New Delhi, May 27 -- The Election Commission has announced the schedule for the biennial elections for the 8 Rajya Sabha seats including 6 seats from Tamil Nadu and 2 seats from Assam.

According to the Commission, the notification will be issued on the second of next month and the polling will be held on the 19th of June. The counting of votes will take place on the same day. The biennial elections to be held as the terms of eight members of the Rajya Sabha are set to expire between June and July this year.

6 Rajya Sabha MPs from Tamil Nadu, Dr Anbumani Ramadoss, M. Shanmugam, N. Chandrasegharan, M. Mohamed Abdulla, P. Wilson, and Vaiko will retire on 24th of July this year.

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