Elections to Rajya Sabha some times come as surprise. The way votes are casted and the importance for second, third and forth preference votes are equally important.
Many a members have been elected by the virtue of these Votes. One of the controversial election was that of Dilip Ray from Orissa. He was elected 6 years back by successfully engineering these lesser preferential votes from BJD, BJP and Congress Parties, defeating candidates of these parties !!! Of Course, he managed it by spending a hefty amount. But this interesting part of the election process had been very much over looked in the past.
Let us see as to how these Votes are doing this time around.
