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1 Elections  



1.1  Members elected  





1.2  Goa  





1.3  Gujarat  





1.4  West Bengal  







2 Bye-elections  





3 References  














2005 Rajya Sabha elections






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2005 Rajya Sabha elections

← 2004
2006 →

(of 228 seats) to the Rajya Sabha
  First party Second party
 
Leader Manmohan Singh Jaswant Singh
Party INC BJP

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[edit]

Elections were held to elect members from various states.

Members elected[edit]

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.

Goa[edit]

Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1. Eduardo Faleiro INC Shantaram Naik INC

Gujarat[edit]

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

West Bengal[edit]

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

Bye-elections[edit]

The following bye elections were held in the year 2005.

State - Member - Party


References[edit]

  1. ^ "RAJYA SABHA – RETIREMENTS – ABSTRACT As on 1 November, 2006" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 October 2010. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  • ^ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  • ^ "Bye-election to the Council of States from Maharashtra to fill up the vacancy occurring due to the resignation of sitting member Shri Nirupam Sanjay Brijkishorlal" (PDF). ECI, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  • ^ "Bye-elections to the Council of States from Jharkhand and Kerala to fill up the vacancy occurring due to the election of sitting member Shri Stephan Marandi in Jharkhand Legislative Assembly and resignation of Shri K. Karunakaran" (PDF). ECI, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 May 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2017.

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