The by-elections to the Rajya Sabha seat vacated by former TMC leader Dinesh Trivedi will be held on August 9, the Election Commission of India has said.
The ECI said that the notification for the polls would be issued on July 22 and the elections would be held on August 9.
The last date for filing nomination would be July 29 and the last date for withdrawal of nomination would be August 2.
Trivedi a former Trinamool leader and a Lok Sabha MP was defeated from Barrackpore seat by BJP contestant Arjun Singh in 2019 general elections. Thereafter he was nominated to the Rajya Sabha. His term was to end in April, 2026.
Subsequently he announced his resignation from Rajya Sabha in February this year saying he felt suffocated in the House as he was unable to do anything for the violence going on in Bengal. Subsequently he joined the BJP.