1998 Rajya Sabha elections

1998 Rajya Sabha elections
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Leader Jaswant Singh Manmohan Singh
Party BJP INC

Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1998, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. 13 members from 6 states [1] and 57 members from 14 states[2] were elected.[3]

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[1] Dr Arun Kumar Sarma AGP R
Assam Drupad Borgohain CPI
HP[1] Anil Sharma INC
KL[1] M.J. Varkey Mattathil CPM
KL A Vijaya Raghvan BJD
NG[1] C. Apok Jamir INC
TR[1] Matilal Sarkar CPM
PB[1] 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[2] 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[2] Oscar Fernandes INC
KA Venkaiah Naidu BJP
KA H.K. Javare Gowda JD
KA S. R. Bommai JD
CG[2] Dilip Kumar Judev BJP
CG Jhumuklal INC
MP[2] O. Rajagopal BJP
MP Balkavi BJP
MP Mabel Rebello INC
TN[2] 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 30/08/2001
OR[2] Manmathnath Das BJP
OR Ramchandra Khuntia BJD
OR Ranganath Misra INC
MH[2] 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[2] Sukhdev Singh INC
PB Gurcharan Kaur INC
RJ[2] Jaswant Singh BJP
RJ Laxmi Mall Singhvi INC
RJ Santosh Bagrodia INC
UP[2] 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[2] Sangh Priya Gautam BJP fr UP till 08/11/2000
BR[2] Kapil Sibal INC
BR Ramendra Kumar Yadav Samta Party
BR Gaya Singh CPI
BR Saroj Dubey RJD
BR Anil Kumar INC
JH[2] Parmeshwar Agarwalla INC
JH Abhay Kant Prasad BJP
HR[2] 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. [4] 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. [5]
  • 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.[5] 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.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Biennial elections to the Council of States to fill the Seats of members retiring in April, 2004" (PDF). ECI New Delhi. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Biennial and Bye -Elections to the Council of States and State Legislative Councils by Members of Legislative Assembly" (PDF). ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to fillthe seats of members retiring in April, 1998 and Bye-election to fill one casual vacancy" (PDF). ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "Bye-Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to fill the seats of members elected to-the Lok Sabha during the recently concluded General Elections,1998 and to fill one casual-vacancy from the State of Gujarat" (PDF). ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 3 October 2017.