ECI issues notifications for four RS seats from J&K
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By Shafat Malik
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06 Oct 2025
Polling on Oct 24; nominations open till Oct 13
Srinagar, Oct 06: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has formally initiated the process to fill four vacant Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir by issuing three separate notifications, inviting candidates to file nominations.
The first notification pertains to the seat vacated following the retirement of Mir Mohammad Fayaz on February 10, 2021. According to the election schedule, nomination papers can be submitted to the Returning Officer, Secretary of the J&K Legislative Assembly, or the Assistant Returning Officer, Additional Secretary of the Assembly, at the Civil Secretariat in Srinagar.
Nominations will be accepted from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on working days until Monday, October 13, 2025. Nomination forms will also be available at the same venue and time.
The scrutiny of nomination papers will be conducted on Tuesday, October 14, at 11 a.m., while the deadline for withdrawal of candidature is Thursday, October 16, by 3 p.m. If more than one candidate remains in the contest, polling will be held on Friday, October 24, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.
The second notification concerns the Rajya Sabha seat vacated after the retirement of Shamsher Singh on February 10, 2021. The nomination and polling timelines for this seat are identical to those outlined in the first notification. For this election, Manoj Kumar Pandit, Secretary of the Legislative Assembly, has been appointed as the Returning Officer.
The third notification covers two additional seats that became vacant following the retirement of Ghulam Nabi Azad and Nazir Ahmed Laway on February 15, 2021. The schedule for these two seats also remains the same: October 13 is the last date for filing nominations, October 14 for scrutiny, and October 16 for withdrawal. Polling, if required, will take place on October 24 from 9am to 4 pm.
The ECI has said that all candidates must strictly adhere to the notified deadlines, and submissions can only be made personally by the candidates or through authorised proposers or election agents.
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