New Delhi: The voting for the 16 Rajya Sabha seats in four states, including Maharastra, Rajashtan, Haryana, and Karnataka completed today at 4 PM. The counting of votes was begun by the Election Commission of India at 5 PM.
After a few hours of waiting, the results have now started coming out. Results for the Rajashtan and Karnakata have been released while the counting in Haryana and Maharashtra is underway.
#RajyaSabhaElections2022 | Counting of votes yet to begin in Maharashtra and Haryana.
Results out for Rajasthan and Karnataka. In Rajasthan, Congress won 3 and BJP got one seat; in Karnataka, BJP won 3 and Congress got one seat. pic.twitter.com/0cjanpurgk
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Congress wins 3 seats and BJP 1 in Rajasthan
Congress won all three Rajya Sabha seats it contested in party-ruled Rajasthan with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also winning a seat in the state.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot congratulated party leaders Randeep Singh Surjewala, Pramod Tiwari, and Mukul Wasnik for their victory in the biennial polls to the upper house of parliament and said BJP had tried to indulge in “horse-trading by fielding an independent candidate”.
Congress wins three Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan, Gehlot says BJP will face defeat in 2023 assembly polls
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BJP candidate Ghanshyam Tiwari won but party-backed independent candidate Subhash Chandra lost the polls.
BJP wins 3 seats and Congress 1 in Karnataka
In Karnataka, the BJP won three seats out of four seats in the Rajya Sabha polls today. However, the fourth seat was won by the Congress candidate Jairam Ramesh.
From the BJP side, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, MLC Lehar Singh Siroya, and actor-politician Jaggesh won the election.
After the victory, Sitharaman thanked former CM BS Yediyurappa for his blessings and for the people of Karnataka.
I thank the blessings that BS Yediyurappa (former CM) has always extended to me. I thank every MLA & through them, the people of Karnataka for having given me the 2nd opportunity to serve them… I thank the BJP Karnataka unit & every worker: BJP candidate FM Nirmala Sitharaman pic.twitter.com/KwM2Y4krTn
— ANI (@ANI) June 10, 2022
