Election Fee proclaims polls for 4 Rajya Sabha seats of Jammu and Kashmir on October 24

Election Fee of India (ECI) on Wednesday introduced that biennial elections to fill 4 Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir, mendacity vacant since 2021, will likely be held on October 24. The counting of votes will happen on the identical day within the night, an hour after polling concludes.

Whereas asserting the schedule, the ballot physique mentioned that the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir was bifurcated into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir (with legislature) and Ladakh (with out legislature). As per the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 4 sitting members of the Rajya Sabha representing the prevailing State of Jammu and Kashmir will likely be deemed to have been elected to fill the seats allotted to the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

All 4 seats have been mendacity vacant for the reason that expiration of the time period of the sitting members because of the non-availability of the required citizens to conduct the elections on the time of incidence of the vacancies. “After the structure of the State Legislative Meeting of UT of Jammu and Kashmir, there’s a required citizens to conduct the Biennial Elections,” it famous.

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By-election for one Rajya Sabha seat from Punjab

The ballot physique additionally introduced by-election for a vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Punjab. The voting and counting will to be held on October 24. The seat was vacant after the resignation of MP Sanjeev Arora in July.

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