Rajya Sabha elections for 4 J&K seats vacant since 2021, plus Punjab bypoll, on October 24

The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Wednesday that elections to fill four Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir, vacant from 2021, are scheduled for October 24. A by-election for a vacant seat from Punjab will also be held on the same day. Vote counting will take place that evening, one hour after polling concludes.

For all five seats, notifications will be issued on October 6, and the final date for submitting nominations is October 13. (ANI file)

According to the ECI notice, quoted by ANI, technically the four vacancies in Jammu and Kashmir will be filled through three separate elections, as each vacancy falls under a different electoral cycle, in line with legal provisions.