2009 Rajya Sabha elections

2009 Rajya Sabha elections

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(of 228 seats) to the Rajya Sabha
First party Second party   Leader Manmohan Singh Jaswant Singh Party INC BJP

Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2009, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held to elect respectively four members from Jammu and Kashmir, three members from Kerala ^[1] and one member from Pondicherry for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha. ^[2]

Elections

Elections were held to elect members from states of J&K, KL, PY.

Members elected

The following members are elected in the elections held in 2009. They are members for the term 2009-2015 and retire in year 2015, except in case of the resignation or death before the term. The list is incomplete.

Member - Party - State

Rajya Sabha members for term 2009-2015

State	Member Name	Party	Remark
Jammu and Kashmir	Saifuddin Soz	INC	R
Jammu and Kashmir	Ghulam Nabi Azad	INC
Jammu and Kashmir	G. N. Ratanpuri	JKNC
Jammu and Kashmir	Mohammad Shafi	JKNC
Kerala	M. P. Achuthan	CPM
Kerala	P Rajeev	CPM
Kerala	Vayalar Ravi	INC
Puducherry	P. Kannan	INC

Members retired

State - Member - Party

1. JK - S. Tarlok Singh - JKPDP
2. JK - Saifuddin Soz - INC
3. JK - Farooq Abdullah - JKNC
4. JK - Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad - JKPDP (members from J&K retired in Nov 2008 )

1. KL - K. Chandran Pillai - CPM
2. KL - Thennala Balakrishna Pillai - INC
3. KL - Vayalar Ravi - INC

1. PY - V. Narayanasamy - INC

Bye-elections

The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Andhra Pradesh, ^[3] Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh, ^{[4] [5]} and Bihar. ^[6]

• Bye-elections were held on 23 March 2009 for vacancy from Andhra Pradesh due to resignation of seating member C. Ramachandraiahon 22/01/2009 with term ending on 21/06/2010.N. Janardhana Reddy of INC became member since 01/04/2009.

• Bye-elections were held on 20 June 2009 for vacancy from Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh due to resignations of seating member Digvijay Singh on 05/04/2009 with term ending on 07/07/2010 and seating member Banwari Lal Kanchhal on 23/04/2009 with term ending on 02/04/2012. From JH Dhiraj Prasad Sahu of INC and from UP Ganga Charan Rajput of BSP became the members.

• Bye-elections were held on 20 June 2009 for vacancy from Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh due to elections of Lok Sabha of seating member Yashwant Sinha on 16/05/2009 with term ending on 07/07/2010 and seating member Murli Manohar Joshi on 23/04/2009 with term ending on 04/07/2010. From JH Hemant Soren of JMM and from UP Shriram Pal of BSP became the members.

• Bye-elections were held on 4 August 2009 for vacancy from Bihar due to elections of Lok Sabha of seating member Sharad Yadav of JDS on 13/05/2009 with term ending on 07/07/2010. From BH George Fernandes of JDS became the member. ^[7]

• Bye-elections were held on 8 January 2010 for vacancy from Bihar due to death of seating member Mahendra Sahni of JDU on 06/11/2009 with term ending on 02/04/2012. Dr Anil Kumar Sahani of JDU became the member.

References

1. "Biennial Elections to the Council of States from the States of Jammu & Kashmir and Kerala" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
2. "Biennial Election to the Council of States from the Union Territory of Puducherry" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
3. "Bye-Election to the Council of States" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
4. "Bye-elections to the Council of States from the States of Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
5. "Bye-elections to the Council of States from the States of Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
6. "Bye-elections to the Council of States from Bihar" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 October 2017. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
7. Sahay, Anand Mohan (30 July 2009). "Fernandes files nomination for RS by poll as JD-U candidate". Rediff. Archived from the original on 2 August 2009. Retrieved 11 September 2010.