Lok Sabha elections are over and their results are out. You know that the people directly elect MPs for Lok Sabha. But do you know who elects MPs for Rajya Sabha? Let us tell you how Rajya Sabha elections are held and who votes for them.
How are Rajya Sabha elections conducted?
Rajya Sabha elections are quite different from general elections. There are no rallies, no crowds and no sloganeering by leaders. These elections are held very peacefully. This is because the public is not directly involved in the Rajya Sabha elections. Representatives of the public vote to elect Rajya Sabha MPs.
Who elects Rajya Sabha MPs?
Rajya Sabha MPs are elected by the members of the Legislative Assembly. However, the members of the Legislative Council do not participate in this. In simple words, the more MLAs a party has, the more Rajya Sabha MPs it will have.
Voting has a different formula
There is a different formula for voting in Rajya Sabha elections and Rajya Sabha MPs are elected by this formula. This formula is – one will be added to the number of Rajya Sabha seats that are vacant from a state. The number that comes after this will be divided by the total number of assembly seats. The number that comes after this will again be added by 1. Now the number that comes will tell how many MLAs will be required to vote from that state to elect one Rajya Sabha MP.
Understand it by an example that if voting is to be held for 10 Rajya Sabha seats from Uttar Pradesh, then one will be added to it. That means the number of seats will become 11. Now this number will be divided by the total assembly seats of the state. That means 11 divided by 403. Now the number that came out is 36.63. Consider it as 36 only. Now add 1 to it and the number will become 37. That means 37 MLAs will be needed to elect one Rajya Sabha MP from UP.
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