Rajya Sabha Elections highlights: NPP's W R Kharlukhi wins lone Rajya Sabha seat in Meghalaya

Elections for 19 Rajya Sabha seats spread across eight states happened on Friday with the contest in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan being a close affair between the BJP and the Congress. Thank you for following our coverage on the Rajya Sabha elections, stay tuned to deccanherald.com for more updates or download the Deccan Herald app from the Google Play Store or the Apple App Store

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BJP wins five, Congress three Rajya Sabha seats; Results for Gujarat, Manipur held

BJP on Friday won five Rajya Sabha seats ensuring a smooth entry for Jyotiraditya Scindia to the upper house from Madhya Pradesh, while Congress emerged victorious on three seats, including two from Rajasthan where it had feared poaching of MLAs by the saffron party.

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NPP candidate WR Kharlukhi wins lone Rajya Sabha seat in Meghalaya (PTI)

Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh and Kamal Nath celebrate

Congress leaders Digvijaya Singh and Kamal Nath celebrate after the former wins one out of three Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sumer Singh Solanki have won the other two seats.

BJP’s Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sumer Singh Solanki easily won Rajya Sabha election

As expected, BJP’s Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sumer Singh Solanki easily won Rajya Sabha election garnering 56 and 55 votes while Congress veteran emerged victorious with 57 votes out of the 206 votes cast for three seats on Friday. The second Congress candidate Fool Singh Barraiya failed to make a cut ,falling way behind the requisite 52 votes to elect candidates. He managed to garner 36 votes.

Congress win 2 seats, BJP 1 in Rajasthan

K C Venugopal and Neeraj Dangi of Congress win Rajya Sabha polls from Rajasthan
Rajendra Gehlot of BJP wins the third Rajya Sabha seat in the state.

The four YSRCP contestants win, results to be declared officially

The four YSRCP contestants from Andhra Pradeshwin, according to sources. The results are to be declared officially.

With Friday victory, YSRCP strength in Rajya Sabha goes up to 6. AP has total 11 seats in the upper house
The ruling party in AP has 22 Lok Sabha members.

RJD MPs held a protest at Gandhi Statue in Parliament House as they were not invited for the all-party meeting on India-China border issue

Former Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu

Amaravati: TDP leader and former Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu casts his vote for Rajya Sabha elections. There are four Rajya Sabha seats in the state.

Congress approaches Election Commission, seeks cancellation of votes of two of its MLAs for showing their votes to unauthorised persons during the Rajya Sabha elections in Manipur

BJP leader Vasundhara Raje talks to Congress leaders after casting her vote for Rajya Sabha election at State Assembly, in Jaipur

Bharatiya Janata Party legislator leader Babulal Marandi hows victory sign as he arrives to cast his vote for Rajya Sabha polls, at Jharkhand Assembly in Ranchi

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (L) after casting his vote for Rajya Sabha elections

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan casts his vote for Rajya Sabha Election

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren waves after casting his vote for Rajya Sabha Election at Jharkhand Assembly, in Ranchi

Senior Congress leader and Rajya Sabha candidate Digvijaya Singh being checked by medics as he arrives to cast his vote for Rajya Sabha election at State Assembly

2 BTP MLAs decide not to vote over their demands

Just before the polling for four Rajya Seats in Gujarat began on Friday morning, two Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) MLAs said that they would not cast their votes until they are given a written assurance about the welfare of tribals, migrants and Dalits.

Votes of BTP chief Chhotu Vasava and his son Mahesh Vasava are crucial for both the BJP and the Congress in this election.

Polling underway in Raj for three Rajya Sabha seats

Voting for three seats of Rajya Sabha began on Friday in Rajasthan assembly building.

Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, deputy Chief Minister Sachin Pilot, BJP state president Satish Poonia, former chief minister Vasundhara Raje were among those who cast their votes in the initial hours of voting.

The polling got underway at 9 am and will get over by 4 pm. The counting of votes will begin at 5 pm.

Social distancing norms and other precautions are being taken in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Just before polling for four Rajya Seats in Gujarat began on Friday morning, two Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) MLAs said they would not cast their votes until given written assurance about welfare of tribals, migrants, Dalits.

Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh arrives at the state Assembly to cast his vote for one seat of Rajya Sabha.

Guj RS polls: 2 BTP MLAs decide not to vote over their demands

Just before the polling for four Rajya Seats in Gujarat began on Friday morning, two Bharatiya Tribal Party (BTP) MLAs said that they would not cast their votes until they are given a written assurance about the welfare of tribals, migrants and Dalits.

Andhra Pradesh CM Jaganmohan Reddy casts his vote

Andhra Pradesh CM Jaganmohan Reddy casting his vote

Polling for the four Rajya Sabha seats underway in Andhra Pradesh

YSRCP has fielded ministers Mopidevi Venkatramana, Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose and industrialists Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy and Parimal Nathwani. Nathwani is a close associate of Reliance chairman Mukesh Ambani, whose term as Rajya Sabha MP from Jharkhand has ended. Though TDP, with 23 MLAs officially (three of them switched to YSRCP) has fielded Varla Ramaiah as its candidate, the ruling party with 151 MLAs is set to win all four seats. Counting at 5 PM.

Voting underway in Jharkhand for two RS seats

Voting is underway for two Rajya Sabha seats in Jharkhand, where three candidates are in the fray, including ruling JMM founder and former chief minister Shibu Soren. Congress leader Shahzada Anwar and BJP state chief Deepak Prakash are the two other candidates. Polling began at 9 am and will continue till 4 pm, amid elaborate safety arrangements in place in view of the COVID-19 pandemic, assembly officials said

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Voting for four Rajya Sabha seats begins in Gujarat

Voting for the four Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat began here on Friday, where the contest between the Congress and the BJP is likely to go down to the wire as none of the two parties has absolute numbers.

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Voting for three Rajya Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh commences

Voting for the three vacant Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh began in the state assembly complex on Friday morning.

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Elections for 19 Rajya Sabha seats on Friday

Elections for 19 Rajya Sabha seats spread across eight states begin Friday with the contest in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan promising to be a close affair between the BJP and the Congress.

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