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{{Short description|Elections for the Upper House of Indian Parliament}}
{{Infobox election
|election_name = 2009 Rajya Sabha elections
|country = India
|type = parliamentary
|previous_election = 2008 Rajya Sabha elections
|previous_year = 2008
|election_date =
|next_election = 2010 Rajya Sabha elections
|next_year = 2010
|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 2009, to elect members of the [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Indian Parliament]]'s [[upper chamber]]. The elections were held to elect respectively four members from Jammu and Kashmir, three members from Kerala<ref name="feb">{{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|publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi|access-date=18 August 2017|archive-date=15 May 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515095608/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn120109.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and one member from Pondicherry for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.<ref name="sept">{{cite web|title=Biennial Election to the Council of States from the Union Territory of Puducherry.|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/48pn020909.pdf|publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi|access-date=18 August 2017|archive-date=10 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010183506/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/48pn020909.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Elections==
Elections were held to elect members from states of J&K, KL, PY.
===Members elected===
The following members are elected in the elections held in 2009. They are members for the term 2009-2015 and retire in year 2015, except in case of the resignation or death before the term. The list is incomplete.

Member - Party - State

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Rajya Sabha members for term 2009-2015
! State !! Member Name !! Party !! Remark
|-

|-
| Jammu and Kashmir || [[Saifuddin Soz]] || INC || R
|-
| Jammu and Kashmir || [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]] || INC
|-
| Jammu and Kashmir || [[G. N. Ratanpuri]] || JKNC
|-
| Jammu and Kashmir || [[Mohammad Shafi ]] || JKNC
|-

|-
| Kerala || [[M. P. Achuthan]] || CPM
|-
| Kerala || [[P. Rajeev (Kerala)|P Rajeev]] || CPM
|-
| Kerala || [[Vayalar Ravi]] || INC
|-

|-
| Puducherry || [[P. Kannan (Puducherry politician)|P. Kannan]] || INC
|-

|-
|}

===Members retired ===

State - Member - Party

# JK - [[Tarlok Singh Bajwa|S. Tarlok Singh]] - JKPDP
# JK - [[Saifuddin Soz]] - INC
# JK - [[Farooq Abdullah]] - JKNC
# JK - [[Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad]] - JKPDP (members from J&K retired in Nov 2008 )

# KL - [[K. Chandran Pillai]] - CPM
# KL - [[Thennala Balakrishna Pillai]] - INC
# KL - [[Vayalar Ravi]] - INC

# PY - [[V. Narayanasamy]] - INC

==Bye-elections==
The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Andhra Pradesh,<ref name="bye-ap">{{cite web |title=Bye-Election to the Council of States |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn020309b.pdf |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |access-date=18 August 2017 |archive-date=10 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010183508/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn020309b.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh,<ref name="bye-jh">{{cite web |title=Bye-elections to the Council of States from the States of Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn270509a.pdf |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |access-date=18 August 2017 |archive-date=10 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010183510/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn270509a.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="bye-up">{{cite web |title=Bye-elections to the Council of States from the States of Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn010609.pdf |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |access-date=18 August 2017 |archive-date=10 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010183513/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn010609.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and Bihar.<ref name="bye-bh">{{cite web |title=Bye-elections to the Council of States from Bihar |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn15122009.pdf |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi |access-date=18 August 2017 |archive-date=10 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171010183515/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn15122009.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

* Bye-elections were held on 23 March 2009 for vacancy from Andhra Pradesh due to resignation of seating member [[C. Ramachandraiah]]on 22/01/2009 with term ending on 21/06/2010.[[N. Janardhana Reddy]] of INC became member since 01/04/2009.

* Bye-elections were held on 20 June 2009 for vacancy from Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh due to resignations of seating member [[Digvijay Singh (Bihar politician)|Digvijay Singh]] on 05/04/2009 with term ending on 07/07/2010 and seating member [[Banwari Lal Kanchhal]] on 23/04/2009 with term ending on 02/04/2012. From JH [[Dhiraj Prasad Sahu]] of INC and from UP [[Ganga Charan Rajput]] of BSP became the members.

* Bye-elections were held on 20 June 2009 for vacancy from Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh due to elections of Lok Sabha of seating member [[Yashwant Sinha ]] on 16/05/2009 with term ending on 07/07/2010 and seating member [[Murli Manohar Joshi]] on 23/04/2009 with term ending on 04/07/2010. From JH [[Hemant Soren]] of JMM and from UP [[Shriram Pal]] of BSP became the members.

* Bye-elections were held on 4 August 2009 for vacancy from Bihar due to elections of Lok Sabha of seating member [[Sharad Yadav]] of JDS on 13/05/2009 with term ending on 07/07/2010. From BH [[George Fernandes]] of JDS became the member.<ref>{{cite news |first=Anand Mohan |last=Sahay |title=Fernandes files nomination for RS by poll as JD-U candidate |date=30 July 2009 |publisher=[[Rediff]] |url=http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/jul/30/fernandes-files-nomination-for-rs-by-poll.htm |access-date=11 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090802094756/http://news.rediff.com/report/2009/jul/30/fernandes-files-nomination-for-rs-by-poll.htm |archive-date=2 August 2009 |df=dmy }}</ref>

* Bye-elections were held on 8 January 2010 for vacancy from Bihar due to death of seating member [[Mahendra Sahni ]] of JDU on 06/11/2009 with term ending on 02/04/2012. Dr [[Anil Kumar Sahani]] of JDU became the member.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajya Sabha}}

[[Category:2009 elections in India]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India|2009]]

2009 Rajya Sabha elections - Revision history

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