Several top leaders including Sonia Gandhi; JP Nadda & Ashwani Vaishnaw elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha

In Madhya Pradesh, all five Rajya Sabha candidates from the state were elected unopposed. These include four candidates from BJP and one from Congress.

According to the election official, among the winning candidates, four candidates of Bharatiya Janata Party are Union Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Dr L Murugan, Umesh Nath Maharaj, Bansilal Gurjar and Mrs Maya Narolia and from Congress, Ashok Singh has won.

The time for withdrawal of nominations for Rajya Sabha elections was fixed till 3 pm today. After this deadline, the candidates of both the parties were declared unopposed.

In the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly, BJP has 163 MLAs and Congress has 66 MLAs.