Today marked the start of elections for 15 Rajya Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh.
Rajya Sabha Election Live Results 2024: For the 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party has nominated three candidates, while the BJP has eight.
Today saw the start of elections for fifteen Rajya Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, and Uttar Pradesh. In the upper house, voting will begin at 9 a.m., and vote counting is set to begin at 5 p.m. For the 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party has nominated three candidates, while the BJP has eight. The BJP has enough members to send seven members without opposition, but Sanjay Seth’s candidacy has raised the possibility of a close race for one seat.
A candidate from Uttar Pradesh needs about 37 first-preference votes in order to win a seat in the Rajya Sabha.
In anticipation of the biennial election, the Congress moved all of its MLAs in Karnataka to a hotel in order to cover four vacancies. There are five contenders: Kupendra Reddy from JD(S), Narayansa Bandage from BJP, Ajay Maken, Syed Naseer Hussain, and GC Chandrasekhar from the Congress. Whips to MLAs from all parties have raised questions over cross-voting.
In the meantime, the Congress in Himachal Pradesh has sent out a whip telling all of its MLAs to support Abhishek Manu Singhvi, the party’s nominee. The BJP, which maintains that lawmakers have the freedom to cast votes in accordance with their own inclinations, has attacked this action.
41 members of the Rajya Sabha have essentially guaranteed their seats in the upper house out of the 56 seats that are up for grabs today.
Rajya Sabha Election 2024 live: Of the 68 MPs, 64 have voted in the Himachal Pradesh Rajya Sabha elections.
Rajya Sabha Election 2024 live: Of the 68 MPs who are running for the Rajya Sabha, 64 have already cast ballots.The 8 candidates from the BJP are going to win. Raja Bhaiya and all our allies are in support of BJP. Samajwadi Party leaders are openly agreeing to vote for BJP. There will be cross-voting from the Samajwadi Party. They will support NDA, 100% there will be cross-voting..” said Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP) chief OP Rajbhar.
During the live Rajya Sabha Election 2024, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav casts a ballot.
Rajya Sabha Election 2024 live: Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav cast his vote for the Rajya Sabha elections on Tuesday.
Rajya Sabha Election 2024 live: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav arrive at the Lucknow polling place to cast their ballots.
