The coin of Mahavikas Aghadi did not work in Maharashtra. He had to face defeat in the assembly elections. Only 47 seats came to its account. The effect of this defeat will also be visible in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Parliament. There is a crisis when three big leaders of the alliance reach Rajya Sabha again.
Veteran MVA leaders Sharad Pawar, Priyanka Chaturvedi and Sanjay Raut have suffered the biggest blow of this defeat. These are the three leaders over whom clouds of trouble are looming if they reach Rajya Sabha again. Although Sharad Pawar has already said that this will be his last term in Rajya Sabha. His and Priyanka Chaturvedi’s term will complete on April 3, 2026. Whereas, Sanjay Raut’s tenure will end on July 22, 2028.
Understand the numbers game of Rajya Sabha
Mahayuti registered a landslide victory in the assembly elections. Its vote share was 49.6 percent. At the same time, MVA’s vote share is 35.3 percent. After the historic victory of the BJP led alliance, its position in the Rajya Sabha will become stronger.
There are 19 Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra. Currently BJP has 7, Congress has 3, Shiv Sena has 1, Shiv Sena (UBT) has 2, NCP has 3, NCP (Sharad Pawar faction) has 2 and RPI has 1 MP.
BJP has 95 MPs in Rajya Sabha. Including associates this figure reaches 112. After Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra has the highest number of Rajya Sabha seats.
Who gets how many votes?
If every MLA votes then Congress will get 16 votes. Uddav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena will get 20 votes and Sharad Pawar’s NCP will get 10 votes. SP will get 2 votes and CPI-M will get 1 vote. If we talk about total votes of MVA, it will be 50. At the same time, Mahayuti has 235 MLAs in the Assembly, after which it gets 235 votes in the Rajya Sabha.
According to the Election Commission, how many votes does a candidate need to become a Rajya Sabha MP?
What is the formula- Total votes in Assembly/ (Rajya Sabha seats in the state plus 1) plus 1
Under this formula, a candidate will need 15 votes.
That means Congress and Shiv Sena (UBT) will be able to send MPs to Rajya Sabha in MVA. MVA can send a total of 3 MPs to Rajya Sabha. Currently it has 7 MPs in the upper house. Imran Pratapgarhi, Chandrakant Handkore and Rajini Patel are from Congress, while Priyanka Chaturvedi and Sanjay Raut are from Uddav Thackeray’s Shiv Sena. Whereas, Sharad Pawar and Fauzia Khan are from NCP (Sharad faction).
If Shiv Sena, which has 20 MLAs, again sends Priyanka Chaturvedi and Sanjay Raut to Rajya Sabha, then it will need the support of NCP (Sharad faction) and SP along with Congress.