BJP's dominance in Rajya Sabha remains unchanged: 8 out of 16 seats won

- Ajay Maken of Congress loses in Haryana, independent candidate wins

- In Maharashtra, Raut of Shiv Sena, Praful Patel of NCP, Pratapgadhi of Congress, Piyush Goyal of BJP, Anil, Dhananjay won.

- BJP wins one seat in Haryana, pro-BJP independent candidate wins by cross-voting, Congress loses

- Congress's Randeep, Mukul Wasnik, Pramod Tiwari win in Rajasthan, BJP supporter Subhash Chandra loses

- BJP's Nirmala Sitharaman, former actor Jaggesh, Lehar Singh, Congress' Jairam Ramesh won in Karnataka

New Delhi: Eight Rajya Sabha seats in 12 states were vacant, with voting for 15 seats. Candidates for the remaining 21 seats were elected unopposed. Veteran leaders have won these seats in four states - Rajasthan, Haryana, Maharashtra and Karnataka. In Maharashtra, Shiv Sena, NCP, Congress have been hit, while Opposition BJP has won three out of six seats. BJP's winning candidates include Piyush Goyal, former minister Anil Bonde and Dhananjay Mahadik.

In Maharashtra, Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut, NCP's Praful Patel and Congress' Imran Pratap Gadhi won. While in Haryana, the Congress has suffered a major blow. In Haryana, BJP's Kishan Lal Pawar and pro-BJP independent candidate Kartik Sharma won. While Congress leader Ajay Maken lost. A Congress MLA lost to a Congress candidate by cross-voting.

The three BJP candidates who have won in Karnataka include Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, actor-politician Jaggesh and MLC Lehar Singh. In Rajasthan, the BJP won one seat while the Congress won three. Shobhara Kushwaha, an MLA from Dholpur in Rajasthan, voted for Congress candidate Pramod Tiwari, who won by one vote. In Rajasthan, Congress' Pramod Tiwari, Randeep Surjewala and Mukul Wasnik have won. While BJP-backed independent candidate Subhash Chandra lost. A total of eight Rajya Sabha seats were vacated in 18 states, of which candidates were elected unopposed in 21 seats, while voting was held in the remaining 15 seats. Among the veteran leaders who have become MPs in the Rajya Sabha through this election are Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, Congress' Jairam Ramesh, Congress spokesperson Randeep Surjewala and Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut, while veteran Congress leader Ajay Maken lost.

A look at the Rajya Sabha election results

Maharashtra : Elections were held on a total of 9 seats, all three BJP candidates won, one from Shiv Sena, one from Congress and one from NCP. Sanjay Pawar, a Shiv Sena candidate, lost.

Rajasthan : Elections were held on a total of 9 seats, with Congress winning three, BJP one and BJP and RLP supporter Subhash Chandra losing.

Karnataka : Elections were held on a total of 9 seats in which BJP got three, Congress got one seat, JDS and Congress lost one each.

Haryana : In Haryana, elections were held on a total of two seats, with the BJP winning one seat and the pro-BJP Independent one. Congress candidate Ajay Maken lost.