The BJP’s biggest achievement came from Uttar Pradesh, where it won the assembly elections in March. The BJP won eight of the 11 Rajya Sabha seats that went to polls in India’s most populous state.
Digital Desk: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party
(BJP) effectively retained its tally of 95 seats in the Rajya Sabha with the
help of Independent MP Kartikeya Sharma after the latest round of biennial
elections, once again demonstrating the ruling exception ability to pull additional
votes and win crucial seats.
In the hotly contested elections in Maharashtra and Karnataka, the BJP won three seats.Its candidates won in Rajasthan and Haryana, and an independent candidate they backed in Haryana also won. But, purely on numbers, it should have won two in Karnataka and Maharashtra, and the independent candidate backed by it should not have won. Thus, effectively, the party won three more seats than it was expected to.
The BJP’s climb in the Rajya Sabha had uplifted its tally from 68 seats at the beginning of 2018 to 95 before this round of biennial elections. However, after all the results are out, the ruling party has effectively maintained that tally with the help of an independent in Haryana.
The Congress’s net gain was one seat in these elections. It won 10 out of the 57 seats that went to the polls.
However, the NDA’s tally went down by one seat as the BJP’s ally, JD (U), saw a net loss of one seat. This is because the JD (U) fought for two seats but won only one.
The BJP’s biggest achievement came from Uttar Pradesh, where it won the assembly elections in March. The BJP won eight of the 11 Rajya Sabha seats that went to polls in India’s most populous state. The BJP won an additional three seats to its earlier tally of five. This big victory in UP helped the BJP compensate for losing three seats in Rajasthan and one seat each in Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra.
The Congress’s net gain was one seat in these elections. It won 10 out of the 57 seats that went to the polls. The party gained three seats in Rajasthan and one in Chhattisgarh, while it lost a seat each in Uttarakhand, Punjab, and Karnataka. In Haryana, its candidate, Ajay Maken, failed to win.
The marginal increase could cheer the Congress, which has lost many state elections to the BJP and some regional parties. However, the losses in Haryana, Karnataka (where it could not strike a deal with the JDS), and Maharashtra (where a Shiv Sena candidate from the MVA alliance lost) will worry it. The other big plunge was by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), cashing in on its victory in the Punjab elections. Arvind Kejriwal’s party won Rajya Sabha seats of Punjab that went to polls in this round, taking its Rajya Sabha tally to 10.
The DMK and the BJD retained 3 seats each, and the SP and BSP lost two seats.
In the hotly contested elections in Maharashtra and Karnataka, the BJP won three seats.Its candidates won in Rajasthan and Haryana, and an independent candidate they backed in Haryana also won. But, purely on numbers, it should have won two in Karnataka and Maharashtra, and the independent candidate backed by it should not have won. Thus, effectively, the party won three more seats than it was expected to.
The BJP’s climb in the Rajya Sabha had uplifted its tally from 68 seats at the beginning of 2018 to 95 before this round of biennial elections. However, after all the results are out, the ruling party has effectively maintained that tally with the help of an independent in Haryana.
The Congress’s net gain was one seat in these elections. It won 10 out of the 57 seats that went to the polls.
However, the NDA’s tally went down by one seat as the BJP’s ally, JD (U), saw a net loss of one seat. This is because the JD (U) fought for two seats but won only one.
The BJP’s biggest achievement came from Uttar Pradesh, where it won the assembly elections in March. The BJP won eight of the 11 Rajya Sabha seats that went to polls in India’s most populous state. The BJP won an additional three seats to its earlier tally of five. This big victory in UP helped the BJP compensate for losing three seats in Rajasthan and one seat each in Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Maharashtra.
The Congress’s net gain was one seat in these elections. It won 10 out of the 57 seats that went to the polls. The party gained three seats in Rajasthan and one in Chhattisgarh, while it lost a seat each in Uttarakhand, Punjab, and Karnataka. In Haryana, its candidate, Ajay Maken, failed to win.
The marginal increase could cheer the Congress, which has lost many state elections to the BJP and some regional parties. However, the losses in Haryana, Karnataka (where it could not strike a deal with the JDS), and Maharashtra (where a Shiv Sena candidate from the MVA alliance lost) will worry it. The other big plunge was by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), cashing in on its victory in the Punjab elections. Arvind Kejriwal’s party won Rajya Sabha seats of Punjab that went to polls in this round, taking its Rajya Sabha tally to 10.
The DMK and the BJD retained 3 seats each, and the SP and BSP lost two seats.
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