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Rajya Sabha Deputy Chairman Election
August 10 , 2018
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- National Democratic Alliance candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh won the Rajya Sabha deputy chairman elections held today with 125 votes.
- Opposition candidate B.K. Hariprasad of the Congress party received 105 votes.
- Singh is a Janata Dal (United) leader from Bihar and a former journalist.
- The post of the deputy chairman was lying vacant since June 2018 following the retirement of PJ Kurien, a Congress MP from Kerala.
- The current strength of the Rajya Sabha is 244 and support of 123 members is needed for a win in the full House.
- BJP is the largest party in the House with 73 members. Congress is the biggest opposition party with 50 MPs.
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