Rajya Sabha polls for 57 seats to be held on March 23
Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dharmendra Pradhan, JP Nadda, Thaawarchand Gehlot and Ramdas Athawale are among the members whose RS terms are ending.
india Updated: Feb 23, 2018 20:34 ISTPTI, New Delhi
The EC also announced bypoll to a Rajya Sabha seat from Kerala. (PTI File Photo)
The Election Commission on Friday announced polls to 57 Rajya Sabha seats from 16 states which are falling vacant on April 2.
The members whose terms are ending include union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad, Dharmendra Pradhan, JP Nadda, Thaawarchand Gehlot and Ramdas Athawale.
Besides the biennial elections, the EC also announced bypoll to a Rajya Sabha seat from Kerala after MP Veerendra Kumar resigned in December. His term was to end in April, 2022.
The voting will take place on March 23, the EC said.
