The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India. West Bengal elects 16 seats and they are indirectly elected by the state legislators of West Bengal. 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 within the state legislatures are held using Single transferable vote with proportional representation.[1]
Current members[edit | edit source]
| # | Name[2] | Party | Term start[3] | Term end[3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sagarika Ghose | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | |
| 2 | Mamata Bala Thakur | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | ||
| 3 | Nadimul Haque | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | ||
| 4 | Sushmita Dev | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | ||
| 5 | Derek O'Brien | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | ||
| 6 | Sukhendu Sekhar Roy | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | ||
| 7 | Dola Sen | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | ||
| 8 | Samirul Islam | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | ||
| 9 | Prakash Chik Baraik | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | ||
| 10 | Rajeev Kumar | 03-Apr-2026 | 02-Apr-2032 | ||
| 11 | Menaka Guruswamy | 03-Apr-2026 | 02-Apr-2032 | ||
| 12 | Babul Supriyo | 03-Apr-2026 | 02-Apr-2032 | ||
| 13 | Koel Mallick | 03-Apr-2026 | 02-Apr-2032 | ||
| 14 | Samik Bhattacharya | BJP | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | |
| 15 | Ananta Maharaj | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | ||
| 16 | Rahul Sinha | 03-Apr-2026 | 02-Apr-2032 | ||
Chronological list of all Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal state[edit | edit source]
* represents current members
| Name | Party | Term start | Term end | Term(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rahul Sinha | BJP | 03-Apr-2026 | 02-Apr-2032 | 1 | ||
| Rajeev Kumar | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2026 | 02-Apr-2032 | 1 | ||
| Babul Supriyo | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2026 | 02-Apr-2032 | 1 | ||
| Menaka Guruswamy | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2026 | 02-Apr-2032 | 1 | ||
| Koel Mallick | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2026 | 02-Apr-2032 | 1 | ||
| Nadimul Haque | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | 3 | [4] | |
| Mamata Bala Thakur | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | 1 | ||
| Sagarika Ghose | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | 1 | ||
| Sushmita Dev | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | 2 | ||
| Samik Bhattacharya | BJP | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | 1 | ||
| Derek O'Brien | Trinamool Congress | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | 3 | ||
| Sukhendu Sekhar Roy | Trinamool Congress | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | 3 | ||
| Dola Sen | Trinamool Congress | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | 3 | ||
| Samirul Islam | Trinamool Congress | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | 1 | ||
| Prakash Chik Baraik | Trinamool Congress | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | 1 | ||
| Anant Maharaj | BJP | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | 1 | ||
| Saket Gokhale | Trinamool Congress | 18-Jul-2023 | 02-Apr-2026 | 1 | bye - resignation of Luizinho Faleiro[5] | |
| Luizinho Faleiro | Trinamool Congress | 24-Nov-2021 | 11-Apr-2023 | 1 | resigned[6]
bye - resignation of Arpita Ghosh[7] | |
| Sushmita Dev | Trinamool Congress | 27-Sep-2021 | 18-Aug-2023 | 1 | bye - resignation of Manas Bhunia[8] | |
| Jawhar Sircar | Trinamool Congress | 03-Aug-2021 | 08-Sep-2024 | 1 | resigned | |
| Dinesh Trivedi | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2020 | 12-Feb-2021 | 2 | resigned[9] | |
| Arpita Ghosh | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2020 | 15-Sep-2021 | 1 | resigned[10] | |
| Mausam Noor | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2020 | 05-Jan-2026 | 1 | resigned[11] | |
| Subrata Bakshi | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2020 | 02-Apr-2026 | 1 | ||
| Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-2020 | 02-Apr-2026 | 1 | ||
| Nadimul Haque | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2018 | 02-Apr-2024 | 2 | ||
| Abir Biswas | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2018 | 02-Apr-2024 | 1 | ||
| Santunu Sen | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2018 | 02-Apr-2024 | 1 | ||
| Subhasish Chakraborty | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2018 | 02-Apr-2024 | 1 | ||
| Abhishek Singhvi | INC | 03-Apr-2018 | 02-Apr-2024 | 1 | ||
| Derek O'Brien | Trinamool Congress | 19-Aug-2017 | 18-Aug-2023 | 2 | ||
| Sukhendu Sekhar Roy | Trinamool Congress | 19-Aug-2017 | 18-Aug-2023 | 2 | ||
| Dola Sen | Trinamool Congress | 19-Aug-2017 | 18-Aug-2023 | 2 | ||
| Shanta Chhetri | Trinamool Congress | 19-Aug-2017 | 18-Aug-2023 | 1 | ||
| Manas Bhunia | Trinamool Congress | 19-Aug-2017 | 02-May-2021 | 1 | elected to Sabang Assembly | |
| Pradip Bhattacharya | INC | 19-Aug-2017 | 18-Aug-2023 | 2 | ||
| Manish Gupta | Trinamool Congress | 14-Mar-2017 | 02-Apr-2020 | 1 | bye - resignation of Mithun Chakraborty | |
| Dola Sen | Trinamool Congress | 14-Mar-2015 | 18-Aug-2017 | 1 | bye - resignation of Srinjoy Bose | |
| Mithun Chakraborty | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2014 | 26-Dec-2016 | 1 | resigned[12] | |
| Jogen Chowdhury | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2014 | 02-Apr-2020 | 1 | [13] | |
| Ahmed Hassan Imran | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2014 | 02-Apr-2020 | 1 | ||
| Kanwar Deep Singh | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2014 | 02-Apr-2020 | 1 | ||
| Ritabrata Banerjee | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-2014 | 02-Apr-2020 | 1 | ||
| Kunal Ghosh | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2012 | 02-Apr-2018 | 1 | ||
| Vivek Gupta | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2012 | 02-Apr-2018 | 1 | ||
| Nadimul Haque | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2012 | 02-Apr-2018 | 1 | ||
| Mukul Roy | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2012 | 11-Oct-2017 | 2 | resigned[14] | |
| Tapan Kumar Sen | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-2012 | 02-Apr-2018 | 2 | ||
| Sukhendu Sekhar Roy | Trinamool Congress | 19-Aug-2011 | 18-Aug-2017 | 1 | ||
| Derek O'Brien | Trinamool Congress | 19-Aug-2011 | 18-Aug-2017 | 1 | ||
| Debabrata Bandyopadhyay | Trinamool Congress | 19-Aug-2011 | 18-Aug-2017 | 1 | ||
| Srinjoy Bose | Trinamool Congress | 19-Aug-2011 | 05-Feb-2015 | 1 | resigned[15] | |
| Pradip Bhattacharya | INC | 19-Aug-2011 | 18-Aug-2017 | 1 | ||
| Sitaram Yechury | CPI (M) | 19-Aug-2011 | 18-Aug-2017 | 2 | ||
| Barun Mukherji | AIFB | 18-Nov-2008 | 02-Apr-2014 | 2 | bye - resignation of Debabrata Biswas | |
| Shyamal Chakraborty | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-2008 | 02-Apr-2014 | 1 | ||
| Prasanta Chatterjee | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-2008 | 02-Apr-2014 | 2 | ||
| Tarini Kanta Roy | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-2008 | 02-Apr-2014 | 2 | ||
| Debabrata Biswas | AIFB | 03-Apr-2008 | 23-Sep-2008 | 4 | resigned | |
| Ahmed Saeed Malihabadi | Independent | 03-Apr-2008 | 02-Apr-2014 | 1 | ||
| R. C. Singh | CPI | 25-Jun-2008 | 02-Apr-2012 | 1 | bye - resignation of Barun Mukherji | |
| Mohammed Amin | CPI (M) | 17-May-2007 | 18-Aug-2011 | 2 | bye - death of Chittabrata Majumdar | |
| Moinul Hassan | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-2006 | 02-Apr-2012 | 1 | ||
| Saman Pathak | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-2006 | 02-Apr-2012 | 1 | ||
| Tapan Kumar Sen | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-2006 | 02-Apr-2012 | 1 | ||
| Barun Mukherji | AIFB | 03-Apr-2006 | 06-May-2008 | 1 | resigned | |
| Mukul Roy | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2006 | 02-Apr-2012 | 1 | ||
| Brinda Karat | CPI (M) | 19-Aug-2005 | 18-Aug-2011 | 1 | ||
| Sitaram Yechury | CPI (M) | 19-Aug-2005 | 18-Aug-2011 | 1 | ||
| Chittabrata Majumdar | CPI (M) | 19-Aug-2005 | 20-Feb-2007 | 2 | expired[16] | |
| Abani Roy | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 19-Aug-2005 | 18-Aug-2011 | 3 | ||
| Arjun Kumar Sengupta | Independent | 19-Aug-2005 | 26-Sep-2010 | 1 | expired[17] | |
| Swapan Sadhan Bose | Trinamool Congress | 19-Aug-2005 | 18-Aug-2011 | 1 | ||
| Chittabrata Majumdar | CPI (M) | 30-Jun-2004 | 18-Aug-2005 | 1 | bye - resignation of Pranab Mukherjee | |
| Sheikh Khabir Uddin Ahmed | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-2002 | 02-Apr-2008 | 1 | ||
| Prasanta Chatterjee | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-2002 | 02-Apr-2008 | 1 | ||
| Tarini Kanta Roy | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-2002 | 02-Apr-2008 | 1 | ||
| Debabrata Biswas | AIFB | 03-Apr-2002 | 02-Apr-2008 | 3 | ||
| Dinesh Trivedi | Trinamool Congress | 03-Apr-2002 | 02-Apr-2008 | 1 | ||
| Biplab Dasgupta | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-2000 | 17-Jul-2005 | 2 | expired | |
| Nilotpal Basu | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-2000 | 02-Apr-2006 | 2 | ||
| Dipankar Mukherjee | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-2000 | 02-Apr-2006 | 2 | ||
| Manoj Bhattacharya | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 03-Apr-2000 | 02-Apr-2006 | 1 | ||
| Jayanta Bhattacharya | Independent | 03-Apr-2000 | 02-Apr-2006 | 1 | ||
| Sarla Maheshwari | CPI (M) | 19-Aug-1999 | 18-Aug-2005 | 2 | ||
| Chandrakala Pandey | CPI (M) | 19-Aug-1999 | 18-Aug-2005 | 2 | ||
| Jibon Roy | CPI (M) | 19-Aug-1999 | 18-Aug-2005 | 2 | ||
| Abani Roy | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 19-Aug-1999 | 18-Aug-2005 | 2 | ||
| Shankar Roychowdhury | Independent | 19-Aug-1999 | 18-Aug-2005 | 1 | ||
| Pranab Mukherjee | INC | 19-Aug-1999 | 13-May-2004 | 4 | elected to Jangipur Lok Sabha | |
| Abani Roy | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 24-Mar-1998 | 18-Aug-1999 | 1 | bye - death of Tridib Chaudhuri | |
| Bharati Ray | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1996 | 02-Apr-2002 | 1 | ||
| Dawa Lama | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1996 | 02-Apr-2002 | 1 | ||
| Mohammed Salim | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1996 | 10-May-2001 | 2 | elected to Entally Assembly | |
| Bratin Sengupta | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1996 | 02-Apr-2002 | 1 | ||
| Debabrata Biswas | AIFB | 03-Apr-1996 | 02-Apr-2002 | 2 | ||
| Nilotpal Basu | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1994 | 02-Apr-2000 | 1 | ||
| Biplab Dasgupta | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1994 | 02-Apr-2000 | 1 | ||
| Dipankar Mukherjee | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1994 | 02-Apr-2000 | 1 | ||
| Gurudas Dasgupta | CPI | 03-Apr-1994 | 02-Apr-2000 | 3 | ||
| Joyanta Ray | AIFB | 03-Apr-1994 | 02-Apr-2000 | 1 | ||
| Ram Narayan Goswami | CPI (M) | 19-Aug-1993 | 18-Aug-1999 | 3 | ||
| Ashok Mitra | CPI (M) | 19-Aug-1993 | 18-Aug-1999 | 1 | ||
| Chandrakala Pandey | CPI (M) | 19-Aug-1993 | 18-Aug-1999 | 1 | ||
| Jibon Roy | CPI (M) | 19-Aug-1993 | 18-Aug-1999 | 1 | ||
| Tridib Chaudhuri | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 19-Aug-1993 | 21-Dec-1997 | 2 | expired | |
| Pranab Mukherjee | INC | 19-Aug-1993 | 18-Aug-1999 | 3 | ||
| Sarla Maheshwari | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1990 | 02-Apr-1996 | 1 | ||
| Ratna Bahadur Rai | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1990 | 02-Apr-1996 | 2 | ||
| Mohammed Salim | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1990 | 02-Apr-1996 | 1 | ||
| Debabrata Biswas | AIFB | 03-Apr-1990 | 02-Apr-1996 | 1 | ||
| Ashoke Kumar Sen | JD | 03-Apr-1990 | 02-Apr-1996 | 1 | ||
| Ratna Bahadur Rai | CPI (M) | 23-Mar-1989 | 02-Apr-1990 | 1 | bye - death of T. S. Gurung | |
| Mohammed Amin | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1988 | 02-Apr-1994 | 1 | ||
| Ashis Sen | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1988 | 02-Apr-1994 | 1 | ||
| Sukomal Sen | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1988 | 02-Apr-1994 | 2 | ||
| Gurudas Dasgupta | CPI | 03-Apr-1988 | 02-Apr-1994 | 2 | ||
| Saurin Bhattacharjee | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 03-Apr-1988 | 02-Apr-1994 | 2 | ||
| Ram Narayan Goswami | CPI (M) | 10-Jul-1987 | 09-Jul-1993 | 2 | ||
| Samar Mukherjee | CPI (M) | 10-Jul-1987 | 09-Jul-1993 | 2 | ||
| Ramendra Kumar Podder | CPI (M) | 10-Jul-1987 | 09-Jul-1993 | 2 | ||
| Sunil Basuray | CPI (M) | 10-Jul-1987 | 09-Jul-1993 | 1 | ||
| Dipen Ghosh | CPI (M) | 10-Jul-1987 | 09-Jul-1993 | 2 | ||
| Tridib Chaudhuri | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 10-Jul-1987 | 09-Jul-1993 | 1 | ||
| Samar Mukherjee | CPI (M) | 29-Dec-1986 | 09-Jul-1987 | 1 | bye - | |
| Ram Narayan Goswami | CPI (M) | 22-Oct-1986 | 09-Jul-1987 | 1 | bye - death of Sankar Prasad Mitra | |
| T. S. Gurung | CPI (M) | 14-Mar-1986 | 13-Jan-1989 | 1 | expired
bye - resignation of Badri Narayan Pradhan | |
| Chitta Basu | AIFB | 02-Dec-1985 | 27-Nov-1989 | 2 | elected to Barasat Lok Sabha
bye - death of Amar Prasad Chakraborty | |
| Gurudas Dasgupta | CPI | 12-Mar-1985 | 02-Apr-1988 | 1 | bye - death of Kalyan Roy | |
| Ramendra Kumar Podder | CPI (M) | 12-Mar-1985 | 09-Jul-1987 | 1 | bye - death of Arabinda Ghosh | |
| Shantimoy Ghosh | CPI (M) | 18-Sep-1984 | 09-Jul-1987 | 1 | bye - death of Santosh Mitra | |
| Kanak Mukherjee | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1984 | 02-Apr-1990 | 2 | ||
| Mostafa Bin Qausem | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1984 | 02-Apr-1990 | 1 | ||
| Badri Narayan Pradhan | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1984 | 22-Jan-1986 | 1 | resigned | |
| Amar Prasad Chakraborty | AIFB | 03-Apr-1984 | 27-Oct-1985 | 2 | expired | |
| Deba Prasad Ray | INC | 03-Apr-1984 | 02-Apr-1990 | 1 | ||
| Nepaldev Bhattacharjee | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1982 | 02-Apr-1988 | 2 | ||
| Nirmal Chatterjee | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1982 | 02-Apr-1988 | 1 | ||
| Sukomal Sen | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1982 | 02-Apr-1988 | 1 | ||
| Kalyan Roy | CPI | 10-July-1969 | 31-January-1985 | 3 | expired | |
| Ramkrishna Mazumder | AIFB | 03-Apr-1982 | 02-Apr-1988 | 1 | ||
| Nepaldev Bhattacharjee | CPI (M) | 28-Sep-1981 | 02-Apr-1982 | 1 | bye - resignation of Bhupesh Gupta | |
| Debendra Nath Barman | CPI (M) | 10-Jul-1981 | 09-Jul-1987 | 1 | ||
| Arabinda Ghosh | CPI (M) | 10-Jul-1981 | 17-Jan-1985 | 1 | expired | |
| Santosh Mitra | CPI (M) | 10-Jul-1981 | 23-Apr-1984 | 1 | expired | |
| Dipen Ghosh | CPI (M) | 10-Jul-1981 | 09-Jul-1987 | 1 | ||
| Makhan Paul | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 10-Jul-1981 | 09-Jul-1987 | 1 | ||
| Sankar Prasad Mitra | Independent | 10-Jul-1981 | 09-Aug-1986 | 1 | expired | |
| Sangdopal Lepcha | CPI (M) | 11-Mar-1980 | 02-Apr-1984 | 1 | bye - resignation of Ananda Pathak | |
| Ananda Pathak | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1978 | 09-Jan-1980 | 2 | elected to Darjeeling Lok Sabha | |
| Syed Shahedullah | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1978 | 02-Apr-1984 | 1 | ||
| Kanak Mukherjee | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1978 | 02-Apr-1984 | 1 | ||
| Saurin Bhattacharjee | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 03-Apr-1978 | 02-Apr-1984 | 1 | ||
| Amar Prasad Chakraborty | AIFB | 03-Apr-1978 | 02-Apr-1984 | 1 | ||
| Ananda Pathak | CPI (M) | 13-Jul-1977 | 02-Apr-1978 | 1 | bye - resignation of Krishna Bahadur Chhetri | |
| Sankar Ghose | INC | 03-Apr-1976 | 02-Apr-1982 | 1 | ||
| Prasenjit Barman | INC | 03-Apr-1976 | 02-Apr-1982 | 1 | ||
| Phanindra Nath Hansda | INC | 03-Apr-1976 | 02-Apr-1982 | 1 | ||
| Purabi Mukhopadhyay | INC | 03-Apr-1976 | 02-Apr-1982 | 2 | ||
| Bhupesh Gupta | CPI | 03-Apr-1976 | 06-Aug-1981 | 5 | expired | |
| Pranab Mukherjee | INC | 10-Jul-1975 | 09-Jul-1981 | 2 | ||
| Jaharlal Banerjee | INC | 10-Jul-1975 | 09-Jul-1981 | 1 | ||
| Pratima Bose | INC | 10-Jul-1975 | 09-Jul-1981 | 1 | ||
| D. P. Chattopadhyaya | INC | 10-Jul-1975 | 09-Jul-1981 | 2 | ||
| Ahmad Hossain Mondal | INC | 10-Jul-1975 | 09-Jul-1981 | 1 | ||
| Kalyan Roy | CPI | 10-Jul-1975 | 09-Jul-1981 | 2 | ||
| Sardar Amjad Ali | INC | 03-Apr-1972 | 02-Apr-1978 | 1 | ||
| Rajat Kumar Chakrabarti | INC | 03-Apr-1972 | 02-Apr-1978 | 1 | ||
| Krishna Bahadur Chhetri | INC | 03-Apr-1972 | 22-Mar-1977 | 1 | elected to Darjeeling Lok Sabha | |
| Kali Mukherjee | INC | 03-Apr-1972 | 02-Apr-1978 | 1 | ||
| Sanat Kumar Raha | CPI | 03-Apr-1972 | 02-Apr-1978 | 1 | ||
| Salil Kumar Ganguli | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1970 | 02-Apr-1976 | 1 | ||
| Sasankasekhar Sanyal | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1970 | 02-Apr-1976 | 1 | ||
| Dwijendralal Sen Gupta | Independent | 03-Apr-1970 | 02-Apr-1976 | 2 | ||
| Bhupesh Gupta | CPI | 03-Apr-1970 | 02-Apr-1976 | 4 | ||
| Purabi Mukhopadhyay | INC | 03-Apr-1970 | 02-Apr-1976 | 1 | ||
| Monoranjan Roy | CPI (M) | 10-Jul-1969 | 09-Jul-1975 | 1 | ||
| Niren Ghosh | CPI (M) | 10-Jul-1969 | 09-Jul-1975 | 2 | ||
| Kalyan Roy | CPI | 10-Jul-1969 | 09-Jul-1975 | 1 | ||
| Suhrid Mullick Chowdhury | AIFB | 10-Jul-1969 | 09-Jul-1975 | 1 | ||
| D. P. Chattopadhyaya | INC | 10-Jul-1969 | 09-Jul-1975 | 1 | ||
| Pranab Mukherjee | INC | 10-Jul-1969 | 09-Jul-1975 | 1 | ||
| Mriganka Mohan Sur | INC | 03-Apr-1966 | 02-Apr-1972 | 3 | ||
| Biren Roy | INC | 03-Apr-1966 | 02-Apr-1972 | 2 | ||
| Rajpat Singh Doogar | INC | 03-Apr-1966 | 02-Apr-1972 | 4 | ||
| Chitta Basu | AIFB | 03-Apr-1966 | 02-Apr-1972 | 1 | ||
| Arun Prakash Chatterjee | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1966 | 02-Apr-1972 | 1 | ||
| Debabrata Mookerjee | INC | 04-Nov-1965 | 02-Apr-1968 | 1 | bye - resignation of Niharranjan Ray | |
| Phulrenu Guha | INC | 03-Apr-1964 | 02-Apr-1970 | 1 | ||
| Muhammad Ishaque | INC | 03-Apr-1964 | 02-Apr-1970 | 2 | ||
| Satyendra Prosad Ray | INC | 03-Apr-1964 | 02-Apr-1970 | 3 | ||
| Dwijendralal Sen Gupta | Independent | 03-Apr-1964 | 02-Apr-1970 | 1 | ||
| Bhupesh Gupta | CPI | 03-Apr-1964 | 02-Apr-1970 | 3 | ||
| Ram Kumar Bhuwalka | INC | 09-Sep-1963 | 02-Apr-1968 | 1 | bye - death of Pannalal Saraogi | |
| Nikunja Behari Maiti | INC | 25-Apr-1962 | 02-Apr-1966 | 1 | bye - resignation of Abha Maiti | |
| Ram Prasanna Ray | INC | 03-Apr-1962 | 02-Apr-1968 | 1 | ||
| Niharranjan Ray | INC | 03-Apr-1962 | 01-Jun-1965 | 2 | resigned | |
| Pannalal Saraogi | INC | 03-Apr-1962 | 13-Aug-1963 | 1 | expired | |
| Surendra Mohan Ghose | INC | 03-Apr-1962 | 02-Apr-1968 | 2 | ||
| Niren Ghosh | CPI (M) | 03-Apr-1962 | 02-Apr-1968 | 1 | ||
| Syed Nausher Ali | CPI | 03-Apr-1962 | 02-Apr-1968 | 2 | ||
| Muhammad Ishaque | INC | 29-Dec-1961 | 02-Apr-1964 | 1 | ||
| Sudhir Ghosh | INC | 03-Apr-1960 | 02-Apr-1966 | 1 | ||
| Abha Maiti | INC | 03-Apr-1960 | 04-Mar-1962 | 1 | elected to West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Rajpat Singh Doogar | INC | 03-Apr-1960 | 02-Apr-1966 | 3 | ||
| Mriganka Mohan Sur | INC | 03-Apr-1960 | 02-Apr-1966 | 2 | ||
| Biren Roy | INC | 03-Apr-1960 | 02-Apr-1966 | 1 | ||
| Ansaruddin Ahmed | INC | 03-Apr-1958 | 02-Apr-1964 | 1 | ||
| Santosh Kumar Basu | INC | 03-Apr-1958 | 02-Apr-1964 | 2 | ||
| Maya Devi Chettry | INC | 03-Apr-1958 | 02-Apr-1964 | 2 | ||
| Bhupesh Gupta | CPI | 03-Apr-1958 | 02-Apr-1964 | 2 | ||
| Atindra Nath Bose | Praja Socialist Party | 03-Apr-1958 | 27-Nov-1961 | 1 | expired | |
| Surendra Mohan Ghose | INC | 13-Dec-1956 | 02-Apr-1962 | 1 | ||
| Mehr Chand Khanna | INC | 15-Dec-1956 | 26-Feb-1962 | 1 | elected to New Delhi Lok Sabha | |
| Prabhu Dayal Himatsingka | INC | 03-Apr-1956 | 02-Apr-1962 | 1 | ||
| Humayun Kabir | INC | 03-Apr-1956 | 02-Apr-1962 | 1 | ||
| Satyendra Prosad Ray | INC | 03-Apr-1956 | 02-Apr-1962 | 2 | ||
| Satyapriya Banerjee | AIFB | 03-Apr-1956 | 23-Mar-1957 | 2 | expired | |
| Charu Chandra Biswas | INC | 03-Apr-1954 | 02-Apr-1960 | 2 | ||
| Nalinaksha Dutt | INC | 03-Apr-1954 | 02-Apr-1960 | 2 | ||
| Rajpat Singh Doogar | INC | 03-Apr-1954 | 02-Apr-1960 | 2 | ||
| Suresh Chandra Majumdar | INC | 03-Apr-1954 | 12-Aug-1954 | 2 | expired | |
| Abdur Rezzak Khan | CPI | 03-Apr-1954 | 02-Apr-1960 | 1 | ||
| Niharranjan Ray | INC | 03-May-1957 | 02-Apr-1962 | 1 | ||
| Santosh Kumar Basu | INC | 03-May-1957 | 02-Apr-1958 | 1 | ||
| Sitaram Daga | INC | 03-May-1957 | 02-Apr-1958 | 1 | ||
| Mriganka Mohan Sur | INC | 13-Sep-1954 | 02-Apr-1960 | 1 | ||
| Charu Chandra Biswas | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1954 | 1 | ||
| Nalinaksha Dutt | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1954 | 1 | ||
| Rajpat Singh Doogar | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1954 | 1 | ||
| Suresh Chandra Majumdar | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1954 | 1 | ||
| Debaprasad Ghosh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1954 | 1 | ||
| Syed Nausher Ali | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1956 | 1 | ||
| Satyendra Prosad Ray | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1956 | 1 | ||
| Indra Bhushan Beed | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1956 | 1 | ||
| Satyapriya Banerjee | AIFB | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1956 | 1 | ||
| Beni Prasad Agarwal | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1958 | 1 | ||
| Maya Devi Chettry | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1958 | 1 | ||
| Bimal Comar Ghosh | Praja Socialist Party | 03-Apr-1952 | 21-Mar-1957 | 1 | elected to Barrackpore Lok Sabha | |
| Satyendra Mazumdar | CPI | 03-Apr-1952 | 05-Apr-1957 | 1 | ||
| Bhupesh Gupta | CPI | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1958 | 1 | ||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Composition of Rajya Sabha - Rajya Sabha At Work" (PDF). rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ↑ "Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
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