In a late-night counting for the Rajya Sabha polls in Maharashtra, the Bharatiya Janata Party won all three seats it had contested, beating one of the Shiv Sena candidates. Shiv Sena`s Sanjay Raut (41 votes), the Nationalist Congress Party`s Praful Patel (43 votes), and Congress`s Imran Pratapgarhi (44 votes) were elected without any hassle. BJP`s Piyush Goyal and Dr Anil Bonde won 48 votes each while the third candidate Dhananjay Mahadik got 41.56 votes. Pic/PTI

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Shiv Sena winning candidate Sanjay Raut after being elected as a member of Rajya Sabha from Maharashtra. Pic/PTI
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Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis with winning BJP candidate Piyush Goyal, after three members were elected as Rajya Sabha member, in Mumbai

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BJP winning candidate Dhananjay Bhimrao Mahadik celebrates with party workers
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Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) winning candidate Praful Patel with party workers after being elected as Rajya Sabha member

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Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw congratulates Dr Anil Bonde for being elected as Rajya Sabha member. Pic/Official Twitter Handle
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Congress`s candidate Imran Pratapgarhi was elected without any hassle. Pic/Official Twitter Handle
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