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{{Short description|Elections for the Upper House of Indian Parliament}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox election
|election_name = 2006 Rajya Sabha elections
|country = India
|type = parliamentary
|previous_election = 2005 Rajya Sabha elections
|previous_year = 2005
|election_date =
|next_election =2007 Rajya Sabha elections
|next_year = 2007
|seats_for_election = (of 228 seats) to the [[Rajya Sabha]]
|image2 = File:Jaswant Singh (cropped).jpg
|leader2 = [[Jaswant Singh]]
|party2 = [[BJP]]
|image1 = File:IBSA-leaders Manmohan Singh.jpg
|leader1 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
|party1 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
}}'''Rajya Sabha elections''' were held on various dates in 2006, to elect members of the [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Indian Parliament]]'s [[upper chamber]]. The elections were held to elect respectively one member from Sikkim,<ref name="sk">{{cite web|title=Biennial Election to the Council of States from the State of Sikkim |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN412012.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120111131714/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN412012.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 11 January 2012 |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |accessdate=5 October 2017}}</ref> 58 members from 15 states,<ref name="mar">{{cite web|title=Biennial Elections to the Council of States to fill the seats of members retiring in April, 2012 |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN03032012.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140405052601/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN03032012.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 5 April 2014 |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |accessdate=5 October 2017}}</ref> two members from Jharkhand,<ref name="jh">{{cite web|title=Biennial Election to the Council of States from the State of Jharkhand |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn1042012.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140405051409/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn1042012.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 5 April 2014 |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |accessdate=5 October 2017}}</ref> and three members from Kerala,<ref name="kl-bye">{{cite web|title=Biennial and Bye-Elections to the Council of States.|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN01062012.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140405050310/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN01062012.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 5 April 2014 |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |accessdate=5 October 2017}}</ref><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> 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 to elect members from various states.
===Members elected===
The following members are elected in the elections held in 2006.
''The list is incomplete.''

State - Member - Party

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Rajya Sabha members for term 2006-2012
! State !! Member Name !! Party !! Remark
|-

|-
| SK<ref name="sk"/> || [[O. T. Lepcha]] || SDF ||
|-

|-
| DL || Dr [[Karan Singh]] || INC || R
|-
| DL || [[Janardan Dwivedi]] || INC
|-
| DL || [[Parvez Hashmi]] || INC
|-

|-
| AP<ref name="mar"/> || [[Syed Azeez Pasha]] || CPI ||
|-
| AP || [[K. Keshava Rao ]] || INC
|-
| AP || [[Dasari Narayana Rao ]] || INC
|-
| AP || [[Raashid Alvi ]] || INC
|-
| AP || [[G. Sanjeeva Reddy ]] || INC
|-
| AP || [[M. V. Mysura Reddy]] || TDP
|-

|-
| BH<ref name="mar"/> || [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]] || BJP || R
|-
| BH || [[Mahendra Prasad]] || JDU
|-
| BH || [[Ali Anwar]] || JDU
|-
| BH || [[Anil Kumar Sahani]] || JDU
|-
| BH || [[Rajniti Prasad]] || RJD
|-
| BH || [[Jabir Husain]] || RJD
|-

|-
| CG<ref name="mar"/> || [[Shreegopal Vyas]] || BJP || R
|-

|-
| GJ<ref name="mar"/>|| [[Arun Jaitley]] || BJP || R
|-
| GJ|| [[Vijay Rupani]] || BJP
|-
| GJ|| [[Kanjibhai Patel]] || BJP
|-
| GJ|| [[Praveen Rashtrapal]] || INC
|-

|-
| HR<ref name="mar"/> || [[Shadi Lal Batra]] || INC ||
|-

|-
| HP<ref name="mar"/> || [[Viplove Thakur]] || INC ||
|-

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

|-
| KA<ref name="mar"/> || [[Hema Malini]] || BJP ||
|-
| KA|| [[K. B. Shanappa]] || BJP
|-
| KA|| [[K. Rahman Khan]] || INC
|-
| KA|| [[Rajeev Chandrasekhar]] || IND
|-

|-
| MP<ref name="mar"/> || [[Kaptan_Singh_Solanki]] || BJP ||
|-
| MP || [[Anusuiya Uikey]] || BJP
|-
| MP || [[Meghraj Jain]] || BJP
|-
| MP || [[Narayan Singh Kesari]] || BJP
|-
| MP || [[Vikram Verma]] || BJP
|-
| MP || [[Hans Raj Bhardwaj]] || INC || res 29/06/2009 Govr KA
|-

|-
| MH<ref name="mar"/> || [[Balavant Apte]] || BJP ||
|-
| MH || [[Manohar Joshi]] || SS ||
|-
| MH || [[Vilasrao Deshmukh]] || INC ||
|-
| MH || [[Rajeev Shukla]] || INC ||
|-
| MH || [[Govindrao Adik]] || NCP ||
|-
| MH || [[ Ranjitsinh Mohite-Patil]] || NCP || R
|-

|-
| OR<ref name="mar"/> || [[Rudra Narayan Pany]] || BJP ||
|-
| OR || [[Kishore Kumar Mohanti]] || BJD ||
|-
| OR || [[Sushila Tiriya]] || INC ||
|-

|-
| RJ<ref name="mar"/> || [[Ramdas Agarwal]] || BJP ||
|-
| RJ || [[Narendra Budania]] || INC
|-
| RJ || [[Abhishek Manu Singhvi]] || INC
|-

|-
| UP<ref name="mar"/> || [[Kalraj Mishra]] || BJP ||
|-
| UP || [[Vinay Katiyar]] || BJP
|-
| UP || [[Naresh Agrawal]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Veerpal Singh Yadav]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Mahendra Mohan]] || SP
|-
| UP || Jai Prakash || BSP
|-
| UP || [[Banwari Lal Kanchhal]] || SP || res 23/04/2009
|-
| UP || [[Ganga Charan Rajput]] || SP || ele 19/06/2009
|-
| UP || [[Pramod Kureel]] || BSP
|-
| UP || [[Munkad]] || BSP
|-
| UP || [[Mahmood Madani]] || RLD
|-

|-
| UK<ref name="mar"/> || [[Satyavrat Chaturvedi]] || INC ||
|-

|-
| WB<ref name="mar"/> || [[Tapan Kumar Sen]] || CPM ||
|-
| WB || [[Moinul Hassan]] || CPM ||
|-
| WB || [[Saman Pathak]] || CPM ||
|-
| WB || [[R. C. Singh]] || AIFB ||
|-
| WB || [[Mukul Roy]] || TMC ||
|-

|-
| JH<ref name="jh"/> || [[S. S. Ahluwalia]] || BJP ||
|-
| JH || [[Mabel Rebello]] || INC
|-

|-
| KL<ref name="kl-bye"/> || [[P. J. Kurien]] || INC ||
|-
| KL || [[K. E. Ismail]] || CPI
|-
| KL || [[P. R. Rajan]] || CPM
|-

|-
|}

==Bye-elections==
The following bye elections were held in the year 2006.

State - Member - Party

* Bye-elections were held on 28/03/2006 for vacancy from Orissa due to the expulsion of seating member Dr [[Chhattrapal Singh Lodha]] on 23 December 2005 with term ending on 1 July 2010<ref>{{cite web |title= Bye-election to the Council of States from Orissa to fill up the vacancy occurring due to expulsion of sitting member Dr. Chhattrapal Singh Lodha |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_03032006.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160515161311/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_03032006.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 15 May 2016 |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref>

* Bye-elections were held on 15/06/2006 for vacancy from Uttar Pradesh due to disqualification of seating member [[Jaya Bachchan]] on 16.03.2006 with term ending on -- and due to resignation of seating member [[Anil Ambani]] on 29.03.2006 with term ending on -- <ref name=byes>{{cite web |title= Bye-elections to the Council of States from Jammu & Kashmir, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh to fill up the vacancies occurring due to disqualification/death/resignation of sitting members |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_200506.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160515132303/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_200506.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 15 May 2016 |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref>

* Bye-elections were held on 15/06/2006 for vacancy from Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir due to death of seating member [[Pramod Mahajan]] on 03.05.2006 with term ending on -- and due to resignation of seating member [[Ghulam Nabi Azad ]] on 29.04.2006 with term ending on -- <ref name=byes/>

* Bye-elections were held on 13/07/2006 for vacancy from Tamil Nadu due to resignation of seating member [[R. Sarath Kumar]] on 31 May 2006, with term ending on 24 July 2007<ref>{{cite web |title= Bye-election to the Council of States from Tamil Nadu to fill up the vacancy occurring due to resignation of sitting member Shri R. Sarath Kumar |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_03032006.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160515161311/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_03032006.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 15 May 2016 |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref>

* Bye-elections were held on 18/09/2006 for vacancy from Maharashtra due to death of seating member [[Vasant Chavan]] on 11 July 2006, with term ending on 2 April 2012<ref>{{cite web |title= Bye-election to the Council of States from Maharashtra to fill up the vacancy occurring due to the death of sitting member Shri Chavan, Vasant Chhotelal |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_03032006.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160515161311/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_03032006.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 15 May 2016 |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref>

* Bye-elections were held on 11/12/2006 for vacancy from Uttar Pradesh due to death of seating member [[Lalit Suri]] on 10 October 2006, with term ending on 4 July 2010<ref>{{cite web |title= Bye-election to the Council of States ( Rajya Sabha) from Uttar Pradesh caused due to death of Shri Lalit Suri and Maharashtra Legislative Council from Aurangabad Division Teachers Constituency caused due to death of Shri Vasant Shankarrao Kale |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_211106.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160515094820/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_211106.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 15 May 2016 |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajya Sabha}}

[[Category:2006 elections in India]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India|2006]]

2006 Rajya Sabha elections - Revision history

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