2008 Rajya Sabha elections

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Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2008, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held to elect respectively 55 members from 15 states, [1] four members from Karnataka and one member from Mizoram and Aruncahl Pradesh, [2] and 11 members from two states [3] for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.

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Elections

Elections were held to elect members from various states.

Members elected

The following members are elected in the elections held in 2008. The list is incomplete.

State - Member - Party

Rajya Sabha members for term 2008-2014
StateMember NamePartyRemark
MH [1] Husain Dalwai INC
MH Murli Deora INC
MH Janardan Waghmare NCP
MH Yogendra P. Tiwari NCP
MH Rajkumar Dhoot SS
MH Bharatkumar Raut SS
MH Prakash Javadekar BJP
OR [1] Balbir Punj BJP
OR Mangala Kisan BJD
OR Renubala Pradhan BJD
OR Rama Chandra Khuntia INC
TN [1] S A A Jinnah DMK
TN Vasanthi Stanley DMK
TN G. K. Vasan INC
TN Jayanthi Natarajan INC
TN N. Balaganga ADMK
TN T. K. Rangarajan CPM
WB [1] Tarini Kanta Roy CPM
WB Barun Mukherji AIFB
WB Prasanta Chatterjee CPM
WB Shyamal Chakraborty CPM
WB Ahmed Saeed Malihabadi IND
AP [1] T. Subbarami Reddy INC
AP Nandi Yellaiah INC
AP Mohd. Ali Khan INC
AP T. Ratna Bai INC
AP K. V. P. Ramachandra Rao INC
AP Nandamuri Harikrishna TDP
AS [1] Biswajit Daimary BPF
AS Birendra Prasad Baishya AGP
AS Bhubaneswar Kalita INC
BH [1] C P Thakur BJPR
BH Shivanand Tiwari JDU
BH N. K. Singh JDU
BH Sabir Ali JDU
BH Prem Chand Gupta RJD
CG [1] Motilal Vora INCR
CG Shivpratap Singh BJP
GJ [1] Alka Balram Kshatriya INCR
GJ Natuji Halaji Thakor BJP
GJ Parsottambhai Rupala BJP
GJ Bharatsinh Parmar BJP
HR [1] Ishwar Singh INC
HR Ram Prakash INC
HP [1] Shanta Kumar BJP
JH [1] Jai Prakash Narayan Singh BJP
JH Parimal Nathwani IND
MP [1] Prabhat Jha BJP
MP Maya Singh BJP
MP Raghunandan Sharma BJP
MN [1] Rishang Keishing INC
RJ [1] Om Prakash Mathur BJP
RJDr Gyan Prakash Pilania BJP
RJ Prabha Thakur INC
MG [1] Wansuk Syiem INC
AR [2] Mukut Mithi INC
KA [2] B. K. Hariprasad INC
KA S M Krishna INC
KA Prabhakar Kore BJP
KA Rama Jois BJP
MZ [2] Lalhmingliana INC
UP [3] Akhilesh Das Gupta BSP
UP Amar_Singh BJP
UP Avtar Singh Karimpuri BSP
UP Kusum Rai BJP
UP Brijlal Khabari BSP
UP Brajesh Pathak BSP
UP Rajaram BSP
UPProf Ram Gopal Yadav SP
UP Veer_Singh BSP
UP Mohammad Adeeb BSP
UK [3] Bhagat Singh Koshyari BJP

Bye-elections

The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Bihar, [4] Nagaland, West Bengal and Bihar, [5] West Bengal, [6] and Madhya Pradesh. [7]

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