2008 Rajya Sabha elections

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2008 Rajya Sabha elections
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Leader Manmohan Singh Jaswant Singh
Party INC BJP

Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2008, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held to elect respectively 55 members from 15 states,[1] four members from Karnataka and one member from Mizoram and Aruncahl Pradesh,[2] and 11 members from two states[3] for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.

Elections[edit]

Elections were held to elect members from various states.

Members elected[edit]

The following members are elected in the elections held in 2008. The list is incomplete.

State - Member - Party

Rajya Sabha members for term 2008-2014
State Member Name Party Remark
MH[1] Husain Dalwai INC
MH Murli Deora INC
MH Janardan Waghmare NCP
MH Yogendra P. Tiwari NCP
MH Rajkumar Dhoot SS
MH Bharatkumar Raut SS
MH Prakash Javadekar BJP
OR[1] Balbir Punj BJP
OR Mangala Kisan BJD
OR Renubala Pradhan BJD
OR Rama Chandra Khuntia INC
TN[1] S A A Jinnah DMK
TN Vasanthi Stanley DMK
TN G. K. Vasan INC
TN Jayanthi Natarajan INC
TN N. Balaganga ADMK
TN T. K. Rangarajan CPM
WB[1] Tarini Kanta Roy CPM
WB Barun Mukherji AIFB
WB Prasanta Chatterjee CPM
WB Shyamal Chakraborty CPM
WB Ahmed Saeed Malihabadi IND
AP[1] T. Subbarami Reddy INC
AP Nandi Yellaiah INC
AP Mohd. Ali Khan INC
AP T. Ratna Bai INC
AP K. V. P. Ramachandra Rao INC
AP Nandamuri Harikrishna TDP
AS[1] Biswajit Daimary BPF
AS Birendra Prasad Baishya AGP
AS Bhubaneswar Kalita INC
BH[1] C P Thakur BJP R
BH Shivanand Tiwari JDU
BH N. K. Singh JDU
BH Sabir Ali JDU
BH Prem Chand Gupta RJD
CG[1] Motilal Vora INC R
CG Shivpratap Singh BJP
GJ[1] Alka Balram Kshatriya INC R
GJ Natuji Halaji Thakor BJP
GJ Parsottambhai Rupala BJP
GJ Bharatsinh Parmar BJP
HR[1] Ishwar Singh INC
HR Ram Prakash INC
HP[1] Shanta Kumar BJP
JH[1] Jai Prakash Narayan Singh BJP
JH Parimal Nathwani IND
MP[1] Prabhat Jha BJP
MP Maya Singh BJP
MP Raghunandan Sharma BJP
MN[1] Rishang Keishing INC
RJ[1] Om Prakash Mathur BJP
RJ Dr Gyan Prakash Pilania BJP
RJ Prabha Thakur INC
MG[1] Wansuk Syiem INC
AR[2] Mukut Mithi INC
KA[2] B. K. Hariprasad INC
KA S M Krishna INC
KA Prabhakar Kore BJP
KA Rama Jois BJP
MZ[2] Lalhmingliana INC
UP[3] Akhilesh Das Gupta BSP
UP Amar_Singh BJP
UP Avtar Singh Karimpuri BSP
UP Kusum Rai BJP
UP Brijlal Khabari BSP
UP Brajesh Pathak BSP
UP Rajaram BSP
UP Prof Ram Gopal Yadav SP
UP Veer_Singh BSP
UP Mohammad Adeeb BSP
UK[3] Bhagat Singh Koshyari BJP

Bye-elections[edit]

The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Bihar,[4] Nagaland, West Bengal and Bihar,[5] West Bengal,[6] and Madhya Pradesh.[7]

  • Bye-election was held on 26 March 2008 for vacancy from Bihar due to death of seating member Motiur Rahman on 18/12/2007 with term ending on 07/07/2010. Dr Ejaz Ali of JDU got elected unopposed.[8]
  • Bye-elections were held on 26 June 2008 for vacancy from Nagaland due to resignation of seating member T. R. Zeliang of NPF on 24/03/2008 with term ending on 02/04/2010, from West Bengal due to resignation of seating member Barun Mukherjee of AIFB on 06/05/2008 with term ending on 02/04/2012, and from Bihar due to disqualification of seating member Jai Narain Prasad Nishad of BJP on 26/03/2008 with term ending on 19/07/2010.H. Khekiho Zhimomi of NPF for Nagaland, Rajiv Pratap Rudy of BJP & R.C.Singh of CPI for West Bengal became members.
  • Bye-election was held on 21 November 2008 for vacancy from West Bengal due to resignation of seating member Debabrata Biswas of AIFB on 23/09/2010 with term ending on 02/04/2014. Barun Mukherji of AIFB became the member
  • Bye-election was held on 22 January 2009 for vacancy from Madhya Pradesh due to death of seating member Laxminarayan Sharma of BJP on 17/10/2008 with term ending on 29/06/2010. Narendra Singh Tomar of BJP became the member.

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 "Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)-2014" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)and Legislative Council-2014" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand -2014" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Biennial/Bye Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and State Legislative Councils of Bihar and Maharashtra by (MLAs)-2008" (PDF). ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  5. ↑ "Biennial Elections and Bye-Elections to the Council of States and State Legislative Councils by (MLAs)" (PDF). ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Biennial Elections and Bye-Election to the Council of States" (PDF). ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Biennial Election & Bye-Election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council by Members of Legislative Assembly and bye-election to the Council of States from Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  8. ↑ "Ejaz Ali makes it to Rajya Sabha, unopposed". Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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