An interesting battle for the rajya sabha elections will be seen across the country on tuesday (February 27, 2024). The most important contest is considered to be in Uttar Pradesh, where 10 seats of the Upper house of parliament are vacant, while 11 candidates are contesting for them. According to numerical strength, BJP's victory on 7 seats is considered almost certain, while on the eighth seat the party has made Sanjay Seth the candidate. akhilesh yadav led SP had announced the names of 3 candidates in terms of the number of MLAs.
Apart from Sanjay Seth, bjp candidates include former Union minister RPN Singh, former mp Chaudhary Tejveer Singh, state party general secretary Amarpal Maurya, former minister of State Sangeeta Balwant, party spokesperson Sudhanshu Trivedi, former mla Sadhna Singh and former agra Mayor naveen Jain. At the same time, among the three people to whom SP has given rajya sabha ticket, Jaya Bachchan, Ramji Lal suman and retired IAS Alok Ranjan filed their nomination.
What is the numerical strength of MLAs in UP Assembly?
The total number of MLAs in Uttar Pradesh assembly is 403. Of these, 3 members have passed away. One member of bjp has been disqualified. Apart from this, 3 members are in jail. Two of them are SP's Ramakant Yadav and Irfan Solanki. Subhashpa mla Abbas Ansari is also in jail. In such a situation, the number of MLAs who voted becomes 396. In terms of 11 members, each member will need the support of 36 MLAs. To win 8 members of bjp, it needs the support of 288 MLAs, whereas its numerical strength in the house is 289. At the same time, 108 votes will be required for 3 SP candidates, while the total number of MLAs is 107. If Pallavi Patel's vote is not added to this then this number will become 106. In such a situation, the fight for the eighth seat in the state is considered interesting.
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