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{{Short description|Elections for the Upper House of Indian Parliament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}
{{Infobox election
|election_name = 2002 Rajya Sabha elections
|country = India
|type = parliamentary
|previous_election = 2001 Rajya Sabha elections
|previous_year = 2001
|election_date =
|next_election = 2003 Rajya Sabha elections
|next_year = 2003
|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 2002, to elect members of the [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Indian Parliament]]'s [[upper chamber]]. The elections were held to elect respectively 56 members from 17 states and four seats from Karnataka,<ref name=feb>{{cite web |title= Biennial/Bye Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and State Legislative Councils of Bihar and Maharashtra by (MLAs)-2008 |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn_250208.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160515154248/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn_250208.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 15 May 2016 |publisher= ECI New Delhi |accessdate= 27 September 2017}}</ref> four members from Jammu and Kashmir,<ref name="jan09">{{cite web|title=Biennial Elections to the Council of States from the States of Jammu & Kashmir and Kerala. |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn120109.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160515095608/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn120109.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 15 May 2016 |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi|accessdate=18 August 2017}}</ref> and 11 members from two states<ref name="nov">{{cite web|title=Biennial Elections and Bye-Election to the Council of States. |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN13102008A.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515120648/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN13102008A.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 May 2016 |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><ref name="retire-2007-12">{{cite web|title=RAJYA SABHA – RETIREMENTS – ABSTRACT As on 1st November, 2006|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/rajya_sabha_council.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101009123012/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/rajya_sabha_council.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=9 October 2010 |website= eci.nic.in|accessdate=6 October 2017}}</ref>

==Elections==
Elections were held in 2002 to elect members from various states.
''The list is incomplete.''

===Members elected===
The following members are elected in the elections held in 2002. They are members for the term 2002–2008 and retire in year 2008, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.

State - Member - Party
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Rajya Sabha members for term 2002-2008
! State !! Member Name !! Party !! Remark
|-

|-
| MH<ref name=feb/> || [[Ved Prakash Goyal]] || BJP || R
|-
| MH || [[Murli Deora]] || INC
|-
| MH || [[Prithviraj Chavan]] || INC
|-
| MH || [[Rajkumar Dhoot]] || SS
|-
| MH || [[Eknath Thakur]] || SS
|-
| MH || [[Datta Meghe]] || NCP
|-
| MH || [[Mukeshbhai R Patel]] || NCP || dea 15/06/2002
|-
| MH || [[P C Alexander]] || IND || bye 29/07/2002
|-

|-
| Orissa<ref name=feb/> || [[Surendra Lath]] || BJD
|-
| Orissa || [[Pramila Bahidar]] || INC
|-
| Orissa || [[Sushree Devi]] || INC
|-
| Orissa || [[Dilip Ray|Dilip Kumar Ray]] || BJP
|-

|-
| TN<ref name="feb"/> || [[R. Shunmugasundaram ]] || DMK ||
|-
| TN || [[G.K. Vasan]] || INC
|-
| TN || [[N. Jothi]] || ADMK
|-
| TN || [[S. P. M. Syed Khan]] || ADMK
|-
| TN || [[Thanga Tamil Selvan]] || ADMK
|-
| TN || [[C. Perumal]] || ADMK
|-

|-
| WB<ref name="feb"/> || [[Tarini Kanta Roy]] || CPM ||
|-
| WB || [[Debabrata Biswas]] || AIFB
|-
| WB || [[Prasanta Chatterjee]] || CPM
|-
| WB || [[Sk. Khabir Uddin Ahmed ]] || CPM
|-
| WB || [[Dinesh Trivedi ]] || AITC
|-

|-
| AP<ref name="feb"/> || [[T. Subbarami Reddy ]] || INC ||
|-
| AP || [[Nandi Yellaiah ]] || INC
|-
| AP || [[N. P. Durga]] || TDP
|-
| AP || [[Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy|Ravula Chandra Sheker Reddy ]] || TDP
|-
| AP || [[S. M. Laljan Basha]] || TDP
|-
| AP || [[Sudarshan Akarapu|Akarapu Sudershan]] || TDP|-

|-
| AS<ref name="feb"/> || [[Urkhao Gwra Brahma]] || IND ||
|-
| AS || [[Dwijendra Nath Sharmah ]] || INC
|-
| AS || [[Karnendu Bhattacharjee]] || INC
|-

|-
| BH<ref name="feb"/> || [[Shatrughan Sinha]] || BJP || R
|-
| BH || [[Vashist Narain Singh]] || SP
|-
| BH || [[Magni Lal Mandal]] || RJD
|-
| BH || [[Ramdeb Bhandary ]] || RJD
|-
| BH || [[Prem Chand Gupta]] || RJD
|-

|-
| CG<ref name="feb"/> || [[Motilal Vora]] || INC || R
|-
| CG || [[Ramdhar]] || INC
|-

|-
| GJ<ref name="feb"/>|| [[Alka Balram Kshatriya]] || INC || R
|-
| GJ|| [[Keshubhai Patel]] || BJP
|-
| GJ|| [[Jana Krishnamurthi]] || BJP || dea 25/07/2007
|-
| GJ|| [[Jayantilal Barot]] || BJP
|-

|-
| HR<ref name="feb"/> || [[Harendra Singh Malik ]] || INLD ||
|-
| HR || [[Ram Prakash]] || INC
|-

|-
| HP<ref name="feb"/> || [[Suresh Bharadwaj]] || BJP || Res
|-

|-
| JH<ref name="feb"/> || [[Devdas Apte ]] || BJP ||
|-
| JH|| [[Ajay Kr. Masro ]] || BJP
|-

|-
| MP<ref name="feb"/> || [[Suresh Pachouri ]] || INC ||
|-
| MP || [[Maya Singh]] || BJP
|-
| MP || [[Obaidullah Khan Azmi| Mohd. Obedulla Khan]] || INC
|-

|-
| MN<ref name=feb/> || [[Rishang Keishing]] || INC ||
|-

|-
| RJ<ref name=feb/> || [[K. Natwar Singh]] || INC ||
|-
| RJ || [[Prabha Thakur]] || INC
|-
| RJ || Dr [[ Ahmed Abrar]] || INC || dea 04/05/2004
|-
| RJ || [[Gyan Prakash Pilania ]] || BJP
|-

|-
| MG<ref name=feb/> || [[Robert Kharshiing]] || NCP ||
|-

|-
| AR<ref name=feb/> || [[Nabam Rebia]] || INC ||
|-

|-
| KA<ref name=feb/> || [[Janardhana Poojary]] || INC ||
|-
| KA || [[Prema Cariappa]] || INC
|-
| KA || [[M. V. Rajasekharan]] || INC
|-
| KA || [[Vijay Mallya]] || IND
|-

|-
| Jammu and Kashmir<ref name="nov"/><ref name="jan09"/> || [[ Tarlok Singh Bajwa]] || JKPDP ||
|-
| Jammu and Kashmir || [[Saifuddin Soz]] || INC
|-
| Jammu and Kashmir || [[ Farooq Abdullah]] || JKNC
|-
| Jammu and Kashmir || [[Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad]] || JKPDP
|-
| UP<ref name="nov"/> || [[Akhilesh Das]] || BSP || Res 08/05/2008
|-
| UP || [[Abu Asim Azmi ]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Amar Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Amar Singh ]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Isam Singh ]] || BSP || Disq 04/07/2008
|-
| UP || [[Uday Pratap Singh]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Gandhi Azad ]] || BSP
|-
| UP || [[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]] || BJP
|-
| UP || [[Rajnath Singh]] || BJP
|-
| UP || [[Veer Singh (politician)|Veer Singh]] || BSP
|-
| UP || [[Shahid Siddiqui]] || SP
|-
| UK<ref name="nov"/> || [[Harish Rawat]] || INC || R
|-
|}

==Bye-elections==
The following bye elections were held in the year 2002.

State - Member - Party

* Bye-elections were held on 30/05/2002 for vacancy from Tripura and Punjab due to election to Lok Sabha of seating member [[Khagan Das]] on 25.02.2002 with term ending on 02.04.2004 and due to resignation of seating member [[Balwinder Singh Bhunder]] on 07.03.2002 with term ending on 09.04.2004<ref name=byes>{{cite web |title= Bye elections to fillup casual vacancies in Rajya Sabha.|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_26042002.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160517181326/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_26042002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 17 May 2016 |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref>

* Bye-elections were held on 30/05/2002 for vacancy from Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand due to election to Lok Sabha of seating member [[Mohd. Azam Khan]] on 09.03.2002 with term ending on 25.11.2002 and due to resignation of seating member [[Dayanand Sahay]] on 19.03.2002 with term ending on 07.07.2004<ref name=byes/>

* Bye-elections were held on 01/07/2002 for vacancy from Jharkhand due to election to JH Assembly of seating member [[Shibu Soren]] on 2 June 2002 with term ending on 2 April 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title= Bye-election to the Council of States from the State of Jharkhand |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_10062002.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160518001920/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_10062002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 18 May 2016 |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref>

* Bye-elections were held on 01/07/2002 for vacancy from Maharashtra due to death of seating member [[Mukeshbhai R Patel]] on 15 June 2002 with term ending on 2 April 2008.<ref>{{cite web |title= Bye-election to the Council of States from the State of Maharashtra |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_01072002.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160518003149/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_01072002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 18 May 2016 |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref> [[P C Alexander]] became member as IND candidate on bye 29/07/2002.

* Bye-elections were held on 18/11/2002 for vacancy from Uttar Pradesh due to resignation of seating member [[T N Chaturvedi]] on 20.8.2002 with term ending on --.<ref name=oct2002 >{{cite web |title= Biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha to fill the seats of members retiring in November, 2002 and bye-elections to the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_23102002.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160517201752/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_23102002.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 17 May 2016 |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajya Sabha}}

[[Category:2002 elections in India]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India|2002]]

2002 Rajya Sabha elections - Revision history

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