By-elections to six Rajya Sabha seats on July 5

The Election Commission on Saturday announced by-elections to six Rajya Sabha seats on July 5 which fell vacant as the sitting members were elected to the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies in the April-May 2019 elections.

The seats include two from Gujarat, that held by BJP President Amit Shah, who won the state's Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat, and Union Minister Smriti Irani who defeated Congress President Rahul Gandhi in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi Lok Sabha seat.