Election to six Rajya Sabha seats from Tamil Nadu on July 18

Elections to six Rajya Sabha seats from Tamil Nadu will be held on July 18, according to the Election Commission.
The term of office of six members — T. Rathinavel, V. Maitreyan, K. R. Arjunan, R. Lakshmanan (all belonging to the ruling AIADMK), D. Raja (CPI) and Kanimozhi (DMK) — will expire on July 24.
Ms. Kanimozhi has been elected to the Lok Sabha.
Notifications for the elections will be issued on July 1. The last date for filing nominations is July 8 and counting will be done on July 18.
The Tamil Nadu Assembly currently has 232 MLAs against its sanctioned strength of 234 following the death of Vikravandi MLA K. Rathamani (DMK) and the resignation of Nanguneri MLA H. Vasanthakumar (Congress), who was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kanniyakumari.

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