New Delhi, June 12 -- Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and party's media cell head Pawan Khera besides BJP leaders Satish Poonia and Tarun Chugh were among 24 candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha on 11 June.

All but three of the 27 seats for Rajya Sabha were decided with NDA candidates declared elected unopposed in 19 and Congress in the remaining five.

Elections for two seats in Jharkhand, where a keen contest is on the cards, and one seat in Mizoram will be held on June 18.

The scrutiny of nominations for elections to 24 Rajya Sabha seats in 10 states besides bypolls to one seat each in Maharashtra, Odisha and Tamil Nadu was on Thursday. All the candidates declared elected unopposed were handed over winning certificates b...