Rajya Sabha Election 2026: The Election Commission of India has announced the schedule of elections for Rajya Sabha. This election is being conducted to fill the places of those members whose tenure is ending in April 2026. Elections will be held on 37 seats in a total of 10 states. According to the schedule released by the Election Commission, notification will be issued on 26 February 2026. The process of filing nomination, scrutiny and withdrawal of nomination will be completed as per the stipulated time limit. Voting for all these seats will be held on 16 March 2026. Voting will take place on the same day and counting of votes will also be done on March 16 only.

This election will be conducted for the seats of Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh. Political parties have started the process of selecting their candidates and election activity has intensified in the states.

election program

• Notification will be released on 26 February 2026.
• The last date for nomination has been fixed as March 5, 2026.
• Scrutiny of nomination papers will take place on 6 March 2026.
• The last date for withdrawal of names is 9 March 2026.
• Voting will take place on March 16, 2026, from 9 am to 4 pm.
• Counting of votes will start at 5 pm on March 16, 2026.
• The election process will be completed by 20 March 2026.

Retiring members from Maharashtra

• Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad
• Dr. Fauzia Tahseen Ahmed Khan
• Priyanka Vikram Chaturvedi
• Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar
• Patience Mohan Patil
• Rajni Ashokrao Patil
• Ramdas Bandu Athawale

Retired member from Odisha

• mamta mohanta
• Mujibullah Khan
• Sujit Kumar
• Niranjan Bishi

Retired member from Tamil Nadu

• nr elango
• P Selvarasu
• M Thambidurai
• tiruchi siva
• Dr Kanimozhi N V N Somu
• G K Vasan

Retired member from West Bengal

• Saket Gokhale
• Ritabrata Banerjee
• Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya
• Weather Noor
• Subrata Bakshi

Retired member from Assam

• Rameshwar Teli
• Bhuvaneshwar Kalita
• Ajit Kumar Bhuiyan

Retired member from Bihar

• Amarendra Dhari Singh
• Prem Chand Gupta
• Ramnath Thakur
• Upendra Kushwaha
• Harivansh Narayan Singh

Retired member from Chhattisgarh

• Poet Tejpal Singh Tulsi
• Phulo Devi Netam

Retired member from Haryana

• Kiran Chaudhary
• Ram Chander Jangra

Retired member from Himachal Pradesh

• Indu Bala Goswami
• Retired member from Telangana
• Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi
• K R Suresh Reddy

Voting for all these seats will be held on 16 March 2026. Political parties have accelerated the process of deciding their candidates.