Rajya Sabha Elections in Uttar Pradesh: BJP and Samajwadi Party Engage in Vote Management Battle

The countdown for the Rajya Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh has begun. The voting for 10 seats will be held on October 16, but the real fight is not only between the BJP and the Samajwadi Party, but also about the management of votes and cross-voting. While the BJP looks confident for the 8th seat, Akhilesh Yadav has started preparing to bet on the third seat. To win a Rajya Sabha seat this time, the vote of 37 MLAs is needed in UP. According to the current assembly arithmetic of 10 seats in UP, if the BJP alliance easily gets 7 seats, then the calculation of 2 seats in the account of है.सपा is also made, that is, the calculation of 9 seats is almost clear. The puzzle is on the 10th seat and both the BJP and the SP are busy collecting their numbers for this 10th seat. The total number in the UP assembly is 403, but currently there are 397 effective MLAs. The BJP needs 37 first preference votes for a Rajya Sabha seat. The BJP has 256, the SLB (RLD), the NDA has 9, the SP has 2, the Nishad Party has 2, the SP has 5, the Congress has 2, the SP has 2, the SP