In Madhya Pradesh, voting for the three vacant Rajya Sabha seats has completed just now in the State Assembly Complex today.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''As the voting process began at 9 am, BJP members along with the Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan reached the Assembly premises in Bhopal to cast their votes. Congress members along with the former Chief Minister Kamal Nath also reached the assembly complex for voting.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''AIR correspondent reports that Overall 206 members voted because in the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly, 24 seats are currently vacant.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''The first vote was cast by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, followed by State Home Minister Narottam Mishra.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''All the members were seen wearing masks and standing in a queue maintaining mandatory social distance in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''The BJP has fielded senior leader and former Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia and former professor of a government college Sumer Singh Solanki for the Rajya Sabha polls.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''The Congress has fielded party veteran Digvijaya Singh and Dalit leader Phool Singh Baraiya for the crucial elections.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''For winning a seat in the Rajya Sabha polls, a candidate needs 52 votes and as per the numerical strength of the two parties, BJP is set to win two seats as it has 107 MLAs of its own.<br />''&nbsp;<br />''<span style="color: #222222;">Party sources also claimed the support of two MLAs of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), one MLA of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and two Independents, party sources said.</span><br />
News On AIR | June 19, 2020 2:28 PM
Voting complete for 3 vacant Rajya Sabha seats in MP