RS polls see cross-voting: Big upset for Congress in HP

Out of the 56 Rajya Sabha seats that went to the polls, 41 members have virtually secured their seats in the Upper House

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Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Karnataka, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh and Telangana were the six states that featured in the polls.

While the BJP has numbers to send its 8 candidates to the Upper House, its ally, SBSP, holds key to the fate of its 9th nominee.

The opposition leaders have made strategies to prevent cross-voting.

He further refuted reports that the BJP used power and money to defeat Ahmed Patel in the Rajya Sabha election.

The BJP said there were no substance in Congress' allegations and urged the EC to start the counting of votes and declare the result.

With Venkaiah Naidu securing over 68 per cent of valid votes the margin between two contestants at 272 was higher than Gandhi's tally.