Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2011, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held on 22 July to elect respectively 1 member from Goa, 3 members from Gujarat and 6 members from West Bengal for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.[1]
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Elections edit
Elections were held to elect members from Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal. The following members are elected in the elections held in 2011.
Goa edit
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shantaram Naik | INC | Shantaram Naik | INC | [2] | ||
Gujarat edit
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ahmed Patel | INC | Ahmed Patel | INC | |||
| 2. | Pravin Naik | BJP | Smriti Irani | BJP | |||
| 3. | Surendra Motilal Patel | Dilip Pandya | |||||
West Bengal edit
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Abani Roy | RSP | Sukhendu Sekhar Roy | AITC | |||
| 2. | Arjun Kumar Sengupta | IND | Derek O'Brien | ||||
| 3. | Mohammed Amin | CPI(M) | Debabrata Bandyopadhyay | ||||
| 4. | Swapan Sadhan Bose | AITC | Srinjoy Bose | ||||
| 5. | Sitaram Yechury | CPI(M) | Sitaram Yechury | CPI(M) | |||
| 6. | Brinda Karat | Pradip Bhattacharya | INC | ||||
Bye-elections edit
The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Karnataka,[3] Madhya Pradesh,[4] Maharashtra & Tamil Nadu,[1] Assam and Bihar.[5]
Karnataka edit
- Bye-elections were held on 3 March 2011 for vacancy from Karnataka due to death of seating member M. Rajasekara Murthy on 05/12/2010 with term ending on 02/04/2012.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | M. Rajasekara Murthy | JDS | Hema Malini | BJP | [6] | ||
Madhya Pradesh edit
- Bye-elections were held on 12 May 2011 for vacancy from Madhya Pradesh due to death of seating member Arjun Singh on 04/03/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2012.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arjun Singh | INC | Meghraj Jain | BJP | |||
Maharashtra edit
- Bye-elections were held on 22 July 2011 for vacancy from Maharashtra due to resignation of seating member Prithviraj Chavan on 06/05/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2014
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Prithviraj Chavan | INC | Husain Dalwai | INC | |||
Tamil Nadu edit
- Bye-elections were held on 22 July 2011 for vacancy from Tamil Nadu due to resignation of K. P. Ramalingam on 20/05/2011 with term ending on 29/06/2016.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | K. P. Ramalingam | DMK | A. W. Rabi Bernard | AIADMK | [7] | ||
Assam edit
- Bye-elections were held on 22 December 2011 for vacancy from Assam due to death of seating member Silvius Condpan on 10/10/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2016.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Silvius Condpan | INC | Pankaj Bora | INC | |||
Bihar edit
- Bye-elections were held on 22 December 2011 for vacancy from Bihar due to resignation of Sabir Ali of LJP on 15/11/2011 with term ending on 09/04/2014.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sabir Ali | LJP | Sabir Ali | JDU | [8] | ||
References edit
- ^ a b "Biennial and Bye - Elections to the Council of States" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Statewise Retirement". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ^ "Bye-Election to the Council of States from Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Bye-Election to the Council of States from Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Bye - Elections to the Council of States" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Kannada writer vs Hema Malini in RS polls". news18. 21 Feb 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "Rabi Bernard, AIADMK nominee for Rajya Sabha". The Hindu. June 29, 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "Rajya Sabha accepts LJP MP Sabir Ali's resignation". Retrieved 2 November 2017.