Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1996, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper house. 59 members from 17 states,[1] 1 member from Mizoram State,[2] and 15 members from 3 states of JK, UK and UP were elected.[3][4]

Elections

Elections were held in 1996 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete.

Members elected

The following members are elected in the elections held in 1996. They are members for the term 1996-2002 and retire in year 2002, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.

State - Member - Party

Rajya Sabha members for term 1996-2002
State Member Name Party Remark
Maharashtra[1] Suresh A Keswani IND R
Maharashtra Vedprakash P. Goyal BJP
Maharashtra Shankarrao Chavan INC
Maharashtra Mukeshbhai R Patel SS
Maharashtra Suryabhan Raghunath Patil Vahadane BJP
Maharashtra Adhik Shirolkar SS
Maharashtra N.K.P. Salve INC
Orissa[1] Jayanti Patnaik INC Res 03/03/1998 LS
Orissa Ananta Sethi INC
Orissa Frida Topno INC
Orissa Maurice Kujur INC
Orissa Dilip Kumar Ray BJD
Tamil Nadu[1] S Peter Alphonse INC Res 09/09/1997
Tamil Nadu S Peter Alphonse TMC fr 10/10/1997
Tamil Nadu N Shiva DMK
Tamil Nadu R. Subbian DMK
Tamil Nadu P. Soundararajan AIADMK
Tamil Nadu xxx AIADMK 18.5.2001
Tamil Nadu S. Niraikulathan AIADMK
Tamil Nadu R K Kumar AIADMK dea 03/10/1999
Tamil Nadu N Thalavi Sundaram AIADMK
Tamil Nadu T M Venkatachalam AIADMK dea 02/12/1999
West Bengal[1] Dawa Lama CPM
West Bengal Bratin Sengupta CPM
West Bengal Prof Bharati Ray CPM
West Bengal Md. Salim CPM res 25.5.2001
West Bengal Debabrata Biswas AIFB
Andhra Pradesh[1] Nahata Jayaprada TDP
Andhra Pradesh Dr Yelamanchili Radhakrishna Murthy CPM
Andhra Pradesh Yarlagadda Lakshmi Prasad TDP
Andhra Pradesh K M Saifullah TDP
Andhra Pradesh Solipeta Ramachandra Reddy TDP
Andhra Pradesh Daggubati Venkateswar Rao TDP(NTR)
Assam[1] Karnendu Bhattacharjee INC
Assam Basanti Sarma INC
Assam Prakanta Warisa ASDC
Bihar[1] Nagendra Nath Ojha CPI
Bihar Prem Chand Gupta JD
Bihar Jagdambi Mandal JD dea 13/01/2000
Bihar Ranjan Prasad Yadav RJD
Bihar Shatrughan Prasad Sinha BJP
Bihar Ram Deo Bhandari RJD
Bihar Gyan Ranjan INC dea 22/04/1998
Chhattisgarh[1] Lakhiram Agrawal BJP fr 01/11/2000
Chhattisgarh Surendra Kumar Singh INC fr 01/11/2000
Gujarat[1] Anantray Devshanker Dave BJP
Gujarat Laxmanji Bangaru Narsimha BJP
Gujarat Gopalsinhji Gulabsinhji BJP
Gujarat Brahmkumar Ranchhodlal Bhatt INC
Haryana [1] Banarasi Das Gupta INC
Haryana Lachhman Singh INC
Himachal Pradesh[1] Chandresh Kumari INC
Jharkhand[1] Obaidullah Khan Azmi JD
Jharkhand Ven Dhamma Viriyo RJD
Karnataka[1] H. D. Deve Gowda JD bye 23/09/1996
res 1998 LS
Karnataka Leeladevi Renuka Prasad JD 22/04/1996
Karnataka C. M. Ibrahim JD
Karnataka Ramakrishna Hegde JD
Karnataka A. Lakshmisagar JD
Karnataka S M Krishna INC Res 14/10/1999
Karnataka K. C. Kondaiah INC bye 14/01/2000
Madhya Pradesh[1] A G Qureshi INC
Madhya Pradesh Suresh Pachouri INC
Madhya Pradesh Sikandar Bakht BJP
Madhya Pradesh Lakhiram Agrawal BJP till 31/10/2000
Madhya Pradesh Surendra Kumar Singh INC till 31/10/2000
Rajashthan[1] K.K. Birla INC
Rajashthan Ramdas Agarwal BJP
Rajashthan Dr Mahesh Chandra Sharma BJP
Meghalaya[1] Onward L Nongtdu INC
Arunachal Pradesh[1] Nabam Rebia IND
Mizoram [2] Hiphei INC
Jammu and Kashmir Prof Saifuddin Soz JKNC res 10/03/1998 LS
Jammu and Kashmir[4] Kushok Nawang Chamba Stanzin JKNC Bye Apr 98
Jammu and Kashmir[4] Sharief-ud-Din Shariq JKNC
Jammu and Kashmir[4] Ghulam Nabi Azad INC
Jammu and Kashmir[4] Mirza Abdul Rashid --
UP[4] Akhilesh Das BSP
UP Sunil Shastri INC
UP Amar Singh SP
UP Chunni Lal Chowdhary BJP dea 03/12/2000
UP Shyam Lal BJP fr 16/02/2001
UP Devi Prasad Singh BJP
UP Gandhi Azad BSP
UP R. N. Arya BSP
UP Narendra Mohan BJP dea 20/09/2002
UP Rajnath Singh Surya BJP
UP Balwant Singh Ramoowalia SAD
UP Azam Khan SP res 09/03/2002
UP Manohar Kant Dhyani BJP from UP till 08/11/2000
Uttarakhand [4] Manohar Kant Dhyani BJP from UK onwards 09/11/2000
Manipur W. Angou Singh INC

Bye-elections

The following bye elections were held in the year 1996.

State - Member - Party

  1. HR - K L Poswal - INC ( ele 13/02/1996 term till 1998 )
  2. MH - Prof Ram Kapse - BJP ( ele 27/09/1996 term till 1998 )
  3. MH - Sanjay Nirupam - SS ( ele 27/09/1996 term till 2000 )
  4. UP - Dara_Singh_Chauhan - BSP ( ele 30/11/1996 term till 2000 ) res of Mayawati
  5. UP - Khan Ghufran Zahidi - INC ( ele 30/11/1996 term till 1998 )
  6. UP - Ahmad Wasim - INC ( ele 30/11/1996 term till 1998 )
  7. Tamil Nadu - V.K. Duraisamy - DMK ( ele 26/11/1996 term till 2001 ) res of V.K. Duraisamy fr AIADMK
  8. GJ - Yoginder K Alagh - IND ( ele 26/11/1996 term till 2000 ) res of

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Biennial elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to fill the Seats of members retiring on 02.04.2002, 09.04.2002, 12.04.2002 and 26.05.2002" (PDF). ECI New Delhi. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Biennial election to the Council of States from the State of Mizoram" (PDF). ECI new Delhi. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "Biennial elections to the Rajya Sabha to fill the seats of members retiring in November, 2002 and by e - elections to the Rajya Sabha and Legislative Council of Uttar Pradesh" (PDF). Retrieved 6 October 2017.
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