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style="width:75px;text-align:center"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td></tr> </tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Rajya Sabha elections</b> were held in 1998, to elect members of the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a>, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Parliament" class="mw-redirect" title="Indian Parliament">Indian Parliament</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Upper_chamber" class="mw-redirect" title="Upper chamber">upper chamber</a>. 13 members from 6 states <sup id="cite_ref-mar_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mar-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> and 57 members from 14 states<sup id="cite_ref-may_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-may-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> were elected.<sup id="cite_ref-alist_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-alist-3"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Elections">Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Rajya_Sabha_elections&amp;action=edit&amp;section=1" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elections were held in 1998 to elect members from various states. <i>The list is incomplete.</i> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Members_elected">Members elected</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Rajya_Sabha_elections&amp;action=edit&amp;section=2" title="Edit section: Members elected"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>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. </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Rajya Sabha members for term 1998–2004 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>State</th> <th>Member Name</th> <th>Party</th> <th class="unsortable">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td>Assam<sup id="cite_ref-mar_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mar-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>Dr <a href="/wiki/Arun_Kumar_Sarma" title="Arun Kumar Sarma">Arun Kumar Sarma</a></td> <td>AGP</td> <td>R </td></tr> <tr> <td>Assam</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Drupad_Borgohain" title="Drupad Borgohain">Drupad Borgohain</a></td> <td>CPI </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>HP<sup id="cite_ref-mar_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mar-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Anil_Sharma_(Himachal_Pradesh_politician)" title="Anil Sharma (Himachal Pradesh politician)">Anil Sharma</a></td> <td>INC </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>KL<sup id="cite_ref-mar_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mar-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=M.J._Varkey_Mattathil&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="M.J. Varkey Mattathil (page does not exist)">M.J. Varkey Mattathil</a></td> <td>CPM</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>KL</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=A_Vijaya_Raghvan&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="A Vijaya Raghvan (page does not exist)">A Vijaya Raghvan</a></td> <td>BJD </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>NG<sup id="cite_ref-mar_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mar-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Apok_Jamir" class="mw-redirect" title="C. Apok Jamir">C. Apok Jamir</a></td> <td>INC</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>TR<sup id="cite_ref-mar_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mar-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Matilal_Sarkar" title="Matilal Sarkar">Matilal Sarkar</a></td> <td>CPM</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>PB<sup id="cite_ref-mar_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mar-1"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ashwani_Kumar_(politician)" title="Ashwani Kumar (politician)">Ashwani Kumar</a></td> <td>INC</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>PB</td> <td>Lajpat Rai</td> <td>INC </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>PB</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sukhbir_Singh_Badal" title="Sukhbir Singh Badal">Sukhbir Singh Badal</a></td> <td>SAD </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>PB</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sukhdev_Singh_Dhindsa" title="Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa">Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa </a></td> <td>SAD </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>PB</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gurcharan_Singh_Tohra" title="Gurcharan Singh Tohra">Gurcharan Singh Tohra</a></td> <td>SAD</td> <td>dea 01/04/2004 </td></tr> <tr> <td>AP<sup id="cite_ref-may_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-may-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Desari_Nagabhushan_Rao&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Desari Nagabhushan Rao (page does not exist)">Desari Nagabhushan Rao</a></td> <td>INC </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>AP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yadlapati_Venkata_Rao" title="Yadlapati Venkata Rao">Yadlapati Venkata Rao</a></td> <td>TDP </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>AP</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Prabhakar_Reddy&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Prabhakar Reddy (page does not exist)">P. Prabhakar Reddy</a></td> <td>TDP </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>AP</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=K_K_Venkata_Rao&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="K K Venkata Rao (page does not exist)">K K Venkata Rao</a></td> <td>TDP </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>AP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Ramachandraiah" title="C. Ramachandraiah">C. Ramachandraiah</a></td> <td>INC </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>AP</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=R_Ramachandraiah&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="R Ramachandraiah (page does not exist)">R Ramachandraiah</a></td> <td>TDP </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>KA<sup id="cite_ref-may_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-may-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Oscar_Fernandes" title="Oscar Fernandes">Oscar Fernandes</a></td> <td>INC</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>KA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Venkaiah_Naidu" title="Venkaiah Naidu">Venkaiah Naidu</a></td> <td>BJP </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>KA</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=H.K._Javare_Gowda&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="H.K. Javare Gowda (page does not exist)">H.K. Javare Gowda </a></td> <td>JD </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>KA</td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._R._Bommai" title="S. R. Bommai">S. R. Bommai</a></td> <td>JD </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>CG<sup id="cite_ref-may_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-may-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Dilip_Kumar_Judev&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Dilip Kumar Judev (page does not exist)">Dilip Kumar Judev</a></td> <td>BJP</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>CG</td> <td>Jhumuklal</td> <td>INC </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MP<sup id="cite_ref-may_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-may-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/O._Rajagopal" title="O. Rajagopal">O. Rajagopal</a></td> <td>BJP</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MP</td> <td>Balkavi</td> <td>BJP </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mabel_Rebello" title="Mabel Rebello">Mabel Rebello</a></td> <td>INC </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>TN<sup id="cite_ref-may_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-may-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=S._Agniraj&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="S. Agniraj (page does not exist)">S. Agniraj </a></td> <td>DMK</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>TN</td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._Maitreyan" title="V. Maitreyan">V. Maitreyan </a></td> <td>ADMK </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>TN</td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._A._Kadar" title="M. A. Kadar">M. A. Kadar</a></td> <td>DMK </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>TN</td> <td>M. Sankaralingam</td> <td>DMK </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>TN</td> <td><a href="/wiki/S._Sivasubramanian" title="S. Sivasubramanian">S. Sivasubramanian</a></td> <td>INC </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>TN</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Viduthalai_Virumbi" title="Viduthalai Virumbi">Viduthalai Virumbi</a></td> <td>DMK </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>TN</td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._K._Moopanar" title="G. K. Moopanar">G. K. Moopanar</a></td> <td>TMC</td> <td>dea 30/08/2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td>OR<sup id="cite_ref-may_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-may-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Manmathnath_Das&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Manmathnath Das (page does not exist)">Manmathnath Das</a></td> <td>BJP</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>OR</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ramchandra_Khuntia&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Ramchandra Khuntia (page does not exist)">Ramchandra Khuntia </a></td> <td>BJD </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>OR</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ranganath_Misra" title="Ranganath Misra">Ranganath Misra</a></td> <td>INC </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MH<sup id="cite_ref-may_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-may-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pritish_Nandy" title="Pritish Nandy">Pritish Nandy</a></td> <td>SS</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MH</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Satish_Pradhan" title="Satish Pradhan">Satish Pradhan</a></td> <td>SS </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MH</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Pramod_Mahajan" title="Pramod Mahajan">Pramod Mahajan</a></td> <td>BJP </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MH</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vijay_J._Darda" title="Vijay J. Darda">Vijay J. Darda</a></td> <td>INC </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>MH</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Najma_Heptulla" title="Najma Heptulla">Najma Heptulla</a></td> <td>INC</td> <td>res 10/06/2004 </td></tr> <tr> <td>MH</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Suresh_Kalmadi" title="Suresh Kalmadi">Suresh Kalmadi</a></td> <td>INC</td> <td>res 10/06/2004 LS </td></tr> <tr> <td>PB<sup id="cite_ref-may_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-may-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td>Sukhdev Singh</td> <td>INC</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>PB</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Gurcharan_Kaur" title="Gurcharan Kaur">Gurcharan Kaur </a></td> <td>INC </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>RJ<sup id="cite_ref-may_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-may-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Jaswant_Singh" title="Jaswant Singh">Jaswant Singh</a></td> <td>BJP </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>RJ</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Laxmi_Mall_Singhvi" title="Laxmi Mall Singhvi">Laxmi Mall Singhvi</a></td> <td>INC </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>RJ</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Santosh_Bagrodia" title="Santosh Bagrodia">Santosh Bagrodia</a></td> <td>INC </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>UP<sup id="cite_ref-may_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-may-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arun_Shourie" title="Arun Shourie">Arun Shourie</a></td> <td>BJP</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>UP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kanshi_Ram" title="Kanshi Ram">Kanshi Ram</a></td> <td>BSP </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>UP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lalit_Suri" title="Lalit Suri">Lalit Suri</a></td> <td>IND </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>UP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dinanath_Mishra" title="Dinanath Mishra">Dinanath Mishra</a></td> <td>BJP </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>UP</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=B._P._Singhal&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="B. P. Singhal (page does not exist)">B. P. Singhal</a></td> <td>BJP </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>UP</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Khan_Gufaran_Zahidi&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Khan Gufaran Zahidi (page does not exist)">Khan Gufaran Zahidi</a></td> <td>INC </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>UP</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rama_Shankar_Kaushik&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Rama Shankar Kaushik (page does not exist)">Rama Shankar Kaushik</a></td> <td>SP </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>UP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ram_Gopal_Yadav" title="Ram Gopal Yadav">Ram Gopal Yadav</a></td> <td>SP </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>UP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Dharam_Pal_Yadav" class="mw-redirect" title="Dharam Pal Yadav">Dharam Pal Yadav</a></td> <td>SP </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>UP</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Syed_Akhtar_Hasan_Rizvi&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Syed Akhtar Hasan Rizvi (page does not exist)">Syed Akhtar Hasan Rizvi</a></td> <td>SP </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>UP</td> <td><a href="/wiki/T._N._Chaturvedi" title="T. N. Chaturvedi">T. N. Chaturvedi</a></td> <td>BJP</td> <td>res 20/08/2002 Govr of KA </td></tr> <tr> <td>UP<sup id="cite_ref-may_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-may-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sangh_Priya_Gautam" title="Sangh Priya Gautam">Sangh Priya Gautam</a></td> <td>BJP</td> <td>fr UP till 08/11/2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td>BR<sup id="cite_ref-may_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-may-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kapil_Sibal" title="Kapil Sibal">Kapil Sibal</a></td> <td>INC</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>BR</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ramendra_Kumar_Yadav" title="Ramendra Kumar Yadav">Ramendra Kumar Yadav</a></td> <td>Samta Party </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>BR</td> <td>Gaya Singh</td> <td>CPI </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>BR</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saroj_Dubey" title="Saroj Dubey">Saroj Dubey</a></td> <td>RJD </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>BR</td> <td>Anil Kumar</td> <td>INC </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>JH<sup id="cite_ref-may_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-may-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Parmeshwar_Agarwalla&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Parmeshwar Agarwalla (page does not exist)">Parmeshwar Agarwalla</a></td> <td>INC</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>JH</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Abhay_Kant_Prasad&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Abhay Kant Prasad (page does not exist)">Abhay Kant Prasad</a></td> <td>BJP </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>HR<sup id="cite_ref-may_2-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-may-2"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></td> <td><a href="/wiki/Swaraj_Kaushal" title="Swaraj Kaushal">Swaraj Kaushal</a></td> <td>BJP</td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>HR</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=Rao_Man_Singh&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Rao Man Singh (page does not exist)">Rao Man Singh</a></td> <td>INC </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Bye-elections">Bye-elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Rajya_Sabha_elections&amp;action=edit&amp;section=3" title="Edit section: Bye-elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following bye elections were held in the year 1998. </p> <ul><li>Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from West Bengal due to death of seating member <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tridib_Chowdhury&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Tridib Chowdhury (page does not exist)">Tridib Chowdhury</a> on 21-12-1997 with term ending on 18-08-1999. <sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Abani_Roy" title="Abani Roy">Abani Roy</a> of RSP got elected.</li> <li>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 <a href="/wiki/H_D_Deve_Gowda" class="mw-redirect" title="H D Deve Gowda">H D Deve Gowda</a> on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 09.04.2002 and <a href="/wiki/Saifuddin_Soz" title="Saifuddin Soz">Saifuddin Soz</a> on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 22.11.2002. <sup id="cite_ref-apr-bye_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apr-bye-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup></li> <li>Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from Orissa and Kerala due to election to Lok Sabha of seating member <a href="/wiki/Jayanti_Patnaik" title="Jayanti Patnaik">Jayanti Patnaik</a> on 02.04.2002 with term ending on 09.04.2002 and <a href="/wiki/K.Karunakaran" class="mw-redirect" title="K.Karunakaran">K.Karunakaran</a> on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 21.04.2003.<sup id="cite_ref-apr-bye_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-apr-bye-5"><span class="cite-bracket">&#91;</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">&#93;</span></a></sup> <a href="/w/index.php?title=C._O._Poulose&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="C. O. Poulose (page does not exist)">C. O. 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href="/wiki/List_of_nominated_members_of_the_Rajya_Sabha" title="List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha">Nominated Members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_current_members_of_the_Rajya_Sabha" title="List of current members of the Rajya Sabha">Current Members</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_the_Aam_Aadmi_Party" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from the Aam Aadmi Party">Aam Aadmi Party</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_the_Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party">Bharatiya Janata Party</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Members by <a href="/wiki/States_and_union_territories_of_India" title="States and union territories of India">State</a> <br /> or <a href="/wiki/Union_territory" title="Union territory">Union Territory</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Andhra_Pradesh" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Arunachal_Pradesh" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Assam" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Assam">Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Bihar" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Bihar">Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Chhattisgarh" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Delhi" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Delhi">Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Goa" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Goa">Goa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Gujarat" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat">Gujarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Haryana" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Haryana">Haryana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Himachal_Pradesh" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Jammu_and_Kashmir" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir">Jammu and Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Jharkhand" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Jharkhand">Jharkhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Karnataka" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka">Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Kerala" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Kerala">Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Madhya_Pradesh" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Maharashtra" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra">Maharashtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Manipur" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Manipur">Manipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Meghalaya" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Meghalaya">Meghalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Mizoram" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Mizoram">Mizoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Nagaland" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Nagaland">Nagaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Odisha" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha">Odisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Puducherry" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Puducherry">Puducherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Punjab" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Punjab">Punjab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Rajasthan" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan">Rajasthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Sikkim" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Sikkim">Sikkim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Tamil_Nadu" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Telangana" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Telangana">Telangana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Tripura" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Tripura">Tripura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Uttar_Pradesh" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_Uttarakhand" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Rajya_Sabha_members_from_West_Bengal" title="List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal">West Bengal</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Elections_in_India" title="Elections in India">Elections</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1952_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1952 Rajya Sabha elections">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1953 Rajya Sabha elections">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1954 Rajya Sabha elections">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1955 Rajya Sabha elections">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1956 Rajya Sabha elections">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1957 Rajya Sabha elections">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1958 Rajya Sabha elections">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1959 Rajya Sabha elections">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1960 Rajya Sabha elections">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1961 Rajya Sabha elections">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1962 Rajya Sabha elections">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1963 Rajya Sabha elections">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1964 Rajya Sabha elections">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1965 Rajya Sabha elections">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1966 Rajya Sabha elections">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1967 Rajya Sabha elections">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1968 Rajya Sabha elections">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1969 Rajya Sabha elections">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1970 Rajya Sabha elections">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1971 Rajya Sabha elections">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1972 Rajya Sabha elections">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1973 Rajya Sabha elections">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1974 Rajya Sabha elections">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1975 Rajya Sabha elections">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1976 Rajya Sabha elections">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1977 Rajya Sabha elections">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1978 Rajya Sabha elections">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1979 Rajya Sabha elections">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1980 Rajya Sabha elections">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1981 Rajya Sabha elections">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1982 Rajya Sabha elections">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1983 Rajya Sabha elections">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1984 Rajya Sabha elections">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1985 Rajya Sabha elections">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1986 Rajya Sabha elections">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1987 Rajya Sabha elections">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1988 Rajya Sabha elections">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1989 Rajya Sabha elections">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1990 Rajya Sabha elections">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1991 Rajya Sabha elections">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1992 Rajya Sabha elections">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1993 Rajya Sabha elections">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1994 Rajya Sabha elections">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1995 Rajya Sabha elections">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1996 Rajya Sabha elections">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1997 Rajya Sabha 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