Gujarat Rajya Sabha Election Results 2017 Voting Live Dates Candidates Opinion Exit Poll
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Gujarat Rajya Sabha Election Results 2017 Voting Live Dates Candidates Opinion Exit Poll
Gujarat Rajya Sabha Election Results 2017 Voting Will take place on 8th August.Rajya Sabha elections will be held in India on 21 July and 08 August, 2017 to elect ten members of the Rajya Sabha, replacing those who will retire in July and August, 2017
Gujarat Rajya Sabha Election Voting Live 2017
Here's a complete list of winners from Gujarat, West Bengal and Madhya Pradesh. #GujaratRSPolls #RajyaSabha
- Amit Shah - BJP - Gujarat
- Smriti Irani - BJP Gujarat
- Ahmed Patel - INC - Gujarat
- Pradip Bhattacharya- INC - West Bengal
- Derek O'Brein - TMC - West Bengal
- While BJP chief Amit Shah and union minister Smriti Irani will be elected from two Rajya Sabha seats, senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel is struggling to get re-elected from the third with the BJP determined to stop him.
- One more Congress MLA from Sanand, Karamsibhai Virjibhai Patel has defied the party whip and cross-voted for the BJP, CNN-News 18 reported. Karamsibhai was also one of the 44 MLAs holed up in resorts
Gujarat Rajya Sabha Election Dates 2017
Here is the detailed Schedule for Gujarat Rajya Sabha Elections 2017. The `None Of The Above' (NOTA) option will be available to the MLAs who would cast vote in the 8 August Rajya Sabha election in Gujarat. "As per the directions issued by the Election Commission of India in 2013, NOTA option will be printed on the ballot paper," said the Secretary, Gujarat Assembly, DM Patel.
| Subject of Programme | Date and Days | |
| 1 | Date of issue of Gazette Notification | 21/07/2017 |
| 2 | Last Date of Nomination | 28/07/2017 |
| 3 | Date of Scrutiny of Nomination | 29/07/2017 |
| 4 | Last date of withdrawl of candidatures | 31/07/2017 |
| 5 | Date of Poll | 08/08/2017 |
| 6 | Hours of poll | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM |
| 7 | Date of counting | 08/08/2017 |
| 8 | Date before which election shall be completed | 11/08/2017 |
Gujarat Rajya Sabha Election Voting Live 2017
- Out of the 11 RS members from Gujarat, the term of three – Smriti Irani and Dilipbhai Pandya (both BJP) and Ahmed Patel is ending on August 18. 6 Congress MLAs left the party ahead of the election taking its number from 51 to 57.
- 3 Congress MLAs PI Patel, Balwantsinh Rajput and Tejashree Patel resigned from Congress on Thursday.
- Later 3 more MLAs Maan Singh Chouhan, Ramsinh Parmer and Sana Bhai Choudhari Resigned from INC on Friday
- INC decided to fly 44 of its legislators to Bengaluru So that they also dont join BJP.
- While the term of Shantaram Naik (Cong, Goa) is coming to an end on July 28, the retirement of Ahmed Patel (Cong), Dilipbhai Pandya (BJP) and Irani (BJP) - all from Gujarat - is due on August 18.
| The following members are scheduled to retire in 2017. | ||||
| Sr No | State | Retiring MP | Date of retirement | |
| 1 | Goa | Shantaram Naik | Congress | 28-Jul-17 |
| 2 | Gujarat | Smriti Irani | BJP | 18-Aug-17 |
| Dilip Pandya | ||||
| Ahmed Patel | Congress | |||
| 3 | West Bengal | Sukhendu Sekhar Roy | Trinamool Congress | 18-Aug-17 |
| Derek O'Brien | ||||
| Debabrata Bandyopadhyay | ||||
| Dola Sen | ||||
| Sitaram Yechury | CPI(M) | |||
| Pradip Bhattacharya | Congress | |||
- Apart From above,a casual vacancy in the Council of States from madhya pradesh has also arisen. The details are given as below:-
| S.No. | State | Name of Member | Cause of Vacancy | Term of office upto |
| 1 | Madhya Pradesh | Sh. Anil Madhav Dave | Death on 18.05.2017 | 29.06.2022 |
- The Election Commision has decided that the aforesaid Biennial Election to the Council Of States from the above states and a bye-election to council of states from Madhya pradesh shall be held in accordance with the following programme :-