New Delhi, June 5 -- The Upper House of the Parliament braces itself for a significant recalibration as the deadline for political parties to prepare to contest in the upcoming biennial elections for 24 Rajya Sabha seats across ten states approaches. The biennial elections are scheduled to be held on June 18.

Earlier, on June 3, the Election Commission issued a notification for biennial elections.

The 24 seats include four seats each in Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, three seats each in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, two seats in Jharkhand, and one seat each in Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur and Meghalaya.

Notification was also issued for the Rajya Sabha bypoll for a seat each in Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu and Odisha.

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