Rajya Sabha Election 2024 Elections will be held today for 15 seats of Rajya Sabha, 10 seats of Uttar Pradesh quota, four seats of Karnataka, and one seat of Himachal Pradesh. Earlier, members for 41 seats had been elected unopposed. A total of 11 candidates are in the fray for 10 seats in Uttar Pradesh, of which eight are from BJP and three from SP. BJP has made the elections more interesting by fielding Sanjay Seth as the eighth candidate. Cross-voting is fixed for the tenth seat, for which efforts will be made by both parties.
The process of Rajya Sabha elections is different from general elections. Everyone knows about the general elections, but not every common citizen understands the game of Rajya Sabha elections. Come, let us tell you how voting takes place in the Rajya Sabha elections and what is its process.
people don't vote
The public does not elect the MPs who go to Rajya Sabha outside the general elections. These MPs are elected by the MPs elected by the public.
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Fewer seats for MPs, more tenure
Rajya Sabha is a permanent house, the way the Lok Sabha can be dissolved, the Rajya Sabha cannot be dissolved. There are fewer seats in the Rajya Sabha as compared to Lok Sabha. According to Article 80 of the Constitution, the total number of MPs in the Rajya Sabha can be 250.
Out of these 250, 238 members are elected from the states or union territories, while the remaining 12 MPs can be eminent persons of the country, who are nominated by the President. However, at present this figure in the House is 245 MPs. The tenure of a Rajya Sabha MP is also 6 years.
These formulas are used in Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha MP is elected according to a formula. In this, the number of votes required by an MP is decided in advance.
Actually, in this, the total number of MLAs in an assembly is multiplied by 100 and it is divided by adding +1 to the total Rajya Sabha seats of the state.
After adding one to the resulting number, that is the number of votes to win a Rajya Sabha seat in a state.
This is the formula: Total number of MLAs in the Assembly x 100/(Rajya Sabha seats+1)= +1
this is the process
Rajya Sabha election is not a secret ballot nor is EVM used in it. Here a number from one to four is written next to the name of each candidate. MLAs have to mark it based on preference.
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