New Delhi : Elections for six states including Kerala will be held on 31 March. The announcement came from Election Commission of India(ECI) earlier in the day.
There are a total of 13 vacant seats - 3 in Kerala, 5 in Punjab, 2 in Assam, one each in Himachal Pradesh, Tripura and Nagaland.
The elections for upper house of the parliament comes with several leaders including AK Antony from Kerala set to retire. The outgoing list also includes Anand Sharma, Pratap Singh Bajwa and Naresh Gujral.
The notification for election is expected on 16th . The deadline for filing nomination papers would be 21st and last date for withdrawal 24th. If there be no catch, the poll outcome is likely to be announced on the voting day of 31st itself.
