New Delhi [India], September 24 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday announced the by-elections for four Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir, and one seat in Punjab.

Voting and counting for all five seats will be held on October 24.

All four Rajya Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir have been vacant since February 2021, after the retirement of Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mir Mohammad Fayaz, Shamsher Singh, and Nazir Ahmed Laway.

As per the notice by the ECI, these four vacancies will be filled by holding three separate elections, in accordance with the law on the subject, as each of these four vacancies fell under three different cycles.

In this context, it is stated that the decision of the Commission to hold separate elections was called in question before the Delhi Hig

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