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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday (October 5, 2026), released the list of candidates for Rajya Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh.
In a notification, the party announced a total of eight candidates. They are Dharampal Singh, Radhakant Ojha, Prakash Pal, Vidyasagar Sonkar, Gopi Krishna Pandey, Priyanka Singh Rawat, Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan, and Shruti Gangwar.
For the last stage of Rajya Sabha polls, the notification was issued on September 29, 2026. The last date of filing nomination is on October 6, 2026, scrutiny of the nomination will be on October 7 and last date for withdrawal of nomination is on October 9, 2026. The elections to the Rajya Sabha will be held on October 16, 2026.
The 2026 Rajya Sabha elections will be held as part of a routine six-year cycle of the upper house of the Parliamen between March and November to elect 72 of its 245 members, of which the States through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President.[
Published – October 05, 2026 03:34 pm IST
