Former Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan 
Mumbai

Rajya Sabha polls: All 6 nominees from Maharashtra, including Ashok Chavan, elected unopposed

Maharashtra's Rajya Sabha Polls: All 6 Nominees, Including Ashok Chavan, Elected Unopposed

Mumbai | All six candidates from Maharashtra 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.

The nominees of Shiv Sena and Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party are ex-Congress MP Milind Deora and Praful Patel, respectively.

The Congress had nominated Dalit leader Chandrakant Handore, the lone candidate from the opposition

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