New Delhi, March 16 -- Biennial elections to fill 37 Rajya Sabha seats across 10 states took place on Monday.

The seats are falling vacant as the terms of 37 members representing Maharashtra, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh and Telangana are due to end in April, paving the way for the election of new representatives.

Of the total seats, 26 candidates have already been elected unopposed. Polling was held for the remaining 11 seats: five in Bihar, four in Odisha and two in Haryana. The counting of votes is underway.

In the crucial contests across Bihar, Haryana and Odisha, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is making efforts to counter advances by the Opposition.

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