The elections to 13 Rajya Sabha seats will be held on March 31, the Election Commission announced on Monday. These seats are spread across six states — five in Punjab, three in Kerala, two in Assam, and one each in Himachal Pradesh, Tripura, and Nagaland.
The outgoing Rajya Sabha MPs are Ranee Narah and Ripun Bora from Assam, Anand Sharma from Himachal Pradesh, A. K. Antony, M. V. Shreyams Kumar and Somaprasad K from Kerala, K. G. Kenye from Nagaland, Jharna Das (Baidya) from Tripura, Sukhdev Singh, Partap Singh Bajwa, Shwait Malik, Naresh Gujral and Shamsher Singh Dullo from Punjab.
Issue of Notifications: 14th March, 2022
Last date of making nominations: 21st March, 2022
Scrutiny of nominations: 22nd March, 2022
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures: 24th March, 2022
Date of Poll: 31st March, 2022
Hours of Poll: 09:00 am- 04:00 pm
Counting of Votes: 31st March, 2022 at 05:00 pm
