India, Feb. 28 -- LUCKNOW The Samajwadi Party, apparently apprehending cross-voting from its own MLAs in the Rajya Sabha elections, overprotected its first two out of three candidates, allocating much more than required number of votes for their victory.

The party's move suggests that it may have apprehended a larger breach in the poll. The Bharatiya Janata Party ensured victory for all its eight candidates while the SP's two candidates won in the Rajya Sabha election held for 10 seats here on Tuesday.

The SP had fielded three candidates, including cine star-turned-politician Jaya Bachchan, Ramji Lal Suman and former chief secretary Alok Ranjan. While Bachchan and Suman won, the former bureaucrat lost the poll.

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