BJP’s Sanjay Bhatia and Congress party’s Karamvir Singh Boudh have been declared elected to two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana. Voting was held for the two seats yesterday. Officials said, five votes were declared invalid – four of Congress and one of the BJP. BJP’s Sanjay Bhatia, Karamvir Singh Boudh of Congress and Independent candidate Satish Nandal were in the fray for two seats. Nandal’s candidature was proposed by three independents — Savitri Jindal, Rajesh Joon and Devender Kadyan – and seven BJP MLAs.

Indian National Lok Dal, which has two members in the 90-member Haryana Assembly, had abstained from voting.

BJP has 48 MLAs, Congress has 37, INLD has two MLAs, and three legislators are Independents in the 90-member Haryana assembly.

The two Rajya Sabha seats from Haryana fell vacant as BJP members Kiran Choudhry and Ram Chander Jangra are set to complete their terms on April 9.