The Election Commission, on Monday, issued a notification for the biennial election of 6 Rajya Sabha seats from Andhra Pradesh.
As per the notification, the last date for filing nominations will be 19 March.
The papers will be scrutinized on 20 March, and 22 March will be the last date for the withdrawal of the papers.
The election will be held on 30 March, between 9am and 4pm. The counting of votes, to be polled by the MLAs, will be taken up at 5pm, on the same day.
Among the members whose term will expire on 2/3 April, necessitating the poll, are former Union Minister Dasari Narayana Rao, Congress spokesmen Raashid Alvi, Indian National Trade Union Congress president G Sanjeeva Reddy, Telugu Desam Party Rajya Sabha floor leader M V Mysura Reddy, former Andhra Pradesh Congress Committee president K Keshava Rao, and Aziz Pasha from the Communist party of India. (INN)