<span style="color: #222222;">For the Rajya Sabha, six candidates from Tamil Nadu have been elected unopposed. They include two from the ruling AIADMK, one from its ally the Tamil Maanila Congress-TMC and three from the opposition DMK. The prominent candidates who got elected include the former Lok Sabha Deputy Speaker and AIADMK functionary Dr M.Thambidurai, sitting DMK member in the Upper House Trichy Siva and the former Union Minister and the TMC leader G K Vasan.<br />''<br />''Nominations from a total of nine candidates were received for the elections. The papers of the three independent candidates were found ineligible and were rejected during screening. The Returning Officer K. Seenivasan, who is the Assembly Secretary, declared last evening that the six belonging to the AIADMK combine and the DMK have been elected unopposed. </span><br />