PATNA, June 11 -- Bhojpuri superstar Pawan Singh, Bihar health minister Nishant Kumar and BJP national media co-in-charge Sanjay Mayukh were among 10 candidates who on Thursday got declared elected unopposed to the state legislative council.

Of the 10 seats, nine seats had fallen vacant after end of the tenure of six-year term while one became vacant after resignation of former chief minister Nitish Kumar after his election to the Rajya Sabha.

Altogether eight candidates of the ruling NDA and one of the Opposition bloc's RJD had filed their nomination papers for nine seats of the Upper House, to which biennial elections were recently announced. JD(U) candidate Lalan Saraf was declared elected in the bypoll. They all were handed over res...