Rajya Sabha polls: BJP's Sanjay Seth and Surendra Nagar elected unopposed from Uttar Pradesh

Lucknow: BJP candidates Sanjay Seth and Surendra Nagar were on Monday elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh. The by-election and its results were scheduled to be held on 23 September, however, as no other candidate filed nomination, Seth and Nagar were elected unopposed.[caption id="attachment_7352391" align="alignleft" width="380"]

Former Samajwadi Party MPs Surendra Nagar and Sanjay Seth, who joined BJP, nominated party's candidates for UP's Rajya Sabha by-election. ANI[/caption]Both the former Samajwadi Party leaders have joined the BJP a month back. After quitting Akhilesh Yadav's party they were elected as BJP candidates for the by-election to Rajya Sabha on 3 September.They were handed over their certificate of the election earlier on Monday evening.