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The political turmoil in the four major states of the country is once again going to reach its peak. The Election Commission of India has announced the official election schedule for the vacant Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council (MLC) seats in four important states of the country – Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh. With the announcement of these elections, the murmur among the political parties has intensified because all the parties are ready to exert their full strength to increase their strength in the Upper House of the Parliament and the State Legislative Assemblies. Through these elections, new equations are expected to be created in the political corridors of the country, let us know in detail every important thing related to this entire election schedule and the mathematics of seats.
According to the official schedule released by the Election Commission, the voting process for the vacant seats of Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh will be completed on October 23. Counting of votes is also likely to be completed immediately after voting on the same day i.e. on 23rd October, although the final announcement of the official results and the entire process will be completed by 27th October. This quick and agile program of the Election Commission has forced all the political parties to work rapidly on the strategy of selection and manipulation of their candidates. Political analysts believe that the results of these elections will have a deep impact on national and regional politics in the times to come.
The four states that have been included in this electoral battle—Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh—are considered extremely sensitive and decisive in terms of Indian politics. Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra are the largest political states in the country, where the figures of the Assembly and the Legislative Council decide the balance of power. At the same time, in Bihar and Karnataka, a different battle for supremacy is seen between regional satraps and national parties. The reason behind the vacancy of Rajya Sabha and MLC seats in these states is the completion of their tenure or their becoming vacant due to other reasons. The political future of the stalwarts of various parties depends on the results of these seats, due to which all the parties have already geared up.
Since the announcement of the dates by the Election Commission, political temperature has risen from Delhi to Lucknow, Patna, Mumbai and Bengaluru. Both the ruling party and the opposition camp have started brainstorming meetings to decide the names of safe candidates for their respective quotas. To overcome the mathematics of numbers game, regional parties as well as national parties are making strategies to unite their MLAs and avoid the danger of cross-voting. Experts say that the possibility of unopposed election is also being explored in these elections, but if the opposition fields its candidates, then the contest can be quite interesting and a close contest.
The importance of upper houses like Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council is very high in terms of law making and ideological brainstorming on the policies of the country and state. This election is going to prove very important for all the parties to strengthen the majority figure in the Parliament and Assemblies. In states like Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, the presence of Legislative Council seats plays an important role in passing the policy decisions of the government. As the date of 23rd October is coming closer, the political excitement is reaching its peak and everyone’s eyes are fixed on the results of these elections to see how many seats go to which party.