2015 Rajya Sabha elections

Elections for the upper house of Indian Parliament May 2019 2015 Rajya Sabha elections India parliamentary no 2014 Rajya Sabha elections 2014 2016 Rajya Sabha elections 2016 18 seats to the Rajya SabhaIncluding 5 casual vacancies Various dates in 2015 300px Ghulam Nabi Azad at Healthcare Skill Summit 2013 (cropped).jpg 110 100 120 10 04 Ghulam Nabi Azad Indian National Congress 8 June 2014 Jammu and Kashmir United Progressive Alliance 69 66 3 Arun Jaitley 2017.jpg 110 100 120 10 04 Arun Jaitley Bharatiya Janata Party 3 June 2009 Gujarat National Democratic Alliance (India) 45 48 3 Rajya Sabha elections were held in India in 2015 to elect eight members of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Five by-elections were also held. The regular elections were held to fill seats in the States of Jammu and Kashmir,Biennial elections to the Council of States from the State of Jammu and Kashmir Election Commission of India http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press%20Note-51201.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20150501044326/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press%20Note-51201.pdf dead 2015-05-01 Kerala,Biennial elections to the Council of States from Kerala Election Commission of India http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN-25_20032015.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160517203231/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN-25_20032015.pdf dead 2016-05-17 and the Union Territory of Pondicherry.Biennial elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from the Union Territory of Pondicherry Election Commission of India http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN-25_20032015.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20160517203231/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN-25_20032015.pdf dead 2016-05-17 Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir had an election on 7 February 2015. Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Ghulam Nabi Azad Indian National Congress Ghulam Nabi Azad Indian National Congress 7 February 2015 Rajya Sabha Polls in Jammu and Kashmir: BJP Opens Account, PDP Wins Two http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/rajya-sabha-polls-in-jammu-and-kashmir-bjp-opens-account-pdp-wins-two-737782 NDTV 12 December 2016 2 Saifuddin Soz Shamsheer Singh Manhas Bharatiya Janata Party 3 G. N. Ratanpuri Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Fayaz Ahmad Mir Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party 4 Mohammad Shafi Nazir Ahmad Laway Kerala Kerala was supposed to have an election on 16 April 2015. But, the election was postponed to 20 April.http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN-27_26032015.pdf Archived copy eci.nic.in 13 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20160518000719/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN-27_26032015.pdf 18 May 2016 dead Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 M. P. Achuthan Communist Party of India (Marxist) K.K. Ragesh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 21 April 2015 No surprises in Kerala Rajya Sabha election https://www.dailypioneer.com/nation/no-surprises-in-kerala-rajya-sabha-election.html The Pioneer Kochi 12 December 2016 2 P Rajeev P. V. Abdul Wahab Indian Union Muslim League 3 Vayalar Ravi Indian National Congress Vayalar Ravi Indian National Congress Pondicherry Pondicherry held the election on 28 September 2015 to elect one Member of Parliament. Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party 1 P. Kannan Indian National Congress N Gokulakrishnan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam By-elections The following bye-elections were also held in 2015. The bye elections were announced to be held on 20 March to fill the vacancy caused by death of Murli Deora representing Maharashtra, resignation of Srinjoy Bose representing West Bengal and death of Manorama Dobriyal Sharma from Uttarakhand. Three new members were elected unopposed on 14 March 2015, for the vacancy Amar Shankar Sable with the term till 2 April 2020, Dola Sen with the term till 18 August 2017 and Raj Babbar with the term till 25 November 2020 respectively. The bye election was held on 2 July, to fill the vacancy caused by resignation of Kanwar Deep Singh representing Jharkhand. M. J. Akbar of BJP won the election after defeating Haji Hussain Ansari of the JMM and got the term till 29 June 2016. The bye elections were announced to be held on 14 December to fill the vacancy caused by death of Kalpataru Das representing Odisha. Narendra Kumar Swain was elected unopposed on 7 December 2015, with the term till 2 April 2020. Sr No State Previous MP Party Reference Elected MP Party Reference 1 Maharashtra Murli DeoraCongress http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PressNote20_27022015.pdf Archived copy eci.nic.in 13 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20150424210218/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PressNote20_27022015.pdf 24 April 2015 dead Amar Shankar Sable BJP 17 March 2015 Congress leader Raj Babbar, BJP's Amar Shankar Sable take oath in Rajya Sabha http://www.newsnation.in/article/72992-congress-leader-raj-babbar-bjp%E2%80%99s-amar-shankar-sable-oath-rajya-sabha.html News Nation 12 December 2016 2 Uttarakhand Manorama Dobriyal Sharma Raj Babbar Congress 3 West Bengal Srinjoy Bose Trinamool Congress Dola Sen Trinamool Congress 4 Jharkhand Kanwar Deep Singh JMM http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN42_09062015.pdf Archived copy eci.nic.in 13 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20160517183105/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN42_09062015.pdf 17 May 2016 dead M. J. Akbar BJP http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mj-akbar-wins-rajya-sabha-by-poll-from-jharkhand-777647 MJ Akbar Wins Rajya Sabha By-Poll from Jharkhand 2 July 2015 NDTV.com 5 Odisha Kalpataru Das BJD http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN64_18112015.pdf Archived copy eci.nic.in 13 January 2022 https://web.archive.org/web/20160518060855/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN64_18112015.pdf 18 May 2016 dead Narendra Kumar Swain BJD BJD candidate Narendra Kumar Swain elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Odisha https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/bjd-candidate-narendra-kumar-swain-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha-from-odisha/articleshow/50077854.cms 8 December 2015 Economic Times Notes References 2 Category:2015 elections in India 2015