External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar along with TMC leader Derek O’ Brien are among the 11 leaders who have been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar had filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha from Gujarat's Gandhinagar.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar along with TMC leader Derek O’ Brien are among the 11 leaders who have been elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
Earlier, Jaishankar had filed his nomination for Rajya Sabha from Gujarat's Gandhinagar.
The Election Commission had announced the schedule for the election on 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal -- which will be held on July 24.
The Commission said 10 members from Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal are scheduled to retire in July and August.
The seats which are to be vacated in Rajya Sabha due to the retirement of members included Derek O'Brien from West Bengal and S Jaishankar from Gujarat.
July 13 was the last date for filing nominations for the vacant Rajya Sabha seats, the Election Commission had said.
The counting of the votes was held on July 24.
Jaishankar was elected to Rajya Sabha from Gujarat in 2019 and took oath as a member of the Upper House.
He had bagged 104 votes, while his Congress rival Gaurav Pandya got 70 votes.
The two seats from Gujarat fell vacant after Union Ministers Amit Shah and Smriti Irani were elected to the Lok Sabha in recent national polls.
The strength of the BJP in the 182-seat Gujarat assembly stands at 156.
Six Rajya Sabha seats from West Bengal also went to polls as Derek O'Brien, Dola Sen, Pradip Bhattacharya, Sushmita Dev, Shanta Chhetri, Sukhendu Sekhar Ray retired on August 18.