2011 Rajya Sabha elections

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Leader  | Manmohan Singh | Arun Jaitley
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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

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1\.  | Shantaram Naik |  | INC | Shantaram Naik |  | INC | [2]

### Gujarat

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Seat No  | Previous MP  | Previous Party  | Elected MP  | Elected Party  | Reference

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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