India, Feb. 18 -- The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday announced the poll schedule for biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha with polling for two seats from Haryana and one from Himachal Pradesh set to be held on March 16.

The elections are being held to fill vacancies arising from the retirement of two BJP MPs in Rajya Sabha from Haryana, Ram Chander Jangra and Kiran Choudhry, and BJP MP Indu Bala Goswami from Himachal Pradesh. The term of all three MPs ends on April 9.

Elections will be held for a total 37 seats from 10 states.

The notification for the elections will be issued on February 26, while the last date for filing nominations is March 5. Scrutiny of nominations will take place on March 6, and candidates can withdraw the...