The voting for the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha elections will likely be held tomorrow with the BJP attempting to win an additional seat. The contest is between the BJP-led NDA and the Samajwadi Party (SP). While 10 seats are going to the polls, there’s a complete of 11 candidates – 8 from the BJP and three from the Samajwadi Party. While the victory for seven BJP candidates and two Samajwadi Party candidates is for certain, the battle is for the tenth candidate because the BJP fielded one further candidate. Both the events try to collect the required quantity for the victory. A candidate wants 37 votes to emerge because the winner.
The Number Game
In the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly, there’s a complete of 403 seats out of which 4 seats are vacant. Thus, the present power of the meeting is 399 legislators. For the BJP to safe a victory for his or her eighth candidate, they require the votes of 9 legislators. The NDA has a complete of 288 legislators from BJP+ RLD+ Apna Dal(S)+ Nishad Party+ SBSP+ Jansatta Dal (Loktantrik). However, one legislator from the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) is in jail, lowering the BJP’s rely to 287 legislators. It is being speculated that BSP MP Ritesh Pandey, who just lately joined the BJP, might carry his father Rakesh Pandey’s vote to the BJP. Rakesh Pandey is a Samajwadi Party (SP) legislator. Therefore, the BJP wants the votes of 8 extra MLAs.
On the opposite hand, for the Samajwadi Party to safe a win for his or her third candidate, they want simply three votes. The SP and Congress collectively have a complete of 110 legislators. Among them, two SP legislators, Ramakant Yadav and Irfan Solanki, are in jail. Thus, the SP requires the votes of three extra legislators. If SP legislator Rakesh Pandey votes for the BJP candidate, then they may want a further 4 votes. Cross-voting by the MLAs will play an important function in deciding the tenth winner as a victory for each events with out cross-voting will likely be difficult.
NDA:
1. BJP- 252
2. Apna Dal (S)- 13
3. Nishad Party- 6
4. SBSP- 6
5. Jansatta Dal- 2
6. RLD- 9
INDIA:
1. Samajwadi Party- 108
2. Congress- 2
Others-
1. BSP- 1
2. Vacant- 4
