Rajya Sabha Election Result 2024 highlight: BJP supporters celebrate as party bags 8 out of 10 seats in UP

Rajya Sabha Election Result 2024 highlight: BJP supporters celebrate as party bags 8 out of 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh

Rajya Sabha Election Result 2024 highlight: The results for the Upper House election in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Himachal Pradesh were declared on Tuesday, hours after the voting was completed. Election for 15 Rajya Sabha seats across these three states took place on Tuesday. Out of the 56 Rajya Sabha seats contested today, 41 members have secured their positions in the upper house without facing opposition.

State-wise results and winners

• Elections were held for the remaining seats in the Upper House of Parliament: 10 in Uttar Pradesh, four in Karnataka, and one in Himachal Pradesh.

• In Karnataka, the Congress won all three seats it contested in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, while the Bharatiya Janata Party bagged one seat. Congress candidates Ajay Maken, Dr Syed Naseer Hussain, and GC Chandrashekhar won with 47, 46, and 46 votes respectively, as reported by ANI. On the other hand, BJP candidate Narayana Bandage won the lone seat for the saffron party.

• Meanwhile, in Himachal Pradesh, BJP candidate Harsh Mahajan secured the Rajya Sabha seat in the Congress-ruled state. Chief minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu alleged that several MLAs were being “kidnapped” by the CRPF and Haryana Police, as five to six MLAs were seen reaching Panchkula.

• In Uttar Pradesh, the BJP won eight out of 10 Rajya Sabha seats for which the election was held on Tuesday while the other two were bagged by the Samajwadi Party. Earlier in the day, the SP filed objections with the Election Commission, delaying the counting process, which was supposed to begin at 5 pm.