All the candidates have been elected unopposed before the by-elections to 12 seats in 9 states. All these candidates have won two seats each in Assam, Bihar and Maharashtra and one seat each in Haryana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Tripura, Telangana and Odisha. In fact, many Rajya Sabha members contested and won the Lok Sabha elections this time. After their resignation, most of the seats in the Upper House in the said states were vacant. Among the members elected unopposed, 9 are from BJP, one from Congress, one from NCP (Ajit Pawar) and one from Rashtriya Lok Morcha.
For information, let us tell you that 12 seats were vacant due to the election of Kamakhya Prasad Tasha and Sarbananda Sonowal in Assam, Misa Bharti and Vivek Thakur in Bihar, Deepender Hooda in Haryana, Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia in Madhya Pradesh, Chhatrapati Udayan Raje Bhosale, Piyush Vedprakash Goyal from Maharashtra, KC Venugopal from Rajasthan and Biplab Dev from Tripura as Lok Sabha members and the resignation of Keshav Rao of Telangana and Mamata Mohanta of Odisha. Now the tenure of the elected outgoing members will be till 2028.
Which candidate was elected from which state?
Talking about BJP members, Mission Ranjan Das and Rameshwar Teli from Assam, Manan Kumar Mishra from Bihar, Kiran Chaudhary from Haryana, Union Minister George Kurien from Madhya Pradesh, Dhairyasheel Patil from Maharashtra, Mamta Mohanta from Odisha, Ravneet Singh Bittu from Rajasthan and Rajiv Bhattacharjee from Tripura have won unopposed. Abhishek Manusinghvi of Congress has won the Rajya Sabha elections from Telangana. At the same time, Nitin Patil of NCP (Ajit Pawar) has won the election from Maharashtra and Rashtriya Lok Morcha President Upendra Kushwaha has won the election unopposed from Bihar.
Elections were to be held on all seats on September 3
Let us tell you that the Election Commission had issued a notification for the Rajya Sabha by-election this month. The last date for filing nomination papers was 21 August and the last date for withdrawal of nomination was 27 August. Voting was to be held in the respective state assemblies on September 3 from 9 am to 4 pm and counting of votes would be done from 5 pm the same evening and the results were to be declared by night. But on the last date for withdrawal of nomination i.e. 27 August, the candidates were elected unopposed on all 12 seats.
BJP’s number in Rajya Sabha increased to 96
After the unopposed election on 12 seats, the number of BJP in Rajya Sabha has now increased to 96. If we talk about the number of NDA, it has also increased to 112. Eight more seats are still vacant in the 245-member Rajya Sabha. These include four seats of Jammu and Kashmir and four seats of nominated members. In this way, the majority figure in Rajya Sabha at present is 119 members. NDA also has the support of six nominated and one independent and in this way NDA has touched the majority figure.
According to experts, now BJP will not have to depend on BJD, YSR Congress, BRS and AIADMK to get any important bill passed in Rajya Sabha. On the other hand, Congress’s seat of Leader of Opposition in Rajya Sabha will also remain safe. Congress’s number in Rajya Sabha has increased by one to 27, which is two more than the 25 seats required for the post of Leader of Opposition.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)