Rajya Sabha polls: Congress wins three seats in Karnataka, BJP wins one in Himachal Pradesh

MLAs cross-voted in all three Legislative Assemblies where polls to the Upper House of Parliament were held on Tuesday.

Feb 27, 2024 - 18:00

Rajya Sabha polls: Congress wins three seats in Karnataka, BJP wins one in Himachal Pradesh

The Congress on Tuesday won three seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party won a single seat in the ongoing elections to the Rajya Sabha in Karnataka, The Indian Express reported.

The Rajya Sabha elections for Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, and Himachal Pradesh were held on Tuesday. Voting has ended for ten seats in Uttar Pradesh, four seats in Karnataka and one seat in Himachal Pradesh amid reports of cross-voting.

In Himachal Pradesh, the BJP’s Harish Mahajan defeated Congress’ Abhishek Manu Singhvi.

The Congress won all the three seats it had contested for in Karnataka with its candidates Ajay Maken, Syed Naseer Hussain and GC Chandrasekhar, while Narayansa Bhandage won from the BJP. Kupendra Reddy from the Janata Dal (Secular) lost.

In Karnataka, a candidate requires 45 votes in the 224-member Assembly to be elected to the Upper House of Parliament.

Maken and Hussain secured 47 votes each, while Chandrashekar got 45 votes. Bhandage secured 47 votes, while Reddy received 36 votes.

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, while addressing reporters, said that the party’s win shows the “unity and integrity” of the Congress.

Meanwhile, Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party MLA ST Somashekar Gowda had cross-voted during the Rajya Sabha polls in the state, party chief whip Doddanagouda G Patil told ANI.

“It is confirmed that ST Somashekar has cross-voted,” Patil told ANI.

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