Rajya Sabha Election Result Updates

New Delhi: Elections for 19 Rajya Sabha seats spread across eight states were held on Friday, June 19.

Of the 19 seats where polling was held today, four each are from Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, three each from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, two from Jharkhand, and one each from Manipur, Mizoram and Meghalaya.

Results so far have come in for Madhya Pradesh (BJP 2, Congress 1), Rajasthan (Congress 2, BJP 1), Andhra Pradesh (YSRCP 4), Meghalaya (NPP 1), Mizoram (MNF 1), Manipur (BJP 1) and Jharkhand (JMM 1, BJP 1).

In Congress-ruled Rajasthan, K C Venugopal and Neeraj Dangi of the Congress were declared winner, while Rajendra Gehlot of the BJP also got elected, an assembly spokesperson said. The BJP had fielded a second candidate as well, Onkar Singh Lakhawat, but he lost.

With this, the number of Congress party’s Rajya Sabha MPs from Rajasthan has increased to three, out of a total of 10. The rest seven are BJP members.

In Andhra Pradesh, the ruling YSR Congress bagged all the four Rajya Sabha seats. According to Legislature sources, Deputy Chief Minister Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose, Minister Mopidevi Venkata Ramana, industrialist Parimal Nathwani and realtor Ayodhya Rami Reddy of the YSRC were elected with 38 votes each.

The opposition Telugu Desam Party, which had forced the contest despite not having the numbers, lost badly, with its nominee Varla Ramaiah polling only 17 votes against its technical strength of 23 in the assembly.

In Madhya Pradesh, the ruling BJP bagged two out three seats while the Congress has won one. BJP’s Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sumer Singh Solanki and Congress veteran Digvijaya Singh were elected.

The Mizo National Front has won the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Mizoram. MNF’s K Vanlalvena has been delcared the winner.

In Meghalaya, the National People’s Party (NPP) has won the lone Rajya Sabha seat. NPP candidate Dr. WR Kharlukhi has won the election.

The JMM and the BJP have won one seat each in Jharkhand. JMM’s Shibu Soren and BJP’s Deepak Prakash have been declared winners.

BJP candidate Leisemba Sanajaoba won the election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Manipur. Sanajaoba, the titular king of Manipur, received 28 votes, officials said.

Elections to the four Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat concluded on Friday with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning three seats and Opposition Congress emerging victorious on one seat.

Elections to the four Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat concluded on Friday with the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning three seats and Opposition Congress emerging victorious on one seat.