Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1998, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. 13 members from 6 states and 57 members from 14 states were elected.
Elections Elections were held in 1998 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete.
Members elected The following members are elected in the elections held in 1998. They are members for the term 1998–2004 and retire in year 2004, except in case of the resignation or death before the term. + Rajya Sabha members for term 1998–2004 State Member Name Party Notes Assam Dr Arun Kumar Sarma AGP R Assam Drupad Borgohain CPI HP Anil Sharma INC KL M.J. Varkey Mattathil CPM KL A Vijaya Raghvan BJD NG C. Apok Jamir INC TR Matilal Sarkar CPM PB Ashwani Kumar INC PB Lajpat Rai INC PB Sukhbir Singh Badal SAD PB Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa SAD PB Gurcharan Singh Tohra SAD dea 01/04/2004 AP Desari Nagabhushan Rao INC AP Yadlapati Venkata Rao TDP AP P. Prabhakar Reddy TDP AP K K Venkata Rao TDP AP C. Ramachandraiah INC AP R Ramachandraiah TDP KA Oscar Fernandes INC KA Venkaiah Naidu BJP KA H.K. Javare Gowda JD KA S. R. Bommai JD CG Dilip Kumar Judev BJP CG Jhumuklal INC MP O. Rajagopal BJP MP Balkavi BJP MP Mabel Rebello INC TN S. Agniraj DMK TN V. Maitreyan ADMK TN M. A. Kadar DMK TN M. Sankaralingam DMK TN S. Sivasubramanian INC TN Viduthalai Virumbi DMK TN G. K. Moopanar TMC dea 30/08/2001OR Manmathnath Das BJP OR Ramchandra Khuntia BJDOR Ranganath Misra INC MH Pritish Nandy SS MH Satish Pradhan SS MH Pramod Mahajan BJP MH Vijay J. Darda INC MH Najma Heptulla INC res 10/06/2004 MH Suresh Kalmadi INC res 10/06/2004 LS PB Sukhdev Singh INC PB Gurcharan Kaur INC RJ Jaswant Singh BJP RJ Laxmi Mall Singhvi INC RJ Santosh Bagrodia INC UP Arun Shourie BJP UP Kanshi Ram BSP UP Lalit Suri IND UP Dinanath Mishra BJP UP B. P. Singhal BJP UP Khan Gufaran Zahidi INC UP Rama Shankar Kaushik SP UP Ram Gopal Yadav SP UP Dharam Pal Yadav SP UP Syed Akhtar Hasan Rizvi SP UP T. N. Chaturvedi BJP res 20/08/2002 Govr of KA UP Sangh Priya Gautam BJP fr UP till 08/11/2000 BR Kapil Sibal INC BR Ramendra Kumar Yadav Samta Party BR Gaya Singh CPI BR Saroj Dubey RJD BR Anil Kumar INC JH Parmeshwar Agarwalla INC JH Abhay Kant Prasad BJP HR Swaraj Kaushal BJP HR Rao Man Singh INC
Bye-elections The following bye elections were held in the year 1998.
Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from West Bengal due to death of seating member Tridib Chowdhury on 21-12-1997 with term ending on 18-08-1999. Abani Roy of RSP got elected. Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir due to election to Lok Sabha of seating member H D Deve Gowda on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 09.04.2002 and Saifuddin Soz on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 22.11.2002. Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from Orissa and Kerala due to election to Lok Sabha of seating member Jayanti Patnaik on 02.04.2002 with term ending on 09.04.2002 and K.Karunakaran on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 21.04.2003. C. O. Poulose of CPM won from Kerala. Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from Gujarat due to resignation of seating member Anandiben Patel on—with term ending on 02.04.2000.
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