Biennial elections to 57 Rajya Sabha seats, including the one vacated by liquor baron Vijay Mallya, willbe held on June 11, 2016the Election Commission of India said Thursday May 12,2016
The elections were necessitated as 55 members from 15 states are retiring between June and August. One seat each from Rajasthan and Karnataka vacated by Anand Sharma (Congress) and Vijay Mallya (Independent) respectively will also go for polls.
Out of the total 57 seats, a majority of 14 each belong to BJP and Congress.
While 6 members belong to BSP,5 are from JD(U), 3 each from SP, BJD and AIADMK.
2 members each belong to DMK, NCP and TDP, while one member belongs to Shiv Sena.
Vijay Mallya was an Independent member who resigned on May 5,2016
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