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.
Elections Elections were held to elect members from Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal. The following members are elected in the elections held in 2011.
Goa Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1. Shantaram Naik INC Shantaram Naik INC
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 RoyRSP Sukhendu Sekhar Roy AITC 2.Arjun Kumar SenguptaIND Derek O'Brien 3. Mohammed Amin CPI(M) Debabrata Bandyopadhyay 4. Swapan Sadhan Bose AITC Srinjoy Bose 5. Sitaram YechuryCPI(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, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra & Tamil Nadu, Assam and Bihar.
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. Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1. M. Rajasekara MurthyJDS Hema Malini BJP
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.
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1.Arjun SinghINCMeghraj Jain BJP
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
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1.Prithviraj ChavanINCHusain DalwaiINC
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.
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1.K. P. RamalingamDMKA. W. Rabi BernardAIADMK
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.
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1.Silvius CondpanINCPankaj BoraINC
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.
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1.Sabir AliLJPSabir AliJDU
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