Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar files nomination for Rajya Sabha seat
Jun 13, 2024, at 08:25 pm
Mumbai/IBNS: Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar filed her nomination for a Rajya Sabha seat from Maharashtra as a candidate of Nationalist Congress Party or NCP.
Himachal political turmoil: 6 Congress MLAs, who cross-voted in Rajya Sabha polls, disqualified
Feb 29, 2024, at 06:24 pm
Shimla/IBNS: Six Congress MLAs, who cross-voted in the Rajya Sabha elections in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), were disqualified by the Assembly Speaker on Thursday, media reports said.
Rajya Sabha polls: Akhilesh Yadav faces jolt as SP chief whip quits amid buzz over cross-voting
Feb 27, 2024, at 06:24 pm
Lucknow/IBNS: In a jolt to former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief whip Manoj Pandey quit amid the buzz over cross-voting following Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s fielding of the eight candidate in the Rajya Sabha elections where 10 seats are up grab from the state.
Uttar Pradesh: Polling begins for 10 seats of Rajya Sabha
Feb 27, 2024, at 05:09 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Polling for 10 seats of Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh began on Tuesday.
Elections for 56 Rajya Sabha seats in 15 states to be held on next month
Jan 29, 2024, at 09:58 pm
The Election Commission of India on Monday released the date for the elections on 56 Rajya Sabha seats in 15 states.
BJP nominates former Tripura CM Biplab Deb for Rajya Sabha polls
Sep 11, 2022, at 05:09 am
Agartala: BJP has nominated former Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Deb as a candidate for the by-election to the only Rajya Sabha seat in the state, media reports said.
RS polls: JDS chief HD Kumaraswamy alleges horse-trading in Karnataka
Jun 10, 2022, at 10:56 pm
Bengaluru/UNI: JD-S President H D Kumaraswamy on Friday alleged horse-trading in the Rajya Sabha elections from Karnataka claiming that Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah was pressurising JD-S MLAs to vote for the Congress party.
Voting for 16 Rajya Sabha seats in four states currently underway
Jun 10, 2022, at 03:01 pm
New Delhi: Voting for election of 16 Rajya Sabha seats in four states across India is currently being held on Friday.
RS polls: 6 candidates from Tamil Nadu, including P Chidambaram, to get elected unopposed
Jun 02, 2022, at 01:19 am
Chennai/UNI: All six candidates, including senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, three from the ruling DMK and two from the opposition AIADMK, will be declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu on June 3.
RS polls: BJP, Cong eye JDS votes for their extra candidate
May 16, 2022, at 05:47 pm
Bengaluru, (UNI): The ruling BJP and opposition Congress in Karnataka are eyeing for 32 JDS votes for helping their extra candidate to win the Rajya Sabha elections in the state.
Shibu Soren and Deepak Prakash win Rajya Sabha polls from Jharkhand
Jun 20, 2020, at 12:23 am
Ranchi/UNI: Three time former Jharkhand chief minister and JMM supremo Shibu Soren and state BJP president Deepak Prakash won the Rajya Sabha elections from Jharkhand on Friday.
Jyotiraditya, Diggy and Solanki elected to RS from MP
Jun 19, 2020, at 11:50 pm
Bhopal/UNI: BJP candidates Jyotiraditya Scindia and Sumer Singh Solanki and Congress candidate Digvijaya Singh were declared elected to the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh on Friday.
Polling for 19 Rajya Sabha seats underway, BJP eyes majority in upper house
Jun 19, 2020, at 11:13 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The crucial polls for 19 seats in Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament, are currently underway on Friday.
Rajasthan: After Congress, BJP shifts MLAs to Jaipur hotel ahead of RS polls
Jun 16, 2020, at 11:31 pm
Jaipur/IBNS: After the ruling Congress party in Rajasthan shifted their legislators to a hotel ahead of the Rajya Sabha polls on June 19, the opposition Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) has followed the suit.
HD Deve Gowda back in Parliament as all Karnataka Rajya Sabha candidates elected unopposed
Jun 13, 2020, at 11:37 am
Bengaluru/IBNS: Former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda will be back in Parliament as he along with three other candidates from Karnataka for the Rajya Sabha polls were elected unopposed last evening.
Rajya Sabha polls: AIADMK, DMK nominees all set to win six seats
Mar 16, 2020, at 04:01 pm
Chennai/UNI: Three candidates each from the ruling AIADMK and the Opposition DMK are all set to be elected to the Rajya Sabha from the Tamil Nadu Assembly as their nomination papers were found in order on scrutiny on Monday.
Rajya Sabha polls : AIADMK nominates Thambidurai, Munusamy, allots third seat to Vasan
Mar 09, 2020, at 05:42 pm
Chennai/UNI: The AIADMK on Monday announced its candidates for two seats, while allotting the third to its ally Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC), for the March 26 biennial elections to Rajya Sabha from the Tamil Nadu Assembly.
Election Commission announces poll dates to 55 RS seats in 17 states
Feb 25, 2020, at 11:57 am
New Delhi/UNI: The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday announced polls to 55 Rajya Sabha seats in 17 states, where the term of the members will end in April 2020.
Rajya Sabha poll results not going to affect SP-BSP alliance: Mayawati
Mar 25, 2018, at 03:07 am
Lucknow, Mar 24 (IBNS): Despite the Rajya Sabha poll defeats in Uttar Pradesh, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has stated the alliance between her party and Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi party (SP) will continue, media reports said.
Narendra Modi congratulates newly elected Rajya Sabha MPs
Mar 24, 2018, at 02:48 pm
New Delhi, Mar 24 (IBNS): Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has wished all the candidates who emerged victorious in the Rajya Sabha elections held on Friday.
Rajya Sabha polls: BJP wins 9 seats from Uttar Pradesh
Mar 24, 2018, at 04:30 am
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): Beating the Samajwadi Party (SP) and practically decimating the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won nine out of 10 seats in the Rajya Sabha elections.
RS polls: TMC wins all 4 seats from WB, TRS wins 3 in Telangana
Mar 24, 2018, at 03:13 am
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): As the counting for the Rajya Sabha votes is underway on Friday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has managed to register a win at the Chhattisgarh seat while the Trinamool Congress party won all the four seats from West Bengal.
Rajya Sabha Polls: Counting of votes underway
Mar 23, 2018, at 11:48 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): Counting of votes for the Rajya Sabha elections is currently going on as voting to elect the vacant seats for the Upper House of the Indian Parliament was earlier held on Friday.
Rajya Sabha polls: Voting begins, UP to witness prestige battle
Mar 23, 2018, at 03:11 pm
New Delhi, Mar 23 (IBNS): Voting to fill up 26 seats in the Rajya Sabha is currently going on.
TMC to back Congress candidate Abhishek Manu Singhvi in Rajya Sabha polls
Mar 10, 2018, at 04:03 am
Kolkata, Mar 9 (IBNS): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced that her party Trinamool Congress will back Congress candidate Abhishek Manu Singhvi upcoming Rajya Sabha elections.