News India Live, Digital Desk: The results of the biennial elections for 37 Rajya Sabha seats in 10 states of the country have been declared. While candidates were elected unopposed on most of the seats, voting on 11 seats in Bihar, Odisha and Haryana raised the political temperature. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) And Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Like defeating regional satraps NDA Has further strengthened its position.
1. Bihar: RJD had gone to ‘play’, NDA made a clean sweep
On 5 seats of Bihar, NDA defeated the opposition Grand Alliance on all four sides. The absence of 3 Congress MLAs and 1 RJD MLA changed the course of the election.
Winner: 1. Nitish Kumar (JDU) 2. Nitin Nabin (BJP) – National President of BJP 3. Ramnath Thakur (JDU) 4. Upendra Kushwaha (RLM) 5. Shivesh Kumar (BJP) – He won the thrilling contest of ‘second preference’ vote.
2. Odisha: Cross voting spoiled the equation of BJD
In the fight for 4 seats in Odisha, BJP captured 3 seats. A large-scale protest was held here by Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MLAs. cross voting Was a topic of discussion.
Winner:
Manmohan Samal (BJP)
Sujit Kumar (BJP)
Dilip Rai (Independent – BJP supported) – He defeated the opposition’s common candidate.
Sanrat Mishra (BJD) – BJD managed to save only one seat.
3. Haryana: Amidst controversies, BJP and Congress won 1 seat each.
In Haryana, counting was halted for a long time due to allegations of violation of vote secrecy. Ultimately the suspense ended and both the major parties got one seat each.
Winner:
Sanjay Bhatia (BJP)
Karamveer Singh Buddhist (Congress)
Who became the ‘unopposed’ winner in other states?
Even before the elections, 26 veteran leaders were elected unopposed. Some of the prominent names are as follows:
Maharashtra: Sharad Pawar (NCP-SP), Vinod Tawde (BJP), Ramdas Athawale (RPI-A).
West Bengal: Babul Supriyo (TMC), Maneka Guruswamy (TMC – India’s first openly queer MP), Koel Mallik (TMC).
Telangana: Abhishek Manu Singhvi and Vem Narendra Reddy (Congress).
Tamil Nadu: M. Thambidurai (AIADMK), Tiruchi Siva (DMK).
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