Maharashtra Rajya Sabha polls: All 6 nominees elected 'unopposed'

All of the six nominees for the Rajya Sabha elections from Maharashtra on Tuesday were declared elected 'unopposed'. These candidates also include the former Congress member Ashok Chavan who switched to BJP. 

 

Among the six, the BJP had fielded three nominees including Chavan, and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and NCP one each.  

 

The opposition Congress had fielded one nominee. The BJP nominees declared elected unopposed include Chavan, former MLA Medha Kulkarni, and RSS worker Ajit Gopchade. 

 

The nominees of Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party are ex-Congress MP Milind Deora and Praful Patel, respectively. 

 

The Congress had nominated Dalit leader Chandrakant Handore, the lone candidate from the opposition.