Samajwadi Party leaders Ram Gopal Yadav and Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani have filed Rajya Sabha nominations from Uttar Pradesh.
Ten UP Rajya Sabha seats are up for election, with terms expiring November 25.
Eight of these seats are currently held by the BJP.
The nomination deadline is October 6, with polling, if required, on October 16.
Scrutiny and withdrawal windows run October 7-9.
Counting of votes will take place the same day as polling.
The terms of 10 Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh are set to expire on November 25.
Of the 10 outgoing seats, eight are currently held by the BJP, with the Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samaj Party holding one each.
Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh are elected by the state’s legislative assembly members.
Uttar Pradesh is India’s most populous state and sends the largest number of members to the Rajya Sabha of any state.
The Samajwadi Party is one of the principal opposition parties in Uttar Pradesh’s state assembly.
Election to the Rajya Sabha uses a system of proportional representation through a single transferable vote.
Candidates for Rajya Sabha seats require a minimum number of assembly members to propose their nomination.
Samajwadi Party leaders Ram Gopal Yadav and Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani filed nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh.
Ram Gopal Yadav is a veteran SP leader and the party’s Secretary-General, seeking another term in the Rajya Sabha.
He has been a Rajya Sabha member since 2008.
Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani is a corporate executive associated with Reliance Industries and sports administration.
He is the Samajwadi Party’s second nominee for the seats.
October 6 is the last date for filing nominations, according to the Election Commission’s schedule.
Scrutiny of nominations will be held on October 7.
Candidates can withdraw their nominations until October 9.
Polling, if required, will be held from 9 am to 4 pm on October 16.
State legislative assembly building (representative image), Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
