BJP wins all three Rajya Sabha seats unopposed in MP

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured all three Rajya Sabha seats from Madhya Pradesh after its candidates, Rajneesh Agrawal, Tarun Chugh and Mahesh Kewat, were elected unopposed in the 2026 Rajya Sabha elections. The development came after the nomination of Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan was rejected during scrutiny, effectively clearing the path for BJP’s candidates.

Following the completion of the nomination withdrawal process, there were no remaining challengers in the fray, resulting in the three BJP nominees being declared elected without a contest. The victorious candidates later received their certificates of election at the Madhya Pradesh Assembly complex. The three candidates displayed their certificates of election after receiving them from the Returning Officer at the state assembly premises.

The political equation for the Rajya Sabha election, originally scheduled for voting on June 18, changed dramatically when Congress candidate Meenakshi Natarajan’s nomination was rejected by the Returning Officer during the scrutiny process. Returning Officer Arvind Sharma accepted the objection raised by the BJP and declared the nomination invalid. According to the BJP, Natarajan had allegedly failed to disclose details of a pending case in Telangana in her nomination papers which made the filing incomplete and liable for rejection.(upated on 11th June 2026)