Biennial polls on 20 Nov to10 RS seats: EC
28 Oct 2014 6:18 AM IST
The Election Commission on Monday announced biennial elections on 20 November to 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh which will fall vacant next month. Out of the ten, six are at present occupied by the Bahujan Samaj Party.
Prominent among the members who are retiring on 25 November include former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, SP General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav, BSP Chief Mayawati’s close aide Brijesh Pathak and BJP’s Kusum Rai.
While six members from BSP are retiring, the term of two members from SP, one BJP and one Independent is also coming to an end. After the last Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, BSP this time will find it difficult to fill up the seats being vacated by its members. According to the latest UP Assembly party position, while ruling SP has 221 members, BSP has 80 MLAs.
Rajya Sabha members are elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of that state in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote. The poll body also announced elections to the vacant RS seat from Uttarakhand after BJP’s Bhagat Singh Koshiyari was elected to Lok Sabha in the general elections.
Prominent among the members who are retiring on 25 November include former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh, SP General Secretary Ram Gopal Yadav, BSP Chief Mayawati’s close aide Brijesh Pathak and BJP’s Kusum Rai.
While six members from BSP are retiring, the term of two members from SP, one BJP and one Independent is also coming to an end. After the last Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh, BSP this time will find it difficult to fill up the seats being vacated by its members. According to the latest UP Assembly party position, while ruling SP has 221 members, BSP has 80 MLAs.
Rajya Sabha members are elected by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of that state in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote. The poll body also announced elections to the vacant RS seat from Uttarakhand after BJP’s Bhagat Singh Koshiyari was elected to Lok Sabha in the general elections.
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