Early this week, the Trinamool Congress (TMC) announced 4 candidates, including journalist Sagarika Ghose, Sushmita Dev, former Lok Sabha MP Mamata Bala Thakur and sitting Rajya Sabha MP Nadimul Haque.On Tuesday, the SP announced the candidature of former MP Ram Ji Lal Suman, former bureaucrat Alok Ranjan, and renominated actor Jaya Bachchan from Uttar Pradesh for the polls.In Andhra Pradesh, YSR Congress Party fielded YV Subba Reddy, G Babu Rao and M Raghunadha Reddy.The term for Rajya Sabha MPs is six years and the Rajya Sabha has a total of 245 members at present. Elections are held after every two years for 33 per cent of the seats.



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