2011 Rajya Sabha elections
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Elections were held on various dates in 2011 to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held on 22 July to elect respectively 1 member from Goa, 3 members from Gujarat and 6 members from West Bengal for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.[1]
Elections
Elections were held to elect members from Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal. The following members are elected in the elections held in 2011.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Shantaram Naik | INC | Shantaram Naik | INC | [2] | ||
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ahmed Patel | INC | Ahmed Patel | INC | |||
| 2. | Pravin Naik | BJP | Smriti Irani | BJP | |||
| 3. | Surendra Motilal Patel | Dilip Pandya | |||||
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Abani Roy | RSP | Sukhendu Sekhar Roy | AITC | |||
| 2. | Arjun Kumar Sengupta | IND | Derek O'Brien | ||||
| 3. | Mohammed Amin | CPI(M) | Debabrata Bandyopadhyay | ||||
| 4. | Swapan Sadhan Bose | AITC | Srinjoy Bose | ||||
| 5. | Sitaram Yechury | CPI(M) | Sitaram Yechury | CPI(M) | |||
| 6. | Brinda Karat | Pradip Bhattacharya | INC | ||||
Bye-elections
The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Karnataka,[3] Madhya Pradesh,[4] Maharashtra & Tamil Nadu,[1] Assam and Bihar.[5]
- Bye-elections were held on 3 March 2011 for vacancy from Karnataka due to death of seating member M. Rajasekara Murthy on 05/12/2010 with term ending on 02/04/2012.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | M. Rajasekara Murthy | JDS | Hema Malini | BJP | [6] | ||
- Bye-elections were held on 12 May 2011 for vacancy from Madhya Pradesh due to death of seating member Arjun Singh on 04/03/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2012.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Arjun Singh | INC | Meghraj Jain | BJP | |||
- Bye-elections were held on 22 July 2011 for vacancy from Maharashtra due to resignation of seating member Prithviraj Chavan on 06/05/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2014
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Prithviraj Chavan | INC | Husain Dalwai | INC | |||
- Bye-elections were held on 22 July 2011 for vacancy from Tamil Nadu due to resignation of K. P. Ramalingam on 20/05/2011 with term ending on 29/06/2016.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | K. P. Ramalingam | DMK | A. W. Rabi Bernard | AIADMK | [7] | ||
- Bye-elections were held on 22 December 2011 for vacancy from Assam due to death of seating member Silvius Condpan on 10/10/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2016.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Silvius Condpan | INC | Pankaj Bora | INC | |||
- Bye-elections were held on 22 December 2011 for vacancy from Bihar due to resignation of Sabir Ali of LJP on 15/11/2011 with term ending on 09/04/2014.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Sabir Ali | LJP | Sabir Ali | JDU | [8] | ||
References
- ^ a b "Biennial and Bye - Elections to the Council of States" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Statewise Retirement". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
- ^ "Bye-Election to the Council of States from Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Bye-Election to the Council of States from Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Bye - Elections to the Council of States" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
- ^ "Kannada writer vs Hema Malini in RS polls". news18. 21 Feb 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
- ^ "Rabi Bernard, AIADMK nominee for Rajya Sabha". The Hindu. June 29, 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
- ^ "Rajya Sabha accepts LJP MP Sabir Ali's resignation". Retrieved 2 November 2017.