List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal

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]

Keys: AITC (13) INC (2) CPI(M) (1)

No	Name^[2]		Date of Appointment^[3]	Date of Retirement^[3]
1	Dola Sen	All India Trinamool Congress	19-Aug-2017	18-Aug-2023
2	Subrata Bakshi	All India Trinamool Congress	03-Apr-2020	02-Apr-2026
3	Mausam Noor	All India Trinamool Congress	03-Apr-2020	02-Apr-2026
4	Santunu Sen	All India Trinamool Congress	03-Apr-2018	02-Apr-2024
5	Abir Biswas	All India Trinamool Congress	03-Apr-2018	02-Apr-2024
6	Subhasish Chakraborty	All India Trinamool Congress	03-Apr-2018	02-Apr-2024
7	Nadimul Haque	All India Trinamool Congress	03-Apr-2018	02-Apr-2024
8	Derek O'Brien	All India Trinamool Congress	19-Aug-2017	18-Aug-2023
9	Shanta Chhetri	All India Trinamool Congress	19-Aug-2017	18-Aug-2023
10	Sukhendu Shekhar Roy	All India Trinamool Congress	19-Aug-2017	18-Aug-2023
11	Jawhar Sircar	All India Trinamool Congress	09-Aug-2021	02-Apr-2026
12	Sushmita Dev	All India Trinamool Congress	04-Oct-2021	18-Aug-2023
13	Luizinho Faleiro	All India Trinamool Congress	03-Apr-2020	02-Apr-2026
14	Abhishek Singhvi	Indian National Congress	03-Apr-2018	02-Apr-2024
15	Pradip Bhattacharya	Indian National Congress	19-Aug-2017	18-Aug-2023
16	Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	03-Apr-2020	02-Apr-2026

Alphabetical list of all Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal state[edit]

Alphabetical list by last name^[4]

The list is incomplete.

Star (*) represents current Rajya Sabha members from WB State.

Name (alphabetical last name)	Party	Date of appointment	Date of retirement	Term	Notes
Sheikh Khabir Uddin Ahmed	CPM	03/04/2002	02/04/2008	1
Mohammed Amin	CPM	03/04/1988	02/04/1994	1
Mohammed Amin	CPM	17/05/2007	18/08/2011	1
Subrata Bakshi	AITC	03/04/2020	02/04/2026	1	*
Debabrata Bandyopadhyay	AITC	19/08/2011	18/08/2017	1
Ritabrata Banerjee	CPM	03/04/2014	02/04/2020	1	^[5]
Satyapriya Banerjee	AIFB	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1
Satyapriya Banerjee	AIFB	03/04/1956	02/04/1960	2	23/03/1957
Chitta Basu	AIFB	03/04/1966	02/04/1972	1
Chitta Basu	AIFB	02/12/1985	02/04/1990	2	res 27/11/1989
Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya	CPM	03/04/2020	02/04/2026	1	*
Pradip Bhattacharya	INC	19/08/2011	18/08/2017	1
Pradip Bhattacharya	INC	19/08/2017	18/08/2023	2	*
Manas Bhunia	AITC	19/08/2017	18/08/2023	1	res 2021
Abir Biswas	AITC	03/04/2018	02/04/2024	1	*
Charu Chandra Biswas	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1
Charu Chandra Biswas	INC	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	1
Debabrata Biswas	AIFB	03/04/1990	02/04/1996	1
Debabrata Biswas	AIFB	03/04/1996	02/04/2002	2
Debabrata Biswas	AIFB	03/04/2002	02/04/2008	3
Debabrata Biswas	AIFB	03/04/2008	02/04/2014	4	Resign 23/09/2008
Srinjoy Bose	AITC	19/08/2011	18/08/2017	1	Resign 05/02/2015
Swapan Sadhan Bose	AITC	19/08/2005	18/08/2011	1
Derek O Brien	AITC	19/08/2011	18/08/2017	1
Derek O Brien	AITC	19/08/2017	18/08/2023	2	*
Mithun Chakraborty	AITC	03/04/2014	02/04/2020	1	Resign 26/12/2016
Subhasish Chakraborty	AITC	03/04/2018	02/04/2024	1	*
Prasanta Chatterjee	CPM	03/04/2002	02/04/2008	1
Prasanta Chatterjee	CPM	03/04/2008	02/04/2014	2
Tridib Chaudhuri	RSP	10/07/1987	10/07/1993	1
Tridib Chaudhuri	RSP	10/07/1993	10/07/1999	2	Death 21/12/1997
Shanta Chhetri	AITC	19/08/2017	18/08/2023	1	*
Jogen Chowdhury	AITC	03/04/2014	02/04/2020	1
Biplab Dasgupta	CPM	03/04/1984	02/04/2000 ^[6]	1
Biplab Dasgupta	CPM	03/04/2000	02/04/2006	2	Death 17/07/2005
Gurudas Dasgupta	CPI	12/03/1985	02/04/1988	1
Gurudas Dasgupta	CPI	03/04/1988	02/04/1994	2
Gurudas Dasgupta	CPI	03/04/1994	02/04/2000 ^[6]	3
Sushmita Dev	AITC	27/09/2021	18/08/2023	1	* bye 2021 ^[7]
Rajpat Singh Doogar	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1
Rajpat Singh Doogar	INC	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	2
Rajpat Singh Doogar	INC	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	3
Rajpat Singh Doogar	INC	03/04/1966	02/04/1972	4
Luizinho Faleiro	AITC	29/11/2021	02/04/2026	1	* bye 2021 ^[8]
Arpita Ghosh	AITC	03/04/2020	02/04/2026	1	res 2021 ^[9]
Debaprasad Ghosh	JS	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1
Kunal Kumar Ghosh	AITC	03/04/2012	02/04/2018	1
Ram Narayan Goswami	CPM	22/10/1986	09/07/1987	1
Ram Narayan Goswami	CPM	10/07/1987	09/07/1993	2
Ram Narayan Goswami	CPM	19/08/1993	18/08/1999	3
Phulrenu Guha	INC	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	1
Bhupesh Gupta	CPI	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1
Bhupesh Gupta	CPI	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	2
Bhupesh Gupta	CPI	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	3
Bhupesh Gupta	CPI	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	4
Bhupesh Gupta	CPI	03/04/1976	02/04/1982	5	Death 06/08/1981
Manish Gupta	AITC	02/03/2017	02/04/2020	1	Bye-ele. RS 2017
Vivek Gupta	AITC	03/04/2012	02/04/2018	1
T. S. Gurung	CPM	03/04/1986	02/04/1992	1	Death 13/01/1989
Moinul Hassan	CPM	03/04/2006	02/04/2012	1
Md. Nadimul Haque	AITC	03/04/2012	02/04/2018	1
Md. Nadimul Haque	AITC	03/04/2018	02/04/2024	2	*
Ahmed Hassan Imran	AITC	03/04/2014	02/04/2020	1
Brinda Karat	CPM	19/08/2005	19/08/2011	1
Mehr Chand Khanna	INC	15/12/1956	26/02/1962	2	RS-DL 1955-56 Ele 3-LS New Delhi
Sarla Maheshwari	CPM	03/04/1990	02/04/1996	1
Sarla Maheshwari	CPM	19/08/1999	19/08/2005	2
Abha Maiti	INC	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	1	04/03/1962 Ele WB Assembly
Ashok Mitra	CPM	19/08/1993	18/08/1999	1
Pranab Mukherjee	INC	10/07/1969	09/07/1975	1
Pranab Mukherjee	INC	19/08/1999	13/05/2004	5	resigned Elected to LS
Samar Mukherjee	CPM	29/12/1986	09/07/1987	1
Samar Mukherjee	CPM	10/07/1987	09/07/1993	2
Barun Mukherji	AIFB	03/04/2006	02/04/2012	1	Res 05/06/2008
Barun Mukherji	AIFB	01/11/2008	02/04/2014	2	r of Biswas
Mausam Noor	AITC	03/04/2020	02/04/2026	1	*
Ananda Pathak	CPM	13/07/1977	02/04/1978	1
Ananda Pathak	CPM	03/04/1978	02/04/1984	2	09/01/1980
Saman Pathak	CPM	03/04/2006	02/04/2012	1
Bharati Ray	CPM	03/04/1996	02/04/2002	1
Abani Roy	RSP	24/03/1998	18/08/1999	1
Abani Roy	RSP	19/08/1999	18/08/2005	2
Abani Roy	RSP	19/08/2005	18/08/2011	3
Mukul Roy	AITC	03/04/2006	02/04/2012	1
Mukul Roy	AITC	03/04/2012	02/04/2018	2	Res 11/10/2017
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy	AITC	19/08/2011	18/08/2017	1
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy	AITC	19/08/2017	18/08/2023	2	*
Tarini Kanta Roy	CPM	03/04/2002	02/04/2008	1
Tarini Kanta Roy	CPM	03/04/2008	02/04/2014	2
Ashoke Kumar Sen	JD	03/04/1990	02/04/1996	1
Dola Sen	AITC	14/03/2015	18/08/2017	1	Bye 2015
Dola Sen	AITC	19/08/2017	18/08/2023	2	*
Santunu Sen	AITC	03/04/2018	02/04/2024	1	*
Tapan Kumar Sen	CPM	03/04/2006	02/04/2012	1
Tapan Kumar Sen	CPM	03/04/2012	02/04/2018	2
Arjun Kumar Sengupta	IND.	19/08/2005	18/08/2011	1	Death 26/09/2010
Kanwar Deep Singh	AITC	03/04/2014	02/04/2020	2	JH 2010-14
R.C.Singh	CPI	25/06/2008	02/04/2012	1	res of Mukherji
Abhishek Singhvi	INC	03/04/2018	02/04/2024	3	* RJ 2006-09, 2012–18
Jawhar Sircar	AITC	03/08/2021	02/04/2026	1	* bye 2021 ^[10]
Dinesh Trivedi	AITC	03/04/2002	02/04/2008	2	GUJ 1990-96
Dinesh Trivedi	AITC	03/04/2020	02/04/2026	3	res 2021 ^[11]
Sitaram Yechury	CPM	19/08/2005	18/08/2011	1
Sitaram Yechury	CPM	19/08/2011	18/08/2017	2

References[edit]

↑ "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.
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 "Statewise Retirement". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
↑ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Sansad Bhawan, New Delhi.
↑ "Trinamool Congress wins four Rajya Sabha seats in West Bengal; Congress bags two in Assam, three in Andhra Pradesh". NDTV. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 "Jethmalani, Kesri's RS term ends on April 2, 2000". rediff.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
↑ "Sushmita Dev elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from West Benga". The Hindu. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
↑ "TMC's Luizinho Faleiro Elected to Rajya Sabha Unopposed". News18. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
↑ "Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Arpita Ghosh resigns". The Hindu. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
↑ "TMC candidate Jawhar Sircar elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". Times of India. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
↑ "TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi announces resignation from Rajya Sabha". The Hindu. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

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[RSat-work-1] "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.

[members-2] "Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

[term-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Statewise Retirement". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

[RS-list-alpha-4] "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Sansad Bhawan, New Delhi.

[5] "Trinamool Congress wins four Rajya Sabha seats in West Bengal; Congress bags two in Assam, three in Andhra Pradesh". NDTV. Retrieved 8 February 2014.

[r2000-6] 6.0 ^6.1 "Jethmalani, Kesri's RS term ends on April 2, 2000". rediff.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

[7] "Sushmita Dev elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from West Benga". The Hindu. 27 September 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

[8] "TMC's Luizinho Faleiro Elected to Rajya Sabha Unopposed". News18. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

[9] "Trinamool Rajya Sabha MP Arpita Ghosh resigns". The Hindu. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

[10] "TMC candidate Jawhar Sircar elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". Times of India. 2 August 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

[11] "TMC MP Dinesh Trivedi announces resignation from Rajya Sabha". The Hindu. 12 February 2021. Retrieved 1 December 2021.

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