Rajasthan Rajya Sabha by-election 2024: In the by-election held for one Rajya Sabha seat from Rajasthan, BJP candidate and Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu was declared elected unopposed. On Tuesday, the Principal Secretary and Election Officer of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly Mahavir Prasad Sharma gave the certificates to Yogendra Singh Tanwar, the approved election agent of the elected candidate Singh and approved to obtain the certificates on behalf of the elected candidate.
On this event, Assistant Election Officer Sanjeev Kumar Sharma together with different officers and staff associated to the election had been current. It is understood that Ravneet Singh Bittu was the one candidate on this by-election. Congress didn’t area its candidate on this election. In such a state of affairs, the unopposed election of Ravneet Singh Bittu was sure.
Officer giving certificates to Yogendra Singh Tanwar, approved election agent of elected candidate Ravneet Singh.
Three candidates filed their nomination
As per the schedule, the final date for withdrawal of nomination for Rajya Sabha by-election was 27 August. Three candidates had filed nomination for this election. Out of those, BJP’s substitute (dummy) candidate Sunil Kothari withdrew his nomination on Friday.
Nomination of unbiased candidate was cancelled
Independent candidate Babita Wadhwani’s nomination papers had been rejected throughout scrutiny on Thursday. After this, BJP’s Ravneet Singh was the one candidate left within the by-election and his election was sure. The opposition celebration Congress had determined to not area a candidate on this by-election.
Bittu will stay a Rajya Sabha MP until June 21, 2026
By-election has been held on the vacant seat after Congress’ KC Venugopal resigned after being elected as Lok Sabha member from Rajasthan. The time period of membership on this seat shall be until 21 June 2026. There are a complete of 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan. After Bittu’s election, BJP and Congress now have 5 seats every.
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