The Rajya Sabha biennial elections, scheduled to happen on Tuesday, have already seen 41 candidates safety their seats unopposed within the Higher Home as a consequence of lack of opposition, leaving seats up for grabs in three states, together with Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh.
Voting course of will start within the Higher Home at 9 am and counting of votes will start at 5 pm.
In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP has fielded eight candidates and the opposition Samajwadi Party three for the 10 Rajya Sabha seats. Each BJP and the SP have numbers to ship seven and three members respectively, unopposed to the Rajya Sabha.
Nevertheless, with BJP fielding Sanjay Seth as its eighth candidate, a aggressive faceoff is much-likely in one of many seats.
To get elected to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, a candidate wants almost 37 first desire votes.
In Karnataka, the ruling Congress has shifted all its MLAs to a lodge forward of the biennial election to fill 4 vacancies. 5 candidates — Ajay Maken, Syed Naseer Hussain and G C Chandrasekhar (all Congress), Narayansa Bandage (BJP) and Kupendra Reddy (JD(S)) — are within the fray. All events have issued whips to the MLAs, who’re the voters in Tuesday’s ballot, amid apprehensions of cross-voting.
Likewise, in Himachal Pradesh, Congress has issued a whip to all its MLAs to vote for social gathering candidate Abhishek Manu Singhvi — a transfer which BJP alleged was to pressurise the MLAs. BJP claimed that legislators have been elected democratically and have the proper to vote as per their want.
The Congress has a transparent majority in Himachal Pradesh Rajya Sabha polls with 40 out of 68 MLAs and the assist of three impartial MLAs.
41 MPs ELECTED UNOPPOSED TO RAJYA SABHA
Out of the 56 Rajya Sabha seats going for polls on Tuesday, 41 members virtually secured their seats in the Upper House though the outcomes will likely be formally introduced on February 27.
BJP President JP Nadda, Union Schooling Minister Dharmendra Pradesh, Union IT Minister Ashwani Vaishnaw and former Congress chief Sonia Gandhi have been the among the many 41 candidates who received seats unopposed within the newest spherical.
Nevertheless, a tricky competitors is anticipated on the remaining 15 seats, which embrace 10 for Uttar Pradesh, 4 for Karnataka and one for Himachal Pradesh. Notably, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka is prone to witness carefully contested electoral battles.
JP Nadda was nominated because the social gathering’s candidate from the seat that fell vacant in Gujarat and was elected unopposed. Equally, Vaishnaw was elected for a second time to the Higher Home with assist from the ruling Biju Janata Dal from Odisha.
Even MoS Info and Broadcasting L Murugan was elected unopposed from Madhya Pradesh.
Gujarat diamond service provider Govindbhai Dholakia, Jasvantsinh Parmar and OBC Morcha chief Mayank Nayak have been additionally elected unopposed.
In Bihar, JD(U) chief Sanjay Jha was additionally nominated to the Rajya Sabha.
In West Bengal, 4 Trinamool Congress — Mamata Thakur, Sagarika Ghose, Sushmita Devi and Mamata Thakur have been elected unopposed. From BJP, Shamik Bhattacharya was the primary MP to succeed in the Higher Home.
The BJP has received the very best variety of 20 seats, adopted by the Congress (6), Trinamool Congress (4), YSR Congress (3), RJD (2), BJD (2) and NCP, Shiv Sena, BRS and JD(U) one every.
In Rajasthan, Sonia Gandhi was elected unopposed and so have been BJP’s Chunnilal Garasiya and Madan Rathore.
The time period of workplace for 50 Rajya Sabha members from 13 states is about to conclude on April 2, whereas the remaining six members from two states are as a consequence of retire on April 3.
Polling will likely be held for 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, 4 in Karnataka and one seat in Himachal Pradesh from 9 am to 4 pm on Tuesday and counting will likely be held on the identical day from 5 pm onwards. Notably, the shadow of cross-voting looms massive with events maintaining a eager watch on its MLAs.