Rajya Sabha Elections 2020 Results: The voting for 24 Rajya Sabha seats across 10 states was held on Friday, with BJP and Congress having intensified battle in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat. 5 candidates, 4 from Karnataka and 1 from Arunachal Pradesh were elected unopposed.
Of the remaining 19 seats, 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. The voting began at 9 am and concluded at 4 pm in the evening.
Jharkhand Rajya Sabha Polls 2020 Results
JMM supremo Shibu Soren and BJP state unit president Deepak Prakash on Friday won the two Rajya Sabha seats in Jharkhand, an Election Commission official said.
The JMM got 29 votes from its MLAs and two from other parties, while the BJP secured 26 votes from its MLAs and two from Independents and two from the All Jharkahnd Students Union (AJSU).
Congress candidate Shahzada Anwar finished third by bagging 18 votes, the official said.
Rajasthan Rajya Sabha Elections 2020 Results
Congress’ K.C. Venugopal and Neeraj Dangi emerged victorious in the Rajya Sabha election in Rajasthan on Friday, while Rajendra Gehlot of the BJP won the third seat on offer, the outcome of the polls being on expected lines and belying the hectic political action that preceded it.
Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha Elections 2020 Results
BJP wins 2 seats while Congress has won 1 seat. Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh and BJP candidates Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sumer Singh Solanki have won seats in the Upper House.
Andhra Pradesh Rajya Sabha Elections 2020 Results
YSRCP wins all four Rajya Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh, news agency ANI has reported.
Meghalaya Rajya Sabha Elections 2020 Results
Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) candidate WR Kharlukhi has won the lone seat from the state, defeating Congress candidate Kennedy Khyriem.
Manipur:
In the northeastern state of Manipur, the BJP’s Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba won the elections and was sent to the Upper House of the Parliament as a representative of Manipur. Other candidates in fray were Congress’ Tongbram Mangibabu Singh and Naga People’s Front’s (NPF) Honreikhui Kashung.
Mizoram:
Results Awaited.
Gujarat:
Counting of votes for four Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat was delayed after the Congress demanded that the Election Commission invalidate two BJP votes on different grounds. Leader of Opposition Paresh Dhanani said the Congress has sought cancellation of votes cast by BJP MLA Kesrisinh Solanki and minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama. A senior official, however, said that the EC observer rejected the opposition party’s objections and referred the matter to EC’s Delhi office for final decision.
