Voting today on 37 Rajya Sabha seats, know how many seats in which state and which party has dominance

Rajya Sabha Election 2026: Elections will be held for 37 Rajya Sabha seats in the country today (16 March). This election will be held in 10 states, because the tenure of the current MPs on these seats is ending in the coming month of April. According to the program released by the Election Commission, voting for Rajya Sabha Election will be held on March 16 from 9 am to 4 pm and then counting of votes will start from 5 pm on the same evening.

Rajya Sabha elections will be held from Maharashtra to Himachal

Through these elections, new Rajya Sabha MPs will be elected on the seats of Maharashtra, Bihar, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Assam, Telangana and Himachal Pradesh. Know that the elections of Rajya Sabha are not done directly by the public votes but by the voting of the elected MLAs of their state.

Elections on how many seats in which state?

If we talk about those seats on which Rajya Sabha elections are to be held on March 16, then Maharashtra has maximum 7 seats, Tamil Nadu 6 and West Bengal 5. Rajya Sabha MPs are to be elected for 5 seats in Bihar also. At the same time, voting will be held on 4 seats in Odisha, 3 in Assam and 2 seats each in Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Haryana. Also, elections will be held for 1 seat of Himachal Pradesh.

Which party is strong in which state?

It is noteworthy that this Rajya Sabha election is very important from the political point of view, because the mathematics of assembly is different in different states. BJP and its allies have influence in Maharashtra, while the DMK-led alliance is strong in Tamil Nadu. At the same time, Mamata Banerjee’s party TMC has majority in the Assembly in West Bengal, so they can get an edge there. Also, the contest between NDA and Grand Alliance in Bihar will be under watch. After the Iftar party here, AIMIM has announced its support to the RJD candidate. Party leader Akhtarul Iman announced this.

Congress has upper hand in Himachal and BJP in Haryana

Apart from this, a political clash can be seen between BJD and BJP in Odisha. At the same time, the ruling BJP alliance in Assam seems to be in a strong position. In Telangana, the equations have changed since the formation of the Congress government. Also, due to the presence of Congress government in Himachal Pradesh, it seems to have the upper hand there, while the influence of BJP can be seen in Haryana.

Overall, the Rajya Sabha elections to be held on March 16, 2026 can affect the political equations of the Upper House of Parliament. The outcome of this election will decide in which direction the balance of power moves between the NDA and the opposition parties in the Rajya Sabha.

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