The Election Commission of India has announced the date for bypolls to two Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.
These seats fell vacant due to resignation of Samajwadi Party members Surendra Singh Nagar and Sanjay Seth.
Polling for both seats , if required, will be held on September 23.
Both Nagar and Seth resigned from the SP as well as the Rajya Sabha and later joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. While Nagar resigned on August 2, Seth put in his papers on August 5 last.
Terms of both these seats expire on July 4, 2020.
On Thursday, the Election Commission announced that notification for the bypolls would be issued on September 5 and the last date for filing nominations would be September 12. Scrutiny of papers would be done on September 13 and while the last date for withdrawal of papers would be September 16.
Polling, if required, will be held on September 23 from 9 am to 4 pm and counting of votes will be undertaken from 5 pm of the same day.
As BJP has absolute majority in the Assembly, the party will win both seats without any contest.
If there is no contest, the winner would be announced after the last date for withdrawal of papers.