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{{Short description|Elections for the Upper House of Indian Parliament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
{{Infobox election
|election_name = 2000 Rajya Sabha elections
|country = India
|type = parliamentary
|previous_election = 1999 Rajya Sabha elections
|previous_year = 1999
|election_date =
|next_election = 2001 Rajya Sabha elections
|next_year = 2001
|seats_for_election = (of 228 seats) to the [[Rajya Sabha]]
|image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Jaswant Singh (cropped).jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=04}}
|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 2000, to elect members of the [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Indian Parliament]]'s [[upper chamber]]. The elections were held to elect respectively 3 seats from Delhi and 1 seat from Sikkim,<ref name=dl-sk>{{cite web |title= Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from National Capital Territory of Delhi and Sikkim – 2005-06 |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_14122005.pdf |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref> 58 members from 15 states <ref name=mar>{{cite web |title= Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and State Legislative Councils of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh by (MLAs)-2006 |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_02032006.pdf |publisher= ECI New Delhi |accessdate= 27 September 2017}}</ref> and 3 members from Kerala<ref name="kl">{{cite web|title= Biennial Election to the Council of States from Kerala |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_02062006.pdf |publisher= Election Commission of India, New Delhi|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.<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 2000 to elect members from various states.
''The list is incomplete.''

===Members elected===
The following members are elected in the elections held in 2000. They are members for the term 2000-2006 and retire in year 2006, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.

State - Member - Party
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Rajya Sabha members for term 2000-2006
! State !! Member Name !! Party !! Remark
|-

|-
| Delhi<ref name=dl-sk/> || [[Karan Singh]] || INC
|-
| Delhi || [[Janardan Dwivedi]] || INC
|-
| Delhi || [[P. M. Sayeed]] || INC
|-

|-
| Sikkim<ref name=dl-sk/> || [[Palden Tsering Gyamtso|P.T. Gyamtso]] || SDF
|-

|-
| AP<ref name=mar/> || [[Alladi P Rajkumar]] || INC || R
|-
| AP || [[Venga Geetha]] || TDP
|-
| AP || [[Dasari Narayana Rao]] || INC
|-
| AP || [[Raashid Alvi]] || INC
|-
| AP || [[K. Rama Mohana Rao]] || TDP
|-
| AP || [[Ramamuni Reddy Sirigi Reddy]] || TDP

|-
| BH<ref name=mar/> || [[Kumkum Rai]] || JDU ||
|-
| BH || [[Mahendra Prasad]] || JDU
|-
| BH || [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]] || BJP
|-
| BH || [[Faguni Ram]] || INC
|-
| BH || [[Vidya Sagar Nishad]] || RJD
|-
| BH || [[Vijay Singh Yadav]] || RJD
|-

|-
| CG<ref name=mar/> || Kamla Manhar || INC ||
|-

|-
| GJ<ref name=mar/> || [[Arun Jaitley]] || BJP ||
|-
| GJ || Dr [[A K Patel]] || INC
|-
| GJ || [[Rajubhai A Parmar]] || INC
|-
| GJ || [[Lekhraj H Bachani]] || INC
|-

|-
| HR<ref name="mar"/> || [[Ramji Lal]] || INLD ||
|-

|-
| HP<ref name="mar"/> || [[Sunil Barongpa]] || INC ||
|-

|-
| JH<ref name="mar"/> || [[S. S. Ahluwalia]] || BJP ||
|-
| JH|| [[RK Anand]] || INC
|-

|-
| KA<ref name="mar"/> || [[Bimba Raikar]] || INC ||
|-
| KA|| [[K. Rahman Khan]] || INC
|-
| KA|| [[M. Rajasekara Murthy]] || INC || Res 10-11-2005
|-
| KA|| [[K.B. Krishna Murthy]] || INC
|-

|-
| MP<ref name="mar"/> || [[H. R. Bhardwaj]] || INC ||
|-
| MP || [[Arjun Singh (politician, born 1930)|Arjun Singh]] || INC
|-
| MP || [[P K Maheshwari]] || INC
|-
| MP || [[Narayan Singh Kesari]] || BJP
|-
| MP || [[Vikram Verma]] || BJP
|-

|-
| MH<ref name="mar"/> || [[Balavant Apte]] || BJP ||
|-
| MH || [[R. S. Gavai]] || RPI
|-
| MH || [[Dilip Kumar|Yusuf Sanwar Khan]] || INC
|-
| MH || [[Rajeev Shukla]] || INC
|-
| MH || [[Praful Patel]] || NCP
|-
| MH || [[Vasant Chavan]] || NCP
|-
| MH || [[Ram Jethmalani]] || OTH
|-

|-
| UP <ref name="mar"/> || [[Kalraj Mishra]] || BJP ||
|-
| UP || [[Ram Nath Kovind]] || BJP
|-
| UP || [[Balbir Punj]] || BJP
|-
| UP || [[R. B. S. Varma]] || BJP
|-
| UP || [[Ghanshyam Chandra Kharwar]] || BSP
|-
| UP || [[Sakshi Maharaj]] || BJP
|-
| UP || [[Janeshwar Mishra]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Dara Singh Chauhan]] || BSP
|-
| UP || [[Rajeev Shukla]] || INC
|-
| UP || Prof [[M. M. Agarwal]] || IND
|-
| UP<ref name=mar/> || [[Sushma Swaraj]] || BJP || fr UP till 08/11/2000
|-
| WB<ref name="mar"/> || [[Nilotpal Basu]] || CPM ||
|-
| WB || [[Dipankar Mukherjee]] || CPM ||
|-
| WB || [[Manoj Bhattacharya]] || RSP ||
|-
| WB || [[Jayanta Bhattacharya]] || INC ||
|-
| WB || [[Biplab Dasgupta]] || CPM || Dea 17-07-2005
|-

|-
| OR<ref name="mar"/> || [[Rudra Narayan Pany]] || BJP ||
|-
| OR || [[Birabhadra Singh]] || -- ||
|-
| OR || [[Baijayant Panda]] || BJD ||
|-

|-
| RJ <ref name="mar"/> || [[Ramdas Agarwal]] || BJP ||
|-
| RJ || [[Jamna Devi]] || INC
|-
| RJ || [[Mool Chand]] || INC
|-

|-
| Kerala<ref name=kl/> || [[P.J. Kurien]] || INC ||
|-
| Kerala || [[N.K. Premachandran]] || RSP||
|-
| Kerala || [[M. P. Abdussamad Samadani]] || ML ||
|-

|-
|}

==Bye-elections==
The following bye elections were held in the year 2000.

State - Member - Party

* Bye-elections were held on 20/01/2000 for vacancy from Karnataka and Jammu Kashmir due to resignations of seating members [[S M Krishna]] on 14.10.1999 with term ending on 09.04.2002 and Dr [[Karan Singh]] on 12.08.1999 with term ending on 29 November 2002.<ref name=bye-jan>{{cite web|title= Elections to Rajya Sabha |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN271299.pdf |publisher= ECI New Delhi |accessdate= 27 September 2017}}</ref> From Karnataka [[K. C. Kondaiah]] of INC became member.
* Bye-elections were held on 20/01/2000 for vacancy from Tamil Nadu due to resignations of seating members [[R.K. Kumar]] on 03.10.1999 with term ending on 02.04.2002 and [[T.M. Venkatachalam]] on 02.12.1999 with term ending on 02.04.2002.<ref name=bye-jan/>
* Bye-elections were held on 29/03/2000 for vacancy from Jammu Kashmir and Bihar due to resignation of seating member Dr [[Karan Singh]] on 12.08.1999 with term ending on 29 November 2002 and death of seating member [[Jagdambi Mandal]] on 13 January 2000 with term ending on 09.04.2002. <ref>{{cite web |title= Biennial elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to fill the seats of members retiring on 02.04.2000 |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN28022000.pdf |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 10 October 2017}}</ref>
* Bye-elections were held on 21/09/2000 for vacancy from Sikkim due to death of seating member [[K G Bhutia]] on 12.8.2000 with term ending on 23 February 2006. <ref>{{cite web |title= Bye-election to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from the State of Sikkim |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN28082000(1).pdf |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajya Sabha}}

[[Category:2000 elections in India]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India|2000]]

2000 Rajya Sabha elections - Revision history

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