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The BJP made significant gains in the Rajya Sabha by winning 11 seats on Saturday, thus marginally narrowing the gap with the opposition Congress in the upper house where the ruling party is in a minority.
Rajya Sabha Election Results: Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi wins from Jharkhand.
This may be my last 'Political' innings: Birender Singh (BJP) in Chandigarh pic.twitter.com/Ert2VOpt8a
; ANI (@ANI_news) June 11, 2016
Rajya Sabha Election Results | BJP bags all 4 seats in Rajasthan
Rajya Sabha Election Results | Congress wins 3 of 4 seats in Karnataka
Rajya Sabha Election Results: Union Minister Birender Singh and Subhash Chandra, supported by BJP, win from Haryana.
I have had a peaceful sleep all through. I was not nervous at all. My opponent was a woman and more women should enter politics and I wish her well: Congress leader Kapil Sibal after winning Rajya Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh.
Bhopal: BJP workers celebrate after party won 2 seats in Rajya Sabha elections from Madhya Pradesh pic.twitter.com/cCfTeh3mkw
; ANI (@ANI_news) June 11, 2016
Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha election results: Samajwadi Party gets 7 seats. BSP wins 2. BJP and Congress get one seat each.
Union Minister and BJP candidate Birender Singh and Subhash Chandra, independent candidate supported by BJP, win Rajya Sabha elections from Haryana.
Congress candidates Jairam Ramesh, Oscar Fernandes and KC Ramamurthy elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka.
Wherever BJP is there, cross voting and horse trading happens; still we won crucial seats:GN Azad,Cong on RS results pic.twitter.com/Ux8Xo1tlfS
; ANI (@ANI_news) June 11, 2016
Union Minister and BJP candidate Nirmala Sitharaman wins Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka.
Congress candidate and former Union minister Kapil Sibal wins Rajya Sabha elections from Uttar Pradesh: ANI.
Rajya Sabha elections: BJP's MJ Akbar and Anil Madhav Dave win from Madhya Pradesh pic.twitter.com/yvaW1mkR1Z
; ANI (@ANI_news) June 11, 2016
Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi wins Rajya Sabha elections from Jharkhand.
BJP candidates MJ Akbar and Anil Madhav Dave win Rajya Sabha seats by getting 58 votes each. Congress's Vivek Tankha gets 62 votes and wins the third Rajya Sabha seat. Vinod Gotia who was contesting against Vivek Tankha got 50 votes.
Rajya Sabha elections: All seven candidates of Samajwadi Party win from Uttar Pradesh.
Venkaiah Naidu elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan pic.twitter.com/hjYAeEZIOQ
; ANI (@ANI_news) June 11, 2016
Rajya Sabha elections: Congress supported candidate Vivek Tankha wins from Madhya Pradesh
; ANI (@ANI_news) June 11, 2016
Congress-backed Independent candidate Kamal Morarka defeated in Rajya Sabha elections from Rajasthan.
Congress leader Pradeep Tamta elected to Rajya Sabha from Uttarakhand. pic.twitter.com/L2tq4Zp996
; ANI (@ANI_news) June 11, 2016
Rajya Sabha elections: BJP's all 4 candidates Venkaiah Naidu, Om Prakash Mathur, Harshvardhan Singh and Ramkumar Verma elected from Rajasthan: ANI.
Congress leader Pradeep Tamta elected as Rajya Sabha member from Uttarakhand.
; ANI (@ANI_news) June 11, 2016
BJP has nothing to do with the Jharkhand incident. The law will take its own course: Shahnawaz Hussain.
They (BJP) want greater presence in the Upper House and they are pushing very hard but they will learn in the long run that this doesn't pay, says Salman Khurshid.
The BJP went a little bit extra to prevent the Congress and I can understand why because they have discomfort levels in the Rajya Sabha. The BJP doesn't play fair politics. They tried to pull out all stops: Salman Khurshid.
Both Congress MLAs have managed to vote in Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand. Fortunately before it became too late our MLAs have managed to vote. Feel a sense of relief and comfort: Congress leader Salman Khurshid.
Polling concludes in Uttarakhand
Congress's Pradeep Tamta and BJP backed Independent Anil Goel are taking on each other to grab the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Uttarakhand.
Congress's Pradeep Tamta and BJP backed Independent Anil Goel are taking on each other to grab the lone Rajya Sabha seat in Uttarakhand.
Voting ends in Haryana
All 90 lawmakers have cast their votes
Ballot box has been sealed, will be opened at 4 pm for counting
One INLD lawmaker cast his vote in favour of BJP-supported candidate
All 90 lawmakers have cast their votes
Ballot box has been sealed, will be opened at 4 pm for counting
One INLD lawmaker cast his vote in favour of BJP-supported candidate
Voting underway in Madhya Pradesh assembly in Bhopal.
SP MLAs are goons who are openly not letting us cast our vote, they have been exposed: Krishna Paswan, BJP #RSPolls pic.twitter.com/ONiz8TIpHz
- ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) 11 June 2016
Rajya Sabha polls results likely by 6.30 pm
Verbal spat between SP lawmaker Hazi Zamerullah Khan and BJP's Raghunandan Singh Badauriya over their candidates, reported ANI news agency
In Uttar Pradesh, BJP lawmaker alleged obstruction in voting. She claimed that lawmakers from ruling Samajwadi Party were blocking the voting compartment and she had to complain to officials to cast her vote
Heated arguments inside polling Booth in south Gulbarga in Karnataka
Independent lawmaker Ramkrishna was about to cast vote when former prime minister HD Devegowda's son Revanna alleged that he was being forced to cast vote in favour of the Congress.
Independent lawmaker Ramkrishna was about to cast vote when former prime minister HD Devegowda's son Revanna alleged that he was being forced to cast vote in favour of the Congress.
Amid crucial Rajya Sabha polls, arrest warrants were issued against two Congress lawmakers in Jharkhand yesterday. They have moved court for bail as they weren't allowed to vote today
Candidates MJ Akbar, Anil Madhav Dave, Vinod Gotia and Vivek Tankha seen posing for camera
Lawmakers standing in queue, waiting for their turn to vote.
Sources say BSP chief Mayawati may support Congress in UP as she did in Uttarakhand
Mr Sibal has confidence of party and "others", will easily win, says Congress' Rita Bahuguna Joshi.
Key players in Haryana
Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman at polling booth this morning
Rajya Sabha polling underway in Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh.
Voting for Rajya Sabha seats begins in UP. Here is the list of the candidates who are in the fray from the state pic.twitter.com/doKwInI1ea
- NDTV (@ndtv) 11 June 2016
In Karnataka, where the Election Commission has refused to cancel the Rajya Sabha polls at the behest of the Janata Dal Secular, it's the Congress that has forced a contest for the four seats by fielding a third candidate. The BJP's Nirmala Sitharaman will win a seat but the JDS is fuming that its one candidate BM Farook may not.
Elections for 57 Rajya Sabha seats across 15 states will be held today. Here are some key highlights: pic.twitter.com/1t5Gfkyz9t
- NDTV (@ndtv) 11 June 2016
Elections for 57 Rajya Sabha seats in 15 states will take place today: https://t.co/kwu78O7XiZ pic.twitter.com/vpbC7KyghX
- NDTV (@ndtv) 11 June 2016
All eyes are on Uttar Pradesh, where elections are being held to 11 seats. Interest is centred around a fight between Congress' Kapil Sibal and a BJP-backed independent socialite Preeti Mahapatra.
Crucial Contest
30 of the total 57 seats in the current round of biennial elections have already been decided without a contest
Today's polls will decide the fate of remaining 27 as BJP and Congress will be engaged in a keen battle for some of the states.
Six ministers seeking to return to the Rajya Sabha. BJP hoping to increase its tally in the upper house.
30 of the total 57 seats in the current round of biennial elections have already been decided without a contest
Today's polls will decide the fate of remaining 27 as BJP and Congress will be engaged in a keen battle for some of the states.
Six ministers seeking to return to the Rajya Sabha. BJP hoping to increase its tally in the upper house.
