In a late-night counting for the Rajya Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party won all three seats it had contested, beating one of the Shiv Sena candidates comfortably.

Dashing the hopes of the Maha Vikas Aghadi, especially the Sena, the BJP's victory was convincing as its two candidates Piyush Goyal and Dr Anil Bonde won 48 votes each while the third one Dhananjay Mahadik got 41.56 votes, which was more than the Sena's first candidate, Sanjay Raut (41).