2010 Rajya Sabha elections

2010 Rajya Sabha elections

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Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2010, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held to elect respectively 13 members from 6 states, ^[1] 49 members from 12 states, ^[2] six members from Andhra Pradesh ^[3] and two members from Haryana for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha. ^[4]

March Elections

Elections were held to elect members from various states.

Members elected

The following members are elected in the elections held in 2010. The list is incomplete.

Assam

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Silvius Condpan		Congress	Silvius Condpan		Congress
2	Syeda Anwara Taimur			Naznin Faruque

Himachal Pradesh

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Anand Sharma		Congress	Bimla Kashyap Sood		BJP

Kerala

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	A. K. Antony		Congress	A. K. Antony		Congress
2	P. V. Abdul Wahab		IUML	K.N. Balagopal		CPI(M)
3	A. Vijayaraghavan		CPI(M)	T N Seema

Nagaland

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Khekiho Zhimomi		NPF	Khekiho Zhimomi		NPF	[5]

Tripura

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Matilal Sarkar		CPI(M)	Jharna Das		CPI(M)

Punjab

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	M S Gill		Congress	M S Gill		Congress
2	Ashwini Kumar			Ashwini Kumar
3	Dharam Pal Sabharwal			Avinash Rai Khanna		BJP
4	Varinder Singh Bajwa		SAD	Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa		SAD
5	Naresh Gujral			Naresh Gujral

June Elections

Andhra Pradesh

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Jairam Ramesh		Congress	Jairam Ramesh		Congress
2	N. Janardhana Reddy			N. Janardhana Reddy
3	Jesudasu Seelam			Jesudasu Seelam
4	V. Hanumantha Rao			V. Hanumantha Rao
5	Gireesh Kumar Sanghi			Sujana Chowdary		TDP
6	Penumalli Madhu		CPI(M)	Gundu Sudha Rani

Bihar

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Ejaz Ali		JD(U)	Ramchandra Prasad Singh		JD(U)	[5]
2	George Fernandes			Upendra Kushwaha
3	Subhash Prasad Yadav		RJD	Ram Kripal Yadav		RJD
4	Rajiv Pratap Rudy		BJP	Rajiv Pratap Rudy		BJP
5	R. K. Dhawan		Congress	Ram Vilas Paswan		LJP

Chhattisgarh

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Nand Kumar Sai		BJP	Nand Kumar Sai		BJP
2	Mohsina Kidwai		Congress	Mohsina Kidwai		Congress

Haryana

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Birender Singh		Congress	Birender Singh		Congress
2	Tarlochan Singh		Independent	Ranbir Singh Gangwa		INLD

Rajya Sabha members for term 2010-2016

State	Member Name	Party	Remark
JH	Dhiraj Prasad Sahu	INC
JH	K. D. Singh	JMM
KA	Oscar Fernandes	INC
KA	M. Venkaiah Naidu	BJP
KA	Aayanur Manjunath	BJP
KA	Vijay Mallya	IND.
MP	Anil Madhav Dave	BJP
MP	Chandan Mitra	BJP
MP	Vijayalaxmi Sadho	INC
MH	Piyush Goyal	BJP
MH	Ishwarlal Jain	BJP
MH	Avinash Pande	INC
MH	Vijay J. Darda	INC
MH	Sanjay Raut	SS
MH	Praful Patel	NCP
OR	Baishnab Charan Parida	BJD
OR	Pyarimohan Mohapatra	BJD
OR	Shashi Bhusan Behera	BJD
PB	Ambika Soni	INC
PB	Balwinder Singh Bhunder	SAD
RJ	Ashk Ali Tak	BJP
RJ	Ram Jethmalani	BJP
RJ	Vijayendrapal Singh	BJP
RJ	Anand Sharma	INC
TN	K. P. Ramalingam	DMK
TN	S. Thangavelu	DMK
TN	A. Navaneethakrishnan	ADMK
TN	P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian	ADMK
TN	A. W. Rabi Bernard	ADMK
TN	E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan	INC
TG	Gundu Sudha Rani	TRS
TG	V. Hanumantha Rao	INC
UP	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi	BJP
UP	Vishambhar Prasad Nishad	SP
UP	Kanak Lata Singh	SP
UP	Arvind Kumar Singh	SP
UP	Rasheed Masood	SP	res 09/03/2012
UP	Satish Sharma	INC
UP	Jugal Kishore	BSP
UP	Narendra Kumar Kashyap	BSP
UP	Salim Ansari	BSP
UP	Rajpal Singh Saini	BSP
UP	Satish Chandra Mishra	BSP
UP	Ambeth Rajan	BSP
UK	Tarun Vijay	BJP

Bye-elections

The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Gujarat, ^[6] Rajashthan, ^[2] Uttar Pradesh. ^[7]

Gujarat

• Bye-elections were held on 25 February 2010 for vacancy from Gujarat due to death of seating member of BJP.

S.No	Former MP	Party		Date of Vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of appointment	Date of retirement
1	Suryakantbhai Acharya		BJP	21 December 2009	Pravin Naik		BJP	25 February 2010	18 August 2011

Rajasthan

• Bye-elections were held on 17 June 2010 for vacancy from Rajasthan due to death of seating member of BJP.

S.No	Former MP	Party		Date of Vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of appointment	Date of retirement
1	Krishan Lal Balmiki		BJP	21 April 2010	Narendra Budania		Congress	17 June 2010	2 April 2012

Uttar Pradesh

• Bye-elections were held on 15 July 2010 for vacancy from Uttar Pradesh due to death of seating member of SP.

S.No	Former MP	Party		Date of Vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of appointment	Date of retirement
1	Virendra Bhatia		SP	24 May 2010	Pramod Kureel		BSP	15 July 2010	2 April 2012

Notes

1. Including 3 casual vacancies

References

1. "Biennial Elections to the Council of States to fill the seats of members retiring in April, 2010" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
2. "Biennial and Bye-Elections to the Council of States" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
3. "Biennial Election to the Council of States from the State of Andhra Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
4. "Biennial Election to the Council of States from the State of Haryana" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
6. "Bye-Election to the Council of States" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
7. "Bye-Election to the Council of States" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.