Bye-Elections for 12 Rajya Sabha Vacant Seats including One from Odisha on Sep 3 

Mumbai: The bye-election for one vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Odisha will be held on September 3.

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced bye-elections to fill up 12 Rajya Sabha seats from 9 states including Odisha.

The polling will be conducted on September 3 from 9 am to 4 pm and the counting of votes shall be taken up from 5 pm, with the results expected the same day for all the 12 seats, said the ECI.

Besides Odisha’s one seat, the elections shall be held in Maharashtra, Assam and Bihar (2 seats each), Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana, and Tripura (one seat each).

The notifications for the polls shall be issued on August 14, the last date for filing nominations is August 21, and the last date for withdrawals shall be August 26 (for Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Tripura) and August 27 (for Haryana, Rajasthan, Bihar, Telangana and Odisha).