Election for two Rajya Sabha seats of Jharkhand on March 26

Ranchi: Election for the two seats of Rajya Sabha from the state will be held on March 26.

The election commission has declared the dates of the polls for which the notification will be issued on March 6 while March 13 will be the last date of filing of nominations for the polls and scrutiny of the nomination papers will be held on March 16 while candidates can withdraw their names till March 18.

At the end of the withdrawal process if needed elections for the two seats will be held on March 26. The tenure of RJD's Premchand Gupta and that of Independent Parimal Nathwani is coming to an end on April 9, 2020.

To win a seat in the 81 member Jharkhand Assembly a candidate will have to seek a minimum of 27 votes as at present including Speaker Ravindranath Mahto 80 MLAs are eligible to vote in the elections while Dumka seat is vacant as Chief Minister  Hemant Soren who got elected from Barhet and Dumka later resigned from Dumka and took oath as MLA in the house from Barhet seat of Santhal Pargana.

The dates for the by-polls in Dumka are yet to be announced by the election commission. As far as the number games in the assembly is concerned the ruling JMM and its allies will easily walk away with one seat and so would be the BJP who will also win one seat.

JMM has alone 30 MLAs while its allies Congress has 18 and RJD 1.

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