The Election Commission has announced elections for 24 seats to be vacant in June-July. Apart from this, the date of by-elections for two Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu has also been announced. The tenure of 24 members of Rajya Sabha in 10 states is going to end in June-July. The Commission has announced the election dates for all these 24 seats.

When will the elections be held on the vacant seats of Rajya Sabha?

Elections for Rajya Sabha seats will be held in those 10 states where the tenure of the existing members is ending on different dates between June 21 and July 19. According to the Election Commission, voting for the biennial elections will take place on June 18 and the results will be declared on the same day. The Election Commission will issue a notification on June 1. June 8 has been kept as the last date for filing nominations.

Where and how many seats will the elections be held?

Rajya Sabha elections will be held on 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 last date for filing nominations is June 8.

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By-elections will be held on two seats

EC has also announced by-elections on two Rajya Sabha seats. Both the seats have become vacant after the resignation of the leaders. After the resignation of Sunetra Pawar in Maharashtra, by-election will be held on a Rajya Sabha seat. His tenure was till July 4, 2028, but after becoming MLA, he resigned from the post on May 6. Meanwhile, AIADMK leader CV Shanmugam resigned from Rajya Sabha membership after becoming MLA from Mailam constituency in the Tamil Nadu assembly elections on May 7. His tenure was to end on 29 June 2028. According to the schedule of the Commission, voting will take place on June 18 and the results will be declared on the same day.

The Commission has directed that to conduct free and fair elections, necessary arrangements will be made to closely monitor the election process by appointing observers.

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The election process is going on for 37 Rajya Sabha seats in 10 states of the country. 26 out of 37 candidates have been elected unopposed. Meanwhile, there is a dilemma regarding the Rajya Sabha seat of Haryana. The voting process has been stopped here. National President of Congress Mallikarjun Kharge has written a letter to the Election Commission of India demanding its intervention.

What did Kharge allege?

In this letter, Congress National President Kharge has raised many questions. He has written that a clear attempt is being made to interfere in the fairness of the elections. The Election Commission should immediately stop and correct this.

He has written in the letter that our valid voters or the votes cast cannot be disqualified. This is clearly a clear attempt to discredit and derail the election process.

Rajya Sabha LoP and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge writes to CEC. pic.twitter.com/yFrabwejqz

— Press Trust of India (@PTI_News) March 16, 2026

Asked for an appointment with the Election Commissioner before declaring the results.

Apart from this, in the letter he has asked for time to meet the Election Commissioner. It is written in it that we are requesting to meet you through a delegation led by Congress leader Dr. Manu Singhvi and many senior leaders. In the letter, time has been sought to meet before the election results are released. This letter has been written amid the ongoing Rajya Sabha election voting in the House.

What is the problem in Haryana?

Voting for two Rajya Sabha seats of Haryana has been stopped as objections have been raised on two votes of Congress. BJP’s Gaurav Gautam and Kishan Bedi have objected to both the votes. At the same time, Congress has also expressed objection to the opinion of Minister Anil Vij. Counting of votes has been halted for more than an hour. Gaurav Gautam is also the polling agent of BJP and Kishan Bedi is the election agent of BJP.

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