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All 4 Rajya Sabha candidates of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat connected Thursday (June 11, 2026) arsenic nary different nominee was successful the fray.
Main Opposition Congress did not tract its campaigner and nary different contestant was successful the race.
The winning candidates are Rajubhai Shukla, Mansinh Parmar, Mukeshbhai Rathwa and Jitendra Kanjariya.
Returning Officer and Gujarat Legislative Assembly Secretary Chetan Pandya officially declared them winners aft noting that pursuing the expiry of the deadline to retreat nominations connected Thursday (June 11, 2026), lone 4 candidates remained successful the fray for arsenic galore seats.
"As the clip for withdrawal of information papers ended connected June 11, determination remained lone 4 candidates contesting for 4 seats. Returning Officer Chetan Pandya declared each these 4 candidates arsenic elected unopposed," the Gujarat Vidhan Sabha secretariat said.
The biennial elections to the Upper House of Parliament were necessitated arsenic the six-year word of 4 sitting Rajya Sabha MPs from Gujarat — Rambhai Mokariya, Narhari Amin, and Ramilaben Bara (all from BJP), and Shaktisinh Gohil (Congress) — is ending connected June 21. Assembly members formed the electoral assemblage for the polls.
Mr. Gohil is the lone Congress subordinate from Gujarat successful the Rajya Sabha.
Mr. Shukla, 62, is presently in-charge of the BJP's Surendranagar territory unit. He had earlier served arsenic president of the Kadi municipality and wide caput of the Mehsana territory BJP.
Mr. Rathwa (39), a tribal person from Chhotaudepur district, presently serves arsenic wide caput of the BJP's territory unit. Earlier, helium was vice-president of the BJP's younker wing.
Mr. Parmar (45), who hails from Gir Somnath district, is the BJP OBC Morcha's Gujarat portion president.
Another salient OBC leader, Mr. Kanjariya (39), hails from Devbhumi Dwarka district. He had earlier served arsenic a subordinate of a territory panchayat enforcement committee.
