Dinesh Sharma, an established BJP member and former deputy chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, was chosen to represent that state as an MP in the Rajya Sabha.
No other party ran a candidate, hence Dinesh Sharma won the Rajya Sabha seat without opposition.
According to a spokesman, Dinesh Sharma will pick up the certificate on Friday at 3 p.m.In order to replace the gap left by the passing of prominent BJP leader Hardwar Dubey in the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Sabha seat, the Election Commission declared a by-election.
Votes are now being tallied for the five assembly seats located in Uttarakhand (Bageshwar), Uttar Pradesh (Ghosi), Kerala (Puthuppally), West Bengal (Dhupguri), and Jharkhand (Dumri).
BJP politician Tafajjal Hossain won the Boxanagar constituency in Tripura, according to information posted on the Election Commission’s official website, and BJP leader Bindu Debnath won the Dhanpur constituency.
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Chandy Oommen, the Congress candidate from Puthuppally in Kerala, is now topping the polls, according to early trends. From Bageshwar in Uttarakhand, BJP candidate Parwati Dass is in the lead. Nirmal Chandra Roy of the Trinamool Congress is in the lead from Dhupguri in West Bengal, while Yashoda Devi of the All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU) is leading from Dumri in Jharkhand.
Source: ANI
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