2019 Rajya Sabha Election For 6 Seats in 3 States - Election Commission of India(ECI)announces date of polling Saturday June 15,2019

The Election Commission (EC) on Saturday announced the bypoll to six Rajya Sabha seats in three states--Bihar, Odisha and Gujarat--on July 5

The notifications will be issued on June 18 and elections and counting of votes will be held on July 5,2019

The hours for voting has been fixed from 9 am to 4 pm

The seats for which the bypoll have been announced, include the one vacated by Amit Shah (Gujarat), Smriti Irani (Gujarat), Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad (Bihar), Achuytananda Samanta (Odisha) following their election to the Lok Sabha.

The Rajya Sabha bypoll will also be held on two more seats from Odisha. While one was vacated by Pratap Kesari Deb who got elected to the state assembly and Soumya Ranjan Patnaik who resigned.