1997 Rajya Sabha elections

Elections for the upper house of Indian Parliament August 2019 Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1997, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. 3 members from Kerala Biennial elections to the Council of States from the State of Kerala http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_21032003.pdf ECI, New Delhi 29 September 2017 and 1 member from Puducherry Biennial/bye-election to the Rajya Sabha from Pondicherry and Chhattisgarh and bye-election to Uttar Pradesh Legislative Council by MLAs http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_010903.pdf ECI, New Delhi 29 September 2017 were elected. Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952 http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi 13 September 2017 Elections Elections were held in 1997 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete. Members elected The following members are elected in the elections held in 1997. They are members for the term 1997-2003 and retire in year 2003, except in case of the resignation or death before the term. State - Member - Party + Rajya Sabha members for term 1997-2003 State Member Name Party Remark Kerala K.Karunakaran INC Res 03/03/1998 LS Kerala J. Chitharanjan CPI Kerala C. O. Poulose CPM bye-ele 07/04/1998 Kerala S. Ramachandran Pillai CPM Nominated Dr Raja Ramanna NOM Nominated Dr C. Narayana Reddy NOM Nominated Dr Mrinal Sen NOM Nominated Chaudhary Harmohan Singh Yadav NOM Puducherry C P Thirunavukkarasu DMK Bye-elections The following bye elections were held in the year 1997. State - Member - Party Tamil Nadu - S Peter Alphonse- TMC ( ele 10/10/1997 term till 2002 ) Tamil Nadu - M Abdul Kader- TMC ( ele 10/10/1997 term till 1998 ) References Category:1997 elections in India 1997