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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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  BJP-led NDA crosses majority mark in Rajya Sabha after unopposed election of 12 members

  India | August 28, 2024 6:20 IST

  The Rajya Sabha is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. It has a maximum membership of 250, of which 238 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories, while the president can appoint 12 members.

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  NDA, short of majority in Rajya Sabha, eyes halfway mark after bypolls | How do numbers add up? READ

  India | August 11, 2024 20:14 IST

  Naveen Patnaik’s BJD extended its support to the BJP government’s legislations in the House, however, after its massive defeat at the hands of the saffron party in the Odisha Assembly elections this year, the party has decided not to lend any more support. The Patnaik-led party has 9 MPs.

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  Rajya Sabha elections for 12 vacant seats to be held on September 3, declares EC

  India | August 07, 2024 16:42 IST

  According to the Election Commission, the notification for elections will be issued on August 14, and nominations can be submitted until August 21. Meanwhile, nominations will be scrutinised on August 22.

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  Haryana: Dushyant Chautala announces support for Congress but with a rider for Rajya Sabha seat

  Haryana | June 27, 2024 14:53 IST

  The ties between the BJP and Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala-led JJP severed following their failure to reach a seat-sharing agreement in the state for the Lok Sabha polls.

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  Vikramaditya not happy, govt will fall soon, says disqualified Himachal Congress MLA Rajinder Rana

  India | March 02, 2024 14:57 IST

  Following the disqualification of the rebel legislators, the effective strength of the House has reduced from 68 to 62 while the number of Congress MLAs has shrunk from 40 to 34.

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  BJP claims 'Pakistan Zindabad' slogans after Congress candidate's victory, complaint filed

  Karnataka | February 28, 2024 19:06 IST

  The controversy erupted after a number of supporters of Congress leader Naseer Hussain, who won the Rajya Sabha election from Karnataka gathered and reportedly raised a pro-Pakistan slogans.

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  Sukhu takes honesty jibe at MLAs who cross-voted, Singhvi asks BJP to introspect after Himachal loss

  India | February 27, 2024 21:34 IST

  The BJP pulled off a surprising victory in the lone seat in Rajya Sabha election from Himachal Pradesh. Conceding defeat in the election, Congress candidate Abhishek Manu Singhvi congratulated BJP candidate. CM Sukhu said that the six MLAs who cross-voted for the BJP sold their honesty.

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  Rajya Sabha Election 2024: 8 to 9 Congress MLAs cross-voted in Himachal Pradesh, claim sources

  India | February 27, 2024 12:57 IST

  ​The contest is between Congress's Abhishek Manu Singhvi and BJP's Harsh Mahajan.

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  Rajya Sabha elections: Akhilesh Yadav's party chief whip Manoj Pandey resigns amid voting

  Uttar Pradesh | February 27, 2024 11:17 IST

  Uttar Pradesh witnessed a high-pitched electoral battle ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, with the BJP fielding eight candidates and the opposition Samajwadi Party three for the 10 seats up for grab.

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  Rajya Sabha poll result: BJP registers victory in Himachal and UP, Congress bags 3 seats in K'taka

  India | February 27, 2024 22:10 IST

  Rajya Sabha Election Result HIGHLIGHTS: The outcome of the polls to the Rajya Sabha will have a solid impact in the political sphere just ahead of the Lok Sabha polls.

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  Jayant Chaudhary's RLD to vote for BJP in Rajya Sabha polls in big relief for Sanjay Seth

  India | February 26, 2024 13:10 IST

  The polling will be held for 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh, four in Karnataka and one seat in Himachal Pradesh from 9 am to 4 pm and counting will be held on the same day from 5 pm onwards. 11 candidates for 10 seats made the contest interesting in UP.

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  41 candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from 12 states | Check full list here

  India | February 21, 2024 6:13 IST

  Sonia Gandhi of the Congress and BJP President JP Nadda have been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan and Gujarat respectively.

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  RS polls: Ashok Chavan, Milind Deora among 6 nominees declared elected unopposed from Maharashtra

  Maharashtra | February 20, 2024 18:51 IST

  Among the six, the BJP had fielded three nominees, and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and NCP one each. The opposition Congress had fielded one nominee.

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  Union Minister L Murugan among 5 candidates declared elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from MP

  Madhya Pradesh | February 20, 2024 18:05 IST

  BJP has nominated L Murugan, Union minister of state for information and broadcasting, as its Rajya Sabha nominee from Madhya Pradesh.

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  Congress leader Sonia Gandhi elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan

  India | February 20, 2024 17:27 IST

  Sonia Gandhi will fill the seat that will fall vacant in April after former prime minister Manmohan Sigh completes his Rajya Sabha tenure. Gandhi was accompanied by her son Rahul Gandhi and daughter Priyanka Gandhi Vadra besides former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot as she filed nomination.

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  Rajya Sabha polls: BJP-JDS alliance fields Kupendra Reddy as fifth Karnataka candidate

  Karnataka | February 15, 2024 17:43 IST

  In a surprise move, the NDA has decided to field additional candidates for the Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka scheduled on February 27. Kupendra Reddy is a former Rajya Sabha member and a close aide of JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy.

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  Sonia Gandhi writes letter to people of Rae Bareli, says 'My family is incomplete without you but..'

  India | February 15, 2024 14:11 IST

  Ex-Congress president Sonia Gandhi has been a Member of Parliament from Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli since 2004. In the last election, her son Rahul Gandhi lost his family bastion Amethi to BJP's Smriti Irani. BJP claims 'fear to lose' is the reason behind her shifting from Lok Sabha to Rajya Sabha.

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  Rajya Sabha elections: BRS renominates Vaddiraju Ravichandra for RS seat from Telangana

  February 14, 2024 23:06 IST

  Three seats are up for grabs from Telangana and the BRS can bag one seat with its strength of 39 MLAs in the House of 119.

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  Who is Govind Dholakia, BJP Rajya Sabha nominee from Gujarat who gave Rs 11 crore for Ram temple?

  Gujarat | February 14, 2024 21:44 IST

  Dholakia is the founder and chairman of Shree Ramkrishna Exports Private Limited, a Surat-based diamond manufacturing and exporting company based in Surat.