 "JMM's Shibu Soren, BJP's Deepak Prakash win Rajya Sabha polls in Jharkhand")
JMM supremo Shibu Soren and BJP state unit president Deepak Prakash on Friday won the two Rajya Sabha seats in Jharkhand, an Election Commission official said.
Prakash secured 31 votes, while Soren, a former chief minister, won 30.
Congress candidate Shahzada Anwar finished third by bagging 18 votes, the official said.
This will be Soren's third term as a Rajya Sabha member. Soren, whose Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) now governs Jharkhand, had also served as a Union minister.
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It will be Prakash's maiden term in the Upper House of Parliament.
Polling in the two seats was held during the day as the tenure of Independent member Parimal Nathwani and RJD's Prem Chand Gupta ended in April.
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