Biennial Elections to the Council of States to fill the seats of members retiring in April, 2026
Biennial Elections to the Council of States to fill the seats of members retiring in April, 2026
The term of office of 37 members of the Council of States elected from 10 States is due to expire in April 2026.
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Events
Dates
1.
Issue of Notifications
26’h February, 2026 (Thursday)
2.
Last date of making nominations
05’h March, 2026 (Thursday)
3.
Scrutiny of nominations
06’h March, 2026 (Friday)
4.
Last date for withdrawal of
candidatures
09th March, 2026 (Monday)
5.
Date of Poll
16th March, 2026 (Monday)
6.
Hours of Poll
09:00 am- 04:00 pm
7.
Counting of Votes
16’h March, 2026 (Monday) at 05:00 pm
8.
Date before which election shall be
completed
20’h March, 2026 (Friday)
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PK/GDH/RP
ANNEXURE- ’A’
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1
State
2
Name of Member (Sh./Smt./Ms.) 3
Date of Retirement 4
1.
Maharashtra
Karad, Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao
02.04.2026
2.
Khan, Dr. (Smt.) Fauzia Tahseen Ahmed
3.
Chaturvedi, Priyanka Vickram
4.
Pawar, Sharadchandra Govindrao
5.
Patil, Dhairyashil Mohan
6.
Patil, Rajani Ashokrao
7.
Athawale, Ramdas Bandu
8.
Odisha
Mamata Mohanta
02.04.2026
9.
Muzibulla Khan
10.
Sujeet Kumar
11.
Niranjan Bishi
12.
Tamil Nadu
N.R. Elango
02.04.2026
13.
P. Selvarasu
14.
M. Thambidurai
15.
Tiruchi Siva
16.
Dr. Kanimozhi NVN. Somu
17.
G.K. Vasan
18.
West Bengal
Saket Gokhale
02.04.2026
19.
Ritabrata Banerjee
20.
Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya
21.
Mausam Noor (vacant w.e.f. 05.01.2026)
22.
Subrata Bakshi
23.
Assam
Rameswar Teli
09.04.2026
24.
Bhubaneswar Kalita
25.
Ajit Kumar Bhuyan
26.
Bihar
Amarendra Dhari Singh
09.04.202 6
27.
Prem Chand Gupta
28.
Ramnath Thakur
29.
Upendra Kushwaha
30.
Haribansh Narayan Singh
31.
Chhattisgarh
Kavi Tejpal Singh Tulsi
09.04.2026
32.
Phulo devi Netam
33.
Haryana
Kiran Choudhry
09.04.20 26
34
Ram Chander Jangra
35.
Himachal Pradesh
Indu Bala Goswami
09.04.2026
36.
Telangana
Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi
09.04.202 6
37.
K.R. Suresh Reddy
- Now, the Commission has decided to conduct biennial elections to the Council of States for those 37 seats as per the following programme: