Rajya Sabha elections 2024: The Election Commission is set to conduct voting for the Rajya Sabha elections to 56 seats from 15 states. While 50 members will retire on April 2, six will achieve this on April 3. Former Congress president Sonia Gandhi, BJP chief J P Nadda and new occasion entrant Ashok Chavan and Union ministers Ashwini Vaishnaw and L Murugan have been among the many 41 candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha whereas Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh will witness polling on Tuesday (February 27). The BJP gained the very best variety of 20 seats, adopted by the Congress (6), Trinamool Congress (4), YSR Congress (3), RJD (2), BJD (2) and NCP, Shiv Sena, BRS and JD(U) one every. As there have been no different candidates within the fray on these 41 seats, the respective returning officers declared them winners on the final date of withdrawal of nominations. Now polling will likely be held for 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 4 in Karnataka and one seat in Himachal Pradesh from 9 am to 4 pm and counting will likely be held on the identical day from 5 pm onwards.
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