March 05, 2026 : The Congress party has released its list of six candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha biennial elections. Party leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Vem Narender Reddy have been nominated from Telangana.

From Chhattisgarh, the party has fielded Phulo Devi Netam, while Karamvir Singh Boudh will contest from Haryana. Anurag Sharma has been nominated from Himachal Pradesh and M Christopher Tilak from Tamil Nadu.

The filing of nominations for 37 Rajya Sabha seats across ten states will close today. Polling for these seats is scheduled to be held on the 16th of this month.

A total of seven seats in Maharashtra, six in Tamil Nadu, five each in Bihar and West Bengal, four in Odisha, three in Assam, two each in Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Haryana, and one seat in Himachal Pradesh are falling vacant in this round of elections.