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{{Short description|Elections for the Upper House of Indian Parliament}}
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'''Rajya Sabha elections''' were held in 1956, to elect members of the [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Indian Parliament]]'s [[upper chamber]]. <ref name="alist">{{cite web|title=Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx|publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi|accessdate=13 September 2017|archive-date=14 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190214083532/http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Elections==
Elections were held in 1956 to elect members from various states.
''The list is incomplete.''

===Members elected===
The following members are elected in the elections held in 1956. They are members for the term 1956-62 and retire in year 1962, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.

State - Member - Party

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Rajya Sabha members for term 1956-1962
! State !! Member Name !! Party !! Remark
|-

|-
| [[Ajmer State|Ajmer]] & [[Coorg State|Coorg]]|| [[Abdul Shakoor Maulana]] || INC ||
|-

|-
| Andhra || [[V C Keshava Rao]] || INC ||
|-
| Andhra || [[A Balarami Reddy]] || INC || res 09/03/1962
|-
| Andhra || [[N Narotham Reddy]] || INC || res 15/03/1960 LS
|-
| Andhra || [[Yasoda Reddy]] || INC || res 27/02/1962 2LS
|-
| Andhra || [[V Ventakaramana]] || INC

|-
| Assam || [[Pushpalata Das]] || INC ||
|-
|-
| Assam || Purna Chandra Sharma || INC
|-

|-
| Bilaspur &<br/> Himachal Pradesh || Lila Devi || INC ||
|-

|-
| Bihar || [[Ram Gopal Agarwala]] || INC ||
|-
| Bihar || [[Michael John (trade unionist)|Michael John]] || INC
|-
| Bihar || [[Kishori Ram]] || INC
|-
| Bihar || [[Syed Mazhar Imam]]|| INC
|-
| Bihar || [[Awadeshwar Prasad Sinha]] || INC
|-
| Bihar || [[Ganga Sharan Sinha]] || OTH
|-
| Bihar || [[Tajamul Husain]]|| INC
|-
| Bihar || Shah Mohd. Umair || INC
|-
|-
| Bombay || [[B R Ambedkar]] || OTH || Dea. 06/12/1956
|-
| Bombay || [[Trimbak R Deogirikar]] || INC
|-
| Bombay || Dr [[M D D Gilder]] || INC || term till 1960
|-
| Bombay || Dr [[N S Hardikar]] || INC
|-
| Bombay || Gajanan R Kulkarni || INC
|-
| Bombay || [[D Y Pawar]] || INC
|-
| Bombay || [[Manilal C Shah]] || INC || Dea. 09/01/1960
|-
| Bombay || [[Manubhai C Shah]] || INC || Res. 12/03/1957 2LS
|-
| Bombay || [[Meghjibhai P Shah]] || INC || Res. 26/07/1957

|-
| Delhi || [[Onkar Nath]] || INC || Res. 16/04/1955

|-
| Hyderabad || [[V K Dhage]] || IND || term till 1960
|-
| Hyderabad || Dr [[Raj Bahadur Goud]] || INC

|-
| Jammu & Kashmir || [[Syed M Jalali]] || JKNC || dea. 22/02/1961

|-
| Kutch || Premji Bhavanji Thacker || INC || Res. 26/07/1952

|-
| Madhya Bharat || Kanhailal D Vaidya || INC ||
|-
| Madhya Bharat || Krishna Kant Vyas || INC

|-
| Madhya Pradesh || Dr [[Waman S Barlingay]] || INC ||
|-
| Madhya Pradesh || Mohammad Ali || INC
|-
| Madhya Pradesh || [[Ram Sahai]] || INC
|-
| Madhya Pradesh || Rukmani Bai || INC
|-
| Madhya Pradesh || Dr [[Raghu Vira]] || INC
|-
| Madhya Pradesh || Marotirao D Tumpalliwar || INC || res. 12/03/1962

|-
| Madras || [[V K Krishna Menon]] || INC || res. 15/03/1957 2LS
|-
| Madras || [[A Ramaswami Mudaliar]] || IND
|-
| Madras || [[V. M. Obaidullah|V M Obaidullah Sahib]] || INC || dea. 21/02/1958
|-
| Madras || [[T.S. Pattabiraman]] || INC
|-
| Madras || T N Ramamurti || INC
|-
| Madras || [[S Venkatanaraman]] || INC

|-
| Manipur and Tripura || Abdul Latif || INC ||
|-
| Manipur || [[Laimayum L M Sharma]] || INC || ele 01/12/1956 <br/>term till 1960

|-
| Mysore || [[S V Krishna Moorty Rao]] || INC || 01/03/1962
|-
| Mysore || [[M Govinda Reddy]] || INC
|-
| Mysore || J R Desai || OTH
|-
| Mysore || Dr [[N S Hardikar]] || INC
|-

|-
| Nominated || [[Rukmini Devi Arundale]] || NOM ||
|-
| Nominated || [[N R Malkani]] || NOM
|-
| Nominated || Dr [[B V Warekar]] || NOM
|-
| Nominated || Dr [[Zakir Husain (politician)|Zakir Hussain]] || NOM || res 06/07/1957

|-
| Orissa || [[Bhagirathi Mahapatra]] || INC ||
|-
| Orissa || [[Maheshwar Naik]] || INC || res. 27/02/1962 3LS
|-
| Orissa || [[Abhimanyu Rath]] || INC

|-
| P E P S U || Lt. Col Joginder Singh Mann || OTH ||

|-
| Punjab || [[Chaman Lall Diwan]] || INC ||
|-
| Punjab || [[Darshan Singh Pheruman]] || INC || till 22/10/1956
|-
| Punjab || [[Zail Singh]] || INC || res 10/03/1962

|-
| Rajasthan || [[Sharda Bhargava]] || INC ||
|-
| Rajasthan || Jaswantt Singh || OTH
|-
| Rajasthan || Dr [[Kalu Lal Shrimali]] || INC || 01 Mar 1962

|-
| Saurashtra || Nanabhai Bhat || INC ||
|-
| Saurashtra || Bhogilal M Shah || INC

|-
| Travancore & Cochin || [[K P Madhavan Nair]] || INC ||
|-
| Travancore & Cochin || [[M N Govindan Nair]] || CPM
|-
| Travancore & Cochin || P Narayan Nair || INC || term till 1960

|-
| Uttar Pradesh || Akhtar Hussain || INC ||
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee]] || INC || term till 1960
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Jashaud Singh Bhist]] || INC
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Jaspat Roy Kapoor]] || INC
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || Dr [[Hriday N Kunzru]] || IND
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Chandravati Lakhanpal]] || INC
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Anis Kidwai]] || INC
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Savitri Devi Nigam]] || INC || res. 28/02/1962 3LS
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Har Prasad Saksena]] || INC
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Prakash Narayan Sapru]] || INC
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Ram Kripal Singh]] || INC || Dea. 14/03/1961
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Ram Prasad Tamta]] || INC || res. 01/05/1958

|-
| Vindyachal Pradesh || Ahmed Gulsher || OTH ||

|-
| West Bengal || [[Satyapriya Banerjee]] || FB ||term till 1960 <br/> Dea. 23/03/1957
|-
| West Bengal || [[P D Himatsingka ]] || INC || Res 27/02/1962 3LS
|-
| West Bengal || Prof [[Humayun Kabir]] || INC || Res 27/02/1962 3LS
|-
| West Bengal || [[Satyendra Prosad Ray]] || INC
|-

|-
|}

==Bye-elections==
The following bye elections were held in the year 1956.

State - Member - Party

# Delhi - Begum Siddiqa Kidwai - INC ( ele 24/11/1956, term till 1958 )
# Delhi - [[Onkar Nath]] - INC ( ele 24/11/1956 term till 1960 )
# Assam - [[ Mahendramohan Chaudhury]] - INC ( ele 01/12/1956 term till 1958 )
# Orissa - Govind Chandra Misra - INC ( ele 06/12/1956 term till 1960 )
# Bihar - [[Awadeshwar Prasad Sinha]] - INC ( ele 10/12/1956 term till 1958 )
# Bihar - Krishna Mohan Pyare Sinha- INC ( ele 10/12/1956 term till 1958 )
# Madras - Dawood Ali Mirza - INC ( ele 11/12/1956 term till 1962)
# Uttar Pradesh - [[Mahabir Prasad Bhargava]] - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term 1958 )
# Uttar Pradesh - [[Bal Krishna Sharma Naveen|Bal Krishna Sharma]] - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term 1962 death 29/04/1960 )
# Uttar Pradesh - Pandit [[Algu Rai Shastri]] - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term 1962 res. 24/04/1958 )
# West Bengal - [[Surendra Mohan Ghose]] - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term till 1962 )
# West Bengal - [[Mehr Chand Khanna]] - INC ( ele 15/12/1956 res 26/02/1962 3LS )

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajya Sabha}}

[[Category:1956 elections in India]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India|1956]]

1956 Rajya Sabha elections - Revision history

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