2015 Rajya Sabha elections

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2015 Rajya Sabha elections
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Leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Arun Jaitley
Party INC BJP
Alliance UPA NDA
Leader since8 June 20143 June 2009
Leader's seat Jammu and Kashmir Gujarat
Seats before6945
Seats won6648
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Rajya Sabha elections were held in India in 2015 to elect eight members of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Five by-elections were also held. The regular elections were held to fill seats in the States of Jammu and Kashmir, [1] Kerala, [2] and the Union Territory of Pondicherry. [3]

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Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir had an election on 7 February 2015. [1]

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Ghulam Nabi Azad Indian National Congress Ghulam Nabi Azad Indian National Congress [4]
2 Saifuddin Soz Shamsheer Singh Manhas Bharatiya Janata Party
3 G. N. Ratanpuri Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Fayaz Ahmad Mir Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party
4Mohammad Shafi Nazir Ahmad Laway

Kerala

Kerala was supposed to have an election on 16 April 2015. [2] But, the election was postponed to 20 April. [5]

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1M. P. Achuthan Communist Party of India (Marxist) K.K. Ragesh Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
2 P Rajeev P. V. Abdul Wahab Indian Union Muslim League
3 Vayalar Ravi Indian National Congress Vayalar Ravi Indian National Congress

Pondicherry

Pondicherry held the election on 28 September 2015 to elect one Member of Parliament. [3]

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected Party
1P. Kannan Indian National Congress N Gokulakrishnan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Bye elections

The following bye-elections were also held in 2015.

Sr NoStatePrevious MPPartyReferenceElected MPPartyReference
1 Maharashtra Murli Deora Congress [7] Amar Shankar Sable BJP [8]
2 Uttarakhand Manorama Dobriyal Sharma Raj Babbar Congress
3 West Bengal Srinjoy Bose Trinamool Congress Dola Sen Trinamool Congress
4 Jharkhand Kanwar Deep Singh JMM [9] M. J. Akbar BJP [10]
5 Odisha Kalpataru Das BJD [11] Narendra Kumar Swain BJD [12]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Biennial elections to the Council of States from Kerala" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Biennial elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from the Union Territory of Pondicherry" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2016.
  4. ↑ "Rajya Sabha Polls in Jammu and Kashmir: BJP Opens Account, PDP Wins Two". NDTV. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  5. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "No surprises in Kerala Rajya Sabha election". The Pioneer . Kochi. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  7. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ↑ "Congress leader Raj Babbar, BJP's Amar Shankar Sable take oath in Rajya Sabha". News Nation . 17 March 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  9. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ↑ "MJ Akbar Wins Rajya Sabha By-Poll from Jharkhand". NDTV.com. 2 July 2015.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ↑ "BJD candidate Narendra Kumar Swain elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Odisha". Economic Times. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
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