Jaipur: Union Minister of Urban Development, Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Parliamentary Affairs M Venkaiah Naidu and BJP Vice President O P Mathur and two other BJP nominees were elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan on Saturday.
Congress-backed independent candidate and industrialist Kamal Morarka was defeated. He got 34 votes - 24 of Congress, four of National People's Party, two of BSP and four Independents.
A candidate needed 40 votes to win in Rajasthan.
Of the total 200 members of the Legislative Assembly, 199 voted in the polling held from 9 am to 4 pm.
BSP MLA B L Kushwah, who is in judicial custody in a murder case since October 2014, was not allowed by the Rajasthan High Court to cast his vote.
BJP has 160 MLAs followed by 24 of Congress, 4 of National People's Party, three of BSP, two of National Unionist Zamindara Party and seven Independents.
BJP was expecting the support of two legislators of National Unionist Zamindara Party and four independent MLAs and secure a combined tally of 166 votes for its four candidates but figure stood at 164.
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