Rajya Sabha election results 2020: BJP bags 2 in Madhya Pradesh, Congress wins 2 seats in Rajasthan
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The results of Rajya Sabha election results were declared on Friday, shortly after the voting concluded. The voting took for four seats each in Andhra Pradesh and Gujarat, three each in Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, two in Jharkhand, and one each in Manipur, Mizoram and Meghalaya.
Madhya Pradesh: BJP wins 2, Congress 1
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh has won two seats. The opposition Congress won one seat. The winners are Jyotiraditya Scindia, Sumer Singh Solanki (both BJP) and Digvijaya Singh.
Rajasthan Rajya Sabha Election Result: Congress wins 2 seats, BJP 1
Congress wins 2 seats from Rajasthan, while BJP 1 seat. BJP's Rajendra Gehlot won, while KC Venugopal and Neeraj Dangi won from the Congress party.
Earlier, Voting for 19 Rajya Sabha seats spread across 8 states had concluded peacefully at 4 pm on Friday. Voting began at 9 am in the respective Assemblies and concluded at 4 pm.
Polling took place in 8 states simultaneously - Gujarat (4 seats), Andhra Pradesh (4 seats), Rajasthan (3 seats), Jharkhand (2 seats), Manipur (1 seat), Meghalaya (1 seat) and Mizoram (1 seat). Apart from routine preparations, the Election Commission had made special arrangements for sanitisation, social distancing etc. given coronavirus outbreak. The EC had arranged separate entry and exit gates.
(With inputs from agencies)