Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2005, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. One member from Goa, three members from Gujarat and 6 members from West Bengal[1] were elected.[2]
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Elections
Elections were held to elect members from various states.
Members elected
The following members are elected in the elections held in 2005. They are members for the term 2005-2011 and retire in year 2011, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.
Goa
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Eduardo Faleiro | INC | Shantaram Naik | INC | |||
Gujarat
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Ahmed Patel | INC | Ahmed Patel | INC | |||
| 2. | Lalitbhai Mehta | BJP | Suryakantbhai Acharya | BJP | |||
| 3. | Savitaben V Sharda | Surendra Motilal Patel | |||||
West Bengal
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Abani Roy | RSP | Abani Roy | RSP | |||
| 2. | Chandrakala Pandey | CPI(M) | Sitaram Yechury | CPI(M) | |||
| 3. | Chittabrata Majumdar | Chittabrata Majumdar | |||||
| 4. | Jibon Bihari Roy | Brinda Karat | |||||
| 5. | Sarla Maheshwari | Swapan Sadhan Bose | AITC | ||||
| 6. | Shankar Roy Chowdhury | IND | Arjun Kumar Sengupta | IND | |||
Bye-elections
The following bye elections were held in the year 2005.
State - Member - Party
- Bye-elections were held on 30/04/2005 for vacancy from Maharashtra due to resignation of seating member Nirupam on 18/03/2005 with term ending on 02/04/2006 [3]
- Bye-elections were held on 03/06/2005 for vacancy from Jharkhand and Kerala due to elections to JH Assembly of seating member Stephen Marandi on 16 March, 2005 with term ending on 07/07/2010 and resignation of seating member K. Karunakaran on 19/01/2007 with term ending on 02/04/2010 [4]
References
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