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{{Short description|Elections for the Upper House of Indian Parliament}}
{{use dmy dates|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2015 Rajya Sabha elections
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = 2014 Rajya Sabha elections
| previous_year = 2014
| next_election = 2016 Rajya Sabha elections
| next_year = 2016
| seats_for_election = 13 seats to the [[Rajya Sabha]]
| election_date = Various dates in 2015
| map = [[File:Rajya Sabha election, 2015.svg|300px]]

| image1 = [[File:Ghulam_Nabi_Azad-cropped.JPG|160x150px]]
| leader1 = [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leader_since1 = 8 June 2014
| leaders_seat1 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| alliance1 = United Progressive Alliance
| seats_before1 = 69
| seats1 = 66
| seat_change1 = {{down}} 3

| image2 = [[File:Arun Jaitley 2017.jpg|160x150px]]
| leader2 = [[Arun Jaitley]]
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| leader_since2 = 3 June 2009
| leaders_seat2 = [[Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat|Gujarat]]
| alliance2 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| seats_before2 = 45
| seats2 = 48
| seat_change2 = {{up}} 3
}}

'''Rajya Sabha elections''' were held in India in 2015 to elect eight members of the [[Rajya Sabha]], the upper house of the [[Indian Parliament]]. Five by-elections were also held. The regular elections were held to fill seats in the States of [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]],<ref name= jk>{{cite web |title=Biennial elections to the Council of States from the State of Jammu and Kashmir |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press%20Note-51201.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150501044326/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press%20Note-51201.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2015-05-01}}</ref> [[Kerala]],<ref name= ker>{{cite web |title=Biennial elections to the Council of States from Kerala |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN-25_20032015.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517203231/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN-25_20032015.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-05-17}}</ref> and the Union Territory of [[Pondicherry]].<ref name= pon>{{cite web |title=Biennial elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from the Union Territory of Pondicherry |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN-25_20032015.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517203231/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN-25_20032015.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2016-05-17}}</ref>

==Jammu and Kashmir==
[[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]] had an election on 7 February 2015.<ref name=jk />

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan=4| <ref name=ndtv>{{cite news |date=7 February 2015 |title=Rajya Sabha Polls in Jammu and Kashmir: BJP Opens Account, PDP Wins Two |url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rajya-sabha-polls-in-jammu-and-kashmir-bjp-opens-account-pdp-wins-two-737782 |publisher=[[NDTV]] |access-date=12 December 2016 }}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Saifuddin Soz]]
| [[Shamsheer Singh Manhas]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| [[G. N. Ratanpuri]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan="2"| [[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]
| [[Fayaz Ahmad Mir]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan="2"| [[Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4
| Mohammad Shafi
| [[Nazir Ahmad Laway]]
|}

==Kerala==
[[Kerala]] was supposed to have an election on 16 April 2015.<ref name=ker /> But, the election was postponed to 20 April.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN-27_26032015.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=eci.nic.in |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518000719/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN-27_26032015.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| M. P. Achuthan
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan="2"| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| [[K.K. Ragesh]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| rowspan=3| <ref name=pioneer>{{cite news |date=21 April 2015 |title=No surprises in Kerala Rajya Sabha election |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/no-surprises-in-kerala-rajya-sabha-election.html |newspaper=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]] |location=Kochi |access-date=12 December 2016 }}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[P. Rajeev (Kerala)|P Rajeev]]
| [[P. V. Abdul Wahab]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian Union Muslim League}}" |
| [[Indian Union Muslim League]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| [[Vayalar Ravi]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[Vayalar Ravi]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]

|}

==Pondicherry==
[[Pondicherry]] held the election on 28 September 2015 to elect one [[Member of Parliament (India)|Member of Parliament]].<ref name=pon />

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| P. Kannan
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| [[N Gokulakrishnan]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|}

==Bye elections==
The following [[bye-election]]s were also held in 2015.

* The [[bye election]]s were announced to be held on 20 March to fill the vacancy caused by death of [[Murli Deora]] representing [[Maharashtra]], resignation of [[Srinjoy Bose]] representing [[West Bengal]] and death of [[Manorama Dobriyal Sharma]] from [[Uttarakhand]]. Three new members were elected unopposed on 14 March 2015, for the vacancy [[Amar Shankar Sable]] with the term till 2 April 2020, [[Dola Sen]] with the term till 18 August 2017 and [[Raj Babbar]] with the term till 25 November 2020 respectively.
* The [[bye election]] was held on 2 July, to fill the vacancy caused by resignation of [[Kanwar Deep Singh]] representing [[Jharkhand]]. [[M. J. Akbar]] of BJP won the election after defeating [[Haji Hussain Ansari]] of the JMM and got the term till 29 June 2016.
* The [[bye election]]s were announced to be held on 14 December to fill the vacancy caused by death of [[Kalpataru Das]] representing [[Odisha]]. [[Narendra Kumar Swain]] was elected unopposed on 7 December 2015, with the term till 2 April 2020.

{| class="wikitable"
! Sr No
! State
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Party
! Reference
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Party
! Reference
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra|Maharashtra]]
| [[Murli Deora]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| rowspan=3| <ref name=bye>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PressNote20_27022015.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=eci.nic.in |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150424210218/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PressNote20_27022015.pdf |archive-date=24 April 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Amar Shankar Sable]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=3| <ref name=nn>{{cite news |date=17 March 2015 |title=Congress leader Raj Babbar, BJP's Amar Shankar Sable take oath in Rajya Sabha |url=http://www.newsnation.in/article/72992-congress-leader-raj-babbar-bjp%E2%80%99s-amar-shankar-sable-oath-rajya-sabha.html |newspaper=[[News Nation]] |access-date=12 December 2016 }}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand]]
| [[Manorama Dobriyal Sharma]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[Raj Babbar]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| [[List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal|West Bengal]]
| [[Srinjoy Bose]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]
| [[Dola Sen]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4
| [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Jharkhand|Jharkhand]]
| [[Kanwar Deep Singh]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha|JMM]]
| rowspan=1| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN42_09062015.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=eci.nic.in |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517183105/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN42_09062015.pdf |archive-date=17 May 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[M. J. Akbar]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=1| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mj-akbar-wins-rajya-sabha-by-poll-from-jharkhand-777647|title=MJ Akbar Wins Rajya Sabha By-Poll from Jharkhand|date=2 July 2015|work=NDTV.com}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5
| [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha|Odisha]]
| [[Kalpataru Das]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
| rowspan=1| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN64_18112015.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=eci.nic.in |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160518060855/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN64_18112015.pdf |archive-date=18 May 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| [[Narendra Kumar Swain]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
| rowspan=1| <ref>{{cite news|title=BJD candidate Narendra Kumar Swain elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Odisha|url=http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjd-candidate-narendra-kumar-swain-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha-from-odisha/articleshow/50077854.cms|access-date=8 December 2015|work=Economic Times}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist|2}}

{{Rajya Sabha}}
{{Indian Rajya Sabha elections 2015}}

[[Category:2015 elections in India]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India|2015]]

2015 Rajya Sabha elections - Revision history

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