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{{Short description|Elections for the Upper House of Indian Parliament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}'''Rajya Sabha elections''' were held in 1996, to elect members of the [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Indian Parliament]]'s [[upper chamber|upper house]]. 59 members from 17 states,<ref name=mar>{{cite web|title=Biennial elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to fill the Seats of members retiring on 02.04.2002, 09.04.2002, 12.04.2002 and 26.05.2002 |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_26022002.pdf |publisher= ECI New Delhi |accessdate= 27 September 2017}}</ref> 1 member from Mizoram State,<ref name="mz">{{cite web|title=Biennial election to the Council of States from the State of Mizoram|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_14062002.pdf|publisher=ECI new Delhi|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref> and 15 members from 3 states of JK, UK and UP were elected.<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}}</ref><ref name="nov">{{cite web|title=Biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha to fill the seats of members retiring in November, 2002 and by e - elections to the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_23102002.pdf|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref>

==Elections==
Elections were held in 1996 to elect members from various states.
''The list is incomplete.''
===Members elected===
The following members are elected in the elections held in 1996. They are members for the term 1996-2002 and retire in year 2002, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.

State - Member - Party
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Rajya Sabha members for term 1996-2002
! State !! Member Name !! Party !! Remark
|-

|-
| Maharashtra<ref name=mar/> || [[Suresh Keswani|Suresh A Keswani]] || IND || R
|-
| Maharashtra || [[Vedprakash P. Goyal]] || BJP
|-
| Maharashtra || [[Shankarrao Chavan]] || INC
|-
| Maharashtra || [[Mukesh R Patel|Mukeshbhai R Patel]] || SS
|-
| Maharashtra || Suryabhan Raghunath Patil Vahadane || BJP
|-
| Maharashtra || Adhik Shirolkar || SS
|-
| Maharashtra || [[N.K.P. Salve]] || INC
|-

|-
| Orissa<ref name=mar/> || [[Jayanti Patnaik]] || INC || Res 03/03/1998 LS
|-
| Orissa || Ananta Sethi || INC
|-
| Orissa || [[Frida Topno]] || INC
|-
| Orissa || Maurice Kujur || INC
|-
| Orissa || [[Dilip Ray|Dilip Kumar Ray]] || BJD
|-

|-
| Tamil Nadu<ref name=mar/> || [[S Peter Alphonse]] || INC || Res 09/09/1997
|-
| Tamil Nadu || [[S Peter Alphonse]] || TMC || fr 10/10/1997
|-
| Tamil Nadu || [[N Shiva]] || DMK
|-
| Tamil Nadu || [[R. Subbian]] || DMK
|-
| Tamil Nadu || [[P. Soundararajan ]] || AIADMK
|-
| Tamil Nadu || xxx || AIADMK || 18.5.2001
|-
| Tamil Nadu || [[S. Niraikulathan ]] || AIADMK
|-
| Tamil Nadu || R K Kumar || AIADMK || dea 03/10/1999
|-
| Tamil Nadu || [[N Thalavi Sundaram ]] || AIADMK
|-
| Tamil Nadu || T M Venkatachalam || AIADMK || dea 02/12/1999
|-

|-
| West Bengal<ref name=mar/> || [[Dawa Lama]] || CPM ||
|-
| West Bengal || [[Bratin Sengupta]] || CPM
|-
| West Bengal || Prof [[Bharati Ray]] || CPM
|-
| West Bengal || [[Md. Salim]] || CPM || res 25.5.2001
|-
| West Bengal || [[Debabrata Biswas]] || AIFB
|-

|-
| Andhra Pradesh<ref name=mar/> || [[N Jayaprada|Nahata Jayaprada]] || TDP ||
|-
| Andhra Pradesh || Dr [[Yelamanchili Radhakrishna Murthy]] || CPM
|-
| Andhra Pradesh || [[Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad ]] || TDP
|-
| Andhra Pradesh || [[K M Saifullah]] || TDP
|-
| Andhra Pradesh || [[Solipeta Ramachandra Reddy ]] || TDP
|-
| Andhra Pradesh || [[Daggubati Venkateswar Rao]] || TDP(NTR)
|-

|-
| Assam<ref name=mar/> || [[Karnendu Bhattacharjee]] || INC ||
|-
| Assam || [[Basanti Sarma]] || INC
|-
| Assam || [[Prakanta Warisa]] || ASDC
|-

|-
| Bihar<ref name=mar/> || Nagendra Nath Ojha || CPI ||
|-
| Bihar || [[Prem Chand Gupta]] || JD
|-
| Bihar || Jagdambi Mandal || JD || dea 13/01/2000
|-
| Bihar || [[Ranjan Prasad Yadav]] || RJD
|-
| Bihar || [[Shatrughan Prasad Sinha]] || BJP
|-
| Bihar || [[Ram Deo Bhandari]] || RJD
|-
| Bihar || Gyan Ranjan || INC || dea 22/04/1998
|-

|-
| Chhattisgarh<ref name=mar/> || [[Lakhiram Agrawal]] || BJP || fr 01/11/2000
|-
| Chhattisgarh || [[Surendra Kumar Singh]] || INC || fr 01/11/2000
|-

|-
| Gujarat<ref name=mar/> || [[Anantray Devshanker Dave]] || BJP ||
|-
| Gujarat || [[Bangaru Laxman|Laxmanji Bangaru Narsimha]] || BJP
|-
| Gujarat || [[Gopalsinh G Solanki|Gopalsinhji Gulabsinhji]] || BJP
|-
| Gujarat ||[[Brahmkumar Bhatt|Brahmkumar Ranchhodlal Bhatt]]|| INC
|-

|-
| Haryana <ref name=mar/> || [[Banarasi Das Gupta]] || INC ||
|-
| Haryana || [[Lachhman Singh]] || INC
|-

|-
| Himachal Pradesh<ref name=mar/> || [[Chandresh Kumari]] || INC ||
|-

|-
| Jharkhand<ref name=mar/> || [[Obaidullah Khan Azmi]] || JD ||
|-
| Jharkhand || [[Ven Dhamma Viriyo]] || RJD
|-

|-
| Karnataka<ref name=mar/> || [[H. D. Deve Gowda]] || JD || bye 23/09/1996 <br/> res 1998 LS
|-
| Karnataka || Leeladevi Renuka Prasad || JD || 22/04/1996
|-
| Karnataka || [[C. M. Ibrahim]] || JD
|-
| Karnataka || [[Ramakrishna Hegde]] || JD
|-
| Karnataka || [[A. Lakshmisagar]] || JD
|-
| Karnataka || [[S M Krishna]] || INC || Res 14/10/1999
|-
| Karnataka || [[K. C. Kondaiah]] || INC || bye 14/01/2000
|-

|-
| Madhya Pradesh<ref name=mar/> || A G Qureshi || INC ||
|-
| Madhya Pradesh || [[Suresh Pachouri ]] || INC
|-
| Madhya Pradesh || [[Sikandar Bakht]] || BJP
|-
| Madhya Pradesh || [[Lakhiram Agrawal]] || BJP || till 31/10/2000
|-
| Madhya Pradesh || [[Surendra Kumar Singh]] || INC || till 31/10/2000
|-

|-
| Rajashthan<ref name=mar/> || [[K.K. Birla]] || INC ||
|-
| Rajashthan || [[Ramdas Agarwal]] || BJP
|-
| Rajashthan || Dr [[Mahesh Chandra Sharma]] || BJP
|-

|-
| Meghalaya<ref name=mar/> || [[Onward L Nongtdu]] || INC ||
|-

|-
| Arunachal Pradesh<ref name=mar/> || [[Nabam Rebia]] || IND ||
|-

|-
| Mizoram <ref name="mz"/> || [[Hiphei]] || INC ||
|-

|-
| Jammu and Kashmir || Prof [[Saifuddin Soz]] || JKNC || res 10/03/1998 LS
|-
| Jammu and Kashmir<ref name=nov/> || [[Kushok Nawang Chamba Stanzin]] || JKNC || Bye Apr 98
|-
| Jammu and Kashmir<ref name=nov/> || [[Sharief-ud-Din Shariq]] || JKNC
|-
| Jammu and Kashmir<ref name=nov/> || [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]] || INC
|-
| Jammu and Kashmir<ref name=nov/> || [[Mirza Abdul Rashid]] || --
|-
|-
| UP<ref name=nov/> || [[Akhilesh Das]] || BSP ||
|-
| UP || [[Sunil Shastri]] || INC
|-
| UP || [[Amar Singh (politician)|Amar Singh]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Chunni Lal Chowdhary]] || BJP || dea 03/12/2000
|-
| UP || Shyam Lal || BJP || fr 16/02/2001
|-
| UP || [[Devi Prasad Singh]] || BJP
|-
| UP || [[Gandhi Azad]] || BSP
|-
| UP || [[R. N. Arya]] || BSP
|-
| UP || [[Narendra Mohan]] || BJP || dea 20/09/2002
|-
| UP || [[Rajnath Singh Surya]] || BJP
|-
| UP || [[Balwant Singh Ramoowalia]] || SAD ||
|-
| UP || [[Azam Khan (politician)|Azam Khan]] || SP || res 09/03/2002
|-
| UP || [[Manohar Kant Dhyani]] || BJP || from UP till 08/11/2000
|-
| Uttarakhand <ref name=nov/> || [[Manohar Kant Dhyani]] || BJP || from UK onwards 09/11/2000
|-
|-
| Manipur || [[W. Angou Singh]] || INC
|-

|-
|}

==Bye-elections==
The following bye elections were held in the year 1996.

State - Member - Party

# HR - K L Poswal - INC ( ele 13/02/1996 term till 1998 )
# MH - Prof [[Ram Kapse]] - BJP ( ele 27/09/1996 term till 1998 )
# MH - [[Sanjay Nirupam]] - SS ( ele 27/09/1996 term till 2000 )
# UP - [[Dara_Singh_Chauhan]] - BSP ( ele 30/11/1996 term till 2000 ) res of [[Mayawati]]
# UP - [[Khan Ghufran Zahidi ]] - INC ( ele 30/11/1996 term till 1998 )
# UP - Ahmad Wasim - INC ( ele 30/11/1996 term till 1998 )
# Tamil Nadu - [[V.K. Duraisamy]] - DMK ( ele 26/11/1996 term till 2001 ) res of [[V.K. Duraisamy]] fr AIADMK
# GJ - [[Yoginder K Alagh]] - IND ( ele 26/11/1996 term till 2000 ) res of

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajya Sabha}}

[[Category:1996 elections in India]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India|1996]]

1996 Rajya Sabha elections - Revision history

Ajay Kumar at 05:58, 18 August 2023