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{{Short description|Elections for the Upper House of Indian Parliament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2022}}
{{Infobox election
|election_name = 1998 Rajya Sabha elections
|country = India
|type = parliamentary
|previous_election = 1997 Rajya Sabha elections
|previous_year = 1997
|election_date =
|next_election = 1999 Rajya Sabha elections
|next_year = 1999
|seats_for_election = (of 228 seats) to the [[Rajya Sabha]]
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|image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=IBSA-leaders Manmohan Singh.jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=04}}
|leader1 = [[Jaswant Singh]]
|party1 = [[BJP]]
|leader2 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
|party2 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
}}
'''Rajya Sabha elections''' were held in 1998, to elect members of the [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Indian Parliament]]'s [[upper chamber]]. 13 members from 6 states <ref name="mar">{{cite web|title=Biennial elections to the Council of States to fill the Seats of members retiring in April, 2004.|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_02032004.pdf |publisher= ECI New Delhi |accessdate= 27 September 2017}}</ref> and 57 members from 14 states<ref name="may">{{cite web |title= Biennial and Bye -Elections to the Council of States and State Legislative Councils by Members of Legislative Assembly |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_240504ii.pdf |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 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 1998 to elect members from various states.
''The list is incomplete.''

===Members elected===
The following members are elected in the elections held in 1998. They are members for the term 1998–2004 and retire in year 2004, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Rajya Sabha members for term 1998–2004
! State !! Member Name !! Party !! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| Assam<ref name=mar/> || Dr [[Arun Kumar Sarma]] || AGP || R
|-
| Assam || [[Drupad Borgohain]] || CPI
|
|-
| HP<ref name="mar" /> || [[Anil Sharma (Himachal Pradesh politician)|Anil Sharma]] || INC
|
|-
| KL<ref name="mar"/> || [[M.J. Varkey Mattathil]] || CPM ||
|-
| KL || [[A Vijaya Raghvan]]|| BJD
|
|-
| NG<ref name="mar"/> || [[C. Apok Jamir]] || INC ||
|-
| TR<ref name="mar"/> || [[Matilal Sarkar]] || CPM ||
|-
| PB<ref name="mar"/> || [[Ashwani Kumar (politician)|Ashwani Kumar]] || INC ||
|-
| PB || Lajpat Rai || INC
|
|-
| PB || [[Sukhbir Singh Badal]] || SAD
|
|-
| PB || [[Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa]] || SAD
|
|-
| PB || [[Gurcharan Singh Tohra]] || SAD || dea 01/04/2004
|-
| AP<ref name="may" /> || [[Desari Nagabhushan Rao]] || INC
|
|-
| AP || [[Yadlapati Venkata Rao]]|| TDP
|
|-
| AP || [[P. Prabhakar Reddy]]|| TDP
|
|-
| AP || [[K K Venkata Rao]]|| TDP
|
|-
| AP || [[C. Ramachandraiah]]|| INC
|
|-
| AP || [[R Ramachandraiah]]|| TDP
|
|-
| KA<ref name=may/> || [[Oscar Fernandes]] || INC ||
|-
| KA || [[Venkaiah Naidu]]|| BJP
|
|-
| KA || [[H.K. Javare Gowda]] || JD
|
|-
| KA || [[S. R. Bommai]]|| JD
|
|-
| CG<ref name=may/> || [[Dilip Kumar Judev]] || BJP ||
|-
| CG || Jhumuklal || INC
|
|-
| MP<ref name="may"/> || [[O. Rajagopal]] || BJP ||
|-
| MP || Balkavi || BJP
|
|-
| MP || [[Mabel Rebello]] || INC
|
|-
| TN<ref name=may/> || [[S. Agniraj]] || DMK ||
|-
| TN || [[V. Maitreyan]] || ADMK
|
|-
| TN || [[M. A. Kadar]] || DMK
|
|-
| TN || M. Sankaralingam || DMK
|
|-
| TN || [[S. Sivasubramanian]] || INC
|
|-
| TN || [[Viduthalai Virumbi]] || DMK
|
|-
| TN || [[G. K. Moopanar]]|| TMC || dea 30/08/2001
|-
|OR<ref name=may/> || [[Manmathnath Das]] || BJP ||
|-
|OR || [[Ramchandra Khuntia]] || BJD
|
|-
|OR || [[Ranganath Misra]] || INC
|
|-
| MH<ref name=may/> || [[Pritish Nandy]] || SS ||
|-
| MH || [[Satish Pradhan]]|| SS
|
|-
| MH || [[Pramod Mahajan]] || BJP
|
|-
| MH || [[Vijay J. Darda]] || INC
|
|-
| MH || [[Najma Heptulla]] || INC || res 10/06/2004
|-
| MH || [[Suresh Kalmadi]] || INC || res 10/06/2004 LS
|-
| PB<ref name=may/> || Sukhdev Singh || INC ||
|-
| PB || [[Gurcharan Kaur]] || INC
|
|-
| RJ<ref name="may" /> || [[Jaswant Singh]] || BJP
|
|-
| RJ || [[Laxmi Mall Singhvi]]|| INC
|
|-
| RJ || [[Santosh Bagrodia]]|| INC
|
|-
| UP<ref name=may/> || [[Arun Shourie]] || BJP ||
|-
| UP || [[Kanshi Ram]] || BSP
|
|-
| UP || [[Lalit Suri]] || IND
|
|-
| UP || [[Dinanath Mishra]] || BJP
|
|-
| UP || [[B. P. Singhal]] || BJP
|
|-
| UP || [[Khan Gufaran Zahidi]] || INC
|
|-
| UP || [[Rama Shankar Kaushik]] || SP
|
|-
| UP || [[Ram Gopal Yadav]] || SP
|
|-
| UP || [[Dharam Pal Yadav]] || SP
|
|-
| UP || [[Syed Akhtar Hasan Rizvi]] || SP
|
|-
| UP || [[T. N. Chaturvedi]] || BJP || res 20/08/2002 Govr of KA
|-
| UP<ref name=may/> || [[Sangh Priya Gautam]] || BJP || fr UP till 08/11/2000
|-
| BR<ref name=may/> || [[Kapil Sibal]] || INC ||
|-
| BR || [[Ramendra Kumar Yadav]] || Samta Party
|
|-
| BR || Gaya Singh || CPI
|
|-
| BR || [[Saroj Dubey]] || RJD
|
|-
| BR || Anil Kumar || INC
|
|-
| JH<ref name=may/> || [[Parmeshwar Agarwalla]] || INC ||
|-
| JH || [[Abhay Kant Prasad]] || BJP
|
|-
| HR<ref name=may/> || [[Swaraj Kaushal]] || BJP ||
|-
| HR || [[Rao Man Singh]] || INC
|
|}

==Bye-elections==
The following bye elections were held in the year 1998.

* Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from West Bengal due to death of seating member [[Tridib Chowdhury]] on 21-12-1997 with term ending on 18-08-1999. <ref>{{cite web |title= Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to fillthe seats of members retiring in April, 1998 and Bye-election to fill one casual vacancy |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/cp19980303.pdf |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref> [[Abani Roy]] of RSP got elected.
* Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir due to election to Lok Sabha of seating member [[H D Deve Gowda]] on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 09.04.2002 and [[Saifuddin Soz]] on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 22.11.2002.<ref name=apr-bye>{{cite web |title= Bye-Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to fill the seats of members elected to-the Lok Sabha during the recently concluded General Elections, 1998 and to fill one casual-vacancy from the State of Gujarat |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/cp19980319.pdf |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref>
* Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from Orissa and Kerala due to election to Lok Sabha of seating member [[Jayanti Patnaik]] on 02.04.2002 with term ending on 09.04.2002 and [[K.Karunakaran]] on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 21.04.2003.<ref name=apr-bye/> [[C. O. Poulose]] of CPM won from Kerala.
* Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from Gujarat due to resignation of seating member [[Anandiben Patel]] on—with term ending on 02.04.2000.<ref name=apr-bye/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajya Sabha}}

[[Category:1998 elections in India]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India|1998]]

1998 Rajya Sabha elections - Revision history

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