NEW DELHI: Elections for 56 Rajya Sabha seats across 15 States were announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday. The elections are scheduled for February 27. The details were communicated by the ECI through a press release titled “Biennial Elections to the Council of States to fill the seats of members retiring in April 2024.” The official notice adds that the 56 members of the Council of adds, who were chosen from 15 states, would retire in April 2024, marking the end of their terms in office. According to the press release, on April 2, 2024, the state of Uttar Pradesh will retire its greatest number of members—ten.Six members of both Maharashtra and Bihar will retire on April 2, 2024. On the same day, five members of West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh would retire. Four members of the legislatures from Gujarat and Karnataka will retire on April 2, 2024. As to the press release, three members of each of the states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha, and Rajasthan are retiring. On April 2, 2024, lawmakers from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana will retire; on April 3, 2024, members from Odisha and Rajasthan will do the same. One representative from each of the states of Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand will retire on April 2, 2024.
