Rajya Sabha Elections

CPI(M) Names Rajya Sabha Candidates For 2 Seats

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 17, 2021

The CPI(M) has decided to field its state committee member Dr V Sivadasan and Kairali News MD, John Brittas for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections, LDF convenor and party secretary in-charge A Vijayaraghavan said on Friday.

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar On Challenge To His Rajya Sabha Election

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday December 14, 2020

Foreign Minister S Jaishankar has defended his election to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in a reply to the Supreme Court, asserting that there was no violation of law.

Bihar Ex-Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Modi Named For Rajya Sabha Bypoll

India News | Edited by Debanish Achom | Friday November 27, 2020

Former Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi has been named as the BJP's candidate for by-election to a Rajya Sabha seat from Bihar.

Samajwadi Party's Ram Gopal Yadav Files Nomination For Rajya Sabha Polls

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday October 21, 2020

Samajwadi Party leader Ram Gopal Yadav on Wednesday filed his nomination papers for the November 9 Rajya Sabha election, officials said.

Rajya Sabha Election On November 9 For 11 Seats From UP, Uttarakhand

India News | Reported by Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Swati Bhasin | Tuesday October 13, 2020

The elections for 11 Rajya Sabha seats - nine from Uttar Pradesh and one from Uttarakhand - will be held on November 9.

Monsoon Session 2020 Highlights: NDA Candidate Harivansh Singh Appointed Deputy Chairman Of Rajya Sabha

India News | Edited by Arun Nair, Stela Dey | Monday September 14, 2020

Ruling alliance NDA candidate Harivansh has been appointed Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha today as the monsoon session of parliament began.

Poll For Rajya Sabha Seat, Vacant Due To Amar Singh's Death, On September 11

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday August 21, 2020

The Rajya Sabha by-election to fill the seat which fell vacant due to the death of former Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh will be held on September 11, the Election Commission announced today.

Manipur Congress Notice To 2 MLAs For Cross-Voting In Rajya Sabha Polls

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Saturday July 25, 2020

The Congress in Manipur has issued a show-cause notice to two of its MLAs for allegedly cross-voting in favour of the BJP in last month's Rajya Sabha election that saw the BJP win the state's lone seat in the upper house. The notice was issued to Wangkhei MLA Okram Henry and Sagolband MLA R K Imo Singh.

2 Charged With Sedition For Alleged "Horse-Trading" Ahead Of Rajya Sabha Polls: Report

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday July 11, 2020

Two persons have been charged with sedition and hatching criminal conspiracy for their alleged involvement in horse-trading of Congress MLAs ahead of the Rajya Sabha elections last month, a top official said on Friday.

Madhya Pradesh MLA Tests COVID +ve Hours After Rajya Sabha Polls Voting

India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Saturday June 20, 2020

A senior BJP MLA tested coronavirus positive hours after he voted for the Rajya Sabha elections at the Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Friday, triggering panic among other legislators who had exercised their right in the same premises

BJP Now More Than Twice As Large As Congress In Rajya Sabha. Numbers Here

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 20, 2020

With the result of the latest round of biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha being declared last evening, the BJP-led NDA has further widened its gap with the Opposition in the Upper House of Parliament, with the BJP now having 86 seats, while rival Congress is down to 41.

As BJP Wins Manipur Rajya Sabha Seat, Congress Launches Attack

India News | Written by Ratnadip Choudhury | Saturday June 20, 2020

As the BJP won eight of the 19 Rajya Sabha seats in the biennial elections held in eight states on Friday, the victory in Manipur was probably the most significant. BJP candidate Leisemba Sanajaoba - Manipur's royal scion- won the election to the lone Rajya Sabha seat, defeating Congress nominee T. Mangibabu in a high-voltage political drama trigge...

BJP-Congress Take Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha Seats 2-1

India News | Written by Anurag Dwary | Saturday June 20, 2020

Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh will be returning to Rajya Sabha for the second consecutive term along with BJP leaders Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sumer Singh Solanki from Madhya Pradesh. Digvijaya Singh got 57 votes, Jyotiraditya Scindia got 56 votes and Sumer Singh Solanki secured 55 votes. Congress candidate Phool Singh Baraiya got 36 vote...

Shibu Soren, BJP's Deepak Prakash Win Rajya Sabha Polls In Jharkhand

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday June 20, 2020

Former Jharkhand chief minister Shibu Soren and BJP state unit president Deepak Prakash won the elections on two Rajya seats from the state on Friday.

Congress's Easy Rajya Sabha Wins In Rajasthan Uncover A Divide

India News | Written by Harsha Kumari Singh | Saturday June 20, 2020

The Congress has won two seats in the Rajya Sabha elections in Rajasthan and won them convincingly. KC Venugopal got 64 votes and the party's second candidate Neeraj Dangi got 59 votes. That's a total of 123 votes which means not a single vote from the ruling party went awry. In fact, the Congress put together more than the requisite number of 51 f...