BJP-JD(S) luring Congress leaders to cross-vote in Rajya Sabha elections: Congress MLA Ravi Kumar

Kumar said Latha was approached by one Ravi, the owner of Cresent Hotel in Bengaluru.

He further claims that the former JD(S) leader and Rajya Sabha member D Kupendra Reddy’s son had met Ravi, the owner of the Cresent Hotel, and offered him money to give to Latha to cross-vote in the Rajya Sabha elections happening on 22 February.

The Congress MLA added, “As it is known, the Congress has nominated three people, and we have enough votes to win.”

Kumar further said, “Kupendra Reddy has filed his nomination papers as the 2nd candidate of the BJP and JDS alliance and he does not have a certain number of votes to win.”

“To win the election, they are resorting to such illegal activities,” he added.

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How votes are calculated?

“The quota of votes to win a Rajya Sabha seat will be fixed based on the number of valid votes divided by the number of seats to be filled, plus one,” a senior official said.

“The quotient will be added again with one and the fractions are ignored. As per the formula, a political party needs 45 votes to win a Rajya Sabha seat,” he explained.

Detailing the poll procedure, Legislative Assembly secretary MK Vishalakshi told South First said a candidate has to get 45 votes to win the poll. “The candidate will be elected based on the preferential votes.”

“Preferential votes come into play if there are more than four contestants,” she added.