| Election Name: | 2005 Rajya Sabha elections |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Rajya Sabha elections |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2006 Rajya Sabha elections |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
| Seats For Election: | (of 228 seats) to the Rajya Sabha |
| Leader2: | Jaswant Singh |
| Party2: | BJP |
| Image1: | File:IBSA-leaders Manmohan Singh.jpg |
| Leader1: | Manmohan Singh |
| Party1: | INC |
Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2005, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. One member from Goa, three members from Gujarat and 6 members from West Bengal[1] were elected.[2]
Elections were held to elect members from various states.
The following members are elected in the elections held in 2005. They are members for the term 2005-2011 and retire in year 2011, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ahmed Patel | INC | Ahmed Patel | INC | |||
| 2. | Lalitbhai Mehta | BJP | Suryakantbhai Acharya | BJP | |||
| 3. | Savitaben V Sharda | Surendra Motilal Patel | |||||
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Abani Roy | RSP | Abani Roy | RSP | ||||
| 2. | Chandrakala Pandey | CPI(M) | Sitaram Yechury | CPI(M) | ||||
| 3. | Chittabrata Majumdar | Chittabrata Majumdar | ||||||
| 4. | Jibon Bihari Roy | Brinda Karat | ||||||
| 5. | Sarla Maheshwari | Swapan Sadhan Bose | AITC | |||||
| 6. | Shankar Roy Chowdhury | IND | Arjun Kumar Sengupta | IND | ||||
The following bye elections were held in the year 2005.
State - Member - Party