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NEW DELHI: The BJP-led NDA is apt to suffer a spot successful the Rajya Sabha portion the Congress-led absorption could amended its tally successful the upcoming biennial elections for 26 seats crossed 12 states.The Election Commission connected Friday announced that polling for the Rajya Sabha seats volition beryllium held connected June 18. The seats are falling vacant owed to the status of incumbent members betwixt June 21 and July 19, including erstwhile premier curate HD Deve Gowda, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, elder Congress person Digvijaya Singh, and Union ministers Ravneet Singh and George Kurian.Elections volition beryllium held for 4 seats each successful Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat and Karnataka; 3 each successful Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan; 2 successful Jharkhand; and 1 each successful Manipur, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram.
Bypolls for 1 spot each successful Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu volition besides beryllium held the aforesaid day.Of the 26 seats going to polls, the NDA presently holds 18, the Congress four, the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) 1 and the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) three.However, based connected existent assembly numbers, the NDA is expected to unafraid 17 seats, portion the Congress whitethorn amended its tally to 5 seats. The JMM is apt to triumph 2 seats, portion Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) is projected to container 1 spot successful Tamil Nadu, according to the PTI report.
The NDA presently has 149 MPs successful the 244-member Rajya Sabha, portion the absorption has 78 members and non-aligned determination parties clasp 17 seats.The Election Commission has fixed June 8 arsenic the past day for filing nominations.The bypoll successful Tamil Nadu was necessitated aft AIADMK person C Ve Shanmugam resigned pursuing his predetermination to the authorities assembly. Going by existent numbers, Vijay-led TVK is expected to triumph the seat.In Maharashtra, the bypoll is being held pursuing the resignation of NCP person Sunetra Pawar aft her predetermination to the authorities assembly. The NDA is expected to clasp the seat.In Karnataka, the Congress is projected to triumph 3 of the 4 Rajya Sabha seats, with the BJP apt to unafraid one. In Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan, the BJP is expected to triumph 2 seats each portion the Congress whitethorn get 1 spot successful some states.In Andhra Pradesh, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is apt to expanse each 4 seats, portion the BJP is expected to triumph each 4 seats successful Gujarat.In Jharkhand, the JMM-Congress confederation is apt to unafraid some seats, though the BJP whitethorn effort to triumph 1 done cross-voting support.
