Election to four vacant Rajya Sabha seats in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) and bypoll to one vacant Rajya Sabha seat in Punjab will be held on October 24, the Election Commission said on Wednesday.

The four Upper House seats from J&K have been lying vacant since February 2021, while one seat from Punjab had fallen vacant on July 1 after sitting MP from AAP Sanjeev Arora resigned following his election to the Punjab Assembly from Ludhiana West seat. A first-time MP, Arora was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Punjab on April 10, 2022, and his term was to otherwise end on April 9, 2028.

In J&K, Mir Mohammad Fayaz and Shamsher Singh had retired on February 10, 2021, while Ghulam Nabi Azad and Nazir Ahmed Laway on February 15, 2021.

According to a notification issued by the E

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