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{{Short description|Elections for the Upper House of Indian Parliament}}
{{Infobox election
|election_name = 2005 Rajya Sabha elections
|country = India
|type = parliamentary
|previous_election = 2004 Rajya Sabha elections
|previous_year = 2004
|election_date =
|next_election = 2006 Rajya Sabha elections
|next_year = 2006
|seats_for_election = (of 228 seats) to the [[Rajya Sabha]]
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|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 on various dates in 2005, to elect members of the [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Indian Parliament]]'s [[upper chamber]]. One member from Goa, three members from Gujarat and 6 members from West Bengal<ref name="retire-2007-12">{{cite web|title=RAJYA SABHA – RETIREMENTS – ABSTRACT As on 1 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> 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>

==Elections==
Elections were held to elect members from various states.
===Members elected===
The following members are elected in the elections held in 2005. They are members for the term 2005-2011 and retire in year 2011, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Goa|Goa]]===
{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1.
| [[Eduardo Faleiro]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| [[Shantaram Naik]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|
|}

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat|Gujarat]]===
{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1.
| [[Ahmed Patel]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| [[Ahmed Patel]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2.
| [[Lalitbhai Mehta]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Suryakantbhai Acharya]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3.
| [[Savita Sharda|Savitaben V Sharda]]
| [[Surendra Motilal Patel]]
|
|}

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal|West Bengal]]===
{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1.
| [[Abani Roy]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}" |
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]]
| [[Abani Roy]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}" |
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]]
|
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2.
|[[Chandrakala Pandey]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" rowspan=4|
| rowspan=4|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| [[Sitaram Yechury]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan=3|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3.
| [[Chittabrata Majumdar]]
| [[Chittabrata Majumdar]]
|
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4.
| [[Jibon Bihari Roy]]
| [[Brinda Karat]]
|
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5.
| [[Sarla Maheshwari]]
| [[Swapan Sadhan Bose]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 6.
| [[Shankar Roy Chowdhury]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |
| [[Independent politician|IND]]
| [[Arjun Kumar Sengupta]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" |
| [[Independent politician|IND]]
|
|}

==Bye-elections==
The following bye elections were held in the year 2005.

State - Member - Party

* Bye-elections were held on 30/04/2005 for vacancy from Maharashtra due to resignation of seating member [[Sanjay Nirupam|Nirupam]] on 18/03/2005 with term ending on 02/04/2006 <ref>{{cite web |title=Bye-election to the Council of States from Maharashtra to fill up the vacancy occurring due to the resignation of sitting member Shri Nirupam Sanjay Brijkishorlal |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_06092007.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160517195848/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_06092007.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 17 May 2016 |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref>

* Bye-elections were held on 03/06/2005 for vacancy from Jharkhand and Kerala due to elections to JH Assembly of seating member [[Stephen Marandi]] on 16 March, 2005 with term ending on 07/07/2010 and resignation of seating member [[K. Karunakaran ]] on 19/01/2007 with term ending on 02/04/2010 <ref>{{cite web |title=Bye-elections to the Council of States from Jharkhand and Kerala to fill up the vacancy occurring due to the election of sitting member Shri Stephan Marandi in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly and resignation of Shri K. Karunakaran |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_10052005.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160515160253/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_10052005.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 15 May 2016 |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajya Sabha}}

[[Category:2005 elections in India]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India|2005]]

2005 Rajya Sabha elections - Revision history

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