Voting on three Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat will be held on July 24, July 13 is the last day to fill the forms. Voting for three Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat will be held on July 24, July 13 is the last day to fill the form.

One more election is going to be held in Gujarat before the Lok Sabha elections. The date of Rajya Sabha elections in Gujarat has been announced by the Central Election Commission. Elections have been declared on one seat of Goa, three seats of Gujarat and six seats of West Bengal. On July 24, the voting process will be conducted in three Rajya Sabha seats of Gujarat. In Gujarat, Dinesh Chandra Anawadia, Jugalji Thakor and External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar’s tenure is coming to an end on August 18.

17th July Last day to withdraw form
The notification for the Rajya Sabha elections will be published on July 6. Then July 13 is the last day to fill the nomination form. Form verification will be done on 14th July. 17th July is the last day to withdraw the form. Voting will be held on July 24 from 9 am to 4 pm. Then counting of votes will be held at 5 pm.

BJP on 8 seats and Congress on 3 seats
There are 11 Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat. Out of all these seats eight seats are held by BJP and three by Congress. Before the Lok Sabha Election 2024, depending on the results of the Gujarat elections, the BJP may also get two seats from the Congress party. The reason behind this is that three members of Rajya Sabha of BJP S. Jaishankar, Jugalji Thakor and Dinesh Chandra Anawadia will retire in August 2023. BJP will not face any problem in winning these three seats.

Rajya Sabha member Dinesh Chandra Anawadia

On the other hand, four seats of Gujarat Rajya Sabha will fall vacant amid the Lok Sabha elections in April 2024 due to the retirement of four members. These members include BJP’s Purushottam Rupala and Mansukh Mandaviya, while Congress’ Naran Rathwa and Ami Yagnik. So in 2024, BJP will have an eye on these two seats of Congress.

Rajya Sabha Member S. Jaishankar

Given the BJP’s majority in the assembly, it is easy to win all three seats
Based on the results of the Gujarat assembly, BJP will not have any difficulty in winning three seats, but the priority vote will be effective for the fourth seat. Apart from this, three members of BJP and one member of Congress are retiring in June 2026. It includes BJP’s Rambhai Mokaria, Ramila Behan Bara, Narhari Amin, while Congress’ Shaktisinh Gohil is involved. BJP can win all these four seats in 2026 with some hard work. Thus, BJP will have to wait till 2026 for all 11 Rajya Sabha seats in the state.

Rajya Sabha Member Jugalji Thakor

Rajya Sabha MP from Gujarat