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Election for Rajya Sabha seat vacated by Amar Singh to be held on September 11

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New Delhi, Aug 21: The Election Commission will hold by-election to the Rajya Sabha to fill up a vacancy from Uttar Pradesh following the demise of Rajya Sabha MP Amar Singh. According to the EC, the election will be held on September 11.

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Singh had died at a Singapore hospital on August 1. He was 64.

The politician had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for several months and had lately been admitted to its intensive care unit.

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Singh, who once counted India's most influential icons from industry, politics and Bollywood among his closest friends, had been a key player in the cut and thrust of Indian politics till about a decade ago.

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Singh's latest stint in the Upper House was facilitated by the Samajwadi Party - he won as an independent, but supported by the party.

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