Rajya Sabha poll

'Horse trading' in Karnataka Rajya Sabha polls: I have voted for Congress because...., claims JD(S) MLA

Janata Dal (Secular) chief HD Kumaraswamy alleged "horse-trading" in the Karnataka Rajya Sabha elections claiming that Congress leader Siddaramaiah was pressurising JDS MLAs to not vote for their own party but that of the candidate of the grand old party.

Jun 10, 2022, 13:38 PM IST

EC defers Rajya Sabha election 2020 in view of Coronavirus Covid-19 outbreak; fresh dates to be announced later

Elections to 55 Rajya Sabha seats were announced by the Election Commission on February 25. The polling and counting of votes were scheduled for March 26. 

Mar 24, 2020, 12:19 PM IST

NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale among 37 elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

A total of 37 candidates, including NCP chief Sharad Pawar, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale and Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Harivansh Narayan Singh, were elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha on Wednesday (March 18) after the end of deadline for withdrawal of nomination.

Mar 19, 2020, 07:22 AM IST

TRS announces its Rajya Sabha poll candidates

Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president and Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao on Thursday (March 13, 2020) announced his party candidates for the Rajya Sabha poll from the state.

Mar 13, 2020, 15:13 PM IST

Madhya Pradesh political crisis deepens ahead of Rajya Sabha polls; Jyotiraditya Scindia, supporting MLAs go 'incommunicado'

If sources are to be believed, BJP has offered Jyotiraditya Scindia Rajya Sabha seat, besides a cabinet berth in the Modi government. 

Mar 10, 2020, 00:14 AM IST

Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath faces political crisis; 4 independent, 4 Congress MLAs held hostage in Haryana

Veteran Congress leader Digvijaya Singh told ANI that a senior leader of the BJP has taken a Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) legislator to Delhi in a chartered flight, and alleged that "poaching" attempts were being made by the BJP on Congress MLAs in the state.

Mar 04, 2020, 07:11 AM IST

Rajya Sabha poll: BJP expects to win 12-13 seats in March 26 election

In the Rajya Sabha polls on March 26, DMK and AIADMK are expected to get three seats each. JDU, BJD, and RJD are expected to get two seats each. TMC is expected to get 5 seats, YSRCP 4, and TRS is expected to get one seat. 

Mar 02, 2020, 09:01 AM IST

Rajya Sabha poll: Balvantsinh Rajput challenges EC order in Gujarat High Court

The EC had rejected the votes of former Congress MLAs Raghavji Patel and Bholabhai Gohel.

Aug 18, 2017, 18:33 PM IST

Congress Shantaram Naik files papers for Rajya Sabha poll in Goa

Pitted against BJP's state chief Vinay Tendulkar, Naik expressed confidence of winning the election with the "support of like-minded secular forces."

 

Jul 11, 2017, 15:06 PM IST