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2011 Rajya Sabha elections

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2011 Rajya Sabha elections
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(of 228 seats) to the Rajya Sabha
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Leader Manmohan Singh Arun Jaitley
Party INC BJP

Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2011, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held on 22 July to elect respectively 1 member from Goa, 3 members from Gujarat and 6 members from West Bengal for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.[1]

Elections

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Elections were held to elect members from Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal. The following members are elected in the elections held in 2011.

Goa

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Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. Shantaram Naik INC Shantaram Naik INC [2]

Gujarat

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Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. Ahmed Patel INC Ahmed Patel INC
2. Pravin Naik BJP Smriti Irani BJP
3. Surendra Motilal Patel Dilip Pandya

West Bengal

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Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. Abani Roy RSP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy AITC
2. Arjun Kumar Sengupta IND Derek O'Brien
3. Mohammed Amin CPI(M) Debabrata Bandyopadhyay
4. Swapan Sadhan Bose AITC Srinjoy Bose
5. Sitaram Yechury CPI(M) Sitaram Yechury CPI(M)
6. Brinda Karat Pradip Bhattacharya INC

Bye-elections

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The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Karnataka,[3] Madhya Pradesh,[4] Maharashtra & Tamil Nadu,[1] Assam and Bihar.[5]

Karnataka

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  • Bye-elections were held on 3 March 2011 for vacancy from Karnataka due to death of seating member M. Rajasekara Murthy on 05/12/2010 with term ending on 02/04/2012.
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. M. Rajasekara Murthy JDS Hema Malini BJP [6]

Madhya Pradesh

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  • Bye-elections were held on 12 May 2011 for vacancy from Madhya Pradesh due to death of seating member Arjun Singh on 04/03/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2012.
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. Arjun Singh INC Meghraj Jain BJP

Maharashtra

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  • Bye-elections were held on 22 July 2011 for vacancy from Maharashtra due to resignation of seating member Prithviraj Chavan on 06/05/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2014
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. Prithviraj Chavan INC Husain Dalwai INC

Tamil Nadu

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  • Bye-elections were held on 22 July 2011 for vacancy from Tamil Nadu due to resignation of K. P. Ramalingam on 20/05/2011 with term ending on 29/06/2016.
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. K. P. Ramalingam DMK A. W. Rabi Bernard AIADMK [7]

Assam

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  • Bye-elections were held on 22 December 2011 for vacancy from Assam due to death of seating member Silvius Condpan on 10/10/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2016.
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. Silvius Condpan INC Pankaj Bora INC

Bihar

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  • Bye-elections were held on 22 December 2011 for vacancy from Bihar due to resignation of Sabir Ali of LJP on 15/11/2011 with term ending on 09/04/2014.
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. Sabir Ali LJP Sabir Ali JDU [8]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Biennial and Bye - Elections to the Council of States" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  2. ^ "Statewise Retirement". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 2016-06-12.
  3. ^ "Bye-Election to the Council of States from Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. ^ "Bye-Election to the Council of States from Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  5. ^ "Bye - Elections to the Council of States" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  6. ^ "Kannada writer vs Hema Malini in RS polls". news18. 21 Feb 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  7. ^ "Rabi Bernard, AIADMK nominee for Rajya Sabha". The Hindu. June 29, 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
  8. ^ "Rajya Sabha accepts LJP MP Sabir Ali's resignation". Retrieved 2 November 2017.
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