In all, 57 vacancies in the Rajya Sabha, from 15 States, will be filled
after the completion of the exercise.
Of the 57, 30 have already been
decided without contest.
Those elected unopposed include JD(U) leader
Sharad Yadav, senior lawyer Ram Jethmalani, RJD leader Lalu Prasad’s
daughter Misa Bharati, JD(U) leader Ramchandra Prasad Singh and BJP
nominee Gopal Narayan Singh from Bihar.
All 6 nominees from Tamil Nadu – four of the ruling AIADMK and two of
DMK – were declared elected.
From Maharashtra, Union Power Minister
Piyush Goyal and Congress leader P Chidambaram were elected unopposed,
along with NCP leader Praful Patel, BJP ideologues Vinay Sahastrabudhe
and Vikas Mahatme and Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut.
From Andhra Pradesh, Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu, MoS Science and
Technology Y Satyanarayana Chowdary along with two other candidates TG
Venkatesh and V Vijaysai Reddy were elected unopposed.
Similarly from
Gujarat, BJP leader Purushottam Rupala was elected on the last date of
withdrawal.
Where the fight will be?
Polling is under way on Saturday June 11,2016 in the crucial election to 27 Rajya Sabha seats in 7 states - Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Rajasthan
1.While 30 of the total 57 seats in the current round of biennial elections to the Upper House have already been decided without a contest, the fate of the candidates for the remaining 27 seats will be decided by this evening when the results are scheduled to be announced.
2.Official candidates of mainstream
parties remain on the edge for fear of possible cross-voting and
support from independents who hold the key to the contests in some
places.
While the BJP pulled out all the stops to manage the numbers of Independents it has covertly supported, a sense of unease prevails among other parties, even though they have kept their legislators in good humour.
While the BJP pulled out all the stops to manage the numbers of Independents it has covertly supported, a sense of unease prevails among other parties, even though they have kept their legislators in good humour.
3.As against its 14 retiring members from different states, the BJP may get 18 seats, which will be a net gain of four seats.
Overall, the Congress, with 60 MPs, is likely to continue to be the largest party in the Rajya Sabha, but the tally of the UPA as a whole, may for the first time be lower than that of the NDA.
Overall, the Congress, with 60 MPs, is likely to continue to be the largest party in the Rajya Sabha, but the tally of the UPA as a whole, may for the first time be lower than that of the NDA.
4.Uttar Pradesh
In Uttar Pradesh,
where elections are being held to 11 seats, interest is centred around a
fight between former Union minister Kapil Sibal and BJP-backed
independent socialite Preeti Mahapatra.
Sibal will need the support of BSP, which has 12 votes more than necessary for the success of its own candidates Satish Chandra Mishra and Ashok Sidharth.
BSP supremo Mayawati has maintained suspense over her party's support in Uttar Pradesh. But Sibal can draw heart from the fact that she has already extended backing for a Congress candidate in Madhya Pradesh by promising one vote required for senior Supreme Court lawyer Vivek Tankha, fielded by Congress.
Congress has 29 MLAs and needs the backing of five more to see Sibal through.
The ruling SP has fielded seven candidates including Amar Singh and Beni Prasad Verma, who both rejoined the party recently, and Reoti Raman Singh. Its seventh candidate is, however, short of 9 first preference votes. SP has been promised backing by Ajit Singh-led RLD which has 8 MLAs.
The BJP has fielded Shiv Pratap Shukla, who is sure to get elected on its own 41 MLAs, and has offered 7 surplus votes to Mahapatra.
Sibal will need the support of BSP, which has 12 votes more than necessary for the success of its own candidates Satish Chandra Mishra and Ashok Sidharth.
BSP supremo Mayawati has maintained suspense over her party's support in Uttar Pradesh. But Sibal can draw heart from the fact that she has already extended backing for a Congress candidate in Madhya Pradesh by promising one vote required for senior Supreme Court lawyer Vivek Tankha, fielded by Congress.
Congress has 29 MLAs and needs the backing of five more to see Sibal through.
The ruling SP has fielded seven candidates including Amar Singh and Beni Prasad Verma, who both rejoined the party recently, and Reoti Raman Singh. Its seventh candidate is, however, short of 9 first preference votes. SP has been promised backing by Ajit Singh-led RLD which has 8 MLAs.
The BJP has fielded Shiv Pratap Shukla, who is sure to get elected on its own 41 MLAs, and has offered 7 surplus votes to Mahapatra.
5.Haryana
In Haryana, where polling
is being held for two seats, Union minister Birender Singh from BJP is
assured of a comfortable win. Independent candidate R K Anand has got
the backing of Congress and its rival INLD, making it an uphill task for
media baron and BJP-backed Independent candidate Subhash Chandra.
6.Karnataka
In Karnataka, where four seats are up for grabs, a battle between the ruling Congress and the JD(S) is on the cards.
Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman of the BJP needs just one vote more than the party's strength of 44 to win. In the meanwhile, former Union ministers Jairam Ramesh and Oscar Fernandes of the Congress are sure of victory.
With 122 members, Congress has a surplus of 33 votes after ensuring the victory of Ramesh and Fernandes. It has fielded former senior IPS officer K C Ramamurthy as its third candidate for which it requires 12 more votes.
With 40 members, dissidence-hit JD(S) is in an unenviable position as five MLAs have virtually raised a banner of revolt amid reports that they might indulge in cross voting to help Congress.
JD(S) needs five more votes for its candidate B M Farooq, a corporate personality, to sail through but is struggling to keep the herd together.
Allegations of bribing JD(S) and Independent MLAs marred the polls in Karnataka though the Election Commission rejected demands for cancelling them.
Union minister Nirmala Sitharaman of the BJP needs just one vote more than the party's strength of 44 to win. In the meanwhile, former Union ministers Jairam Ramesh and Oscar Fernandes of the Congress are sure of victory.
With 122 members, Congress has a surplus of 33 votes after ensuring the victory of Ramesh and Fernandes. It has fielded former senior IPS officer K C Ramamurthy as its third candidate for which it requires 12 more votes.
With 40 members, dissidence-hit JD(S) is in an unenviable position as five MLAs have virtually raised a banner of revolt amid reports that they might indulge in cross voting to help Congress.
JD(S) needs five more votes for its candidate B M Farooq, a corporate personality, to sail through but is struggling to keep the herd together.
Allegations of bribing JD(S) and Independent MLAs marred the polls in Karnataka though the Election Commission rejected demands for cancelling them.
In Madhya Pradesh,
while the ruling BJP - which has 164 votes - is assured of its
candidates M J Akbar and Anil Dave winning, a fight is on for its third
candidate Vinod Gotia, who faces a tough challenge from Vivek Tankha of
the Congress who needs 10 more than the 48 surplus votes his party has.
A candidate in Madhya Pradesh needs 58 votes for victory. Tankha, whose party Congress has 57 votes, appears comfortably placed after BSP announced the backing of its four MLAs.
A candidate in Madhya Pradesh needs 58 votes for victory. Tankha, whose party Congress has 57 votes, appears comfortably placed after BSP announced the backing of its four MLAs.
8.Rajasthan
Rajasthan is another
state where Congress, with 24 MLAs, has forced a contest by backing an
Independent candidate Kamal Morarka. A candidate needs 41 votes to win.
With 160 members in Rajasthan assembly, the BJP is certain of victory of Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu, its vice-president Om Prakash Mathur, former RBI official Ram Kumar Sharma and Harsh Vardhan Singh, a member of the erstwhile Dungarpur royal family.
The fourth BJP candidate needs only four more votes to sail through, which the party expects to get from two MLAs of National Unionist Zamindara Party and three Independents.
With 160 members in Rajasthan assembly, the BJP is certain of victory of Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu, its vice-president Om Prakash Mathur, former RBI official Ram Kumar Sharma and Harsh Vardhan Singh, a member of the erstwhile Dungarpur royal family.
The fourth BJP candidate needs only four more votes to sail through, which the party expects to get from two MLAs of National Unionist Zamindara Party and three Independents.
9.Jharkhand
In Jharkhand as well, a
close contest is possible where a united opposition could well upset the
ruling BJP's calculations. But its first candidate and Union minister
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is sure of victory.
The BJP has 43 MLAs on its own and enjoys the support of six more MLAs of its allies. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha supremo Shibu Soren's son, Basant, is pitted against theBJP's Mahesh Poddar.
However, if the Congress (6), the RJD and the rest of the opposition come together and back the JMM candidate, Basant can look at victory.
The BJP has 43 MLAs on its own and enjoys the support of six more MLAs of its allies. Jharkhand Mukti Morcha supremo Shibu Soren's son, Basant, is pitted against theBJP's Mahesh Poddar.
However, if the Congress (6), the RJD and the rest of the opposition come together and back the JMM candidate, Basant can look at victory.
10.Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand, where the election is just for one seat, Congress nominee Pradeep Tamta is set to sail through, as he needs just two additional votes apart from his party's 26 votes and ally PDF's six votes.
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