George Kurian of BJP elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed from Madhya Pradesh :::: Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi elected from Telangana

Congress leader and Supreme Court lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi was elected to Rajya Sabha from Telangana.  

Nitin Patil (Nationalist Congress Party) and Dhairyasheel Patil (BJP) were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. 

Both were chosen after the seats were vacated by Piyush Goyal and Udayanraje Bhosale, who won in the recent Lok Sabha elections.  

George Kurian, the BJP nominee, won unopposed in a Rajya Sabha bypoll from Madhya Pradesh. He filled the seat left vacant by Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, who was elected to the Lok Sabha.  

• Kiran Choudhry, who recently jumped from Congress to BJP, was declared elected unopposed in the Rajya Sabha bypoll from Haryana. 

With no other candidates in the fray, her victory was assured after the deadline for nominations ended.  

Mamata Mohanata of the BJP returned to the upper house from Odisha, winning unopposed after her resignation from the Biju Janata Dal. 

• Union MoS Ravneet Bittu, who switched to BJP just before 2024 polls, was elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. 

From Bihar, Upendra Kushwaha (Rashtriya Lok Morcha) and Manan Kumar Mishra (Bharatiya Janata Party) were elected unopposed from Bihar. 

The Rajya Sabha seats, for which the by-elections were held, became vacant after Vivek Thakur of the BJP and Misa Bharti of the RJD were elected to the Lok Sabha