2011 Rajya Sabha elections

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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]

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Elections

Elections were held to elect members from Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal. The following members are elected in the elections held in 2011.

Goa

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1. Shantaram Naik INC Shantaram Naik INC [2]

Gujarat

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1. Ahmed Patel INC Ahmed Patel INC
2. Pravin Naik BJP Smriti Irani BJP
3. Surendra Motilal Patel Dilip Pandya

West Bengal

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
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]

Karnataka

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1. M. Rajasekara Murthy JDS Hema Malini BJP [6]

Madhya Pradesh

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1. Arjun Singh INC Meghraj Jain BJP

Maharashtra

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1. Prithviraj Chavan INC Husain Dalwai INC

Tamil Nadu

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1. K. P. Ramalingam DMK A. W. Rabi Bernard AIADMK [7]

Assam

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1. Silvius Condpan INC Pankaj Bora INC

Bihar

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1. Sabir Ali LJP Sabir Ali JDU [8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Including 6 casual vacancies

References

  1. 1 2 "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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