2016 Rajya Sabha elections explained

Election Name:2016 Rajya Sabha elections
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2015 Rajya Sabha elections
Previous Year:2015
Next Election:2017 Rajya Sabha elections
Next Year:2017
Seats For Election:70 seats to the Rajya Sabha
Election Date:March 14 and June 11, 2016
Leader1:Ghulam Nabi Azad
Party1:Indian National Congress
Leader Since1:June 8, 2014
Leaders Seat1:Jammu and Kashmir
Alliance1:United Progressive Alliance
Seats Before1:66
Seats1:60 (including incumbents)
Seat Change1: 6
Leader2:Arun Jaitley
Party2:Bharatiya Janata Party
Leader Since2:June 3, 2009
Leaders Seat2:Gujarat
Alliance2:National Democratic Alliance (India)
Seats Before2:48
Seats2:55 (including incumbents)
Seat Change2: 7
Map Size:300px

The 2016 Rajya Sabha elections were held as part of a routine six-year cycle among certain of the State Legislatures in India on March 14 and June 11, 2016, to elect 13 and 57 of its 245 members, of which the states through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President.[1] [2] Being even-numbered, 2016 was a year in which about 30% of the State Legislature-elected 233-seat component of the body is elected.

There were also two by-elections, which are held if the incumbent resigns, dies, or is otherwise disqualified from serving.

March elections

The election of March 14, 2016 was held to elect 13 members for duration of 6 years from 6 states to the Rajya Sabha. The seats in following states were up for election with terms of sitting members ending as: Assam - 2 seats, Himachal Pradesh - 1 seat, Kerala - 3 seats, Tripura - 1 seat all term ending on 2 April 201; Nagaland - 1 seat with term ending on 2 April 2016 but vacant since 26 November 2015 and Punjab - 5 seats with term ending on 9 April 2016.

Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1Naznin FaruqueCongressRanee NarahCongress[3]
2Pankaj BoraRipun Bora
Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1A. K. AntonyCongressA. K. AntonyCongress[5]
2K.N. BalagopalCPI(M)M. P. Veerendra KumarJD(U)
3T N SeemaK. SomaprasadCPI(M)

Punjab

Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1M S GillCongressPratap Singh BajwaCongress
2Ashwini KumarShamsher Singh Dullo
3Sukhdev Singh DhindsaSADSukhdev Singh DhindsaSAD
4Naresh GujralNaresh Gujral
5Avinash Rai KhannaBJPShwet MalikBJP

June elections

The election of June 11, 2016 was held to elect 57 members from 15 states to the Rajya Sabha. The seats in following states were up for election:

Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1Nirmala SitaramanBJPSuresh PrabhuBJP
2Sujana ChowdaryTDPSujana ChowdaryTDP
3Jairam RameshCongressT G Venkatesh
4Jesudasu SeelamCongressV. Vijaysai ReddyYSRCP
Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1Sharad YadavJD(U)Sharad YadavJD(U)
2Ramchandra Prasad SinghJD(U)Ramchandra Prasad Singh
3K. C. TyagiJD(U)Ram JethmalaniRJD
4Gulam Rasool BalyawiJD(U)Misa Bharti
5Pavan Kumar VarmaJD(U)Gopal Narayan SinghBJP
Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1Nand Kumar SaiBJPRamvichar NetamBJP
2Mohsina KidwaiCongressChhaya VermaCongress
Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1Birender SinghBJPBirender SinghBJP
2Suresh PrabhuBJPSubhash ChandraIndependent
Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1M J AkbarBJPMukhtar Abbas NaqviBJP
2Dhiraj Prasad SahuCongressMahesh PoddarBJP
Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1Oscar FernandesCongressOscar FernandesINC
2Aayanur ManjunathBJPJairam Ramesh
3Dr Vijay MallyaIndependentK. C. Ramamurthy
4M. Venkaiah NaiduBJPNirmala SitharamanBJP
Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1Anil Madhav DaveBJPAnil Madhav DaveBJP
2Chandan MitraBJPM. J. AkbarBJP
3Dr Vijayalaxmi SadhoCongressVivek TankhaCongress
Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1Piyush GoyalBJPPiyush GoyalBJP
2Ishwarlal JainNCPVinay Sahasrabuddhe
3Avinash PandeCongressVikas Mahatme
4Vijay J. DardaCongressP. ChidambaramCongress
5Praful PatelNCPPraful PatelNCP
6Sanjay RautSHSSanjay RautSHS
Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1Baishnab Charan ParidaBJDN. Bhaskar RaoBJD
2Pyarimohan MohapatraBJDPrasanna AcharyaBJD
3Bhupinder SinghBJDBishnu Charan DasBJD
Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1Ambika SoniCongressAmbika SoniCongress
2Balwinder Singh BhunderSADBalwinder Singh BhunderSAD
Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1Ashk Ali TakCongressOm Prakash MathurBJP
2Ram JethmalaniBJPM. Venkaiah Naidu
3Vijayendrapal SinghBJPRam Kumar Verma
4Anand SharmaCongressHarshvardhan Singh
Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1K. P. RamalingamDMKR. S. BharathiDMK
2S. ThangaveluDMKT. K. S. ElangovanDMK
3A. NavaneethakrishnanADMKA. NavaneethakrishnanADMK
4P. H. Paul Manoj PandianADMKS. R. BalasubramoniyanADMK
5A. W. Rabi BernardADMKA. VijayakumarADMK
6E. M. Sudarsana NatchiappanCongressR. VaithilingamADMK
Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1Gundu Sudha RaniTDPD. SrinivasTRS
2V. Hanumantha RaoCongressV. Lakshmikantha RaoTRS
Seat No Previous MPPrevious PartyElected MPElected PartyReference
1Mukhtar Abbas NaqviBJPShiv Pratap ShuklaBJP
2Vishambhar Prasad NishadSPVishambhar Prasad NishadSP
3Smt Kanak Lata SinghSPAmar SinghIndependent
4Arvind Kumar SinghSPSurendra NagarSP
5Satish SharmaCongressKapil SibalCongress
6Jugal KishoreBSPSanjay SethSP
7Narendra Kumar KashyapBSPSukhram Singh YadavSP
8Salim AnsariBSPRewati Raman SinghSP
9Rajpal Singh SainiBSPBeni Prasad VermaSP
10Satish Chandra MishraBSPSatish Chandra MishraBSP
11Ambeth RajanBSPAshok SiddharthBSP

Bye elections

Gujarat

Madhya Pradesh

Notes and References

  1. https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4202-biennial-elections-to-the-council-of-states-to-fill-the-seats-of-members-retiring-in-april-2016english-हिंदी/?do=download&r=9972&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=25d997b70a4c008f42e02efc7559a493
  2. https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4242-biennial-elections-to-the-council-of-states-to-fill-the-seats-of-members-retiring-in-june-august-2016-english-हिंदी/?do=download&r=10087&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=25d997b70a4c008f42e02efc7559a493
  3. News: March 22, 2016 . Congress wins 2 Rajya Sabha seats in poll-bound Assam . . 11 December 2016 .
  4. News: April 25, 2016 . Anand Sharma, eight other members take oath in Rajya Sabha . . 11 December 2016.
  5. Web site: Statewise Retirement. 164.100.47.5. 12 June 2016.
  6. News: March 21, 2016 . CPI-M's Jharna Das Baidya re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Tripura . . 11 December 2016 .
  7. Web site: Archived copy . eci.nic.in . 15 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160527191206/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN47_19052016.pdf . 27 May 2016 . dead.
  8. Web site: Archived copy . eci.nic.in . 15 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161019094408/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN57_19092016.pdf . 19 October 2016 . dead.