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UP Rajya Sabha Elections: Akhilesh's 'Surprise', BJP's 'Secret Plan' for 10 Seats!
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News18•30-09-2026, 23:22
UP Rajya Sabha Elections: Akhilesh's 'Surprise', BJP's 'Secret Plan' for 10 Seats!
- •Elections for 10 Rajya Sabha seats in UP are underway, with BJP likely to win 7 and SP 2 seats easily.
- •A crucial 10th seat is up for grabs, with both Akhilesh Yadav and BJP claiming to have a strategy for it.
- •Akhilesh Yadav hints at a 'surprise' for the third seat, claiming contact with BJP MLAs.
- •BJP aims to win 8 seats and asserts that many Samajwadi Party MLAs are in touch with them.
- •Beyond Rajya Sabha, new political equations are emerging in UP for assembly elections, including discussions between Brijbhushan Sharan Singh and Akhilesh Yadav.
Key Questions Answered
A candidate needs 37 first-preference votes to secure a victory for one Rajya Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh based on the current assembly strength and single transferable vote system.
Based on current party strengths in the UP assembly, the BJP can easily win 7 to 8 seats, while the Samajwadi Party is positioned to secure 2 seats.
The Samajwadi Party has announced Ramgopal Yadav and industrialist Dhanraj Nathwani as its candidates, with both filing their nominations for the elections.
