Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is expected to win six Rajya Sabha seats to fill 56 vacancies after February 27 elections. The ruling coalition. includes Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party faction and Janata Dal-United.
Election Commission announced 56 seats on Monday: 10 from Uttar Pradesh, 6 from Maharashtra and Bihar, 5 from Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, 4 from Karnataka and Gujarat, 3 from Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Rajasthan, and 1 from Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Chhattisgarh
Congress may replace BJP chief J P Nadda in Himachal Pradesh. Insiders say Congress may give the seat to general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
To be renominated to the Rajya Sabha, Nadda must leave Himachal Pradesh, where the Congress dominates.
After the JDU rejoined the NDA, the BJP-JD(U) may win two Bihar seats from RJD and Congress.
In Maharashtra, the BJP-led alliance may win equal seats.
JD-U and RJD had two of Bihar’s six seats, while Congress and BJP each held one.
BJP held three of six Maharashtra seats, while NCP, Congress, and Shiv Sena held one each.
The BJP will win two Gujarat seats from the Congress due to its increased state legislature strength.
Elections likely yield 28 BJP seats.
The Upper House includes 114 NDA members, including 93 BJP.
The Congress has 30 seats, second-most.
When it establishes the state government, the Congress will gain two Telangana seats but lose two in Gujarat, Bihar, and West Bengal.
The announcement starts the biannual election nomination process on February 8.
Six members retire April 3 and 50 on April 2, per the Election Commission.
Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan, Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav, and Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya are among nine Union ministers serving.
In April, Odisha BJD members Prashanta Nanda and Amar Patnaik, Uttarakhand BJP major spokesperson Anil Baluni, Fisheries Minister Parshottam Rupala, and Gujarat Congress members Naranbhai Rathwa and Amee Yagnik retired.
MSME Minister Narayan Rane, former Union minister Prakash Javadekar, Congressman Kumar Ketkar, NCP member Vandana Chavan, and Shiv Sena (UBT) member Anil Desai are retiring from Maharashtra.
Conclusion
Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA may win six Rajya Sabha seats to fill 56 vacancies after February 27 elections. Election Commission announced 56 seats: 10 from Uttar Pradesh, 6 from Maharashtra and Bihar, 5 from Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, 4 from Karnataka and Gujarat, 3 from Odisha, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, and Rajasthan, and 1 from Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, and Chhattisgarh Congress may replace BJP chief J P Nadda in Himachal Pradesh. Insiders say Congress may give the seat to general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra.
BJP-JD(U) is predicted to win two Bihar seats and an equal number in Maharashtra. Upper House of Parliament: Congress has 30 seats, second-most. The biennial election nomination process begins on February 8.
