2015 Rajya Sabha elections

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2015 Rajya Sabha elections
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  2014 Various dates in 2015 2016  

13 seats to the Rajya Sabha
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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]

Contents

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Biennial elections to the Council of States from the State of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2015.
  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.