Representative photo NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Tuesday announced bypolls to six Rajya Sabha seats - three from Andhra Pradesh and one each from Odisha, West Bengal and Haryana. Polling will be held for the seats, rendered vacant due to resignation of the respective MPs, on Dec 20. The three seats in Andhra became vacant after YSR Congress Party MPs representing them - Venkataramana Rao Mopidevi, Beedha Masthan Rao Yadav and Ryaga Krishnaiah - resigned in Aug and Sept and switched loyalty to TDP.
In Odisha, Sujeet Kumar had resigned from the Rajya Sabha in Sept after he quit BJD and joined BJP. The vacancy in West Bengal was caused by ex-bureaucrat Jawahar Sircar's resignation in Sept. In Haryana, the sole vacancy arose due to Krishan Lal Panwar's resignation from the RS following his election to the assembly.
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