All 11 candidates in the Rajya Sabha biennial elections from Uttar Pradesh were declared elected unopposed to the Upper House of Parliament by the Election Commission of India here on Friday.
Against the 11 seats, 12 candidates had filed their nomination papers but one nomination was rejected by the returning officer.
Out of 11 candidates eight are of the Bharatiya Janata Party and one of the Samajwadi Party, independent candidate Kapil Sibal and Rashtriya Lok Dal president Jayant Chaudhary, both supported by the SP. The paper of 12th candidate Mauni Falahari Baba was rejected.
The elected candidates are Darshan Singh, Babu Ram Nishad, Mithilesh Kumar, Radha Mohan Das Agarwal, K Lakshman, Lakshmi Kant Bajpai, Surendra Singh Nagar and Sangita Yadav, all of BJP, Javed Ali Khan of Samajwadi Party. Kapil Sibal (independent) and Jayant Chaudhary (RLD chief), both supported by the Samajwadi Party.
The election schedule for the Rajya Sabha election was announced on May 12 and the poll notification was issued on May 24.