2016 Rajya Sabha elections

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2016 Rajya Sabha elections
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  2015 March 14 and June 11, 2016 2017  

70 seats to the Rajya Sabha
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  Ghulam Nabi Azad-cropped.JPG Arun Jaitley 2017.jpg
Leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Arun Jaitley
Party INC BJP
Alliance UPA NDA
Leader sinceJune 8, 2014June 3, 2009
Leader's seat Jammu and Kashmir Gujarat
Seats before6648
Seats won60 (including incumbents)55 (including incumbents)
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 6Increase2.svg 7

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The 2016 Rajya Sabha elections were held as part of a routine six-year cycle among certain of the State Legislatures in India on March 14 and June 11, 2016, to elect 13 and 57 of its 245 members, of which the states through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President. [1] [2] Being even-numbered, 2016 was a year in which about 30% of the State Legislature-elected 233-seat component of the body is elected.

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There were also two by-elections, which are held if the incumbent resigns, dies, or is otherwise disqualified from serving.

March elections

The election of March 14, 2016 was held to elect 13 members for duration of 6 years from 6 states to the Rajya Sabha. The seats in following states were up for election with terms of sitting members ending as: Assam - 2 seats, Himachal Pradesh - 1 seat, Kerala - 3 seats, Tripura - 1 seat all term ending on 2 April 201; Nagaland - 1 seat with term ending on 2 April 2016 but vacant since 26 November 2015 and Punjab - 5 seats with term ending on 9 April 2016. [1]

Assam

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Naznin Faruque Congress Ranee Narah Congress [3]
2 Pankaj Bora Ripun Bora

Himachal Pradesh

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Bimla Kashyap Sood BJP Anand Sharma Congress [4]

Kerala

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 A. K. Antony Congress A. K. Antony Congress [5]
2 K.N. Balagopal CPI(M) M. P. Veerendra Kumar JD(U)
3 T N Seema K. Somaprasad CPI(M)

Nagaland

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Khekiho Zhimomi
Vacant
NPF K. G. Kenye NPF [5]

Tripura

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Jharna Das CPI(M) Jharna Das CPI(M) [6]

Punjab

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 M S Gill Congress Pratap Singh Bajwa Congress [ citation needed ]
2 Ashwini Kumar Shamsher Singh Dullo
3 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa SAD Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa SAD
4 Naresh Gujral Naresh Gujral
5 Avinash Rai Khanna BJP Shwet Malik BJP

June elections

The election of June 11, 2016 was held to elect 57 members from 15 states to the Rajya Sabha. The seats in following states were up for election: [2]

Andhra Pradesh

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Nirmala Sitaraman BJP Suresh Prabhu BJP [5]
2 Y. S. Chowdary TDP Y. S. Chowdary TDP
3 Jairam Ramesh Congress T G Venkatesh
4 Jesudasu Seelam Congress V. Vijaysai Reddy YSRCP

Bihar

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Sharad Yadav JD(U) Sharad Yadav JD(U) [5]
2 Ramchandra Prasad Singh JD(U) Ramchandra Prasad Singh
3 K. C. Tyagi JD(U) Ram Jethmalani RJD
4 Gulam Rasool Balyawi JD(U) Misa Bharti
5 Pavan Kumar Varma JD(U) Gopal Narayan Singh BJP

Chhattisgarh

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Nand Kumar Sai BJP Ramvichar Netam BJP [5]
2 Mohsina Kidwai Congress Chhaya Verma Congress [5]

Haryana

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Birender Singh BJP Birender Singh BJP [5]
2 Suresh Prabhu BJP Subhash Chandra Independent [5]

Jharkhand

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 M J Akbar BJP Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi BJP [5]
2 Dhiraj Prasad Sahu Congress Mahesh Poddar BJP [5]

Karnataka

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Oscar Fernandes Congress Oscar Fernandes INC [5]
2 Aayanur Manjunath BJP Jairam Ramesh
3Dr Vijay Mallya Independent K. C. Ramamurthy
4 M. Venkaiah Naidu BJP Nirmala Sitharaman BJP

Madhya Pradesh

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Anil Madhav Dave BJP Anil Madhav Dave BJP [5]
2 Chandan Mitra BJP M. J. Akbar BJP
3Dr Vijayalaxmi Sadho Congress Vivek Tankha Congress

Maharashtra

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Piyush Goyal BJP Piyush Goyal BJP [5]
2 Ishwarlal Jain NCP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe
3 Avinash Pande Congress Vikas Mahatme
4 Vijay J. Darda Congress P. Chidambaram Congress
5 Praful Patel NCP Praful Patel NCP
6 Sanjay Raut SHS Sanjay Raut SHS

Odisha

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Baishnab Charan Parida BJD N. Bhaskar Rao BJD [5]
2 Pyarimohan Mohapatra BJD Prasanna Acharya BJD
3 Bhupinder Singh BJD Bishnu Charan Das BJD

Punjab

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Ambika Soni Congress Ambika Soni Congress [5]
2 Balwinder Singh Bhunder SAD Balwinder Singh Bhunder SAD [5]

Rajasthan

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Ashk Ali Tak Congress Om Prakash Mathur BJP [5]
2 Ram Jethmalani BJP M. Venkaiah Naidu
3 Vijayendrapal Singh BJP Ram Kumar Verma
4 Anand Sharma Congress Harshvardhan Singh

Tamil Nadu

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 K. P. Ramalingam DMK R. S. Bharathi DMK [5]
2 S. Thangavelu DMK T. K. S. Elangovan DMK
3 A. Navaneethakrishnan ADMK A. Navaneethakrishnan ADMK
4 P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian ADMK S. R. Balasubramoniyan ADMK
5 A. W. Rabi Bernard ADMK A. Vijayakumar ADMK
6 E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan Congress R. Vaithilingam ADMK

Telangana

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Gundu Sudha Rani TDP D. Srinivas TRS [5]
2 V. Hanumantha Rao Congress V. Lakshmikantha Rao TRS [5]

Uttar Pradesh

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi BJP Shiv Pratap Shukla BJP [5]
2 Vishambhar Prasad Nishad SP Vishambhar Prasad Nishad SP
3Smt Kanak Lata Singh SP Amar Singh Independent
4 Arvind Kumar Singh SP Surendra Nagar SP
5 Satish Sharma Congress Kapil Sibal Congress
6 Jugal Kishore BSP Sanjay Seth SP
7 Narendra Kumar Kashyap BSP Sukhram Singh Yadav SP
8 Salim Ansari BSP Rewati Raman Singh SP
9 Rajpal Singh Saini BSP Beni Prasad Verma SP
10 Satish Chandra Mishra BSP Satish Chandra Mishra BSP
11 Ambeth Rajan BSP Ashok Siddharth BSP

Uttarakhand

Seat NoPrevious MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1 Tarun Vijay BJP Pradeep Tamta Congress [5]

Bye elections

Gujarat

S.NoFormer MPPartyDate of VacancyElected MPPartyDate of appointmentDate of retirement
1 Praveen Rashtrapal Indian National Congress 12 May 2016 Parshottam Rupala Bharatiya Janata Party 11 June 20162 April 2018

Madhya Pradesh

S.NoFormer MPPartyDate of VacancyElected MPPartyDate of appointmentDate of retirement
1 Najma Heptullah Bharatiya Janata Party 20 August La Ganesan Bharatiya Janata Party 7 October 20162 April 2018

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