Syed Zafar Islam of the BJP was declared elected unopposed on the lone Rajya Sabha seat of UP, the by-election to which was held on Friday.
The seat fell vacant following the demise of Rajya Sabha member and Samajwadi Party leader Amar Singh.
The term of the Rajya Sabha seat ends on July 2, 2022.
Govind Naryan Shukla from the BJP had also filed his papers. The BJP had rushed with filing of the papers by alternative candidate in case nomination papers of Zafar Islam were rejected. Islam could not reach Lucknow to file his papers and his papers were filed by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Khanna.