Union ministers Ravneet Singh Bittu and George Kurian, senior Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi and former minister Upendra Kushwaha were elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha, on Tuesday.
Joining the league, BJP's Kiran Choudhry (Haryana), Mamata Mohanata (Odisha) and Manan Kumar Mishra (Bihar) are also the one who were declared winner after 3 pm. Meanwhile, four of the candidates, BJP's Dhairyasheel Patil and NCP's Nitin Patil (both from Maharashtra), and Rameswar Teli and Mission Ranjan Das (both of BJP from Assam), were announced winners on Monday.
Bypolls were announced on 12 seats that fell vacant as the sitting members, including Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Sarbananda Sonowal and Jyotiraditya Scindia, were elected to Lok Sabha recently.
Thus, while 11 candidates have been elected unopposed, the winner from the seat in Tripura will be decided by voting on September 3. Tripura BJP president Rajib Bhattacharjee is up against CPI(M)'s former MLA Sudhan Das from the state.
Senior Congress leader and Supreme Court lawyer Abhishek Singhvi was declared unopposed from Telangana on Tuesday.
Union Minister of State and BJP leader Ravneet Singh Bittu was elected unopposed as a member of Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan where three candidates had filed nominations.
From Madhya Pradesh, Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee George Kurian was declared elected unopposed by the returning officer. The vacancy was created following Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia's election to the Lok Sabha in June.
The ruling NDA has bolstered its presence in the upper house, with eight BJP members and two allies elected unopposed, bringing the total strength to 112. Despite this, the NDA falls short of the majority mark, even with the support of six nominated members.
Four seats in Jammu and Kashmir remain vacant, with the election in Tripura scheduled for September 3.
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