The Election Commission on Friday announced that voting for 24 Rajya Sabha seats across 10 states will be held on June 18, and the results will be declared on the same day at 5 pm. The EC said the elections for the Rajya Sabha seats will be held in 10 states where the incumbents are retiring on different dates beginning June 21 to July 19. The Rajya Sabha elections will be held in four seats each in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka, three seats each in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, two seats in Jharkhand and one seat each in Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram.
Elections for 24 Rajya Sabha seats: Check full schedule
- Last Date for Filing Nominations: Monday, June 8, 2026
- Scrutiny of Nominations: Tuesday, June 9, 2026
- Last Date for Withdrawal of Candidature: Thursday, June 11, 2026
- Date of Polling: Thursday, June 18, 2026
- Polling Hours: 9 am to 4 pm
- Counting of Votes: June 18, 2026
- Date of completion of election: Saturday, June 20, 2026
Elections for 24 Rajya Sabha seats: Check details of vacant seats
Andhra Pradesh: 4
Gujarat: 4
Karnataka: 4
Rajasthan: 3
Madhya Pradesh: 3
Jharkhand: 2
Mizoram: 1
Manipur: 1
Meghalaya: 1
Arunachal Pradesh: 1
NDA has 16 seats out of 24
- BJP: 12
- NPP: 1
- JDS: 1
- MNF: 1
- TDP: 1
- INDIA bloc 5 (Congress 4 and JMM 1)
- And YSRCP: 3.
What is going to be likely outcome?
As per the political analysis, the NDA will remain at 16 and will win all 4 seats in Andhra, all 4 in Gujarat, 1 in Karnataka, 2 in Rajasthan, 2 in MP, 1 each in Manipur, Meghalaya and Arunachal. Vijay's TVK will open its account.
Bypolls for two seats in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu on June 18
And apart from this, bypolls for two vacant seats in Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu will be held on June 18. The seat in Maharashtra was vacated by the resignation of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Sunetra Ajit Pawar on May 6, after she won the by-poll for the Baramati Assembly seat in Maharashtra that was vacated upon the death of her husband, Ajit Pawar, in a plane crash in January. One seat in Tamil Nadu was vacated by the resignation of C. Ve. Shanmugam on May 7.
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