On Tuesday, Congress won three Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka, while the BJP got just one seat because one of its MLAs voted for the ruling party. Voting for four seats took place that day. Ajay Maken, Nasser Hussain, and GC Chandrashekar, Congress candidates, emerged victorious with 47, 46, and 46 votes, respectively, securing seats in the Rajya Sabha to represent the party.
Rajya Sabha elections | In Karnataka, all three Congress candidates Ajay Maken, Dr Syed Naseer Hussain and GC Chandrashekhar win with 47, 46 and 46 votes respectively.
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In Karnataka, Narayana Bandige from the BJP secured a seat in the Upper House. The BJP faced a significant setback in the state when its MLA ST Somashekar voted for Congress candidate Ajay Maken, and another MLA Arbail Shivaram Hebbar chose to abstain from voting.
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The voting concluded with an impressive turnout of 99.5%, as 222 out of 223 eligible voters cast their votes. Five candidates competed for the four available seats in the elections, with JD(S) contestant D Kupendra Reddy among them.
Later, The Karnataka BJP announced that they plan to lodge a complaint with Karnataka Assembly Speaker UT Khadar concerning party MLA ST Somashekar’s purported cross-voting in favor of Congress during the Rajya Sabha polls. Additionally, the party intends to file a complaint against Shivaram Hebbar, who abstained from voting.
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