| Election Name: | Rajya Sabha elections, 1956 |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | Indirect |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Election Date: | 1956 |
| Rajya Sabha members for term 1956-1962 | |
Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1956, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. [1]
Elections were held in 1956 to elect members from various states.The list is incomplete.
The following members are elected in the elections held in 1956. They are members for the term 1956-62 and retire in year 1962, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.
State - Member - Party
| Ajmer & Coorg | INC | ||
| Andhra | INC | ||
| Andhra | INC | res 09/03/1962 | |
| Andhra | INC | res 15/03/1960 LS | |
| Andhra | INC | res 27/02/1962 2LS | |
| Andhra | INC | ||
| Assam | INC | ||
| Assam | Purna Chandra Sharma | INC | |
| Bilaspur &<br/> Himachal Pradesh | Lila Devi | INC | |
| Bihar | INC | ||
| Bihar | INC | ||
| Bihar | INC | ||
| Bihar | Syed Mazhar Imam | INC | |
| Bihar | INC | ||
| Bihar | OTH | ||
| Bihar | Tajamul Husain | INC | |
| Bihar | Shah Mohd. Umair | INC | |
| Bombay | OTH | Dea. 06/12/1956 | |
| Bombay | INC | ||
| Bombay | INC | term till 1960 | |
| Bombay | INC | ||
| Bombay | Gajanan R Kulkarni | INC | |
| Bombay | INC | ||
| Bombay | INC | Dea. 09/01/1960 | |
| Bombay | INC | Res. 12/03/1957 2LS | |
| Bombay | INC | Res. 26/07/1957 | |
| Delhi | INC | Res. 16/04/1955 | |
| Hyderabad | IND | term till 1960 | |
| Hyderabad | INC | ||
| Jammu & Kashmir | JKNC | dea. 22/02/1961 | |
| Kutch | Premji Bhavanji Thacker | INC | Res. 26/07/1952 |
| Madhya Bharat | Kanhailal D Vaidya | INC | |
| Madhya Bharat | Krishna Kant Vyas | INC | |
| Madhya Pradesh | INC | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | Mohammad Ali | INC | |
| Madhya Pradesh | INC | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | Rukmani Bai | INC | |
| Madhya Pradesh | INC | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | Marotirao D Tumpalliwar | INC | res. 12/03/1962 |
| Madras | INC | res. 15/03/1957 2LS | |
| Madras | IND | ||
| Madras | INC | dea. 21/02/1958 | |
| Madras | INC | ||
| Madras | T N Ramamurti | INC | |
| Madras | INC | ||
| Manipur and Tripura | Abdul Latif | INC | |
| Manipur | INC | ele 01/12/1956 term till 1960 | |
| Mysore | INC | 01/03/1962 | |
| Mysore | INC | ||
| Mysore | J R Desai | OTH | |
| Mysore | INC | ||
| Nominated | NOM | ||
| Nominated | NOM | ||
| Nominated | NOM | ||
| Nominated | NOM | res 06/07/1957 | |
| Orissa | INC | ||
| Orissa | INC | res. 27/02/1962 3LS | |
| Orissa | INC | ||
| P E P S U | Lt. Col Joginder Singh Mann | OTH | |
| Punjab | INC | ||
| Punjab | INC | till 22/10/1956 | |
| Punjab | INC | res 10/03/1962 | |
| Rajasthan | INC | ||
| Rajasthan | Jaswantt Singh | OTH | |
| Rajasthan | INC | 01 Mar 1962 | |
| Saurashtra | Nanabhai Bhat | INC | |
| Saurashtra | Bhogilal M Shah | INC | |
| Travancore & Cochin | INC | ||
| Travancore & Cochin | CPM | ||
| Travancore & Cochin | P Narayan Nair | INC | term till 1960 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Akhtar Hussain | INC | |
| Uttar Pradesh | INC | term till 1960 | |
| Uttar Pradesh | INC | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | INC | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | IND | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | INC | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | INC | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | INC | res. 28/02/1962 3LS | |
| Uttar Pradesh | INC | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | INC | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | INC | Dea. 14/03/1961 | |
| Uttar Pradesh | INC | res. 01/05/1958 | |
| Vindyachal Pradesh | Ahmed Gulsher | OTH | |
| West Bengal | FB | term till 1960 Dea. 23/03/1957 | |
| West Bengal | INC | Res 27/02/1962 3LS | |
| West Bengal | INC | Res 27/02/1962 3LS | |
| West Bengal | INC | ||
The following bye elections were held in the year 1956.
State - Member - Party