Biennial Elections to 13 seats in Rajya Sabha including 2 from Assam to be held: ECI

March 7: The term of office of 13 members of the Rajya Sabha elected from following 06 States is due to expire on their retirement in April, 2022. in this connection, Biennial Elections to the Council of States to fill the seats of members retiring between 02.042022 to 09.04.2022 needs to be held. This was stated in a press note issued by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on 7 March, 2022.

Out of the five seats to be filled from Punjab, three are to be filled by holding one election and other two through another election as these seats belong to two different biennial cycles. Further, the term of office of the members to be elected to the Council of States from the State of Punjab shall be subject to the decision of the Supreme Court in SLP(C) No. 17123/ 2015 (Election Commission of India vs Devesh Chandra Thakur & Others).