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Jharkhand Rajya Sabha polls: Congress, JMM win, BJP loses
Thursday May 03, 2012 06:39:59 PM,
IANS
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Ranchi: The Congress
and the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) won a Rajya Sabha seat each
from Jharkhand Thursday while the ruling BJP faced a humiliating
defeat in the elections for two seats from the state.
Senior BJP leader S.S. Ahluwalia failed to retain his seat.
Sixty-eight legislators of the 81-member assembly cast their
votes, with Congress, JMM and BJP candidates Pradeep Balmuchu,
Sanjiv Kumar and Ahluwalia securing 25, 23 and 20 votes
respectively.
The Congress, which has 13 legislators, sailed through by securing
the votes of five RJD members and seven independents.
The JMM, which has 18 legislators, got support of five members of
ruling alliance partner All Jharkhand Students Union (AJSU).
The BJP, which also has 18 legislators, secured the votes of two
Janata Dal-United members.
The second main opposition party, Jharkhand Vikas
Morcha-Prajatantrik (JVM-P), which has 11 legislators, stayed away
from voting.
The two Rajya Sabha seats fell vacant as the terms of BJP's
Ahluwalia and Congress' Mabel Rebello ended.
The polling had taken place March 30 but the Election Commission
of India countermanded this after Rs.2.15 crore was seized from
vehicle of a relative of an independent candidate.
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