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  Six vacant Rajya Sabha seats to vote on December 20: How many seats BJP-led NDA can win?

  India | November 26, 2024 16:24 IST

  Rajya Sabha elections: The tally in four states - Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal and Haryana suggests that the new members will be elected comfortably. The BJP ally TDP is set to win three seats, BJP two seats and TMC one seat.

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  Rajya Sabha bypolls: BJP announces nine candidates, fields Ravneet Bittu and George Kurian

  India | August 21, 2024 6:19 IST

  The Election Commission announced that elections for 12 vacant seats will be held on September 3 (Saturday).

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  Rajya Sabha: BJP's tally falls below 90 but set to rise after polls on 11 seats

  India | July 15, 2024 18:10 IST

  The elections will be held for 11 seats in the Upper House after the Election Commission announcement. Congress is looking to win 1 seat in Telangana. Most of these seats were vacated after the occupants' election to Lok Sabha.

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  BJP names Biplab Kumar Deb its Rajya Sabha candidate from Tripura

  India | September 10, 2022 12:58 IST

  The by-poll is due on September 22 and Deb's win is all but certain as the BJP has a majority in the assembly.

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  BJP nominates Sushil Kumar Modi for Bihar Rajya Sabha bypolls

  Elections | November 27, 2020 20:50 IST

  Former Bihar deputy chief miniser Sushil Kumar Modi has been rewarded with a nomination for the Upper House by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

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  Ravi Shankar Prasad among 6 elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Bihar

  Politics | March 15, 2018 22:39 IST

  State Assembly Secretary Ram Shresth Rai handed over the certificates to the six candidates. Since there were only six nominations for as many seats falling vacant from the state in the Rajya Sabha, all the candidates were declared elected unopposed.

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  Manjhi seeks stringent action against dissident JD(U) MLAs

  Politics | June 22, 2014 18:12 IST

  Patna: Taking a dim view of rebellion by 18 JD(U) MLAs who cross-voted against the party's official candidates in the Rajya Sabha bypoll in two seats, Bihar Chief Minister Jitan Ram Manjhi today warned of

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  JD(U) questions BJP for delaying its stand on RS bypoll

  Politics | June 15, 2014 17:55 IST

  Patna: Charging the BJP with tacitly backing two Independents against the ruling party nominees in the Rajya Sabha bypoll next week, JD(U) today questioned the saffron party as to why it had deferred its stand