The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Uttarakhand state elects three members and they are indirectly elected by the members of Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly. Members are elected for six years and one-third of members are retired after every two years. The number of seats allocated to the party, are determined by the number of seats a party possesses during nomination and the party nominates a member to be voted on. Elections within the state legislatures are held using single transferable voting with proportional representation. [1]
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BJP (3)
Source: Parliament of India (Rajya Sabha) [2]
# | Name [3] | Party | Date of appointment [4] | Date of retirement [4] | Election | |
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1 | Naresh Bansal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 26 November 2020 | 25 November 2026 | 2020 | |
2 | Kalpana Saini | Bharatiya Janata Party | 5 July 2022 | 4 July 2028 | 2022 | |
3 | Mahendra Bhatt | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3 April 2024 | 2 April 2030 | 2024 |
This is the list of all Rajya Sabha members from Uttarakhand in chronological order.
Keys: BJP INC
Source: Parliament of India (Rajya Sabha) [5]
No. | Name | Potrait | Party | Term | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | Election | Notes | |
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1 | Manohar Kant Dhyani | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 26 November 1996 | 25 November 2002 | 1996 | Elected as the Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh. Continued the term as the Rajya Sabha members from Uttarakhand onwards 9 November 2000. | ||
2 | Sangh Priya Gautam | Bharatiya Janata Party | 5 July 1998 | 4 July 2004 | 1998 | ||||
3 | Sushma Swaraj | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3 April 2000 | 2 April 2006 | 2000 | ||||
4 | Harish Rawat | Indian National Congress | 26 November 2002 | 25 November 2008 | 2002 | ||||
5 | Satish Sharma | Indian National Congress | 5 July 2004 | 4 July 2010 | 2004 | ||||
6 | Satyavrat Chaturvedi | Indian National Congress | 3 April 2006 | 2 April 2012 | 2006 | ||||
7 | Bhagat Singh Koshyari | Bharatiya Janata Party | 26 November 2008 | 16 May 2014 | 2008 | Resigned due to his election to the 16th Lok Sabha. | |||
8 | Tarun Vijay | Bharatiya Janata Party | 5 July 2010 | 4 July 2016 | 2010 | ||||
9 | Mahendra Singh Mahra | Indian National Congress | 3 April 2012 | 2 April 2018 | 2012 | ||||
10 | Manorama Dobriyal Sharma | Indian National Congress | 26 November 2014 | 18 February 2015 | 2014 | Died in office 18 February 2015 | |||
11 | Raj Babbar | Indian National Congress | 14 March 2015 | 25 November 2020 | 2015 | Elected in the by-election. | |||
12 | Pradeep Tamta | Indian National Congress | 5 July 2016 | 4 July 2022 | 2016 | ||||
13 | Anil Baluni | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3 April 2018 | 2 April 2024 | 2018 | ||||
14 | Naresh Bansal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 26 November 2020 | 25 November 2026 | 2020 | ||||
15 | Kalpana Saini | Bharatiya Janata Party | 5 July 2022 | 4 July 2028 | 2022 | ||||
16 | Mahendra Bhatt | Bharatiya Janata Party | 3 April 2024 | 2 April 2030 | 2024 |
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