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Rajya Sabha polls: SC to hear Congress plea against use of NOTA in Gujarat

Congress is bracing for a fight in Gujarat where Ahmed Patel is seeking a re-election

RS polls: PM Modi steps up assault on Congress, eyes national supremacy

With Bihar, Modi gained 10 more upper-house seats

Congress leader Ahmed Patel may lose RS seat after BJP fields its candidate

New Delhi, 27 JulySenior Congress leader Ahmed Patel could struggle to get re-elected to the Rajya Sabha after three Congress legislators in the Gujarat assembly quit the party today. One of the three, Balwantsinh Rajput, who was also the Congress chief whip in the assembly, will now be a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate for the Rajya Sabha elections.Three of the total 11 Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat retire next month. Elections to these three seats are scheduled for August 8. The three include BJP's Smriti Irani and Congress's Patel. On Wednesday, BJP had announced candidates for two of the seats. It said Irani will contest again and it decided to field party chief Amit Shah on the second seat. Patel filed his nomination papers for the contest on Wednesday.Today, three Congress legislators, considered close to rebel Congress leader Shankersinh Vaghela, quit the party. Apart from Rajput, Tejashreeben Patel and Prahlad Patel also quit the party. This has brought Congress's ...

Amit Shah to contest for Rajya Sabha polls from Gujarat

BJP chief to file nomination papers on Friday

Congress expels 6 UP MLAs for cross voting in Rajya Sabha polls

MLAs cross voted against Kapil Sibal in Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha elections

Congress wins three Rajya Sabha seats from Karnataka

Election was held to fill vacancies caused by expiry of term of four members

BJP clean sweep in Rajasthan RS polls

To win the poll, a candidate required 40 votes, and looking at the BJP's strength of 160 in the state assembly

Rajya Sabha Polls: SP wins 7 in UP, BSP 2, BJP and Congress 1 each

There were 12 candidates for 11 Rajya Sabha seats in UP and to secure a seat, a candidate required 34 votes

Four senior Congress leaders elected to Rajya Sabha

Chidambaram won from Maharashtra, Sibal got elected from UP and Jairam Ramesh and Oscar Fernandes won from Karnataka

Haryana Rajya Sabha results delayed after 16 objections

Results were to be declared around 5 p.m. but the counting process was delayed due to the objections raised

Congress wins lone Rajya Sabha seat from Uttarakhand

Pradeep Tamta, defeated Independent candidate Anil Goel to win the lone Rajya Sabha seat from Uttarakhand

Rajya Sabha polls: Voting for lone seat from Uttarakhand concludes

Congress's Pradeep Tamta and BJP backed Independent Anil Goel are taking on each other to grab the seat

Rajya Sabha polls: Voting begins for 27 seats in seven states

The remaining 30 seats of the total 57 in the current round of biennial elections to the Upper House have already been decided without a contest

Rajya Sabha polls: Voting underway for 3 seats in Madhya Pradesh

Two BJP candidates senior journalist MJ Akbar and Anil Dave and Congress nominee Vivek Tankha are in the fray

Rajya Sabha polls: Voting for two Haryana seats begins

Three candidates including Union Minister Birender Singh in fray for the seats

RS nominations: BJP snubs its own, backs independents

Party aims to queer the pitch for Cong's Sibal and Tankha with this move

4 AIADMK, 2 DMK MPs set to be elected to RS from TN

There are no other contenders in the fray with the rejection of seven nominations of independents on Wednesday

Prabhu to be TDP-BJP candidate from Andhra, Akbar to represent MP

Prabhu will file his nomination in Hyderabad on Tuesday

JD(U) names Sharad Yadav, RCP Singh as candidates for Rajya Sabha polls

May 31 is the last date for filing nominations for these seats, while scrutiny will take place on June 1

Rajya Sabha term nearing end, ministers wonder about re-election

On the heels of the Assembly elections, at least four ministers are now wondering where they would be elected from, as their Rajya Sabha terms are almost getting over. Commerce Minister Nirmala Sitharaman was elected to the Upper House from Andhra Pradesh and the Bharatiya Janata Party will have to negotiate with the Telugu Desam Party if it wants another term for her. Minister of State for Minorities Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi was elected from Uttar Pradesh. The Rajya Sabha term of Power Minister Piyush Goyal from Maharashtra is also about to end but getting re-elected should not be a problem for him. Urban Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Venkaiah Naidu was elected from Karnataka and it seems he will be elected from the state again. The BJP also has a nominated seat in its kitty.