2008 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2008, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held to elect respectively 55 members from 15 states,[1] four members from Karnataka and one member from Mizoram and Aruncahl Pradesh,[2] and 11 members from two states[3] for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.

Elections

Elections were held to elect members from various states.

Members elected

The following members are elected in the elections held in 2008. The list is incomplete.

State - Member - Party

Rajya Sabha members for term 2008-2014
StateMember NamePartyRemark
MH[1]Husain DalwaiINC
MHMurli DeoraINC
MH Janardan WaghmareNCP
MHYogendra P. TiwariNCP
MHRajkumar DhootSS
MHBharatkumar RautSS
MHPrakash JavadekarBJP
OR[1]Balbir PunjBJP
ORMangala KisanBJD
ORRenubala PradhanBJD
ORRama Chandra KhuntiaINC
TN[1]S A A JinnahDMK
TNVasanthi StanleyDMK
TNG. K. VasanINC
TN Jayanthi NatarajanINC
TNN. BalagangaADMK
TNT. K. RangarajanCPM
WB[1]Tarini Kanta RoyCPM
WBBarun MukherjiAIFB
WBPrasanta ChatterjeeCPM
WBShyamal ChakrabortyCPM
WBAhmed Saeed MalihabadiIND
AP[1]T. Subbarami Reddy INC
APNandi Yellaiah INC
APMohd. Ali Khan INC
APT. Ratna Bai INC
APK. V. P. Ramachandra Rao INC
APNandamuri HarikrishnaTDP
AS[1]Biswajit DaimaryBPF
AS Birendra Prasad BaishyaAGP
ASBhubaneswar KalitaINC
BH[1]C P ThakurBJPR
BHShivanand TiwariJDU
BHN. K. SinghJDU
BHSabir AliJDU
BHPrem Chand GuptaRJD
CG[1]Motilal VoraINCR
CG Shivpratap SinghBJP
GJ[1]Alka Balram KshatriyaINCR
GJNatuji Halaji ThakorBJP
GJParsottambhai RupalaBJP
GJBharatsinh ParmarBJP
HR[1]Ishwar SinghINC
HRRam PrakashINC
HP[1]Shanta KumarBJP
JH[1]Jai Prakash Narayan SinghBJP
JHParimal NathwaniIND
MP[1]Prabhat JhaBJP
MPMaya SinghBJP
MPRaghunandan SharmaBJP
MN[1]Rishang KeishingINC
RJ[1]Om Prakash MathurBJP
RJDr Gyan Prakash PilaniaBJP
RJPrabha ThakurINC
MG[1]Wansuk SyiemINC
AR[2]Mukut MithiINC
KA[2] B. K. HariprasadINC
KA S M KrishnaINC
KAPrabhakar KoreBJP
KA Rama JoisBJP
MZ[2]LalhminglianaINC
UP[3]Akhilesh Das GuptaBSP
UPAmar_SinghBJP
UPAvtar Singh KarimpuriBSP
UPKusum RaiBJP
UPBrijlal KhabariBSP
UPBrajesh PathakBSP
UPRajaramBSP
UPProf Ram Gopal YadavSP
UPVeer_SinghBSP
UPMohammad AdeebBSP
UK[3]Bhagat Singh KoshyariBJP

Bye-elections

The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Bihar,[4] Nagaland, West Bengal and Bihar,[5] West Bengal,[6] and Madhya Pradesh.[7]

  • Bye-election was held on 26 March 2008 for vacancy from Bihar due to death of seating member Motiur Rahman on 18/12/2007 with term ending on 07/07/2010. Dr Ejaz Ali of JDU got elected unopposed.[8]
  • Bye-elections were held on 26 June 2008 for vacancy from Nagaland due to resignation of seating member T. R. Zeliang of NPF on 24/03/2008 with term ending on 02/04/2010, from West Bengal due to resignation of seating member Barun Mukherjee of AIFB on 06/05/2008 with term ending on 02/04/2012, and from Bihar due to disqualification of seating member Jai Narain Prasad Nishad of BJP on 26/03/2008 with term ending on 19/07/2010.H. Khekiho Zhimomi of NPF for Nagaland, Rajiv Pratap Rudy of BJP & R.C.Singh of CPI for West Bengal became members.
  • Bye-election was held on 21 November 2008 for vacancy from West Bengal due to resignation of seating member Debabrata Biswas of AIFB on 23/09/2010 with term ending on 02/04/2014. Barun Mukherji of AIFB became the member
  • Bye-election was held on 22 January 2009 for vacancy from Madhya Pradesh due to death of seating member Laxminarayan Sharma of BJP on 17/10/2008 with term ending on 29/06/2010. Narendra Singh Tomar of BJP became the member.

References
  1. "Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)-2014" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. "Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)and Legislative Council-2014" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  3. "Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand -2014" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 April 2015. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. "Biennial/Bye Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and State Legislative Councils of Bihar and Maharashtra by (MLAs)-2008" (PDF). ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  5. "Biennial Elections and Bye-Elections to the Council of States and State Legislative Councils by (MLAs)" (PDF). ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  6. "Biennial Elections and Bye-Election to the Council of States" (PDF). ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  7. "Biennial Election & Bye-Election to the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council by Members of Legislative Assembly and bye-election to the Council of States from Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). ECI New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2017.
  8. "Ejaz Ali makes it to Rajya Sabha, unopposed". Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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