2016 Rajya Sabha elections

Elections for the upper house of Indian Parliament 2016 Rajya Sabha elections India parliamentary no 2015 Rajya Sabha elections 2015 2017 Rajya Sabha elections 2017 72 seats to the Rajya SabhaIncluding 2 casual vacancies March 14 and June 11, 2016 Ghulam Nabi Azad at Healthcare Skill Summit 2013 (cropped).jpg 110 100 120 10 04 Ghulam Nabi Azad Indian National Congress June 8, 2014 Jammu and Kashmir United Progressive Alliance 66 60 (including incumbents) 6 Arun Jaitley 2017.jpg 110 100 120 10 04 Arun Jaitley Bharatiya Janata Party June 3, 2009 Gujarat National Democratic Alliance (India) 48 55 (including incumbents) 7 Rajya Sabha election, 2016.svg 300px The 2016 Rajya Sabha elections were held as part of a routine six-year cycle among certain of the State Legislatures in India on March 14 and June 11, 2016, to elect 13 and 57 of its 245 members, of which the states through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President.June 2020June 2020 Being even-numbered, 2016 was a year in which about 30% of the State Legislature-elected 233-seat component of the body is elected. There were also two by-elections, which are held if the incumbent resigns, dies, or is otherwise disqualified from serving. March elections The election of March 14, 2016 was held to elect 13 members for duration of 6 years from 6 states to the Rajya Sabha. The seats in following states were up for election with terms of sitting members ending as: Assam - 2 seats, Himachal Pradesh - 1 seat, Kerala - 3 seats, Tripura - 1 seat all term ending on 2 April 201; Nagaland - 1 seat with term ending on 2 April 2016 but vacant since 26 November 2015 and Punjab - 5 seats with term ending on 9 April 2016. Assam Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Naznin FaruqueCongress Ranee NarahCongressMarch 22, 2016 Congress wins 2 Rajya Sabha seats in poll-bound Assam http://www.ibtimes.co.in/congress-wins-2-rajya-sabha-seats-poll-bound-assam-671662 International Business Times 11 December 2016 2 Pankaj Bora Ripun Bora Himachal Pradesh Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Bimla Kashyap Sood BJP Anand Sharma CongressApril 25, 2016 Anand Sharma, eight other members take oath in Rajya Sabha http://www.firstpost.com/politics/anand-sharma-eight-other-members-take-oath-in-rajya-sabha-2747654.html Firstpost 11 December 2016 Kerala Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 A. K. Antony Congress A. K. Antony CongressStatewise Retirement http://164.100.47.5/NewMembers/RetLMemState.aspx 164.100.47.5 12 June 2016 2 K.N. BalagopalCPI(M) M. P. Veerendra Kumar JD(U) 3T N Seema K. Somaprasad CPI(M) Nagaland Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Khekiho Zhimomi Vacant NPF K. G. Kenye NPF Tripura Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Jharna Das CPI(M) Jharna Das CPI(M)March 21, 2016 CPI-M's Jharna Das Baidya re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Tripura http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/cpi-m-s-jharna-das-baidya-re-elected-to-rajya-sabha-from-tripura-116032100845_1.html Business Standard 11 December 2016 Punjab Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1M S GillCongress Pratap Singh BajwaCongressMarch 2023 2 Ashwini Kumar Shamsher Singh Dullo 3Sukhdev Singh DhindsaSAD Sukhdev Singh DhindsaSAD 4Naresh Gujral Naresh Gujral 5Avinash Rai Khanna BJP Shwet Malik BJP June elections The election of June 11, 2016 was held to elect 57 members from 15 states to the Rajya Sabha. The seats in following states were up for election: Andhra Pradesh Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Nirmala Sitaraman BJP Suresh Prabhu BJP 2 Sujana Chowdary TDP Sujana ChowdaryTDP 3 Jairam Ramesh Congress T G Venkatesh 4 Jesudasu Seelam Congress V. Vijaysai Reddy YSRCP Bihar Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Sharad Yadav JD(U) Sharad YadavJD(U) 2 Ramchandra Prasad Singh JD(U) Ramchandra Prasad Singh 3 K. C. Tyagi JD(U) Ram JethmalaniRJD 4 Gulam Rasool Balyawi JD(U) Misa Bharti 5 Pavan Kumar Varma JD(U) Gopal Narayan Singh BJP Chhattisgarh Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Nand Kumar Sai BJP Ramvichar Netam BJP 2 Mohsina Kidwai Congress Chhaya Verma Congress Haryana Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Birender Singh BJP Birender Singh BJP 2 Suresh Prabhu BJP Subhash Chandra Independent Jharkhand Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 M J Akbar BJP Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi BJP 2 Dhiraj Prasad Sahu Congress Mahesh Poddar BJP Karnataka Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Oscar Fernandes Congress Oscar FernandesINC 2 Aayanur Manjunath BJP Jairam Ramesh 3 Dr Vijay Mallya Independent K. C. Ramamurthy 4 M. Venkaiah Naidu BJP Nirmala Sitharaman BJP Madhya Pradesh Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Anil Madhav Dave BJP Anil Madhav Dave BJP 2 Chandan Mitra BJP M. J. Akbar BJP 3 Dr Vijayalaxmi Sadho Congress Vivek Tankha Congress Maharashtra Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Piyush Goyal BJP Piyush GoyalBJP 2 Ishwarlal Jain NCP Vinay Sahasrabuddhe 3 Avinash Pande Congress Vikas Mahatme 4 Vijay J. Darda Congress P. Chidambaram Congress 5 Praful Patel NCP Praful Patel NCP 6 Sanjay Raut SHS Sanjay Raut SHS Odisha Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Baishnab Charan Parida BJD N. Bhaskar Rao BJD 2 Pyarimohan Mohapatra BJD Prasanna Acharya BJD 3 Bhupinder Singh BJD Bishnu Charan Das BJD Punjab Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Ambika Soni Congress Ambika Soni Congress 2 Balwinder Singh Bhunder SAD Balwinder Singh Bhunder SAD Rajasthan Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Ashk Ali Tak Congress Om Prakash MathurBJP 2 Ram Jethmalani BJP M. Venkaiah Naidu 3 Vijayendrapal Singh BJP Ram Kumar Verma 4 Anand Sharma Congress Harshvardhan Singh Tamil Nadu Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 K. P. Ramalingam DMK R. S. Bharathi DMK 2 S. Thangavelu DMK T. K. S. Elangovan DMK 3 A. Navaneethakrishnan ADMK A. Navaneethakrishnan ADMK 4 P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian ADMK S. R. Balasubramoniyan ADMK 5 A. W. Rabi Bernard ADMK A. Vijayakumar ADMK 6 E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan Congress R. Vaithilingam ADMK Telangana Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Gundu Sudha Rani TDP D. Srinivas TRS 2 V. Hanumantha Rao Congress V. Lakshmikantha Rao TRS Uttar Pradesh Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi BJP Shiv Pratap Shukla BJP 2 Vishambhar Prasad Nishad SP Vishambhar Prasad Nishad SP 3 Smt Kanak Lata Singh SP Amar Singh Independent 4 Arvind Kumar Singh SP Surendra Nagar SP 5 Satish Sharma Congress Kapil Sibal Congress 6 Jugal Kishore BSP Sanjay Seth SP 7 Narendra Kumar Kashyap BSP Sukhram Singh Yadav SP 8 Salim Ansari BSP Rewati Raman Singh SP 9 Rajpal Singh Saini BSP Beni Prasad Verma SP 10 Satish Chandra Mishra BSP Satish Chandra Mishra BSP 11 Ambeth Rajan BSP Ashok Siddharth BSP Uttarakhand Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Tarun Vijay BJP Pradeep Tamta Congress By-elections Gujarat A bye election was held on June 11, to fill the vacancy caused by death of Praveen Rashtrapal, who represented Gujarat.http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN47_19052016.pdf Archived copy eci.nic.in 15 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20160527191206/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN47_19052016.pdf 27 May 2016 dead Parsottambhai Rupala was elected unopposed on June 3, for the vacancy with the term till 2 April 2018. S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement 1 Praveen Rashtrapal Indian National Congress 12 May 2016 Parshottam Rupala Bharatiya Janata Party 11 June 2016 2 April 2018 Madhya Pradesh Najma Heptullah, who represented Madhya Pradesh, and resigned after being appointed Governor of Manipur.http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN57_19092016.pdf Archived copy eci.nic.in 15 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20161019094408/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN57_19092016.pdf 19 October 2016 dead La Ganesan was elected in this bye-election unopposed on October 6, with the term till 2 April 2018. S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement 1 Najma Heptullah Bharatiya Janata Party 20 August La Ganesan Bharatiya Janata Party 7 October 2016 2 April 2018 Notes References Category:2016 elections in India 2016