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Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Rajya Sabha on Tuesday, officials said, as quoted by news agency PTI. Gandhi has been representing Raebareli in the Lok Sabha since 2006. She won the seat in 2019, when the Congress contested a tough battle. 

Besides Gandhi, BJP President JP Nadda and three other candidates were also elected unopposed to the Upper House from the state. Tuesday was the last day to withdraw nominations. 

There were four vacant Rajya Sabha seats in the state, and as many candidates as the ruling BJP had filed their nomination papers. As no other candidates had filed nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat on four vacant seats, Returning Officer Reeta Mehta declared all the four BJP candidates, including Nadda, elected unopposed to the Upper House of Parliament, an official said.

The BJP has 115 members and the Congress 70 in the 200-member assembly. There are 10 Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan. After the results, Congress has six members and the BJP four.

From Maharashtra, all six candidates in the fray for Rajya Sabha elections, including Congress turncoat Ashok Chavan, were on Tuesday declared elected unopposed. Among the six, the BJP had fielded three nominees including Chavan, and the Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena and NCP one each. The opposition Congress had fielded one nominee.

The BJP nominees declared elected unopposed include Chavan, former MLA Medha Kulkarni, and RSS worker Ajit Gopchade.

In Bihar, all six candidates, three of them from BJP-led NDA and as many belonging to the opposition INDIA bloc were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha. The Vidhan Sabha secretariat handed over certificates to JD(U)'s Sanjay Kumar Jha, besides ally BJP's Dharmshila Gupta and Bhim Singh.

(With input from agenies)