List of Rajya Sabha members from Sikkim
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The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Sikkim elects 1 seat and it is indirectly elected by the state legislators of Sikkim, since year 1976.[1] The number of seats, allocated to the party, are determined by the number of seats, a party possesses during nomination and the party nominates a member to be voted on. Elections in within the state legislatures are held using Single transferable vote with proportional representation.
List of all members from SikkimEdit
Source:[2]
Name | Party | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | Term | Notes | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Leonard Soloman Saring | Indian National Congress | 20/10/1975 | 19/10/1981 | 1 | ||
20/10/1981 | 19/10/1987 | 2 | ||||
Khamsum Namgyal Pulger | Sikkim Sangram Parishad | 20/10/1987 | 19/10/1993 | 1 | 01/03/1988 Resignation | |
Karma Topden | Indian National Congress | 30/03/1988 | 19/10/1993 | 1 | bye 1988 | |
24/02/1994 | 23/02/2000 | 2 | ||||
K. G. Bhutia | Sikkim Democratic Front | 24/02/2000 | 23/02/2006 | 1 | 12/08/2000 Death | |
Palden Tsering Gyamtso | 22/09/2000 | 23/02/2006 | 1 | bye 2000 | ||
O. T. Lepcha | 24/02/2006 | 23/02/2012 | 1 | |||
Hishey Lachungpa | 24/02/2012 | 23/02/2018 | 1 | |||
24/02/2018 | 23/02/2024 | 2 | Current Member |
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ Rajya Sabha at Work (PDF) (2nd ed.). New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Secretariat. October 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 21 October 2015.
- ↑ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat.