BHARATIYA Janata Party (BJP) has fielded Member of State Commission for Women Laxmi Verma as a Rajya Sabha candidate from Chhattisgarh for the biennial Rajya Sabha polls. Laxmi Verma was also the President of Zila Panchayat Raipur. The biennial Rajya Sabha polls will be held for two seats in Chhattisgarh. Nominations can be filed till March 5. Polling will be held on March 16. Biennial elections for two Rajya Sabha seats from Chhattisgarh will be held on March 16, following the vacancy of seats held by Congress members Kavi Tejpal Singh Tulsi and Phulodevi Netam, whose tenures end in the month of April, 2026. Scrutiny of nominations is scheduled for March 6, and candidates can withdraw by March 9. Voting will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 16, with counting starting at 5 p.m. the same day.

 

The entire process will conclude by March 20. Nominations are being filed before the Returning Officer (Director, Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly) at the Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly building in Nava Raipur Atal Nagar, between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. The Election Commission of India (ECI) has mandated the use of only integrated violet-coloured sketch pens of prefixed specification, supplied by the Returning Officer, for marking preferences on ballot papers. It emphasized strict monitoring by observers to ensure free and fair polls. Only elected members of the State Legislative Assembly vote in Rajya Sabha elections, sending new members to the Upper House for six-year term. In Chhattisgarh, 90 MLAs will vote: 54 from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), 35 from the Indian National Congress (INC), and one from the Gondwana Ganatantra Party (GGP). Chief Minister Vishnu Deo Sai and BJP State President kiran Singh Deo have congratulated Laxmi Verma for the nomination.