In the Rajya Sabha elections for 16 seats, in four states, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured approximately 50% seats. 

Announced on the late evening of the 10th o June, Friday, the ruling Central Government, the BJP won 8 seats. Furthermore, the Indian National Congress retained three Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan and received a major setback in Haryana.

Meanwhile, in Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena’s Mr. Sanjay Raut won one Rajya Sabha seat.

Below are the states’ Rajya Sabha seat winners:

Maharashtra:

The BJP: Mr. Piyush Goyal, Mr. Anil Bonde, Mr. Dhananjay Mahadik

The Shiv Sena: Mr. Sanjay Raut

The National Congress Party (NCP): Mr. Praful Patel

The Indian National Congress (INC): Mr. Imran Pratapgarhi

Rajasthan:

The INC: Mr. Randeep Surjewala, Mr. Mukul Wasnik, Mr. Pramod Tiwari

The BJP: Mr. Ghanshyam Tiwari 

Karnataka:

The BJP:  Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman, Mr. Jaggesh, Mr. Lahar Singh Siroya
The INC: Mr. Jairam Ramesh 

Haryana:

The BJP: Mr. Krishan Lal Panwar 

Independent Candidate: Mr. Kartikeya Sharma (Independent backed by BJP-JJP) 

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