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EC announces Rajya Sabha polls for 24 seats on June 18
May-22-2026

The Election Commission (EC) announced polls for 24 Rajya Sabha seats on June 18 following retirement of incumbents, including former prime minister HD Deve Gowda and Congress leaders Mallikarjun Kharge and Digvijay Singh.

The EC said the elections for the Rajya Sabha seats will be held in 10 states where the incumbents are retiring on different dates beginning June 21 to July 19.  Elections will be held for four seats each in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka; three seats each in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan; two seats in Jharkhand; and one seat each in Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram. 

The notification will be issued on the 1st of June, and the polling will be held on the 18th of June. The counting of votes will take place on the same day. The last date for filing nominations is June 8. The EC also announced bypolls for one seat each for the Council of States from Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu will be held on of June 18.

Among those who are retiring from Rajya Sabha include Deve Gowda & Congress president Kharge from Karnataka, union ministers Ravneet Singh from Rajasthan and George Kurian from Madhya Pradesh, besides former chief minister Digvijay Singh and Congress leader Shaktisinhji Govil.

The seats are vacated by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Sunetra Ajit Pawar and AIADMK MP C V Shanmugam, who were recently elected to the State Assembly.    

Given the present strength of parties in the 200-member Rajasthan Assembly, the BJP is expected to win two of the three seats, while the Congress is likely to secure one seat.


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