New Delhi: The ruling Congress won two Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won one seat in the Rajya Sabha elections held on Friday.
In Madhya Pradesh, the ruling BJP has won two seats while Congress won one seat. Congress general secretary KC Venugopal and party leader Neeraj Dangi won from Rajasthan while BJP candidate Rajendra Gehlot also won.
In Madhya Pradesh, BJP candidates Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sumer Singh Solanki won the election as also Congress leader Digvijaya Singh.
All the four Rajya Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh were won by the ruling YSR Congress Party.
Voting for 19 vacant Rajya Sabha was held on Friday. The polls, which were to be held on March 26, were deferred in view of COVID-19 outbreak.
The counting of votes took place for 19 seats today, polling for which was held across eight states on Friday.
Four seats were up for grabs in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, three each from Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, two from Jharkhand, and one each from Mizoram, Manipur and Meghalaya.
LIVE RESULTS:
In Rajasthan, Congress wins two Rajya Sabha elections seats, while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has won one seat.
In Madhya Pradesh, the BJP wins two seats Congress has won one seat.
In Andhra Pradesh, the Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YRSCP) wins all four Rajya Sabha seats.
In Jharkhand, the BJP has won 1 Rajya Sabha seat while ruling JMM’s Shibu Soren has won the other RS seat
