Voting for the six Rajya Sabha seats in Maharashtra began on Friday morning at the Vidhan Bhavan, the state legislature complex. The polling process commenced at 9 am, and the results will be declared in the evening. There are a total of seven candidates in the fray for six seats. While the BJP has fielded Union Minister Piyush Goyal, former state minister Anil Bonde and former MP Dhananjay Mahadik, the Shiv Sena has given the opportunity to MP Sanjay Raut and Sanjay Pawar. From the NCP, Praful Patel is in the election ring, while the Congress has fielded Imran Pratapgarhi. The 288-member Legislative Assembly is the electoral college for the biennial elections. The total votes have come down to 285 though, since there is a vacancy due to the death of Shiv Sena MLA Ramesh Latke, and the Bombay High Court on June 10 rejecting the pleas filed by minister Nawab Malik and former minister Anil Deshmukh seeking a day's bail to vote in the elections. Pics/Pradeep Dhivar
Updated On: 2022-06-10 05:50 PM IST
Maharashtra ministers Bachchu Kadu and Yashomati Thakur exchanging pleasantries at Vidhan Bhavan in Mumbai.
Former minister Sadabhau Khot, who has filed his nomination for the MLC election to be held on June 20 as an independent with the support of BJP, arrives to cast his vote
Congress MLAs Aslam Shaikh and Amin Patel also arrived at Vidhan Bhavan to cast their votes
