Hyderabad, Aug.7 (NSS): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday announced that the election for 12 vacant seats in the Rajya Sabha will take place across the country on September 3.
The notification for the Rajya Sabha elections will be issued on August 14 and the last date for filing of poll papers is August 21, the Commission said.
According to the announcement by the ECI, the separate elections for each Rajya Sabha seat will be held on September 3 and the results will be announced on the same day. The election will be held for one Rajya Sabha seat from Telangana. The one seat is vacant after K Keshav Rao resigned from his Rajya Sabha Membership after joining the Congress from the Bharata Rashtra Samithi (BRS).
