2011 Rajya Sabha elections

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Template:Infobox election Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2011, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held on 22 July to elect respectively 1 member from Goa, 3 members from Gujarat and 6 members from West Bengal for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.[1]

Elections

Elections were held to elect members from Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal. The following members are elected in the elections held in 2011.

Goa

Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. Shantaram Naik width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| INC Shantaram Naik width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| INC [2]

Gujarat

Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. Ahmed Patel width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| INC Ahmed Patel width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| INC
2. Pravin Naik width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2| BJP Smriti Irani width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2| BJP
3. Surendra Motilal Patel Dilip Pandya

West Bengal

Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. Abani Roy width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | RSP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=4| AITC
2. Arjun Kumar Sengupta width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | IND Derek O'Brien
3. Mohammed Amin width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CPI(M) Debabrata Bandyopadhyay
4. Swapan Sadhan Bose width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | AITC Srinjoy Bose
5. Sitaram Yechury width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CPI(M) Sitaram Yechury width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CPI(M)
6. Brinda Karat width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | CPI(M) Pradip Bhattacharya width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| INC

Bye-elections

The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Karnataka,[3] Madhya Pradesh,[4] Maharashtra & Tamil Nadu,[1] Assam and Bihar.[5]

Karnataka

  • Bye-elections were held on 3 March 2011 for vacancy from Karnataka due to death of seating member M. Rajasekara Murthy on 05/12/2010 with term ending on 02/04/2012.
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. M. Rajasekara Murthy width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | JDS Hema Malini width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | BJP [6]

Madhya Pradesh

  • Bye-elections were held on 12 May 2011 for vacancy from Madhya Pradesh due to death of seating member Arjun Singh on 04/03/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2012.
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. Arjun Singh width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | INC Meghraj Jain width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | BJP

Maharashtra

  • Bye-elections were held on 22 July 2011 for vacancy from Maharashtra due to resignation of seating member Prithviraj Chavan on 06/05/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2014
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. Prithviraj Chavan width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | INC Husain Dalwai width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | INC

Tamil Nadu

  • Bye-elections were held on 22 July 2011 for vacancy from Tamil Nadu due to resignation of K. P. Ramalingam on 20/05/2011 with term ending on 29/06/2016.
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. K. P. Ramalingam width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | DMK A. W. Rabi Bernard width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | AIADMK [7]

Assam

  • Bye-elections were held on 22 December 2011 for vacancy from Assam due to death of seating member Silvius Condpan on 10/10/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2016.
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. Silvius Condpan width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | INC Pankaj Bora width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | INC

Bihar

  • Bye-elections were held on 22 December 2011 for vacancy from Bihar due to resignation of Sabir Ali of LJP on 15/11/2011 with term ending on 09/04/2014.
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. Sabir Ali width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | LJP Sabir Ali width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | JDU [8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Biennial and Bye - Elections to the Council of States.. Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. ↑ Statewise Retirement. 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  3. ↑ Bye-Election to the Council of States from Karnataka.. Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. ↑ Bye-Election to the Council of States from Madhya Pradesh.. Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. ↑ Bye - Elections to the Council of States.. Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  6. ↑ Kannada writer vs Hema Malini in RS polls. news18(21 Feb 2011). Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  7. ↑ Rabi Bernard, AIADMK nominee for Rajya Sabha(June 29, 2011). Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  8. ↑ Rajya Sabha accepts LJP MP Sabir Ali’s resignation. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

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