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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 = 2001 Rajya Sabha elections<br />
|country = India<br />
|type = parliamentary<br />
|previous_election = 2000 Rajya Sabha elections<br />
|previous_year = 2000<br />
|election_date = <br />
|next_election = 2002 Rajya Sabha elections<br />
|next_year = 2002<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 2001, to elect members of the [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Indian Parliament]]'s [[upper chamber]]. 2 members from Assam <ref name=as >{{cite web|title=Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to fill the seats of members retiring in June, 2007 and Bye-election to fill one casual vacancy |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_300407.pdf |publisher=ECI, New Delhi|accessdate=13 September 2017}}</ref> and 6 members from Tamil Nadu <ref name="retire-2007-12">{{cite web|title=RAJYA SABHA – RETIREMENT S – ABSTRACT As on 1 st November, 2006|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/rajya_sabha_council.pdf|website=eci.nic.in|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref> were elected to 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><br />
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==Elections==<br />
Elections were held to elect members from various states.<br />
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===Members elected===<br />
The following members are elected in the elections held in 2001. They are members for the term 2001-2007 and retire in year 2007, 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 2001-2007<br />
! State !! Member Name !! Party !! Remark<br />
|-<br />
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|-<br />
| Assam || Dr [[Manmohan Singh]] || INC || R<br />
|-<br />
| Assam<ref name=as--bye/> || [[Indramoni Bora]] || BJP<br />
|-<br />
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|-<br />
| Tamil Nadu || [[R. Kamaraj]] || AIADMK<br />
|-<br />
| Tamil Nadu || [[K. P. K. Kumaran]] || DMK<br />
|-<br />
| Tamil Nadu || [[S. G. Indira]] || AIADMK<br />
|-<br />
| Tamil Nadu || [[S. S. Chandran]] || AIADMK<br />
|-<br />
| Tamil Nadu || [[P. G. Narayanan]] || AIADMK<br />
|-<br />
| Tamil Nadu || [[B. S. Gnanadesikan]] || TMC<br />
|-<br />
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|-<br />
|}<br />
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==Bye-elections==<br />
The following bye elections were held in the year 2001.<br />
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State - Member - Party<br />
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# Bye-elections were held on 22/02/2001 for vacancy from Punjab and Uttar Pradesh due to disqualification of seating member [[Barjinder Singh Hamdard]] on 21.12.2000 with term ending on 09.04.2004 and death of seating member [[Chaudhary Chuni Lal]] on 31.12.2000 with term ending on 25.11.2002.<ref>{{cite web |title= Bye-elections to fill casual vacancies in the Rajya Sabha and Karnataka State Legislative Council |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN29012001.pdf |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref> From UP [[Shyam Lal (politician)|Shyam Lal]] of BJP became member from 16/02/2001.<br />
# Haryana - xx - INLD ( ele 04/06/2001 term till 2004 )- dea of [[Devi Lal]]<br />
# Punjab - xx - SAD ( ele 04/06/2001 term till 2004 )- res of [[Raj Mohinder Singh Majitha]]<br />
# Uttar Pradesh - [[Kalraj Mishra]] - BJP ( ele 04/06/2001 term till 2006 )- res of [[Raj Nath Singh ]]<ref name=as--bye >{{cite web |title= Biennial elections and bye-elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha). |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN170501.pdf |publisher=ECI, New elhi |accessdate= 13 September 2017}}</ref><br />
# Jharkhand - [[Dayanand Sahay]] - IND ( ele 19/07/2001 term till 2004 ) dea 19/03/2002<br />
# Bye-elections were held on 17/01/2002 for vacancy from Tamil Nadu due to death of seating member [[G. K. Moopanar]] on 30 August 2001 with term ending on 29 June 2004 <ref name=tn-bye-2001>{{cite web |title= Bye- election to the Council of States from Tamil Nadu to fill up the vacancy caused due to death of Shri G.K.Moopanar |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_24122001.pdf |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Rajya Sabha}}<br />
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[[Category:2001 elections in India]]<br />
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India|2001]]</div>Ajay Kumar