Rajya Sabha Polls 2022: Voting for 16 Rajya Sabha seats in four states is to be held on Friday. The results of elections in Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Karnataka and Haryana will be declared on the same day. Amidst allegations of horse-trading between the parties before the election, the chief Election Commissioner Rajeev Kumar said on Thursday that special observers, who will be videographers, have been appointed to oversee the election process. View Results Live
Rajya Sabha Elections 2022: All you need to know
Biennial elections were announced for 57 Rajya Sabha seats recently and all 41 candidates in Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Punjab, Telangana, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand were elected unopposed last Friday. Was declared.
However, elections will be held for 16 seats in Haryana, Rajasthan, Maharashtra and Karnataka on Friday as the number of candidates is more than the seats going to the polls.
Rajya Sabha Elections 2022: What are Rajya Sabha Elections?
The Rajya Sabha or the upper house of the Parliament is a permanent body that is never dissolved and can have a maximum of 250 members as per the Constitution. As of 2021, it has a sanctioned strength of 245, of which 233 are elected from states and union territories. The remaining 12 are nominated by the President, who are chosen for their contribution in the fields of arts, literature, science and social services.
The Vice President of India is the Speaker of the Upper House, while it also has a Deputy Speaker. Presently Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu is the Chairman of Rajya Sabha.
Rajya Sabha Election 2022: Results and Presidential Election 2022
election for the next president of India The Election Commission on Thursday announced that polling will be held on July 18 in which 4,809 voters of MPs and MLAs will vote for the successor of the incumbent Ram Nath Kovind. Given its strength in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha as well as several state assemblies, the BJP is in a comfortable position to ensure the victory of the candidate nominated by it in the upcoming election.
While the final list of voters will be notified after the bypolls to three Lok Sabha seats and the Rajya Sabha elections to 16 seats, the NDA has 440 MPs while the opposition UPA has around 180 MPs, apart from the Trinamool’s 36 MPs. Congress which generally supports the opposition candidate.
The Congress and the BJP are likely to win six more Rajya Sabha seats and the UPA allies may get three more in the June 10 elections.
Rajya Sabha Elections 2022: How are the members elected?
The members of the Rajya Sabha are elected by open ballot by the single transferable vote. They are indirectly elected by the legislators of the party unlike the Lok Sabha members, who are elected by the public. One third of the members retire every second year and are replaced by newly elected members. Each member serves for a term of six years. By-elections are held in case of death, disqualification or resignation.
Watch states are allotted to Rajya Sabha candidates on the basis of population like in Lok Sabha. As and when a new state is formed or merged, the makeup of the Rajya Sabha also changes accordingly.
Rajya Sabha Election 2022: Date and Time
Elections will be held on June 10 for six seats in Maharashtra, four each in Rajasthan and Karnataka and two in Haryana. The elections will be telecast live on all major Hindi and English channels.
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Rajya Sabha Election 2022: Result
The results of Rajya Sabha elections 2022 will be declared on the same day. click here To stay updated with the latest news.
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Rajya Sabha Elections 2022: Leading Candidates
The Congress is trying to ensure that its candidates win the RS elections in Haryana, Rajasthan and Maharashtra, while the BJP has put its weight behind independent candidates in Haryana and Rajasthan.
AICC general secretary Ajay Maken is the Congress candidate from Haryana, where two seats are vacant. The Congress and the BJP are likely to get one seat each, but the BJP has supported media baron Kartikeya Sharma as an independent. Kartikeya is Vinod Sharma’s son and son-in-law of former Haryana speaker Kuldeep Sharma.
Congress needs 31 votes to win the seat and has the same number of MLAs. BJP is betting on cross voting. For the four Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan, the Congress has fielded three candidates – Randeep Surjewala, Mukul Wasnik and Pramod Tiwari. While the Congress is certain to get two seats, it needs 15 more votes to win Tiwari’s third seat. The BJP has fielded its former minister Ghanshyam Tiwari and backed media stalwart Subhash Chandra as independent candidates from the second seat.
In Maharashtra, Shiv Sena and BJP will fight it out for the sixth Rajya Sabha seat as none of the seven candidates – four from the ruling MVA and three from the BJP – withdrew their nominations. Congress has also fielded another candidate Mansoor Ali Khan in Karnataka. Jairam Ramesh is the second candidate of Congress.
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