Rajya Sabha Election 2020 updates: BJP bags 8 seats, Congress 4
New Delhi, June 19: The Bharatiya Janata arty has won eight of the 19 Rajya Sabha seats up for vote in the biennial election held in eight states on Friday. The Congress has won four.
The BJP bagged three seats in Gujarat, two in Madhya Pradesh and one in Rajasthan, Jharkhand and Manipur each. The Congress, meanwhile, took home two seats in Rajasthan and one in Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat each.
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Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot cast his vote for #RajyaSabhaElection, at the state Assembly in Jaipur earlier today. https://t.co/f24fl6FJMx pic.twitter.com/EgtCcFgBPY
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Amaravati: TDP leader and former Andhra Pradesh CM N Chandrababu Naidu casts his vote for Rajya Sabha elections. There are four Rajya Sabha seats in the state. pic.twitter.com/9tupJnqRTF
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Madhya Pradesh: State legislative assembly premises in Bhopal being sanitised after Congress MLA, who had tested positive for #COVID19 and had come here to cast his vote, left. Voting is currently underway for three Rajya Sabha seats of the state. #RajyaSabhaElection pic.twitter.com/pQhI4GUk1v
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Madhya Pradesh: A Congress MLA who had tested positive for #COVID19, arrives at the state legislative assembly in Bhopal to cast his vote. Voting is currently underway for three Rajya Sabha seats of the state. #RajyaSabhaElection pic.twitter.com/P8wltUu8fT
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MLAs of Meghalaya Democratic Alliance (MDA) are united & we are very sure to win lone Rajya Sabha seat: Meghalaya CM & National People's Party (NPP) Chief Conrad K Sangma after casting his vote at state Assembly.
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MDA has fielded NPP leader WR Kharlukhi as its candidate. https://t.co/xEV3CBYlR5 pic.twitter.com/nTEtM1A9xH
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh arrives at the state Assembly to cast his vote for one seat of Rajya Sabha. pic.twitter.com/1n1vz4Gf2d
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