Rajya Sabha election

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Rajya Sabha Election Highlights: BJP Wins Big After Counting ... (NDTV)

Rajya Sabha Elections 2022: The Bharatiya Janata Party registered a win in three of the four states where elections were held for 16 Rajya Sabha seats.

The election will be crucial in view of the Presidential elections due in July. After casting his vote in favour of Congress in Rajya Sabha polls, Bharatiya Tribal Party legislator Rajkumar Roat on Friday targeted its own party chief Velaram Ghoghra, saying he has become "old" to understand the issues. "BJP raises objections on three votes of MVA - Yashomati Thakur of Congress, Jitendra Awhad (NCP) and Suhas Kande (Sena). BJP requests Returning Officer to hold their votes invalid": Parag Alawani, polling agent for BJP leader Piyush Goyal on #RajyaSabhaPolls Elections will be held to fill 16 vacant seats in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of parliament, today. The BJP demanded that the votes of NCP leader Jitendra Awhad, Congress leader Yashomati Thakur and Shiv Sena's Suhas Kande be declared invalid. "It was clear from the beginning that the Congress had the required majority for all three seats. Rajya Sabha Elections 2022: The Bharatiya Janata Party registered a win in three of the four states where elections were held for 16 Rajya Sabha seats. Soon after the last vote was cast around 5 pm, a BJP delegation of Union ministers Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and Jitendra Singh met with the election officer with their complaint. Mukul Wasnik and Randeep Surjewala won two more seats for the Congress. The BJP won one seat. HD Deve Gowda's Janata Dal (Secular), whose home base is Karnataka, did not win a single seat in the Rajya Sabha election from the state today. After tweeting that Ajay Maken has won, the Congress had to delete the tweet when in recounting, BJP-backed media baron Kartikeya Shamra emerged the winner. One seat has gone to the BJP. A closely watched contest marked with cross-voting and defections -- was held on 16 seats across four states.

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Rajya Sabha Polls: Why Maharashtra Counting Delayed For Hours ... (NDTV)

The counting for election to six Rajya Sabha seats from Maharashtra was delayed for several hours on Friday as the BJP questioned the validity of ballots ...

One seat has gone to the BJP. In Rajya Sabha 57 seats across 15 states had fallen vacant. The counting of votes, which was to start at 5 pm on Friday, had not started even after midnight. The BJP fielded three candidates, the Shiv Sena two and the Nationalist Congress Party, or NCP, and the Congress one each. In its memorandum to the Election Commission, the BJP said the Commission had stated in the matter involving the election of Congress leader Ahmed Patel in Gujarat in 2017 that the very act of showing the ballot paper to anyone other than the election agent of one's party invalidates the vote. The BJP challenged the votes cast by cabinet ministers Jitendra Awhad (NCP), Yashomati Thakur (Congress) and Suhas Kande (Shiv Sena).

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Rajya Sabha polls Live Updates: BJP's Krishan Lal Panwar ... (The Indian Express)

Rajya Sabha Election 2022 Live Updates: Voting for 16 seats in Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Haryana, and Karnataka underway. In Maharashtra, AIMIM has decided to ...

Thus, our people have lodged complaints to the Election Commission. It is for the EC officials to find out, verify the complaint, examine the video footage and then take a decision.” The Election Commission officials are examining his complaint and shall take a decision on it after the polling time concludes at 4 pm. Officially, the reason was a “grave danger” to the security of the MLAs; Cabinet minister Govind Ram Meghwal had supposedly received a Rs 70 lakh extortion call. Media baron Kartikeya Sharma entered the fray as an Independent. Independent MLA Balraj Kundu, who has been vocal against the BJP-led government on several issues, remained firm in his decision to abstain from voting. Counting of votes that was scheduled to begin at 5 pm likely to be delayed due to BJP and Kartikeya Sharma’s complaint seeking disqualification of two Congress votes. Polling for the two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana ended here on Friday with Independent legislator Balraj Kundu abstaining. Out of the four Rajya Sabha seats that went to the polls in Rajasthan, Congress bagged three while the BJP won the remaining one. BJP delegation led by Gajendra Shekhawat to meet election commission at 5.30 pm, New Delhi. EC examining the objections. Randeep Surjewala, Mukul Wasnik and Pramod Tiwari were the winners from Congress. Ghyansham Tiwari clinched one seat for the BJP in the state. Ajay Maken has also writen to ECI, accusing Kartikeya Sharma of getting the polling-results delayed. In Maharashtra, the counting has been delayed by one-and-a-half hour as BJP raised objections on three MVA members for flouting rules. Objecting to the Election Commission’s decision to ask the returning officer in Maharashtra to reject vote cast by Shiv Sena legislator Suhas Kande in the Rajya Sabha poll, party spokesperson Manisha Kayande on Saturday sought to know the reason behind the poll body’s decision.

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Rajya Sabha election results: BJP wins 3 of 6 seats in major setback ... (India TV)

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“I am deeply humbled by your support, and I want to assure you that I will continue to work day and night to make sure that your concerns and of my Maharashtra state are heard and addressed,” he added. NCP leader Praful Patel said he will continue to make sure the concerns of Maharashtra are heard and addressed. The counting of votes started after an eight-hour delay amid complaints of cross voting and rules violation by the BJP and the ruling alliance. The poll panel directed the Rajya Sabha election returning officer of Maharashtra to reject the vote cast by Shiv Sena legislator Suhas Kande, after which the counting of votes got underway after 1 am. Both BJP and the Shiv Sena approached the Election Commission, alleging cross voting and seeking disqualification of votes. Jai Maharashtra," tweeted BJP's Devendra Fadnavis, whose refusal to have a consensus candidate for the Rajya Sabha led to elections in the state after 24 years.

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Rajya Sabha election: In Maharashtra, BJP wins 3 of 6 seats; Sanjay ... (Times Now)

The BJP had fielded Piyush Goyal, Anil Bonde, and Dhananjay Mahadik, while the Shiv Sena had nominated Sanjay Raut and Sanjay Pawar. For the Rajya Sabha ...

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Rajya Sabha Election 2022 Highlights: BJP, Congress win 4 seats ... (Economic Times)

Rajya Sabha Election LIVE Updates: The BJP on Friday won three out of the four seats in the Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka while the Congress got the ...

After more than two decades, Maharashtra will witness a contest in the Rajya Sabha polls as there are seven candidates in the fray for six seats. In Rajasthan, the ruling Congress in a position to win two seats and the BJP one. Seven candidates are in fray for the six seats from Maharashtra where polling is being held on Friday. After more than two decades, Maharashtra is witnessing a contest in the Rajya Sabha polls as there are seven candidates in the fray for six seats. Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) on Friday exuded confidence of a win for all its four candidates in the first preference vote in the Rajya Sabha polls.As the Maharashtra MLAs reached Vidhan Sabha in Mumbai for the Rajya Sabha elections, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said, "All four candidates of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will win. The MLAs are staying at Hotel Leela in the teshil since evening after being shifted from Udaipur. They will go to the assembly building for the Rajya Sabha elections on Friday morning from this hotel.Taking a dig at the Congress, BJP state president Satish Poonia tweeted the order saying, "Internet shutdown in Amber due to fear of paper leak." Our candidate Ajay Maken will definitely win," Baghel said.When asked about two Congress MLAs from Haryana who had not arrived in Raipur with the others, he said the party has their support.At least 27 MLAs of the main opposition in Haryana arrived here on the evening of June 2 and were put up at a resort in Nava Raipur.Later two more MLAs, including Leader of Opposition Bhupinder Singh Hooda also reached here, while Maken also met the MLAs.Though Baghel and senior party leaders had earlier said that the MLAs had arrived here for a "training session", sources in the party had confirmed that the move was to protect the legislators from being poached. JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy urged the Congress to support his party candidate to strengthen "secular forces". In a series of tweets, the former Chief Minister said to defeat the BJP, the Congress should support JD(S), which has more votes than it. Rajya Sabha Election LIVE Updates: The BJP on Friday won three out of the four seats in the Rajya Sabha elections in Karnataka while the Congress got the fourth seat. The Congress supported JD-S which had 37 MLAs and made H.D. Kumaraswamy the Chief Minister. JD-S has announced its candidate (Kupendra Reddy) a day after the Congress declared its second candidate, even as the party does not have required numbers to win the Rajya Sabha seat. Maharashtra BJP has complained to the Election Commission also about two votes in Maharashtra to be disqualifed, BJP has complained against the votes cast by Jitendra Awhad of NCP and Yashomati Thakur (Congress). Their complaint was rejected by the Returning officer. The first vote was cast by Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. "Approximately 40 per cent voting has been done," said government chief whip Mahesh Joshi. Polling is being held for four Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan. The Congress has fielded Mukul Wasnik, Randeep Surjewala and Pramod Tiwari, a prominent Uttar Pradesh politician, while the BJP has chosen former minister Ghanshyam Tiwari, who earlier was a vocal critic of former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje. The Congress and the BJP are set to comfortably win two and one seats, respectively. Party leaders Bhupesh Baghel, Bhupender Singh Hooda, P Chidambaram and Randeep Surjewala joined the meeting with the EC virtually and raised their objections over the alleged delay in declaring the results, soon after a delegation of BJP leaders questioned the poll process in Haryana. Congress' Rajya Sabha candidate for Haryana Ajay Maken urged the Chief Election Commissioner to declare the results after rejecting the "frivolous" objection by the BJP over alleged violation of the secrecy of the ballot.

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How Rajya Sabha elections are held? Who can vote? Why is it ... (APN Live)

As the Rajya Sabha election is set to take place, here are the answers to some of the most asked questions like how the election in Rajya Sabha takes place?

Now, as the Rajya Sabha election is set to take place, here are the answers to some of the commonly asked questions like how the election in Rajya Sabha takes place? The upper house election is taking place for 16 seats across four states and the voting is set to begin shortly. Rajya Sabha elections are set to take place today and the preparations are currently underway.

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Rajya Sabha polls: Who won? Who lost? Full list here (Hindustan Times)

In Rajasthan, Congress won three seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has bagged one seat. BJP-backed independent candidate Subhash Chandra failed to ...

In Haryana, BJP's Krishan Lal Panwar and Independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma, backed by the saffron party , have won two Rajya Sabha seats. The Election Commission had appointed special observers to ensure fair conduct of the elections, along with video recording of the entire process. Sixteen Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan, Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka went to polls on Friday amid allegations of misconduct and horse-trading.

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FM Sitharaman among 3 BJP leaders to win Karnataka Rajya Sabha ... (Business Standard)

This poll results has given an edge to the BJP, amid the fight for "secular votes" between the Congress and JD(S)

More subscription to our online content can only help us achieve the goals of offering you even better and more relevant content. As we battle the economic impact of the pandemic, we need your support even more, so that we can continue to offer you more quality content. The JD(S) which had fielded one candidate, despite not having enough votes, failed to win any, as Congress did not accept its request for support in the name of secularism. With the support of 33 MLAs and second preferential votes Siroya got a total of 3,617 votes. Business Standard has always strived hard to provide up-to-date information and commentary on developments that are of interest to you and have wider political and economic implications for the country and the world. The fourth member Oscar Fernandes of the Congress passed away last year.

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Maharashtra suspense on Rajya Sabha seats continues; counting ... (Hindustan Times)

Rajya Sabha elections: BJP legislators Parag Alavani and Atul Save demanded that three votes of MVA legislators be declared invalid as they allegedly did ...

Both the sides are claiming that most of the 29 MLAs from small parties and Independents are with the Based on the strength of 285 the MVA requires 164 votes to win four seats while BJP needs 123 votes. It only shows how scared they are [of losing].” He declined to comment if he handed over the paper in the hand of the party’s polling agent. Does he (Parag Alavani) have eyes at the back of his head to see? He added, “Suhas Kande showed his ballot paper to the polling agents of two other parties, which is also against the rules. Officials said once a decision on the complaint is taken, the counting of votes was expected to take another two hours.

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Rajya Sabha Elections 2022: Full list of winners | Mint (Livemint)

The results were declared in Karnataka and Rajasthan on Friday night but got delayed in Maharashtra and Haryana amid intense wrangling by rival parties over ...

In Rajasthan, Congress won three seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has bagged one seat. Sixteen Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan, Haryana, Maharashtra, Karnataka went to polls on Friday amid allegations of misconduct and horse-trading. Congress candidates Randeep Surjewala, Mukul Wasnik and Pramod Tiwari were declared elected, and so was BJP's Ghanshyam Tiwari.

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Rajya Sabha polls: In setback to Shiv Sena, BJP wins three seats in ... (The Indian Express)

The BJP's Dhananjay Mhadik defeated Shiv Sena's Sanjay Pawar in the fiercely contested sixth seat in Rajya Sabha polls.

Sena’s Sanjay Raut said, “The BJP played foul. The highlight of the Rajya Sabha poll was the bitter battle between Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Pawar and BJP’s Dhananjay Mhadik for the sixth seat. The matter was referred to the Election Commission of India, which, after seeing the recorded videos, declared only one member’s vote – Suhas Kande – to be treated as invalid. The counting of votes resumed after nine hours. Meanwhile, senior Congress minister Balasaheb Thorat said, “We are happy as our party candidate Imran Pratapgadi won with good votes. Goyal and Bonde, both BJP candidates, got the highest votes at 48 each.

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Rajya Sabha Election Results LIVE Updates: I Know How to Strike a ... (News18)

Rajya Sabha Election Results 2022: Rajya Sabha Elections, The Rajya Sabha currently has 245 members, including 233 elected members and 12 nominated.

The Congress won three seats and the BJP got one after Rajya Sabha election results for Rajasthan were declared after a delay in the counting of votes. The BJP managed to win the much-contested fourth seat in the Rajya Sabha elections for Karnataka. Lehar Singh of the BJP won in the second round of counting of votes. Jai Maharashtra,” tweeted BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis, whose refusal to have a consensus candidate for the Rajya Sabha led to elections in the state after 24 years. Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot celebrated the victory of three candidates from the Congress on Twitter saying it was “clear from the beginning”. He tweeted in Hindi: “It was clear from the beginning that the Congress had the required majority for all three seats. With this, the BJP has won three seats in Nirmala Sitharaman, Jaggesh and Lehar Singh while the Congress has managed to send Jairam Ramesh to the RS. The JDS failed to secure victory for its only candidate. After she elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman thanked the state’s MLAs and said she will re-dedicate herself to working the welfare of the state. The BJP suspended its Rajasthan MLA Shobharani Kushwaha for cross-voting in favour of Congress candidate Pramod Tiwari. Leader of Opposition Gulab Chand Kataria issued an order stating Kushwaha voted for Tiwari despite a whip and that she was being suspended from the BJP’s primary membership. The Congress fielded three candidates for the four Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan, while the BJP fielded one, besides supporting an independent candidate. Jai Maharashtra,” tweeted BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis, whose refusal to have a consensus candidate for the Rajya Sabha led to elections in the state after 24 years. Congress MLA and the party’s authorised polling agent BB Batra said while the vote of a party MLA was declared invalid, MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi cross-voted for Sharma, a media baron who had entered the poll far as an Independent candidate supported by the BJP and its ally JJP. Both the winning candidates were presented with their victory certificates around 3.30 am as Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar congratulated them. The counting of votes began past midnight and the results were announced after 2 am on Saturday. According to Election Commission officials, Congress candidates Ajay Maken did not get enough votes. In a jolt to the Congress, the BJP’s Krishan Lal Panwar and the saffron party-backed Independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma were declared elected for the two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana, after a high drama over allegations of violations of polling rules that delayed the counting by more than seven hours.

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Rajya Sabha election results: BJP wins in Haryana, Maharashtra ... (APN Live)

Rajya Sabha election took place on June 10 and the counting of the votes for the upper house elections was held across four states.

However, Mansoor Ali Khan from Congress lost the election. BJP’s Nirmala Sitharaman, Jaggesh, and Lahar Singh won the election. Congress candidate Ajay Maken lost the election.

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Analysis: In the Upper House, BJP maintains dominance (Hindustan Times)

Rajya Sabha election: The Bharatiya Janata Party's ascent in the Upper House lifted its tally from 68 seats at the beginning of 2018 to 95 before this round ...

It won a total of 10 out of the 57 seats that went to the polls. This big victory in UP helped the BJP compensate for the loss of 3 seats in Rajasthan, and one seat each in Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Maharashtra. Purely on numbers, it should have won two each in Karnataka and Maharashtra, and the independent candidate backed by it should not have won.

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What the win in Rajya Sabha elections means for the BJP (Hindustan Times)

Rajya Sabha election: The BJP has again proved its ability to convince smaller parties and independents to swing votes in its favour.

The BJP with 121 legislators was expected to win two seats and Congress one, and a tight contest was expected for the fourth seat. Of the total 57 vacancies, of which 24 were from the BJP, the party has reclaimed 23 (including the independent). In Karnataka, the party gained from the differences that cropped up between the Congress and the JDS. A party leader said the negotiations to garner votes for the third seat paid off. This comes as a shot in the arm for the party ahead of the impending presidential and vice-presidential elections. With 30 surplus votes, the BJP could not make up for the shortfall by getting 11 more votes for the fourth candidate. For the upcoming presidential election on July 18, the NDA government is short of the required majority mark by a little less than 20,000 votes.

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BJP scripts surprise win in Maharashta; setback for Congress in ... (Times of India)

India News: Cross-voting and allegations of horse-trading dominated the elections on Friday for 16 seats in Maharashtra, Haryana, Karnataka and Rajasthan.

PM Modi hailed the CM for his political strategy and acumen which played a major role in BJP winning three seats in the Rajya Sabha election, a statement issued by the CMO said. "He won on the basis of the second preference vote," Raut said. "This is a big gift from Karnataka to raise the party's strength in Rajya Sabha," Shah told Bommai.Fadnavis did 'miracle' of weaning away independent MLAs: Pawar The poll panel directed the Rajya Sabha election returning officer of Maharashtra to reject the vote cast by Shiv Sena legislator Suhas Kande, after which the counting of votes got underway after 1 am. Of the 284 valid votes, Goyal polled 48, Bonde 48, Mahadik 41.56, Raut 41, Pratapgarhi 44 and Patel 43. Sitharaman and Ramesh have been re-elected to the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.

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BJP sweeps 8 seats to strengthen its position in Rajya Sabha; MVA ... (OpIndia)

The BJP swept away the Rajya Sabha elections by winning eight of the 16 seats up for grabs in four states, namely Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana, ...

In Rajasthan, the ruling Congress won three of the four seats being contested, while the BJP secured one. Meanwhile, after the BJP won three out of six Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut accused the Election Commission of favouring the saffron party. Notably, both BJP and the Shiv Sena had approached the Election Commission, alleging cross-voting and breach of election rules and sought disqualification of votes. In Maharashtra, the ruling alliance of Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress suffered a huge setback as the BJP snatched 3 of the 6 Rajya Sabha seats from the state. Following this, Congress sources have now informed that Bishnoi is set to be removed from membership of the CWC and will be suspended from the party. While Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena bagged one seat each, BJP secured three seats out of the six.

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Rajya Sabha Election Results LIVE Updates: Congress expels ... (India Today)

The results of the Rajya Sabha elections held in four states were declared in the early hours of Saturday, amid complaints of cross voting and breach of ...

Rajya Sabha election: BJPs number falls from 95 to 92; Cong gains ... (Business Standard)

In four states of Rajasthan, Haryana, Karnataka and Maharashtra on Friday, the BJP won 22 of the 57 vacancies while the Congress won nine seats.

- - More subscription to our online content can only help us achieve the goals of offering you even better and more relevant content. As we battle the economic impact of the pandemic, we need your support even more, so that we can continue to offer you more quality content. Even during these difficult times arising out of Covid-19, we continue to remain committed to keeping you informed and updated with credible news, authoritative views and incisive commentary on topical issues of relevance. The BJP's strength includes four nominated members who have opted to be with the ruling party.

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No cross-voting by MVA MLAs in Rajya Sabha elections: Praful Patel (Business Standard)

Prima facie, the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA)- comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP, and Congress- failed to secure four-five votes of Independent MLAs, ...

More subscription to our online content can only help us achieve the goals of offering you even better and more relevant content. As we battle the economic impact of the pandemic, we need your support even more, so that we can continue to offer you more quality content. Even during these difficult times arising out of Covid-19, we continue to remain committed to keeping you informed and updated with credible news, authoritative views and incisive commentary on topical issues of relevance. If you look at the numbers, we lacked the right numbers till the end but we took a chance as we had done good work for the people," she said. "I would like to congratulate BJP on the victory. Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut, NCP's Praful Patel and Congress' Imran Pratapgarhi also came out victorious.

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Rajya Sabha Election 2022: Team BJP wins gold while MVA had to ... (Free Press Journal)

The counting of votes in the Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra began after 1 am Saturday following the Election Commission go-ahead.

They were also miffed at the poor communication with Thackeray, in the last two and a half years. To receive it on Telegram, please click here. But, for the BJP, it is a god-sent opportunity to further spread its wings and consolidate its hold over Maharashtra.

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