All 10 candidates for the 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh have been elected unopposed, with eight nominees from the BJP and two from the Samajwadi Party (SP), after no candidate withdrew their nomination
by the deadline on Friday.
The BJP candidates elected unopposed are Dharmpal Singh, Prakash Pal, Shruti Gangwar, Vidyasagar Sonkar, Priyanka Rawat, Radhakant Ojha, Gopi Krishna Pandey and Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan. The SP candidates elected unopposed are Ram Gopal Yadav and Dhanraj Parmal Nathwani.
The nomination papers of two independent candidates, Kante Sayanna and Omkar Nath Chaurasia, had been rejected during scrutiny. With no withdrawals on the final day, all 10 seats have been decided without a contest, and polling will not be required for these seats.
