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How Rajya Sabha elections are held? Who can vote? Why is it important? Here’s all you need to know
As the Rajya Sabha election is set to take place, here are the answers to some of the most asked questions like how the election in Rajya Sabha takes place? Who all can vote? Why is it important? among others. Here are the answers to all of them.

Rajya Sabha elections are set to take place today and the preparations are currently underway. The upper house election is taking place for 16 seats across four states and the voting is set to begin shortly. About 41 members have already been elected unopposed.
Now, as the Rajya Sabha election is set to take place, here are the answers to some of the commonly asked questions like how the election in Rajya Sabha takes place? Who all can vote? Why is it important? Here are the answers to all of them.
How Rajya Sabha election takes place and who all can vote?
The upper house election takes place with a single transferable vote (STV) system. The MPs are elected through the proportional representation process.
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In this STV process, the vote doesn’t go directly for each seat, instead, the Lok Sabha MPs list all the candidates that are standing for the election in order of preference for being elected.
In this case, a Rajya Sabha candidate is selected as the first preference by 10 or more Lok Sabha members.
Notably, each candidate needs one-fourth of the total vote plus one to be elected. After this, the votes are then calculated for each candidate standing for election based on the preference list that is made by the Lok Sabha MPs. Well, if a candidate has already won, then the vote of the MP is transferred to their second choice and if the second choice has similarly confirmed to win or has absolutely no chance of winning, then the vote is transferred to the next preference. The process is repeated until all candidates are elected.
Why is the Rajya Sabha election important?
The Rajya Sabha elections are essential because it holds a direct impact on the presidential election that is set to take place in July. Other than this, the upper house election results will influence political events till 2024.
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The Prime Minister, in his address, also alleged that some parties have initiated Bhrashtachari Bachao Abhiyan, taking a dig at the Loktantra Bachao Mashal Shanti March that the Congress was taking out in Delhi.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has come to the fore to target the new-found unity of the Opposition parties after Congress leader’s Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha. PM Modi termed the unit by the Opposition to be a coming together of the corrupt on one stage and further countered the claims made by the Opposition on the central agencies.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while delivering an address at the inauguration of the new party headquarters in Delhi, said that the country has a strong foundation of constitutional institutions and further alleged that in a bid to stop India, constitutional institutions are being attacked.
PM Modi in his scathing attack on the Opposition also countered the claims made by the Opposition and further levelled allegation by saying that agencies are being targeting for taking action. He further said that questions are being raised in courts as well, implying at the petition filled in the Supreme Court about the arbitrary use of central agecies.
The Prime Minister, in his address, also alleged that some parties have initiated Bhrashtachari Bachao Abhiyan, taking a dig at the Loktantra Bachao Mashal Shanti March that the Congress was taking out in Delhi.
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He also claimed that the BJP confiscated approximately 10,00,000 crore under the PMLA, and further claimed that during the Congress rule, that number was 5000 crore. PM also claimed that twenty thousand economic offenders who have fled, were caught by the BJP.
PM Modi also attributed the attack by the Opposition to be inspired due to BJP’s alleged crackdown on the corruption. Prime Minister Narendra Modi also took a jab at the Opposition and said that the BJP’s crackdown on corruption will upset many, however, won’t be stopped based on Oppositon’s false allegation.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi targeting the Opposition comes amid the recent coming together by the Opposition parties following Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from the parliament. The Opposition parties also accused the Centre of arbitrary use of the Central agencies.
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On Monday, Congress leaders wore all black near Parliament and protested against Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha.

Delhi Police on Tuesday detained Congress workers and leaders who were reaching to take part in Loktantra Bachao Mashal Shanti March at Red Fort. The video of the detention was shared by the official media platform of Congress.
Reports said several senior leaders including former Chief Minister Harish Rawat were detained by the police. In the visuals, Congress workers and leaders can be seen shouting slogans.
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On Monday, Congress leaders wore all black near Parliament and protested against Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification from Lok Sabha. The former Congress MP from Wayand’s parliament membership was cancelled after he was convicted in the 2019 defamation case involving the Modi surname remark. The Party is conducting a month-long protest across all states against the disqualification.
Gandhi was sentenced to 2 years in jail in the case by a Surat court and was granted bail on a bail bond of Rs 10,000. His sentence was suspended by the court for 30 days so that Gandhi could appeal to the High Court.
The politician, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2019, attacked the Opposition and apparently asked why all thieves have Modi as their surname during a rally.
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Senior Congress leader and former Law Minister Salman Khurshid spoke to the media on Tuesday and showed confidence in Rahul Gandhi’s return to Parliament. Khurshid statements come in the backdrop of vacating notice served to the disqualified Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
Khurshid, while speaking to the media, said that he is confident that Rahul Gandhi will return to the parliament very quickly through the legal process. The former Law Minister in an interview with the PTI also said that Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification begat Opposition to unity and termed it to be a good point to begin on.
He also said that if Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification marks the beginning of a corporation, it was worth paying the price.
Rahul Gandhi was disqualified from the Lok Sabha on March 24 subsequently after the Congress leader was convicted by a Gujarat Court in a defamation case. Rahul Gandhi’s disqualification was condemned and termed as a black day for democracy by many within and across party lines.
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The most recent development in the case was that the senior Congress leader was served a notice to vacate his allotted bungalow on March 27th. After being served the notice to vacate, Gandhi replied and agreed to abide by the notice.
However, the notice to vacate was slammed by various Congress leaders as Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge came forward and said that Rahul Gandhi can go live with his mother or he can also approach him and he will vacate one for him.
Kharge in his statement also slammed and condemns the Centre and accused the government of trying to intimidate and humiliate the Opposition. He also highlighted that they had to manage without a house for three to four months. He further talked about his bungalow and said that he got it after six months.
He further accused the BJP of doing such things to humiliate others and condemned the attitude of the BJP.
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