Dynamite News Election Commission announces bypolls to six Rajya Sabha seats
The Election Commission on Tuesday announced bypolls for six vacant Rajya Sabha seats with polling slated to take place on December 20. Read further on Dynamite News:
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday announced bypolls for six vacant Rajya Sabha seats with polling slated to take place on December 20.
The results will also be declared the same day.
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Three of the six seats are in Andhra Pradesh and one each in Odisha, West Bengal and Haryana.
All six vacancies arose due to the resignation of members. The last date for filing nominations is December 10 while the last date for withdrawing candidature is December 13.
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The vacancies arose due to the resignations of Venkataramana Rao Mopidevi, Beedha Masthan Rao Yadav, Ryaga Krishnaiah (all Andhra Pradesh), Sujeet Kumar (Odisha), Jawhar Sircar (West Bengal) and Krishan Lal Panwar (Haryana). (with Agency inputs)