Separate 'notices of election' were issued for by-polls to two Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat June 18, to be held on July 5.
Returning Officer C B Pandya issued notices announcing by-elections to two seats which fell vacant due to the election of Smriti Irani and Amit Shah to the Lok Sabha. Both had been elected to the Upper House from Gujarat in 2017.
Pandya, a deputy secretary at the Gujarat Legislature Secretariat, has been appointed as the Returning Officer. As per the notices, the last date of submitting nomination papers is June 25. Scrutiny of papers would be conducted on June 26 and the last date of withdrawal is June 28.