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Election Commission
12-May-2016 16:31 IST
Biennial Elections to the Council of States to fill the seats of members retiring in June-August, 2016.

          The term of office of 57 members of the Rajya Sabha elected from 15 States is due to expire on their retirement in June-August, 2016 as detailed below:   

                                   

S.No.

Name of State

No. of Members Retiring

Date of Retirement

1.

Andhra Pradesh

4

21.06.2016

2.

Telangana

2

21.06.2016

3.

Chhattisgarh

2

29.06.2016

4.

Madhya Pradesh

3

29.06.2016

5.

Tamil Nadu

6

29.06.2016

6.

Karnataka

4

30.06.2016

7.

Odisha

3

01.07.2016

8.

Maharashtra

6

04.07.2016

9.

Punjab

2

04.07.2016

10.

Rajasthan

4

04.07.2016

11.

Uttar Pradesh

11

04.07.2016

12.

Uttrakhand

1

04.07.2016

13.

Bihar

5

07.07.2016

14.

Jharkhand

2

07.07.2016

15.

Haryana

2

01.08.2016

                                                      Total     = 57 Seats

           

A statement showing the names of the members retiring as mentioned above is given in the Appendix.

2.    The Election Commission has decided that the biennial elections to the Council of States from the States of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Odisha, Maharashtra, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Jharkhand, Haryana shall be held in accordance with the following programme:-. 

1.

Issue of Notifications

24th May, 2016 (Tuesday)

2.

Last date of making nominations

31st May, 2016 (Tuesday)

3.

Scrutiny of nominations

1st June, 2016 (Wednesday)

4.

Last date for withdrawal of candidatures

3rd June, 2016 (Friday)

5.

Date of poll

11th June, 2016 (Saturday)

6.

Hours of poll          

9.00 A.M. to 4.00 P.M

7.

Counting of Votes

11th June, 2016 (Saturday)at 5.00 P.M.

8.

Date before which elections shall be completed

13th June, 2016 (Monday)

                                                                                                           

                APPENDIX

STATEMENT OF MEMBERS OF RAJYA SABHA RETIRING IN

THE MONTH OF JUNE- AUGUST, 2016

 

S.No.

Name of State

Name of the Member

Date of Retirement

Party affiliation

 

1.         

Andhra Pradesh

 

 

 

 

Nirmala Sitharaman

21.06.2016

BJP

 

2.         

Jesu Dasu Seelam

21.06.2016

INC

 

3.         

Jairam Ramesh

21.06.2016

INC

 

4.         

Yalamanchili Satyanarayana Chowdary

21.06.2016

Telugu Desam

 

5.         

Telangana

Gundu Sudha Rani

21.06.2016

Telugu Desam

 

6.         

 

V. Hanumanta Rao

21.06.2016

INC

 

7.         

Chhattisgarh

Nand Kumar Paikra (Sai)

29.06.2016

BJP

 

8.         

 

Mohsina Kidwai

29.06.2016

INC

 

9.         

Madhya Pradesh

Anil Dave

29.06.2016

BJP

 

10.      

 

Chandan Saurav Mitra

29.06.2016

BJP

 

11.      

 

Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho

29.06.2016

INC

 

12.      

Tamil Nadu

Dr. K.P. Ramalingam

29.06.2016

DMK

 

13.      

 

A. Navaneethakrishnan

29.06.2016

AIADMK

 

14.      

 

S.Thangavelu

29.06.2016

DMK

 

15.      

 

E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan

29.06.2016

INC

 

16.      

 

Paul Manoj Pandian

29.06.2016

AIADMK

 

17.      

 

A.William Rabi Bernard

29.06.2016

AIADMK

 

18.      

Karnataka

Aayanur Manjunath

30.06.2016

BJP

 

19.      

Oscar Fernandes

30.06.2016

INC

 

20.      

M. Venkaiah Naidu

30.06.2016

BJP

 

21.      

Dr. Vijay Mallya

30.06.2016

(Vacant due to resignation on 04.05.2016)

Independent   

 

22.      

Odisha

Pyarimohan Mohapatra

01.07.2016

BJD

 

23.      

 

Bhupinder Singh

01.07.2016

BJD

 

24.      

 

Baishnab charan Parida

01.07.2016

BJD

 

25.      

Maharashtra

Goyal, Piyush Vedprakash

04.07.2016

BJP

 

26.      

Jain, Ishwarlal Shankarlal

04.07.2016

NCP

 

27.      

Darda, Vijya Jawaharlal

04.07.2016

INC

 

28.      

 

Pande, Avinash Narayanprasad

04.07.2016

INC

 

29.      

 

Raut, Sanjay Rajaram

04.07.2016

Shivsena

 

30.      

 

Patel, Praful Monoharbhai

04.07.2016

NCP

 

31.      

Punjab

Ambika Soni

04.07.2016

INC

 

32.      

Balwinder Singh

04.07.2016

SAD

 

33.      

Rajasthan

 

 Ashk Ali Tak

04.07.2016

INC

34.      

 Anand Sharma

04.07.2016

(vacant due to resignation on 07.03.2016)

INC

35.      

 Ram Jethmalani

04.07.2016

BJP

36.      

 Vijayendra Pal Singh

04.07.2016

BJP

37.      

Uttar Pradesh

Ambeth Rajan

04.07.2016

BSP

38.      

 Jugul Kishore

04.07.2016

BSP

39.      

 Narendra Kumar Kashyap

04.07.2016

BSP

40.      

 

 Vishambhar Prasad Nishad

04.07.2016

SP

41.      

Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

04.07.2016

BJP

42.      

Mu. Saalim Ansari

04.07.2016

BSP

43.      

 

 Kanak Lata Singh   

04.07.2016

SP

44.

 

 Arvind Kumar

04.07.2016

SP

45.

 Rajpal Singh Saini

04.07.2016

BSP

46.

 Satish Kumar Sharma

04.07.2016

INC

   47.

 Satish Chandra Mishra

04.07.2016

BSP

48.

Uttrakhand

Tarun Vijay

04.07.2016

BJP

49.

Bihar

 K.C. Tyagi

07.07.2016

JD (U)

50.

 

 Pavan Kumar Varma

07.07.2016

JD(U)

51.

 

  Gaulam Rasool

07.07.2016

JD(U)

52.

 

 Ramchandra Prasad Singh

07.07.2016

JD(U)

53.

 

 Sharad yadav

07.07.2016

JD(U)

54.

Jharkhand

 Mobashar Jawed Akbar

07.07.2016

BJP

55.

 

 Dhiraj Prasad Sahu

07.07.2016

INC

56.

Haryana

 Birender Singh

01.08.2016

BJP

57.

 

 Prabhu Suresh Prabhakar

01.08.2016

BJP

Election Commission of India

New Delhi : 12th May,2016

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