It was announced on Thursday by the Election Commission of India, the bypolls for two Rajya Sabha seats. The bypolls for same are to be held on 26 August.

One seat was vacated by Shri Madanlal Saini, the BJP MLA who passed away. His term was supposed to end on April 3, 2024. While the other bypoll is for the seat vacated by Samajwadi Party’s Neeraj Shekhar who joined BJP. His session was to end on November 25, 2020.

The Election Commission of India said that the counting of votes will be done on the evening of August 26.