2015 Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held in India in 2015 to elect eight members of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Five by-elections were also held. The regular elections were held to fill seats in the States of Jammu and Kashmir,[1] Kerala,[2] and the Union Territory of Pondicherry.[3]

2015 Rajya Sabha elections

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13 seats to the Rajya Sabha
  First party Second party
 
Leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Arun Jaitley
Party INC BJP
Alliance UPA NDA
Leader since 8 June 2014 3 June 2009
Leader's seat Jammu and Kashmir Gujarat
Seats before 69 45
Seats won 66 48
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 3

Jammu and Kashmir

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Jammu and Kashmir had an election on 7 February 2015.[1]

Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Ghulam Nabi Azad Indian National Congress Ghulam Nabi Azad Indian National Congress [4]
2 Saifuddin Soz Shamsheer Singh Manhas Bharatiya Janata Party
3 G. N. Ratanpuri Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Fayaz Ahmad Mir Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party
4 Mohammad Shafi Nazir Ahmad Laway

Kerala

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Kerala was supposed to have an election on 16 April 2015.[2] But, the election was postponed to 20 April.[5]

Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 M. P. Achuthan Communist Party of India (Marxist) K.K. Ragesh Communist Party of India (Marxist) [6]
2 P Rajeev P. V. Abdul Wahab Indian Union Muslim League
3 Vayalar Ravi Indian National Congress Vayalar Ravi Indian National Congress

Pondicherry

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Pondicherry held the election on 28 September 2015 to elect one Member of Parliament.[3]

Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party
1 P. Kannan Indian National Congress N Gokulakrishnan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Bye elections

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The following bye-elections were also held in 2015.

Sr No State Previous MP Party Reference Elected MP Party Reference
1 Maharashtra Murli Deora Congress [7] Amar Shankar Sable BJP [8]
2 Uttarakhand Manorama Dobriyal Sharma Raj Babbar Congress
3 West Bengal Srinjoy Bose Trinamool Congress Dola Sen Trinamool Congress
4 Jharkhand Kanwar Deep Singh JMM [9] M. J. Akbar BJP [10]
5 Odisha Kalpataru Das BJD [11] Narendra Kumar Swain BJD [12]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Biennial elections to the Council of States from the State of Jammu and Kashmir" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 May 2015.
  2. ^ a b "Biennial elections to the Council of States from Kerala" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b "Biennial elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from the Union Territory of Pondicherry" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2016.
  4. ^ "Rajya Sabha Polls in Jammu and Kashmir: BJP Opens Account, PDP Wins Two". NDTV. 7 February 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  5. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "No surprises in Kerala Rajya Sabha election". The Pioneer. Kochi. 21 April 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Congress leader Raj Babbar, BJP's Amar Shankar Sable take oath in Rajya Sabha". News Nation. 17 March 2015. Retrieved 12 December 2016.
  9. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ "MJ Akbar Wins Rajya Sabha By-Poll from Jharkhand". NDTV.com. 2 July 2015.
  11. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). eci.nic.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 May 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  12. ^ "BJD candidate Narendra Kumar Swain elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Odisha". Economic Times. Retrieved 8 December 2015.