Jaya Bachchan, JP Nadda and Sonia Gandhi
Image Source : INDIA TV Jaya Bachchan, JP Nadda and Sonia Gandhi

The biennial election for Rajya Sabha seats, falling vacant as the terms of the incumbents MPs are set to expire, is scheduled for February 27. A total of 56 members of Rajya Sabha from 15 states are retiring in April and the election to the seats will be held on February 27. Union ministers Mansukh Mandaviya and Parshottam Rupala from Gujarat, and Union minister Narayan Rane from Maharashtra are among those retiring from the House.

Here is the full list of candidates 



















S.NoStateSeats going to pollsCandidates
1.Uttar Pradesh10R P N Singh (BJP), Chaudhary Tejveer Singh (BJP), Amarpal Maurya (BJP), Sangeeta Balwant (BJP), Sudhanshu Trivedi (BJP), Sadhna Singh (BJP), Naveen Jain (BJP), Sanjay Seth (BJP), Jaya Bachchan (SP), Alok Ranjan (SP), Ramji Lal Suman (SP)
2.Maharashtra6Ashok Chavan (BJP), Medha Kulkarni (BJP), Ajeet Gopchade (BJP), Milind Deora (Shiv Sena-Shinde), Praful Patel (NCP-Ajit Pawar) and Chandrakant Handore (Congress)
3. Bihar6Manoj Kumar Jha (RJD) and Sanjay Yadav (RJD), Akhilesh Prasad Singh (Congress), Bhim Singh (BJP), Dharamsheela Gupta (BJP), Sanjay Kumar Jha (JDU)
4.West Bengal5Sagarika Ghose (TMC), Nadimul Haque (TMC), Sushmita Dev (TMC), Mamata Bala Thakur (TMC) and Samik Bhattacharya (BJP)
5.Madhya Pradesh5Ashok Singh (Congress), L Murugan (BJP), Maya Naroliya (BJP), Umesh Nath Maharaj (BJP), Banshilal Gurjar (BJP)
6.Gujarat4JP Nadda (BJP), Govindbhai Dholakia (BJP), Mayankbhai Nayak (BJP) and Jasvantsinh Salamsinh Parmar (BJP)
7.Karnataka4Ajay Maken (Congress), Syed Naseer Hussain (Congress), GC Chandrasekhar (Congress) and Narayana Bhandage (BJP)
8.Andhra Pradesh3Y V Subba Reddy (YSRCP), G Babu Rao (YSRCP), M Raghunadha Reddy (YSRCP)
9.Telangana3Renuka Chowdhury (Congress), Anil Kumar Yadav (Congress)
10.Rajasthan3Sonia Gandhi (Congress), Chunnilal Garasiya (BJP) and Madan Rathore (BJP)
11.Odisha3Debashish Samantaray (BJD), Subhasish Khuntia (BJD) and Ashwini Vaishnaw (BJP)
12.Uttarakhand1Mahendra Bhatt (BJP)
13.Chhattisgarh1Devendra Pratap Singh (BJP)
14.Haryana1Subhash Barala (BJP)
15.Himachal Pradesh1Abhishek Singhvi (Congress), Harsh Mahajan (BJP)

 



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