2005 Rajya Sabha elections

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2005 Rajya Sabha elections
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Leader Manmohan Singh Jaswant Singh
Party INC BJP

Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2005, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. One member from Goa, three members from Gujarat and 6 members from West Bengal[1] were elected.[2]

Elections[edit]

Elections were held to elect members from various states.

Members elected[edit]

The following members are elected in the elections held in 2005. They are members for the term 2005-2011 and retire in year 2011, except in case of the resignation or death before the term. The list is incomplete.

State - Member - Party

Rajya Sabha members for term 2005-2011
State Member Name Party Remark
Goa Shantaram Naik INC R
Gujarat Ahmed Patel INC
Gujarat Suryakantbhai Acharya BJP d 22/12/2009
Gujarat Surendra Motilal Patel BJP
West Bengal Abani Roy RSP
West Bengal Arjun Kumar Sengupta IND
West Bengal Chittabrata_Majumdar CPM dea 20/02/2007
West Bengal Mohammed Amin CPM ele 17/05/2007
West Bengal Brinda Karat CPM
West Bengal Sitaram Yechury CPM
West Bengal Swapan Sadhan Bose AITC

Bye-elections[edit]

The following bye elections were held in the year 2005.

State - Member - Party


  • Bye-elections were held on 30/04/2005 for vacancy from Maharashtra due to resignation of seating member Nirupam on 18/03/2005 with term ending on 02/04/2006 [3]
  • Bye-elections were held on 03/06/2005 for vacancy from Jharkhand and Kerala due to elections to JH Assembly of seating member Stephen Marandi on 16 March, 2005 with term ending on 07/07/2010 and resignation of seating member K. Karunakaran on 19/01/2007 with term ending on 02/04/2010 [4]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "RAJYA SABHA – RETIREMENTS – ABSTRACT As on 1 November, 2006" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ↑ "Bye-election to the Council of States from Maharashtra to fill up the vacancy occurring due to the resignation of sitting member Shri Nirupam Sanjay Brijkishorlal" (PDF). ECI, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  4. ↑ "Bye-elections to the Council of States from Jharkhand and Kerala to fill up the vacancy occurring due to the election of sitting member Shri Stephan Marandi in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly and resignation of Shri K. Karunakaran" (PDF). ECI, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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