In a late-night counting for the Rajya Sabha polls in Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party won all three seats it had contested, beating one of the Shiv Sena candidates. Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut (41 votes), the Nationalist Congress Party's Praful Patel (43 votes), and Congress's Imran Pratapgarhi (44 votes) were elected without any hassle. BJP's Piyush Goyal and Dr Anil Bonde won 48 votes each while the third candidate Dhananjay Mahadik got 41.56 votes. Pic/PTI
Updated On: 2022-06-11 05:14 PM IST
Shiv Sena winning candidate Sanjay Raut after being elected as a member of Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. Pic/PTI
Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis with winning BJP candidate Piyush Goyal, after three members were elected as Rajya Sabha member, in Mumbai
BJP winning candidate Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik celebrates with party workers
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) winning candidate Praful Patel with party workers after being elected as Rajya Sabha member
Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw congratulates Dr Anil Bonde for being elected as Rajya Sabha member. Pic/Official Twitter Handle
Congress's candidate Imran Pratapgarhi was elected without any hassle. Pic/Official Twitter Handle
