
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders Narhari Amin, Ajay Bhardwaj, Ramilaben Bara and Congress leader Shaktisinh Gohil have been elected as Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat.
Counting of votes for four seats in Gujarat began after a delay of four-hours as the Congress demanded that the Election Commission invalidate two BJP votes on different grounds.
As many as 43 first-timers are set to enter the Upper House accounting for 72 per cent of vacancies being filled up, the research division of Rajya Sabha has found.
For the 19 vacancies in Rajya Sabha for which results were announced on Friday, there were 28 candidates in the fray of which 24 were never members of Rajya Sabha.
Friday's contest is between such freshers in Gujarat, Manipur, Meghalaya and Mizoram.
(With inputs from PTI)