Rajya Sabha Results 2024 | The Rajya Sabha polls for 15 seats across three states were marked by cross-voting, with the BJP winning 10 seats, the Congress three and the Samajwadi Party two seats. The BJP was the main gainer, having won an additional seat in Uttar Pradesh and bagging one in Himachal Pradesh.
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ALL ABOUT RAJYA SABHA RESULTS 2024 IN POINTS
- The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Uttar Pradesh won eight seats in Rajya Sabha polls while the Samajwadi Party managed to secure victories on two seats.
- The eight BJP candidates who secured victories are former Union Minister RPN Singh, former MP Chaudhary Tejveer Singh, Amarpal Maurya, Sangeeta Balwant , BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi, former MLA Sadhna Singh, Naveen Jain and Sanjay Seth.
- The biggest surprise came from Himachal Pradesh, where Congress candidate Abhishek Manu Singhvi lost as six MLAs of the ruling Congress cross-voted in the election. The BJP's Harsh Vardhan emerged victorious, with the result pushing the over one-year-old Congress government to the brink.
- The results in Karnataka were on expected lines with Congress, which is in power in the state, winning three seats and the BJP one. Congress candidates got more votes than the party's numbers in the assembly. The BJP-JDS candidate Kupendra Reddy lost the elections. BJP MLA ST Somashekar voted in favour of the Congress.
- The eight BJP candidates who won in Uttar Pradesh are former Union Minister RPN Singh, former MP Chaudhary Tejveer Singh, Amarpal Maurya, Sangeeta Balwant , BJP spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi, former MLA Sadhna Singh, Naveen Jain and Sanjay Seth.
- Jaya Bachchan and Ramji Lal Suman of Samajwadi Party also won. Alok Ranjan, the third candidate fielded by the Samajwadi Party, suffered a defeat.
- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath felicitated all its eight BJP candidates who won the Rajya Sabha elections.
- In Himachal Pradesh, it was a big setback for the ruling Congress as "nine MLAs including six from the party cross-voted in the election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat from the state.
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Notably, forty one candidates including Congress leader Sonia Gandhi and BJP chief JP Nadda were earlier declared unopposed to the Rajya Sabha in the biennial election to a total of 56 seats.
(With inputs from agencies)
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