2011 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha 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.

Members elected

The following members are elected in the elections held in 2011.

Sr No State Elected MP Party Date of retirement Reference
1 Goa Shantaram Naik INC 28 July 2017 [2]
2 Gujarat Ahmed Patel INC 18 August 2017
Smriti Irani BJP
Dilip Pandya
3 West Bengal Sukhendu Sekhar Roy AITC
Derek O'Brien
Debabrata Bandyopadhyay
Srinjoy Bose
Sitaram Yechury CPI(M)
Pradip Bhattacharya INC

Members retired

State - Member - Party

  1. GA - Shantaram Naik - INC
  2. GJ - Ahmed Patel - INC
  3. GJ - Pravin Naik - BJP
  4. GJ - Surendra Motilal Patel - BJP
  5. WB - Abani Roy - RSP
  6. WB - vacant (D of Arjun Kumar Sengupta) - IND.
  7. WB - Mohammed Amin - CPM
  8. WB - Brinda Karat - CPM
  9. WB - Sitaram Yechury - CPM
  10. WB - Swapan Sadhan Bose - AITC

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. [3].Hema Malini from BJP became the member.[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.[4].Meghraj Jain from BJP became the member.
  • 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 and from Tamil Nadu due to resignation of K. P. Ramalingam on 20/05/2011 with term ending on 29/06/2016.[1]Husain Dalwai of INC from MH got elected. A. W. Rabi Bernard of AIADMK from TN[7] got elected.
  • 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 and from Bihar due to resignation of Sabir Ali of LJP on 15/11/2011 with term ending on 09/04/2014.[5] Pankaj Bora of INC got elected from Assam.Sabir Ali got re-elected from Bihar as JDU candidate.[8]

References
  1. "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.
  2. "Statewise Retirement". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  3. "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.
  4. "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.
  5. "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.
  6. "Kannada writer vs Hema Malini in RS polls". news18. 21 Feb 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  7. "Rabi Bernard, AIADMK nominee for Rajya Sabha". The Hindu. June 29, 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  8. "Rajya Sabha accepts LJP MP Sabir Ali's resignation". Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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