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'''Rajya Sabha elections''' were held in 1966, 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 1966 to elect members from various states.
''The list is incomplete.''
===Members elected===
The following members are elected in the elections held in 1966. They are members for the term 1966-72 and retire in year 1972, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.

State - Member - Party
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Rajya Sabha members for term 1966-1972
! State !! Member Name !! Party !! Remark
|-

|-
| Andhra Pradesh || [[Kota Punnaiah]] || INC ||
|-
| Andhra Pradesh || [[Akbar Ali Khan (politician)|Akbar Ali Khan]] || INC ||
|-
| Andhra Pradesh || [[Neelam Sanjiva Reddy]] || INC || 24/02/1967
|-
| Andhra Pradesh || [[J C Nagi Reddy]] || INC ||
|-
| Andhra Pradesh || M V Bhadram || CPI
|-

|-
| Assam || Dr [[ Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed]] || INC || 25/02/1967
|-
| Assam || Usha Barthakur || INC
|-
| Assam || Purakayastha Mahitosh || INC || res 21/03/1972
|-

|-
| Bihar || [[Bhupendra Narayan Mandal]] || SSP
|-
| Bihar || [[Rajendra Pratap Sinha]] || INC
|-
| Bihar || [[Sheel Bhadra Yajee]] || INC
|-
| Bihar || [[Lalit Narayan Mishra]] || INC || 02/02/1972 LS
|-
| Bihar || [[Shyamnandan Mishra]] || INC || 11/03/1971 LS
|-
| Bihar || [[Pratul Chandra Mitra]] || INC
|-
| Bihar || Raghunath Prasad Khaitan || INC
|-

|-
| Delhi|| [[Shanta Vasisht]] || INC
|-

|-
| Gujarat || Biharilal N Antani || OTH || Dea. 16/09/1971
|-
| Gujarat || [[K S Chavda]] || INC || 10/03/1971
|-
| Gujarat || [[Suresh J Desai]] || INC
|-
| Gujarat || [[Kodardas K Shah]] || INC || res 22/05/1971
|-
| Gujarat || [[Pushpaben Mehta]] || CO
|-

|-
| Jammu & Kashmir || Gulam Nabi Untoo || INC
|-

|-
| Madras || [[N Ramakrishna Iyer]] || OTH
|-
| Madras || [[T Chengalvaroyan]] || INC
|-
| Madras || R T Parthasarathy || OTH
|-
| Madras || G P Somasundaram || DMK || dea 25/06/1971
|-
| Madras || N R M Swamy || INC
|-

|-
| Madhya Pradesh || [[Nand Kishore Bhatt]] || INC
|-
| Madhya Pradesh || [[Vidyawati Chaturvedi]] || INC
|-
| Madhya Pradesh || [[A D Mani]] || IND
|-
| Madhya Pradesh || [[Niranjan Varma]] || JS
|-

|-
| Maharashtra || [[B.D. Khobragade]] || RPI
|-
| Maharashtra || [[Gulabrao Patil]] || INC
|-
| Maharashtra || [[M C Chagla]] || INC
|-
| Maharashtra || [[Vithalrao T Nagpure]] || INC
|-
| Maharashtra || [[B S Savnekar]] || INC
|-
| Maharashtra || [[Asoka Mehta]] || INC || res 26/02/1967 LS
|-

|-
| Manipur || [[ Sinam Krishnamohan Singh]] || INC || Dea 02/11/1964
|-

|-
| Mysore || [[Violet Alva]] || INC || Dea 20/11/1969
|-
| Mysore || [[N Sri Ram Reddy]] || INC
|-
| Mysore || M D Narayan || OTH
|-

|-
| Nominated || [[M Amjal Khan]] || NOM || Dea. 18/10/1969
|-
| Nominated || Dr [[Harivansh Rai Bachchan]] || NOM
|-
| Nominated || Dr [[Dhananjay R Gadgil]] || NOM || res 31/08/1967
|-
| Nominated || [[M C Setalvad]] || NOM
|-

|-
| Orissa || [[Bhabani Charan Pattanayak]] || INC ||
|-
| Orissa || [[Lokanath Misra]] || OTH
|-
| Orissa || Banka Behary Das || OTH || res 04/04/1971
|-
| Orissa || M Haneef || OTH || dea 06/10/1967
|-

|-
| Punjab || Sardar [[Raghbir Singh Panjhazari|Raghbir Singh]] || INC
|-
| Punjab || [[Neki Ram]] || INC
|-
| Punjab || Sardar Narinder Singh Brar || AD
|-
| Punjab || Salig Ram || INC || res 19/03/1972
|-

|-
| Rajasthan || [[S S Bhandari]] || JAN
|-
| Rajasthan || [[Dalpat Singh (Rajasthan politician)|Dalpat Singh]] || OTH
|-
| Rajasthan || Mangala Devi Talwar || INC
|-

|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[ Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee]] || INC || dea 28/04/1969
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || Dr [[Z A Ahmad]] || INC
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Hayatullah Ansari]] || INC
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Arjun Arora]] || INC
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Sukhdev Prasad]] || INC
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Mustafa Rashid Shervani]] || INC
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[M S Gurupadaswamy]] || INC
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Raj Narain]] || OTH
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Hira Vallabha Tripathi]] || INC
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Joginder Singh (politician)|Joginder Singh]] || INC || res 20/09/1971
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Gopal Swarup Pathak]] || INC || res 13/05/1967
|-
| Uttar Pradesh || [[Kunj Bihari Lal Rathi]] || JS || dea 13/07/1968
|-

|-
| West Bengal || [[Chitta Basu (politician)|Chitta Basu]] || CPM ||
|-
| West Bengal || [[Rajpat Singh Doogar]] || INC
|-
| West Bengal || [[Mriganka M Sur]] || INC
|-
| West Bengal || [[Biren Roy]] || INC
|-
| West Bengal || Arun Prakash Chatterjee || CPM ||
|-

|-
|}

==Bye-elections==
The following bye elections were held in the year 1966.

State - Member - Party

# MP - [[Chakrapani Shukla]] - INC ( ele 08/02/1966 term till 1970 )
# Rajasthan - [[Jagannath_Pahadia]] - INC ( ele 22/03/1966 term till 1970 )23/02/1967
# Nominated - [[M N Kaul]] - NOM ( ele 30/03/1966 term till 1970 )
# Uttar Pradesh - [[Tarkeshwar Pande]] - INC ( ele 30/07/1966 term till 1970 )
# Haryana - [[Krishna Kant ]] - INC ( ele 29/11/1966 term till 1972 )
# Haryana - Ram Chander - INC ( ele 29/11/1966 term till 1968 )

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajya Sabha}}

[[Category:1966 elections in India]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India|1966]]

1966 Rajya Sabha elections - Revision history

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