parliament. Amongst the outgoing MPs are: Ranee Narah and Ripun Bora from Assam; Anand Sharma from Himachal Pradesh; A.K. Antony, M.V. Shreyams Kumar, and Somaprasad K from Kerala; K.G. Kenye from Nagaland;  Jahrna Das (Baidya) from Tripura; Sukhdev Singh, Pratap Singh Bajwa, Shwait Malik, Naresh Gujral, and Shamsher Singh Dullo from Punjab. 

 

Biennial elections to be held on 31st March to 13 Rajya Sabha seats pic.twitter.com/9y4KYuYEdo

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All these outgoing MPs will retire between April 2 to April 9. 

 

Issue of Notifications: 14th March, 2022

Last date of making nominations: 21st March, 2022

Scrutiny of nominations: 22nd March, 2022

Last date for withdrawal of candidatures: 24th March, 2022

Date of Poll: 31st March, 2022

Hours of Poll: 09:00 am- 04:00 pm

Counting of Votes: 31st March, 2022 at 05:00 pm

The Commission has also directed that only integrated violet colour sketch pen(s) of pre-fixed specification that would be provided by the Returning Officer shall be used for the purpose of marking preference(s) on the ballot paper. No other pen shall, under any circumstances, be used in the above said the Commission.