2011 Rajya Sabha elections explained

Election Name:	2011 Rajya Sabha elections
Country:	India
Type:	parliamentary
Previous Election:	2010 Rajya Sabha elections
Previous Year:	2010
Next Election:	2012 Rajya Sabha elections
Next Year:	2012
Seats For Election:	(of 228 seats) to the Rajya Sabha
Leader2:	Arun Jaitley
Party2:	BJP
Image1:	IBSA-leaders Manmohan Singh.jpg
Leader1:	Manmohan Singh
Party1:	INC

Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2011, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held on 22 July to elect respectively 1 member from Goa, 3 members from Gujarat and 6 members from West Bengal for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.^[1]

Elections

Elections were held to elect members from Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal.The following members are elected in the elections held in 2011.

Gujarat

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1.	Ahmed Patel		INC	Ahmed Patel		INC
2.	Pravin Naik		BJP	Smriti Irani		BJP
3.	Surendra Motilal Patel	Dilip Pandya

West Bengal

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1.	Abani Roy		RSP	Sukhendu Sekhar Roy		AITC
2.	Arjun Kumar Sengupta		IND	Derek O'Brien
3.	Mohammed Amin		CPI(M)	Debabrata Bandyopadhyay
4.	Swapan Sadhan Bose		AITC	Srinjoy Bose
5.	Sitaram Yechury		CPI(M)	Sitaram Yechury		CPI(M)
6.	Brinda Karat			Pradip Bhattacharya		INC

Bye-elections

The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Karnataka,^[3] Madhya Pradesh,^[4] Maharashtra & Tamil Nadu,^[1] Assam and Bihar.^[5]

Karnataka

• Bye-elections were held on 3 March 2011 for vacancy from Karnataka due to death of seating member M. Rajasekara Murthy on 05/12/2010 with term ending on 02/04/2012.

Madhya Pradesh

• Bye-elections were held on 12 May 2011 for vacancy from Madhya Pradesh due to death of seating member Arjun Singh on 04/03/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2012.

Maharashtra

• Bye-elections were held on 22 July 2011 for vacancy from Maharashtra due to resignation of seating member Prithviraj Chavan on 06/05/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2014

Tamil Nadu

• Bye-elections were held on 22 July 2011 for vacancy from Tamil Nadu due to resignation of K. P. Ramalingam on 20/05/2011 with term ending on 29/06/2016.

Assam

• Bye-elections were held on 22 December 2011 for vacancy from Assam due to death of seating member Silvius Condpan on 10/10/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2016.

Bihar

• Bye-elections were held on 22 December 2011 for vacancy from Bihar due to resignation of Sabir Ali of LJP on 15/11/2011 with term ending on 09/04/2014.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Biennial and Bye - Elections to the Council of States.. https://web.archive.org/web/20160518060816/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn20062011A.pdf. dead. 18 May 2016. Election Commission of India, New Delhi. 18 August 2017.
2. Web site: Statewise Retirement. 164.100.47.5. 2016-06-12.
3. Web site: Bye-Election to the Council of States from Karnataka. . https://web.archive.org/web/20160518002953/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN31012011.pdf . dead . 18 May 2016 . Election Commission of India, New Delhi . 18 August 2017.
4. Web site: Bye-Election to the Council of States from Madhya Pradesh.. https://web.archive.org/web/20160517212041/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn13042011A.pdf. dead. 17 May 2016. Election Commission of India, New Delhi. 18 August 2017.
5. Web site: Bye - Elections to the Council of States.. https://web.archive.org/web/20160518000945/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN28112011.pdf. dead. 18 May 2016. Election Commission of India, New Delhi. 18 August 2017.
6. News: Kannada writer vs Hema Malini in RS polls. 3 November 2017. news18. 21 Feb 2011.
7. News: Rabi Bernard, AIADMK nominee for Rajya Sabha. 2 November 2017. The Hindu. June 29, 2011.
8. Web site: Rajya Sabha accepts LJP MP Sabir Ali’s resignation. 2 November 2017.