What is Vacation of seats when elected to both Houses of Parliament? Section 68 of Representation of the People Act, 1951
(1) Any person who is chosen a member of both the Houses of the People and the Council of States and who has not taken his seat in either House may, by notice in writing signed by him and delivered to the Secretary to the Election Commission within ten days from the date, or the later of thedates, on which he is so chosen, intimate] in which of the Houses he wishes to serve, and thereupon, his seat in the House in which he does not wish to serve shall become vacant.
(2) In default of such intimation within the aforesaid period, his seat in the Council of States shall, at the expiration of that period, become vacant
(3) Any intimation given under sub-section (1) shall be final and irrevocable.
(4) For the purposes of this section and of section 69, the date on which a person is chosen to be a member of either House of Parliament shall be in the case of an elected member, the date of his election and in the case of a nominated member, the date of first publication in the Gazette of India of his nomination.
The Representation of the People Act 1951
Section 61 Special procedure for preventing personation of electors
Section 61A Voting machines at elections
Section 63 Method of voting- repealed
CHAPTER V - Counting of Votes
Section 64A Destruction, loss, etc., of ballot papers at the time of counting
Section 66 Declaration of results
Section 67 Report of the result
Section 67A Date of election of candidate
CHAPTER VI - Multiple Elections
Section 68 Vacation of seats when elected to both Houses of Parliament