If 2 or more candidates get equal votes, then returning officer shall decide by lot which of them shall be excluded, as per Conduct of Election Rules. Both candidates had 34 votes each.
SP bagged 2 seats. Going by strength of parties in the assembly, BJP would have secured 7 seats & SP 3. However, BJP fielded an 8th candidate at the last moment, forcing a contest.
Pandey submitted his resignation amidst voting for 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh with eight BJP candidates and three from the Samajwadi Party in the fray.
BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan is up against Congress’ Abhishek Manu Singhvi. While Congress has majority of MLAs, several legislators are said to be aggrieved with state government.
Ashok Chavan among BJP's candidates, Congress opts for Dalit leader. Milind Deora Shiv Sena's choice & Praful Patel NCP's. Elections for 6 of state's RS seats to be held on 27 Feb.
The candidates list includes names of Sonia Gandhi from Rajasthan, Dr. Akhilesh Prasad Singh from Bihar, Abhishek Manu Singhvi from Himachal Pradesh and Chandrakant Handore from Maharashtra.
Gandhi, who represented Rae Bareli in Lok Sabha, will not contest the next general elections. She was first elected as an MP in 1999 after taking over as the Congress president.
58 Rajya Sabha members from five states including 8 central ministers, ex-PM Manmohan Singh, and BJP president JP Nadda, are set to retire by May this year.
Dorjee Lepcha is the MLA from Gnathang Machong. BJP says 'this is the first time a representation of a national party member from Sikkim will be made in the Rajya Sabha'.
Maken has accused Kiran Choudhry of casting an ‘invalid’ vote that contributed to his defeat. She has dismissed the allegation & claimed that he is part of a ‘conspiracy’ against her.
RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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