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(Top) 1 Elections 1.1 Goa 1.2 Gujarat 1.3 West Bengal 2 Bye-elections 2.1 Karnataka 2.2 Madhya Pradesh 2.3 Maharashtra 2.4 Tamil Nadu 2.5 Assam 2.6 Bihar 3 References

2011 Rajya Sabha elections

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(of 228 seats) to the Rajya Sabha

	First party	Second party

Leader	Manmohan Singh	Arun Jaitley
Party	INC	BJP

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[edit]

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

Goa[edit]

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1.	Shantaram Naik		INC	Shantaram Naik		INC	^[2]

Gujarat[edit]

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

West Bengal[edit]

Seat No	Previous MP		Elected MP
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	CPI(M)	Pradip Bhattacharya	INC

Bye-elections[edit]

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[edit]

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.

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1.	M. Rajasekara Murthy		JDS	Hema Malini		BJP	^[6]

Madhya Pradesh[edit]

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.

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1.	Arjun Singh		INC	Meghraj Jain		BJP

Maharashtra[edit]

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

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1.	Prithviraj Chavan		INC	Husain Dalwai		INC

Tamil Nadu[edit]

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.

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1.	K. P. Ramalingam		DMK	A. W. Rabi Bernard		AIADMK	^[7]

Assam[edit]

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.

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1.	Silvius Condpan		INC	Pankaj Bora		INC

Bihar[edit]

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.

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1.	Sabir Ali		LJP	Sabir Ali		JDU	^[8]

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b "Biennial and Bye - Elections to the Council of States" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

^ "Statewise Retirement". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 2016-06-12.

^ "Bye-Election to the Council of States from Karnataka" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

^ "Bye-Election to the Council of States from Madhya Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

^ "Bye - Elections to the Council of States" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 18 August 2017.

^ "Kannada writer vs Hema Malini in RS polls". news18. 21 Feb 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

^ "Rabi Bernard, AIADMK nominee for Rajya Sabha". The Hindu. June 29, 2011. Retrieved 2 November 2017.

^ "Rajya Sabha accepts LJP MP Sabir Ali's resignation". Retrieved 2 November 2017.

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