Twenty-two candidates from nine states were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha after the number of nominees matched the vacancies, eliminating the need for polling in those seats.
With nominations closing and withdrawals completed, 22 candidates across several states were declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha after the number of valid candidates matched the number of vacancies. As a result, polling scheduled for June 18 became unnecessary in these states, while contests remained limited to only a few seats elsewhere.
Among the biggest names to return to the Upper House is Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge from Karnataka. Several Union ministers, senior party strategists and regional leaders have also secured fresh terms.
Karnataka’s four Rajya Sabha vacancies were filled without a contest after no excess nominations remained in the fray.
The Congress successfully elected:
Mallikarjun Kharge
Pawan Khera
Mansoor Ali Khan
The BJP retained its seat through:
N Ravikumar
The BJP won all four Gujarat Rajya Sabha seats unopposed. The four elected MPs of the BJP are:
Parshottam Rupala
Mayank Nayak
Kirit Solanki
Rajni Patel
In Andhra Pradesh, all four Rajya Sabha seats were won unopposed by candidates backed by the ruling National Democratic Alliance.
The elected candidates are:
Sana Satish Babu (TDP)
Beeda Mastan Rao (TDP)
Ravindra Vemireddy (TDP)
R Krishnaiah (BJP)
Rajasthan witnessed unopposed victories for all three candidates in the fray:
Satish Poonia (BJP)
Alka Gurjar (BJP)
Neeraj Dangi (Congress)
The BJP secured all three available Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh without opposition after Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination was rejected by the returning Officer.
The winners are:
Tarun Chugh
Rajneesh Agrawal
Mahesh Kewat
Arunachal Pradesh’s lone Rajya Sabha seat was won unopposed by BJP’s Tai Tagak after no rival nomination survived scrutiny or withdrawal. The result further consolidates the party’s dominance in the northeastern state.
Despite the state’s prolonged political turbulence, the BJP candidate from Manipur – A sharda Devi – was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha. The absence of a contest demonstrated the party’s continuing influence in the state’s legislative arithmetic.
In Meghalaya too, BJP’s ally NPP retained the seat as James Sangma was elected unopposed.
From Mizoram, MNF-backed K Vanlalvena returned unopposed.
With most seats settled without voting, attention now shifts to the limited number of contests that required polling and to how the new entrants will shape debates in Parliament during the coming sessions.
