2008 Rajya Sabha elections

Elections for the upper house of Indian Parliament 2008 Rajya Sabha elections India parliamentary 2007 Rajya Sabha elections 2007 2009 Rajya Sabha elections 2009 (of 228 seats) to the Rajya Sabha Jaswant Singh (cropped).jpg 110 100 120 10 04 IBSA-leaders Manmohan Singh.jpg 110 100 120 10 04 Jaswant Singh BJP Manmohan Singh INCRajya 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,Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)-2014 http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_13012014.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140203023949/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_13012014.pdf dead 3 February 2014 Election Commission of India, New Delhi 18 August 2017 four members from Karnataka and one member from Mizoram and Aruncahl Pradesh,Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha)and Legislative Council-2014 http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN25_19052014.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20140720003547/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN25_19052014.pdf dead 20 July 2014 Election Commission of India, New Delhi 18 August 2017 and 11 members from two statesBiennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand -2014 http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN55_27102014.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150426004038/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN55_27102014.pdf dead 26 April 2015 Election Commission of India, New Delhi 18 August 2017 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 State Member Name Party Remark MH Husain Dalwai INC MH Murli Deora INC MH Janardan Waghmare NCP MH Yogendra P. Tiwari NCP MH Rajkumar Dhoot SS MH Bharatkumar Raut SS MH Prakash Javadekar BJP OR Balbir Punj BJP OR Mangala Kisan BJD OR Renubala Pradhan BJD OR Rama Chandra Khuntia INC TN S A A Jinnah DMK TN Vasanthi Stanley DMK TN G. K. Vasan INC TN Jayanthi Natarajan INC TN N. Balaganga ADMK TN T. K. Rangarajan CPM WB Tarini Kanta Roy CPM WB Barun Mukherji AIFB WB Prasanta Chatterjee CPM WB Shyamal Chakraborty CPM WB Ahmed Saeed Malihabadi IND AP T. Subbarami Reddy INC AP Nandi Yellaiah INC AP Mohd. Ali Khan INC AP T. Ratna Bai INC AP K. V. P. Ramachandra Rao INC AP Nandamuri Harikrishna TDP AS Biswajit Daimary BPF AS Birendra Prasad Baishya AGP AS Bhubaneswar Kalita INC BH C P Thakur BJP R BH Shivanand Tiwari JDU BH N. K. Singh JDU BH Sabir Ali JDU BH Prem Chand Gupta RJD CG Motilal Vora INC R CG Shivpratap Singh BJP GJ Alka Balram Kshatriya INC R GJ Natuji Halaji Thakor BJP GJ Parsottambhai Rupala BJP GJ Bharatsinh Parmar BJP HR Ishwar Singh INC HR Ram Prakash INC HP Shanta Kumar BJP JH Jai Prakash Narayan Singh BJP JH Parimal Nathwani IND MP Prabhat Jha BJP MP Maya Singh BJP MP Raghunandan Sharma BJP MN Rishang Keishing INC RJ Om Prakash Mathur BJP RJ Dr Gyan Prakash Pilania BJP RJ Prabha Thakur INC MG Wansuk Syiem INC AR Mukut Mithi INC KA B. K. Hariprasad INC KA S M Krishna INC KA Prabhakar Kore BJP KA Rama Jois BJP MZ Lalhmingliana INC UP Akhilesh Das Gupta BSP UP Amar_Singh BJP UP Avtar Singh Karimpuri BSP UP Kusum Rai BJP UP Brijlal Khabari BSP UP Brajesh Pathak BSP UP Rajaram BSP UP Prof Ram Gopal Yadav SP UP Veer_Singh BSP UP Mohammad Adeeb BSP UK Bhagat Singh Koshyari BJP Bye-elections The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Bihar,Biennial/Bye Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and State Legislative Councils of Bihar and Maharashtra by (MLAs)-2008 http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn_250208.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160515154248/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn_250208.pdf dead 15 May 2016 ECI New Delhi 1 September 2017 Nagaland, West Bengal and Bihar,Biennial Elections and Bye-Elections to the Council of States and State Legislative Councils by (MLAs) http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn020608.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160515160438/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn020608.pdf dead 15 May 2016 ECI New Delhi 1 September 2017 West Bengal,Biennial Elections and Bye-Election to the Council of States http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN13102008A.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160515120648/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN13102008A.pdf dead 15 May 2016 ECI New Delhi 1 September 2017 and Madhya Pradesh.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 http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN291208.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160515164408/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN291208.pdf dead 15 May 2016 ECI New Delhi 1 September 2017 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. Ejaz Ali makes it to Rajya Sabha, unopposed http://www.bihartimes.in/newsbihar/2008/march/newsbihar20march3.html 2 November 2017 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 Category:2008 elections in India 2008