Rajya Sabha polls to be held on June 8 !

Election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Goa will be held on June 8, 2017, ahead of the Panchayat Polls.

BJP has commenced the excercise of shortlisting names for the upper house of Parliament.

“The term of the office of Goa’s lone Rajya Sabha member, Shantaram Naik is due to expire on his retirement on July 28, 2017,” officials said.

The schedule of election, as per official announcement is as under:

The notification will be issued on May 22, 2017, while the last date of filing nomination is May 29, 2017. Scrutiny of the nominations will be allowed on May 30, while the last date for withdrawal of candidatures is June 1.

Polling will be held on June 8 from 9 am to 4 pm and the counting will be held on the same day at 5 pm.