Rreturning officer for the Biennial Rajya Sabha elections for three berths, AP Singh, who is Principal Secretary of the State Assembly on Wednesday reviewed the preparations for the poll. The elections will take place on June 19.
As per the notification issued on March 6, the election was scheduled on March 26 and all the preparations for the election were completed in time. However, due to the Covid 19 pandemic, the ECI had postponed the election.
As per the old schedule, March 6 to 13 was decided for filing nominations, while scrutiny of papers was set on March 16. The date for withdrawal of nomination papers was fixed as March 17.
From BJP, Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sumer Singh Solanki had filed nomination papers, while Digvijay Singh and Phool Singh Baraiya were nominated by Congress. During scrutiny, nomination papers of these four candidates were found up to the mark.
Now, The Election Commission has announced the poll date for three Rajya Sabha seats in MP, as on June 19 and the counting will be held on the same day.
The polling will start from 9 am and continue till 4 pm. The counting will commence on the same at from 5 pm.
Three Madhya Pradesh quota seats, held by Digvijay Singh, Prabhat Jha and Satyanarayan Jatiya, fell vacant in April 2020.