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 MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Naznin Faruque		Congress	Ranee Narah		Congress	^[3]
2	Pankaj Bora			Ripun Bora

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	A. K. Antony		Congress	A. K. Antony		Congress	^[5]
2	K.N. Balagopal		CPI(M)	M. P. Veerendra Kumar		JD(U)
3	T N Seema			K. Somaprasad		CPI(M)

Punjab

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	M S Gill		Congress	Pratap Singh Bajwa		Congress
2	Ashwini Kumar			Shamsher Singh Dullo
3	Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa		SAD	Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa		SAD
4	Naresh Gujral			Naresh Gujral
5	Avinash Rai Khanna		BJP	Shwet Malik		BJP

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 MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Nirmala Sitaraman		BJP	Suresh Prabhu		BJP
2	Sujana Chowdary		TDP	Sujana Chowdary		TDP
3	Jairam Ramesh		Congress	T G Venkatesh
4	Jesudasu Seelam		Congress	V. Vijaysai Reddy		YSRCP

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Sharad Yadav		JD(U)	Sharad Yadav		JD(U)
2	Ramchandra Prasad Singh		JD(U)	Ramchandra Prasad Singh
3	K. C. Tyagi		JD(U)	Ram Jethmalani		RJD
4	Gulam Rasool Balyawi		JD(U)	Misa Bharti
5	Pavan Kumar Varma		JD(U)	Gopal Narayan Singh		BJP

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Nand Kumar Sai		BJP	Ramvichar Netam		BJP
2	Mohsina Kidwai		Congress	Chhaya Verma		Congress

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Birender Singh		BJP	Birender Singh		BJP
2	Suresh Prabhu		BJP	Subhash Chandra		Independent

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	M J Akbar		BJP	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi		BJP
2	Dhiraj Prasad Sahu		Congress	Mahesh Poddar		BJP

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Oscar Fernandes		Congress	Oscar Fernandes		INC
2	Aayanur Manjunath		BJP	Jairam Ramesh
3	Dr Vijay Mallya		Independent	K. C. Ramamurthy
4	M. Venkaiah Naidu		BJP	Nirmala Sitharaman		BJP

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Anil Madhav Dave		BJP	Anil Madhav Dave		BJP
2	Chandan Mitra		BJP	M. J. Akbar		BJP
3	Dr Vijayalaxmi Sadho		Congress	Vivek Tankha		Congress

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Piyush Goyal		BJP	Piyush Goyal		BJP
2	Ishwarlal Jain		NCP	Vinay Sahasrabuddhe
3	Avinash Pande		Congress	Vikas Mahatme
4	Vijay J. Darda		Congress	P. Chidambaram		Congress
5	Praful Patel		NCP	Praful Patel		NCP
6	Sanjay Raut		SHS	Sanjay Raut		SHS

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Baishnab Charan Parida		BJD	N. Bhaskar Rao		BJD
2	Pyarimohan Mohapatra		BJD	Prasanna Acharya		BJD
3	Bhupinder Singh		BJD	Bishnu Charan Das		BJD

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Ambika Soni		Congress	Ambika Soni		Congress
2	Balwinder Singh Bhunder		SAD	Balwinder Singh Bhunder		SAD

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Ashk Ali Tak		Congress	Om Prakash Mathur		BJP
2	Ram Jethmalani		BJP	M. Venkaiah Naidu
3	Vijayendrapal Singh		BJP	Ram Kumar Verma
4	Anand Sharma		Congress	Harshvardhan Singh

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	K. P. Ramalingam		DMK	R. S. Bharathi		DMK
2	S. Thangavelu		DMK	T. K. S. Elangovan		DMK
3	A. Navaneethakrishnan		ADMK	A. Navaneethakrishnan		ADMK
4	P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian		ADMK	S. R. Balasubramoniyan		ADMK
5	A. W. Rabi Bernard		ADMK	A. Vijayakumar		ADMK
6	E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan		Congress	R. Vaithilingam		ADMK

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Gundu Sudha Rani		TDP	D. Srinivas		TRS
2	V. Hanumantha Rao		Congress	V. Lakshmikantha Rao		TRS

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi		BJP	Shiv Pratap Shukla		BJP
2	Vishambhar Prasad Nishad		SP	Vishambhar Prasad Nishad		SP
3	Smt Kanak Lata Singh		SP	Amar Singh		Independent
4	Arvind Kumar Singh		SP	Surendra Nagar		SP
5	Satish Sharma		Congress	Kapil Sibal		Congress
6	Jugal Kishore		BSP	Sanjay Seth		SP
7	Narendra Kumar Kashyap		BSP	Sukhram Singh Yadav		SP
8	Salim Ansari		BSP	Rewati Raman Singh		SP
9	Rajpal Singh Saini		BSP	Beni Prasad Verma		SP
10	Satish Chandra Mishra		BSP	Satish Chandra Mishra		BSP
11	Ambeth Rajan		BSP	Ashok Siddharth		BSP

Bye elections

Gujarat

• A bye election was held on June 11, to fill the vacancy caused by death of Praveen Rashtrapal, who represented Gujarat.^[7] Parsottambhai Rupala was elected unopposed on June 3, for the vacancy with the term till 2 April 2018.

Madhya Pradesh

• Najma Heptullah, who represented Madhya Pradesh, and resigned after being appointed Governor of Manipur.^[8] La Ganesan was elected in this bye-election unopposed on October 6, with the term till 2 April 2018.

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.