India, May 23 -- In the upcoming biennial elections for 26 Rajya Sabha seats in 12 States on June 18, the NDA is likely to get 17 seats, while the Congress will get five, the JMM two and the TVK one. The NDA currently has 149 MPs in the upper house, while the Opposition has 78 and non-aligned regional parties have 17 MPs in the 244-member house.

The Election Commission (EC) on Friday announced elections for 26 Rajya Sabha seats on June 18 following the retirements of incumbents, including former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, party leader Digvijaya Singh, and two Union Ministers, Ravneet Singh and George Kurian.

The Rajya Sabha elections will be held in four seats each in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and...