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{{Short description|Elections for the Upper House of Indian Parliament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox election
|election_name = 2004 Rajya Sabha elections
|country = India
|type = parliamentary
|previous_election = 2003 Rajya Sabha elections
|previous_year = 2003
|election_date =
|next_election = 2005 Rajya Sabha elections
|next_year = 2005
|seats_for_election = (of 228 seats) to the [[Rajya Sabha]]
|image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Jaswant Singh (cropped).jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=04}}
|image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=IBSA-leaders Manmohan Singh.jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=04}}
|leader2 = [[Jaswant Singh]]
|party2 = [[BJP]]
|leader1 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
|party1 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
}}'''Rajya Sabha elections''' were held in 2004, to elect members of the [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Indian Parliament]]'s [[upper chamber]]. The elections were held to elect respectively 13 members from six states,<ref name="mar">{{cite web|title= Biennial Elections to the Council of States to fill the seats of members retiring in April, 2010 |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/7PN22022010.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160515155144/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/7PN22022010.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 15 May 2016 |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |accessdate=5 October 2017}}</ref> 49 members from 12 states,<ref name="june">{{cite web|title= Biennial and Bye-Elections to the Council of States |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press_Note-14.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160515155221/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press_Note-14.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 15 May 2016 |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |accessdate=5 October 2017}} </ref> six members from Andhra Pradesh,<ref name="ap">{{cite web|title= Biennial Election to the Council of States from the State of Andhra Pradesh |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press_Note_15.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160515095003/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press_Note_15.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 15 May 2016 |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |accessdate=5 October 2017}}</ref> and two members from Haryana,<ref name="hr">{{cite web|title= Biennial Election to the Council of States from the State of Haryana |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN19090610.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160515123306/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN19090610.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 15 May 2016 |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |accessdate=5 October 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 1 st 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 2004 to elect members from various states.
''The list is incomplete.''
===Members elected===
The following members are elected in the elections held in 2004. They are members for the term 2004–2010 and retire in year 2010, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.

State – Member – Party
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Rajya Sabha members for term 2004–2010
! State !! Member Name !! Party !! Remark
|-

|-
| AS<ref name="mar"/> || [[Silvius Condpan]] || INC || R
|-
| AS || [[Syeda Anwara Taimur]] || INC
|-

|-
| HP<ref name="mar"/> || [[Anand Sharma]] || INC ||
|-

|-
| KL<ref name="mar"/> || [[P. V. Abdul Wahab]] || IUML ||
|-
| KL || [[A. K. Antony]] || INC
|-
| KL || [[A. Vijayaraghavan ]] || CPM
|-

|-
| NG<ref name="mar"/> || [[Khekiho Zhimomi ]] || INC ||
|-

|-
| TR<ref name="mar"/> || [[Matilal Sarkar]] || CPM ||
|-

|-
| PB<ref name="mar"/> || [[Ashwani Kumar (politician)|Ashwani Kumar]] || INC ||
|-
| PB || [[Naresh Gujral ]] || SAD
|-
| PB || [[Dharam Pal Sabharwal]] || INC ||
|-
| PB || [[Varinder Singh Bajwa]] || SAD
|-
| PB || [[M S Gill]] || INC ||
|-

|-
| CG<ref name="june"/> || [[Nand Kumar Sai]] || BJP ||
|-
| CG || [[Mohsina Kidwai]] || INC
|-

|-
| MP<ref name="june"/> || [[Anil Madhav Dave]] || BJP ||
|-
| MP || [[Pyarelal Khandelwal]] || BJP || Dea 6.10.2009
|-
| MP || [[Su. Thirunavukkarasar]] || BJP || Res.11.2009
|-

|-
| TN<ref name="june"/> || [[Anbumani Ramadoss]] || PMK ||
|-
| TN || [[S. Anbalagan]] || ADMK
|-
| TN || [[N. R. Govindarajar ]] || ADMK
|-
| TN || [[T. T. V. Dhinakaran]] || ADMK
|-
| TN || [[K. Malaisamy]] || ADMK
|-
| TN || [[E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan]] || INC ||

|-
| KA<ref name="june"/> || [[Oscar Fernandes]] || INC ||
|-
| KA || [[M. Venkaiah Naidu]] || BJP
|-
| KA || [[M. A. M. Ramaswamy]] || JDS
|-
| KA || [[B. K. Hariprasad]] || INC

|-
|OR<ref name="june"/> || [[Bhagirathi Majhi]] || BJP ||
|-
|OR || [[Pyarimohan Mohapatra]] || BJD
|-
|OR || [[Radhakant Nayak]] || INC

|-
| MH<ref name="june"/> || [[Tariq Anwar (politician)|Tariq Anwar]] || NCP ||
|-
| MH || [[Sharad Joshi]]|| SBP
|-
| MH || [[Shivraj Patil]] || INC || Res 21.01.2010
|-
| MH || [[Vijay J. Darda]] || INC
|-
| MH || [[Sanjay Raut]] || SS
|-
| MH || [[Rahul Bajaj]] || IND
|-
| MH || [[Pramod Mahajan]] || BJP || dea 03/05/2006
|-

|-
| PB<ref name="june"/> || [[Ambika Soni]] || INC ||
|-
| PB || [[Raj Mohinder Singh]] || SAD
|-

|-
| RJ<ref name="june"/> || [[Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi]] || BJP
|-
| RJ || [[Najma Heptulla]] || BJP
|-
| RJ || [[Santosh Bagrodia]] || INC
|-
| RJ || [[Narendra Budania]] || INC || Bye 2009
|-
| RJ || [[Jaswant Singh]] || BJP || res 16/05/2009 LS
|-

|-
| UP<ref name="june"/> || [[Arun Shourie]] || BJP ||
|-
| UP || [[Kamal Akhtar]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Nand Kishore Yadav (SP)| Nand Kishore]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Jaya Bachchan]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Bhagwati Singh]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Ram Narayan Sahu]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Amir Alam Khan]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Brij Bhushan]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Murli Manohar Joshi]] || BJP || res 23/04/2009 LS
|-
| UP || [[Shriram Pal]] || BSP || ele 19/06/2009
|-
| UP || [[Satish Chandra Mishra]] || BSP
|-
| UP || [[Ambeth Rajan]] || BSP
|-

|-
| UK<ref name="june"/> || [[Satish Sharma]] || INC ||
|-

|-
| BR<ref name="june"/> || [[George Fernandes]] || JDU ||
|-
| BR || [[Motiur Rahman (Indian politician)|Motiur Rahman]] || RJD
|-
| BR || [[Sharad Yadav]] || JDU || 16/05/2009 LS
|-
| BR || [[Jai Narain Prasad Nishad]] || BJP
|-
| BR || [[Subhash Prasad Yadav]] || RJD
|-
| BR || [[R K Dhawan]] || INC

|-
| JH<ref name="june"/> || [[Dhiraj Prasad Sahu]] || INC ||
|-
| JH || [[Hemant Soren]] || JMM || res 4.1.2010
|-

|-
| AP<ref name="ap"/> || [[Jairam Ramesh]] || INC ||
|-
| AP || [[N. Janardhana Reddy ]] || INC
|-
| AP || [[Jesudasu Seelam ]] || INC
|-
| AP || [[V. Hanumantha Rao]] || INC
|-
| AP || [[Gireesh Kumar Sanghi]] || INC
|-
| AP || [[Penumalli Madhu]] || CPM
|-

|-
| HR<ref name="hr"/> || [[Ajay Singh Chautala]] || INLD || Res 03.11.2009
|-
| HR || [[Tarlochan_Singh]] || IND
|-

|-
|}

==Bye-elections==
The following bye elections were held in the year 2004.

State – Member – Party

* Bye-elections were held on 21/06/2004 for vacancy from Andhra and Punjab due to death of seating members [[K. M. Khan]] on 16/10/2003 with term ending on 02/04/2006 and [[Gurcharan Singh Tohra|Gurcharan Singh ]] on 01/04/2004, with term ending on 09/04/2008.<ref name=may04>{{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 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160518001757/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_240504ii.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 18 May 2016 |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref>

* Bye-elections were held on 21/06/2004 for vacancy from Rajasthan due to death of seating member Dr [[Abrar Ahmed (INC Politician)|Abrar Ahmed]] on 04/05/2004 with term ending on 09/04/2008.<ref name= may04/>

* Bye-elections were held on 28/06/2004 for vacancy from Bihar due to election to Lok Sabha of seating members [[Rajiv Ranjan Singh]] on 13/05/2004 with term ending on 02/04/2006 and [[Lalu Prasad]] on 13/05/2004 with term ending on 09/04/2008.<ref name=june04>{{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 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160518001757/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_240504ii.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 18 May 2016 |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref>

* Bye-elections were held on 28/06/2004 for vacancy from Madhya pradesh and West Bengal due to election to Lok Sabha of seating members [[Kailash Chandra]] on 13/05/2004 with term ending on 02/04/2006 and [[Pranab Mukherjee]] on 13/05/2004 with term ending on 18/08/2005.<ref name=june04/>

* Bye-elections were held on 28/06/2004 for vacancy from Orissa due to election to Lok Sabha of seating members [[Manamohan Samal]] on 13/05/2004 with term ending on 03/04/2006.<ref name=june04/>

* Bye-elections were held on 28/06/2004 for vacancy from Delhi due to resignation of seating members [[Ambika Soni]] on 10 June 2004 with term ending on 27 January 2006 and Dr [[A R Kidwai]] on 7 July 2004 with term ending on 27 January 2006.<ref name=dl-bye>{{cite web |title=Bye-elections to the Council of States from the National Capital Territory of Delhi. |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN230704.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160518003125/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN230704.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 18 May 2016 |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref>

* Bye-elections were held on 06/01/2005 for vacancy from Kerala due to death of seating members [[V. V. Raghavan]] on 27/10/2004 with term ending on 01/07/2006.<ref name=kl-bye>{{cite web |title=Bye-election to the Council of States from Kerala to fill up the vacancy occurring due to the death of sitting member of the Shri V. V. Raghavan |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_13122004.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160517181652/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_13122004.pdf|url-status= dead|archive-date= 17 May 2016|publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajya Sabha}}

[[Category:2004 elections in India]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India|2004]]

2004 Rajya Sabha elections - Revision history

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