The Rajya Sabha Secretariat has officially notified the vacancy of one Rajya Sabha seat from Tripura, following the election of Biplab Kumar Deb to the Lok Sabha. This notification paves the way for the Election Commission to announce the poll schedule to fill the vacant seat in the Upper House of Parliament.
Apart from the Tripura seat, vacancies have emerged in two seats each in Assam, Bihar, and Maharashtra, along with one seat each in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, and Rajasthan. These vacancies were created as ten sitting MPs transitioned to the Lower House of Parliament after being elected as members of the 18th Lok Sabha on June 4, 2024.
The Rajya Sabha Secretariat, in its detailed notification, cited the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, underscoring the legal framework governing these vacancies. “In pursuance of the provision of sub-section (2) of Section 69 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, read with Section 67A and sub-section (4) of Section 68 of that Act, the following have ceased to be Members of Rajya Sabha from the date of their being chosen as members of the 18th Lok Sabha, i.e., the 4th of June, 2024,” the notification read.
The MPs who have moved to the Lok Sabha include Kamakhya Prasad Tasa and Sarbananda Sonowal from Assam, Misha Bharti and Vivek Thakur from Bihar, Deepender Singh Hooda from Haryana, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia from Madhya Pradesh, Udayanraje Bhonsle and Piyush Goyal from Maharashtra, K. C. Venugopal from Rajasthan, and Biplab Kumar Deb from Tripura.
