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{{Short description|Elections for the Upper House of Indian Parliament}}
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'''Rajya Sabha elections''' were held in 1997, to elect members of the [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Indian Parliament]]'s [[upper chamber]]. 3 members from Kerala<ref name=kl >{{cite web| title= Biennial elections to the Council of States from the State of Kerala |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_21032003.pdf |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 29 September 2017}}</ref> and 1 member from Puducherry <ref name=py > {{cite web| title= Biennial/bye-election to the Rajya Sabha from Pondicherry and Chhattisgarh and bye-election to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council by MLAs |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_010903.pdf |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 29 September 2017}}</ref> 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>

==Elections==
Elections were held in 1997 to elect members from various states.
''The list is incomplete.''
===Members elected===
The following members are elected in the elections held in 1997. They are members for the term 1997-2003 and retire in year 2003, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.

State - Member - Party
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Rajya Sabha members for term 1997-2003
! State !! Member Name !! Party !! Remark
|-

|-
| Kerala || [[K.Karunakaran]] || INC || Res 03/03/1998 LS
|-
| Kerala<ref name=kl/> || [[J. Chitharanjan]] || CPI
|-
| Kerala || [[C. O. Poulose]] || CPM || bye-ele 07/04/1998
|-
| Kerala || [[S. Ramachandran Pillai]] || CPM
|-

|-
| Nominated || Dr [[Raja Ramanna]] || NOM
|-
| Nominated || Dr [[C Narayana Reddy]] || NOM
|-
| Nominated || Dr [[Mrinal Sen]] || NOM
|-
| Nominated || Chaudhary [[ Harmohan Singh Yadav]] || NOM
|-

|-
| Puducherry<ref name=py/> || [[C P Thirunavukkarasu]] || DMK
|-

|-
|}

==Bye-elections==
The following bye elections were held in the year 1997.

State - Member - Party

# Tamil Nadu - [[S Peter Alphonse]]- TMC ( ele 10/10/1997 term till 2002 )
# Tamil Nadu - [[M Abdul Kader]]- TMC ( ele 10/10/1997 term till 1998 )

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajya Sabha}}

[[Category:1997 elections in India]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India|1997]]

1997 Rajya Sabha elections - Revision history

Ajay Kumar at 05:58, 18 August 2023