New Delhi, Sep 24: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced the schedule for biennial elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

The elections will fill four vacant seats that arose following the retirement of the former members representing the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir.

The members whose terms had expired are Mir Mohammad Fayaz and Shamsher Singh (retired on February 10, 2021), and Ghulam Nabi Azad and Nazir Ahmed Laway (retired on May 15, 2021).

The seats remained vacant due to the absence of a legislative electorate after the bifurcation of the State into two Union Territories — Jammu & Kashmir (with legislature) and Ladakh (without legislature) — under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 20

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