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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Elections for the Upper House of Indian Parliament}}<br />
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{{Infobox election<br />
|election_name = 1999 Rajya Sabha elections<br />
|country = India<br />
|type = parliamentary<br />
|previous_election = 1998 Rajya Sabha elections<br />
|previous_year = 1998<br />
|election_date = <br />
|next_election = 2000 Rajya Sabha elections<br />
|next_year = 2000<br />
|seats_for_election = (of 228 seats) to the [[Rajya Sabha]]<br />
|image1 = File:Jaswant Singh (cropped).jpg<br />
|leader1 = [[Jaswant Singh]]<br />
|party1 = [[BJP]]<br />
|image2 = File:IBSA-leaders Manmohan Singh.jpg<br />
|leader2 = [[Manmohan Singh]]<br />
|party2 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
}}'''Rajya Sabha elections''' were held on various dates in 1999, to elect members of the [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Indian Parliament]]'s [[upper chamber]]. 1 member from Goa, 3 members from Gujarat and 6 members from West Bengal<ref name="june">{{cite web|title=Biennial Elections to the Counc il of States from Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal and Bye Election to Karnat aka Legislative Council (by MLAs)|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_20062005.pdf|publisher=ECI, New Delhi|accessdate=6 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><br />
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==Elections==<br />
Elections were held to elect members from various states.<br />
===Members elected===<br />
The following members are elected in the elections held in 1999. They are members for the term 1999–2005 and retire in year 2005, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.<br />
''The list is incomplete.''<br />
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State - Member - Party<br />
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{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|+ Rajya Sabha members for term 1999–2005<br />
! State !! Member Name !! Party !! Remark<br />
|-<br />
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|-<br />
| Goa<ref name="june"/> || [[Eduardo Faleiro | Faleiro Eduardo Martinho]] || INC || R<br />
|-<br />
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|-<br />
| Gujarat<ref name="june"/> || [[Ahmed Patel]] || INC<br />
|-<br />
| Gujarat || [[Lalitbhai Mehta]] || BJP<br />
|-<br />
| Gujarat || [[Savita Sharda|Savitaben V Sharda]] || BJP<br />
|-<br />
<br />
|-<br />
| West Bengal<ref name="june"/> || [[Abani Roy]] || RSP<br />
|-<br />
| West Bengal || [[Chandrakala Pandey]] || CPM<br />
|-<br />
| West Bengal || [[Chittabrata_Majumdar]] || CPM<br />
|-<br />
| West Bengal || [[Jibon Bihari Roy]] || CPM<br />
|-<br />
| West Bengal || [[Sarla Maheshwari]] || CPM<br />
|-<br />
| West Bengal || [[ Shankar Roy Chowdhury]] || IND.<br />
|-<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Bye-elections==<br />
The following bye elections were held in the year 1999.<br />
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State - Member - Party<br />
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* Bye-elections were held on 30.08.1999 for vacancy from Assam due to death of seating member [[Parag Chaliha]] on 22 June 1999 with term ending on 14 June 2001 <ref>{{cite web |title= Bye-election to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from the State of Assam |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/cp19990809.pdf |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref> [[Jayashree Goswami Mahanta| Joyasree Goswami Mahanta ]] of AGP became the member on 24/08/1999.<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Rajya Sabha}}<br />
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[[Category:1999 elections in India]]<br />
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India|1999]]</div>Ajay Kumar