1978 Rajya Sabha elections explained

Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1978, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. [1]

Elections

Elections were held in 1978 to elect members from various states.The list is incomplete.

Members elected

The following members are elected in the elections held in 1978. They are members for the term 1978-84 and retire in year 1978, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.

State - Member - Party

Rajya Sabha members for term 1978-1984! State !! Member Name !! Party !! Remark
Assam INC
Assam INC
Assam JAN
Andhra Pradesh JAN
Andhra Pradesh Buddha Priya Maurya INC
Andhra Pradesh N.P. Chengalraya Naidu INC
Andhra Pradesh Ghouse Mohiuddin Sheikh INC
Andhra Pradesh Chadalavada Venkatrao INC dea 05/01/1981
Arunachal Pradesh INC Res 19/02/1981
Arunachal Pradesh INC
Bihar INC
Bihar INC res 19/02/1983
Bihar CPI
Bihar INC
Bihar Pranab Chatterjee OTH dea 02/06/1979
Bihar BJP
Bihar Shiv Chandra Jha BJP
Delhi JAN
Gujarat INC
Gujarat JAN dea 29/01/1983
Gujarat JAN
Gujarat JD
Haryana INC res 31/12/1982
Haryana Dr Sarup Singh LD
Himachal Pradesh JAN
Jammu & KashmirKhawaja Mubarak Shah JKNC res 10/01/1980 LS
Karnataka INC
Karnataka JP res 23/05/1983 CM, KA
Karnataka INC
Karnataka H R Basavaraj INC res 17/01/1980
Madhya Pradesh INC
Madhya Pradesh BJP
Madhya Pradesh JAN
Madhya Pradesh JAN
Madhya Pradesh JAN
Madhya Pradesh Jamuna Devi OTH
Maharashtra RPI
Maharashtra INC
Maharashtra INC
Maharashtra INC
Maharashtra JAN dea 05/12/1983
Maharashtra Ganpat Hiralal Bhagat IND
Maharashtra INC
Manipur & Tripura INC
Meghalaya IND
Mizoram IND
Nominated NOM
Nominated NOM
Nominated NOM
Nominated NOM dea 05/10/1981
Orissa INC
Orissa INC
Orissa Dhaneswar Majhi INC
Orissa Harekrushna Mallick JD
Punjab SAD
Punjab CPM
Rajasthan INC
Rajasthan BJP
Rajasthan JAN
Tamil Nadu DMK
Tamil Nadu AIADMK res 19/06/1980
Tamil Nadu M Moses INC
Tamil Nadu Dr Sathiavani Muthu INC
Tamil Nadu JAN
Tamil Nadu V. Venka DMK
Uttar Pradesh INC res 08/01/1980 LS
Uttar Pradesh Narendra Singh JAN
Uttar Pradesh BJP
Uttar Pradesh BJP
Uttar Pradesh BJP
Uttar Pradesh G C Bhattacharya LD
Uttar Pradesh Lakhan Singh JAN
Uttar Pradesh INC
Uttar Pradesh Rameshwar Singh LD
Uttar Pradesh Abdul Rehman Sheikh JAN
Uttar Pradesh Surendra Mohan JAN
West Bengal FB
West Bengal CPM
West Bengal RSP
West Bengal CPM 09/01/1980
West Bengal Syed Shahedullah CPM

Bye-elections

The following bye elections were held in the year 1978.

State - Member - Party

  1. Uttar Pradesh - Shiva Nandan Singh - JAN (ele 20/03/1978 term till 1980)
  2. Madhya Pradesh - B Jamuna Devi - OTH (ele 10/04/1978 term till 1980)
  3. Maharashtra - Motiram Lahane - JAN (ele 14/12/1978 term till 1980)

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. 13 September 2017. 14 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190214083532/http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx. dead.