Rajya Sabha Polls
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TMC nominates four candidates for RS polls in West Bengal
Elections | Mar 08, 2020, 11:20 PM ISTTrinamool Congress (TMC) chief Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced the names of Arpita Ghosh, Mausam Noor, Dinesh Trivedi and Subrata Bakshi as the party candidates for the upcoming Rajya Sabha polls.
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SC reserves order on plea challenging EC's move for making NOTA applicable in Rajya Sabha polls
Elections | Jul 30, 2018, 09:16 PM ISTThe bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra, Justice A.M.Khanwilkar and Justice D.Y.Chandrachid reserved the order, observing that Rajya Sabha elections are complicated as it is and why does the Election Commission wants to make it more complicated.
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BJP's win in UP Rajya Sabha polls bolstered SP-BSP unity: Akhilesh
National | Mar 25, 2018, 11:10 PM ISTAkhilesh Yadav also said his wife Dimple Yadav may not contest the next Lok Sabha elections to blunt the nepotism charge that political opponents hurl at Samajwadi Party (SP), which he leads.
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Rajya Sabha loss won't affect SP-BSP bonhomie, not even by an inch says BSP chief Mayawati
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Mission 2019: PM Modi's poll winning mantra for MPs
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Rajya Sabha Elections 2018 Result: BJP wins 12 of 25 seats
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BJP wins 9 out of 10 UP Rajya Sabha seats
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Rajya Sabha election 2018 Results: TRS wins all three Rajya Sabha seats in Telangana
Elections | Mar 23, 2018, 08:37 PM ISTB. Prakash, J. Santosh Kumar and AB. Lingaiah Yadav were elected to the Upper House, while Congress candidate and former union minister P. Balram Naik was defeated.
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Rajya Sabha election 2018 Results: BJP's Saroj Pandey elected from Chhattisgarh
Elections | Mar 23, 2018, 08:07 PM ISTPandey registered victory against Congress candidate Lekhram Sahu by a comfortable margin, roping in the votes of the two MLAs who cross voted in her favour.
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UP Rajya Sabha polls: Stage set for keen contest as BJP eyes an extra seat
National | Mar 22, 2018, 11:34 PM ISTThe saffron party is assured of victory in eight of the ten seats going by its dominant numbers in the state assembly along with its allies.
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Rajya Sabha polls 2018: 50 per cent candidates have already won, here's the list
Elections | Mar 22, 2018, 09:41 AM ISTThe election of these leaders was a foregone conclusion given the numerical strength of their parties in the respective state assemblies.
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Rajya Sabha Polls in Uttar Pradesh: Political parties resort to dinner diplomacy
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RS polls: 87% candidates crorepatis, JD-U's Mahendra Prasad richest with assets worth Rs 4,078 crore
Elections | Mar 22, 2018, 08:23 AM ISTIn contrast, Achyutananda Samananta of Biju Janata Dal is the poorest candidate with total assets worth Rs 4 lakh only.
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Akhilesh Yadav meets Samajwadi Party MLAs, asks to vote for BSP candidate in Rajya Sabha polls
National | Mar 21, 2018, 11:50 PM ISTSamajwadi Party has 47 MLAs in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly, of whom Nitin Agarwal is expected to vote for the BJP. Nitin Agrawal is the son of Naresh Agrawal, who recently quit Samajwadi Party and joined the BJP.
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BJD wins three Rajya Sabha seats in Odisha without contest
National | Mar 15, 2018, 08:37 PM ISTReturning Officer Rajesh Prabhakar Patil announced the names of the elected persons after the deadline for withdrawal of nominations ended this afternoon.
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Rajya Sabha polls: Two from TDP, one from YSR Congress get elected
National | Mar 15, 2018, 08:34 PM ISTTDP's C M Ramesh, Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar and YSRC's Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy were elected to the three seats that fall vacant from Andhra Pradesh on April 2.
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UP RS polls: Contest certain despite withdrawal of 2 BJP nominees
India | Mar 15, 2018, 06:11 PM IST"BJP candidates Vidyasagar Sonkar and Salil Vishnoi have withdrawn their candidature," returning officer Poonam Saxena said.
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All six candidates set to enter Rajya Sabha unopposed in Maharashtra
National | Mar 15, 2018, 05:33 PM ISTFor the six RS seats falling vacant, there are four candidates from BJP and one each from Congress, National Congress Party (NCP) and Shiv Sena.
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Rajya Sabha polls: All 4 candidates from Gujarat elected unopposed
National | Mar 15, 2018, 05:19 PM ISTFour candidates -- two each of the Congress and the BJP -- were today elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat, days after the last moment entry of two nominees from these parties raised the prospect of a contest.
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Gujarat: Drama over Rathwa's Rajya Sabha nomination ends with acceptance
National | Mar 13, 2018, 09:52 PM ISTThe Returning Officer accepted nomination papers of seven candidates -- two of the Congress, three of the BJP, one Independent backed by the Congress, and one dummy candidate fielded by the BJP. Nomination papers of one Independent were rejected.