Jaipur : 9 seats of Rajya Sabha members are vacant which are from the quota of different states. Due to this, by-elections are being held for these 9 vacant seats. The nomination process for this has been completed. Voting will be held on 3 September. Union Minister of State Ravneet Singh Bittu has filed nomination on behalf of BJP in the Rajya Sabha elections for one seat from Rajasthan. Whereas Congress has given up. Due to Congress not fielding a candidate, the election is just a formality. With this election, one more name has been added to the list of Rajya Sabha MPs coming from outside Rajasthan in the form of Ravneet Singh Bittu.
Ravneet Singh Bittu needs the votes of 98 MLAs
To become a Rajya Sabha member, Ravneet Singh Bittu needs the votes of 98 MLAs of Rajasthan to win. While BJP has 114 MLAs, Ravneet Singh was in a very strong position. Whereas Congress had only 66 MLAs. This was the reason why the state Congress president refused to field a candidate in the election.
How are Rajya Sabha elections held?
Actually, the process of Rajya Sabha elections is completely different from Lok Sabha elections. In this election, the public does not directly participate, but the MLAs elected by the public vote in it. In this process, a special formula is used for voting and counting. For this, the number of votes required for the victory of any candidate is already decided. In Rajya Sabha elections, the number of seats vacant in the states is added one and divided by the number of assembly seats. One is again added to the result. This number is the number of votes required for victory.
1 seat+1=2, number of MLAs in Rajasthan 194/2=97, 97+1=98 votes
For example, elections are being held for one Rajya Sabha seat in Rajasthan. Adding 1 more to this will give the number 2. There are 200 assembly seats in Rajasthan but currently six seats are vacant, so the number of MLAs is 194. Now dividing it by 2 will give the result 97. Now adding 1 more to this will make the number 98. That is, for one seat in Rajasthan, the candidate needs the votes of 98 MLAs. Congress is far away from this figure of 98. Whereas BJP has more votes than this. In this sense, Ravneet Singh will not have any problem in winning. Out of 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan, Congress has five seats and BJP has four seats. Elections are being held for one vacant seat on which the BJP candidate has won, in this sense, the balance of both the parties will be equal in the Rajya Sabha in Rajasthan. In June 2026, two Rajya Sabha seats will be vacant in Rajasthan.
