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elections</b> were held on various dates in 2009, 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>. The elections were held to elect respectively four members from Jammu and Kashmir, three members from Kerala<sup id="cite_ref-feb_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-feb-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and one member from Pondicherry for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.<sup id="cite_ref-sept_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sept-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</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=2009_Rajya_Sabha_elections&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elections were held to elect members from states of J&K, KL, PY. </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=2009_Rajya_Sabha_elections&action=edit&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 2009. They are members for the term 2009-2015 and retire in year 2015, except in case of the resignation or death before the term. The list is incomplete. </p><p>Member - Party - State </p> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <caption>Rajya Sabha members for term 2009-2015 </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>State</th> <th>Member Name</th> <th>Party</th> <th>Remark </th></tr> <tr> <td>Jammu and Kashmir</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Saifuddin_Soz" title="Saifuddin Soz">Saifuddin Soz</a></td> <td>INC</td> <td>R </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jammu and Kashmir</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Ghulam_Nabi_Azad" title="Ghulam Nabi Azad">Ghulam Nabi Azad</a></td> <td>INC </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jammu and Kashmir</td> <td><a href="/wiki/G._N._Ratanpuri" title="G. N. Ratanpuri">G. N. Ratanpuri</a></td> <td>JKNC </td></tr> <tr> <td>Jammu and Kashmir</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mohammad_Shafi" class="mw-redirect" title="Mohammad Shafi">Mohammad Shafi </a></td> <td>JKNC </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kerala</td> <td><a href="/wiki/M._P._Achuthan" title="M. P. Achuthan">M. P. Achuthan</a></td> <td>CPM </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kerala</td> <td><a href="/wiki/P._Rajeev_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="P. Rajeev (Kerala)">P Rajeev</a></td> <td>CPM </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kerala</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vayalar_Ravi" title="Vayalar Ravi">Vayalar Ravi</a></td> <td>INC </td></tr> <tr> <td>Puducherry</td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=P._Kannan_(Puducherry_politician)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="P. Kannan (Puducherry politician) (page does not exist)">P. Kannan</a></td> <td>INC </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Members_retired">Members retired</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=2009_Rajya_Sabha_elections&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Members retired"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>State - Member - Party </p> <ol><li>JK - <a href="/wiki/Tarlok_Singh_Bajwa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tarlok Singh Bajwa">S. Tarlok Singh</a> - JKPDP</li> <li>JK - <a href="/wiki/Saifuddin_Soz" title="Saifuddin Soz">Saifuddin Soz</a> - INC</li> <li>JK - <a href="/wiki/Farooq_Abdullah" title="Farooq Abdullah">Farooq Abdullah</a> - JKNC</li> <li>JK - <a href="/wiki/Aslam_Chowdhary_Mohammad" title="Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad">Aslam Chowdhary Mohammad</a> - JKPDP (members from J&K retired in Nov 2008 )</li></ol> <ol><li>KL - <a href="/wiki/K._Chandran_Pillai" title="K. Chandran Pillai">K. Chandran Pillai</a> - CPM</li> <li>KL - <a href="/wiki/Thennala_Balakrishna_Pillai" title="Thennala Balakrishna Pillai">Thennala Balakrishna Pillai</a> - INC</li> <li>KL - <a href="/wiki/Vayalar_Ravi" title="Vayalar Ravi">Vayalar Ravi</a> - INC</li></ol> <ol><li>PY - <a href="/wiki/V._Narayanasamy" title="V. Narayanasamy">V. Narayanasamy</a> - INC</li></ol> <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=2009_Rajya_Sabha_elections&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Bye-elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Andhra Pradesh,<sup id="cite_ref-bye-ap_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bye-ap-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh,<sup id="cite_ref-bye-jh_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bye-jh-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-bye-up_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bye-up-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Bihar.<sup id="cite_ref-bye-bh_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bye-bh-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li>Bye-elections were held on 23 March 2009 for vacancy from Andhra Pradesh due to resignation of seating member <a href="/wiki/C._Ramachandraiah" title="C. Ramachandraiah">C. Ramachandraiahon</a> 22/01/2009 with term ending on 21/06/2010.<a href="/wiki/N._Janardhana_Reddy" title="N. Janardhana Reddy">N. Janardhana Reddy</a> of INC became member since 01/04/2009.</li></ul> <ul><li>Bye-elections were held on 20 June 2009 for vacancy from Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh due to resignations of seating member <a href="/wiki/Digvijay_Singh_(Bihar_politician)" title="Digvijay Singh (Bihar politician)">Digvijay Singh</a> on 05/04/2009 with term ending on 07/07/2010 and seating member <a href="/wiki/Banwari_Lal_Kanchhal" title="Banwari Lal Kanchhal">Banwari Lal Kanchhal</a> on 23/04/2009 with term ending on 02/04/2012. From JH <a href="/wiki/Dhiraj_Prasad_Sahu" title="Dhiraj Prasad Sahu">Dhiraj Prasad Sahu</a> of INC and from UP <a href="/wiki/Ganga_Charan_Rajput" title="Ganga Charan Rajput">Ganga Charan Rajput</a> of BSP became the members.</li></ul> <ul><li>Bye-elections were held on 20 June 2009 for vacancy from Jharkhand and Uttar Pradesh due to elections of Lok Sabha of seating member <a href="/wiki/Yashwant_Sinha" title="Yashwant Sinha">Yashwant Sinha </a> on 16/05/2009 with term ending on 07/07/2010 and seating member <a href="/wiki/Murli_Manohar_Joshi" title="Murli Manohar Joshi">Murli Manohar Joshi</a> on 23/04/2009 with term ending on 04/07/2010. From JH <a href="/wiki/Hemant_Soren" title="Hemant Soren">Hemant Soren</a> of JMM and from UP <a href="/wiki/Shriram_Pal" title="Shriram Pal">Shriram Pal</a> of BSP became the members.</li></ul> <ul><li>Bye-elections were held on 4 August 2009 for vacancy from Bihar due to elections of Lok Sabha of seating member <a href="/wiki/Sharad_Yadav" title="Sharad Yadav">Sharad Yadav</a> of JDS on 13/05/2009 with term ending on 07/07/2010. From BH <a href="/wiki/George_Fernandes" title="George Fernandes">George Fernandes</a> of JDS became the member.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <ul><li>Bye-elections were held on 8 January 2010 for vacancy from Bihar due to death of seating member <a href="/wiki/Mahendra_Sahni" title="Mahendra Sahni">Mahendra Sahni </a> of JDU on 06/11/2009 with term ending on 02/04/2012. 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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 elections">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1998 Rajya Sabha elections">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Rajya_Sabha_elections" title="1999 Rajya Sabha elections">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Rajya_Sabha_elections" 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