2012 Rajya Sabha elections

2012 Rajya Sabha elections
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(of 228 seats) to the Rajya Sabha

Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2012, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held in January to elect respectively 3 members from NCT of Delhi,^[1] one member from Sikkim,^[2] and in March for 57 members from 15 States^[3] for the Rajya Sabha and in June for three members from Kerala.^[4]

The bye-elections to Council of States were also held from the States of Uttar Pradesh^[4] and Maharashtra.^[5]

January Elections

NCT of Delhi

Seat No	Previous MP		Elected MP		Reference
1	Karan Singh	Congress	Karan Singh	Congress	^[6]
2	Janardan Dwivedi		Janardan Dwivedi
3	Parvez Hashmi		Parvez Hashmi

Sikkim

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	O. T. Lepcha		SDF	Hishey Lachungpa		SDF	^[6]

March Elections

Andhra Pradesh

Seat No	Previous MP		Elected MP		Reference
1	Raashid Alvi	Congress	Chiranjeevi	Congress	^[6]^[7]
2	K. Keshava Rao		Renuka Chowdary
3	Dasari Narayana Rao^[7]		Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar
4	G. Sanjeeva Reddy		P. Govardhan Reddy
5	M. V. Mysura Reddy	TDP	T.Devender Goud	TDP
6	Syed Azeez Pasha	CPI	C. M. Ramesh	TDP

Bihar

Seat No	Previous MP		Elected MP		Reference
1	Ravi Shankar Prasad	BJP	Ravi Shankar Prasad	BJP	^[6]
2	Jabir Husain	RJD	Dharmendra Pradhan	BJP
3	Mahendra Prasad	JD(U)	Mahendra Prasad	JD(U)
4	Ali Anwar Ansari		Ali Anwar Ansari
5	Anil Kumar Sahani		Anil Kumar Sahani
6	Rajniti Prasad	RJD	Bashistha Narain Singh

Chhattisgarh

Sr No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Shreegopal Vyas^[7]		BJP	Dr Bhushan Lal Jangde		BJP	^[6]

Gujarat

Seat No	Previous MP		Elected MP		Reference
1	Arun Jaitley	BJP	Arun Jaitley	BJP	^[6]
2	Vijay Rupani		Shankarbhai Vegad
3	Kanjibhai Patel		Mansukh L. Mandaviya
4	Praveen Rashtrapal	Congress	Praveen Rashtrapal	Congress

Haryana

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Shadi Lal Batra		Congress	Shadi Lal Batra		Congress	^[6]

Himachal Pradesh

Sr No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Viplove Thakur		Congress	Jagat Prakash Nadda		BJP	^[6]

Jharkhand

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	S. S. Ahluwalia		BJP	Sanjiv Kumar		JMM	^[6]
2	Mabel Rebello		Congress	Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu		Congress	^[6]

Karnataka

Seat No	Previous MP		Elected MP		Reference
1	Hema Malini	BJP	R Ramakrishna	BJP	^[6]
2	K. B. Shanappa	BJP	Basavaraj Patil Sedam	BJP
3	K. Rahman Khan	Congress	K. Rahman Khan	Congress
4	Rajeev Chandrasekhar	Independent	Rajeev Chandrasekhar	Independent

Madhya Pradesh

Seat No	Previous MP		Elected MP		Reference
1	Kaptan Singh Solanki	BJP	Kaptan Singh Solanki	BJP	^[6]
2	Anusuiya Uikey^[7]		Najma Heptulla
3	Meghraj Jain		Faggan Singh Kulaste
4	Narayan Singh Kesari^[7]		Thawar Chand Gehlot
5	Vikram Singh^[7]		Satyavrat Chaturvedi	Congress

Maharashtra

Seat No	Previous MP		Elected MP		Reference
1	Balavant Apte^[7]	BJP	Ajay Sancheti	BJP	^[6]
2	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Congress	Vilasrao Deshmukh	Congress
3	Rajeev Shukla^[7]	Congress	Rajeev Shukla	Congress
4	Govindrao Adik	NCP	Vandana Chavan	NCP
5	Ranjitsinh Mohite-Patil	NCP	D.P.Tripathi	NCP
6	Manohar Joshi^[7]	SHS	Anil Desai	SHS

Odisha

Seat No	Previous MP		Elected MP		Reference
1	Kishore Kumar Mohanti	BJD	Dilip Tirkey	BJD	^[6]
2	Rudra Narayan Pany	BJP	A V Swamy
3	Sushila Tiriya	Congress	Ananga Udaya Singh Deo

Rajasthan

Seat No	Previous MP		Elected MP		Reference
1	Abhishek Manu Singhvi	Congress	Abhishek Manu Singhvi	Congress	^[6]
2	Narendra Budania	Congress	Narendra Budania	Congress
3	Ramdas Agarwal	BJP	Bhupender Yadav	BJP

Uttar Pradesh

Seat No	Previous MP		Elected MP		Reference
1	Kalraj Mishra	BJP	Jaya Bachchan	SP	^[6]
2	Naresh Agrawal	SP	Naresh Agrawal
3	Veerpal Singh Yadav		Darshan Singh Yadav
4	Mahendra Mohan		Munvvar Saleem
5	Jai Prakash	BSP	Mayawati	BSP
6	Ganga Charan Rajput		Munquad Ali	BSP
7	Pramod Kureel		Brij Bhushan Tiwari	SP
8	Munkad		Kiranmay Nanda	SP
9	Vinay Katiyar	BJP	Vinay Katiyar	BJP
10	Mahmood Madani	RLD	Rasheed Masood	Congress	Disq 19/09/2013

Uttarakhand

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Satyavrat Chaturvedi		INC	Mahendra Singh Mahra		INC	^[6]

West Bengal

Seat No	Previous MP		Elected MP		Reference
1	Tapan Kumar Sen	CPM	Tapan Kumar Sen	CPM	^[6]
2	Moinul Hassan		Md. Nadimul Haque	AITC
3	Saman Pathak		Vivek Gupta
4	R. C. Singh		Kunal Kumar Ghosh
5	Mukul Roy	AITC	Mukul Roy

June Election

Kerala

Seat No	Previous MP		Elected MP		Reference
1	P. J. Kurien	Congress	P. J. Kurien	Congress	^[6]
2	K. E. Ismail	CPI	Joy Abraham	KC(M)
3	P. R. Rajan	CPM	C.P. Narayanan	CPM

Bye-elections

The following bye-elections were held in the year 2012.

The bye election was held, to fill the vacancy caused by death of Brij Bhushan Tiwari representing Uttar Pradesh. Alok Tiwari was elected unopposed on June 18, 2012, with the term till 2 April 2018.
The bye election was held, to fill the vacancy caused by death of Vilasrao Deshmukh representing Maharashtra. Rajni Patil was elected unopposed on December 30, with the term till 2 April 2018.

Seat No	State	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Uttar Pradesh	Brij Bhushan Tiwari		SP	Alok Tiwari		SP	^[6]^[8]
2	Maharashtra	Vilasrao Deshmukh		INC	Rajni Patil		INC	^[9]

References

^ "Biennial Elections to the Council of States from NCT of Delhi 2011 - 12" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
^ "Biennial Election to the Council of States from the State of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India new delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
^ "Biennial Elections to the Council of States to fill the seats of members retiring in April, 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Biennial and Bye - Elections to the Council of States" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
^ "Bye - Election to the Council of States from Maharashtra " (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
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^ "SP`s Alok Tiwari elected to Rajya Sabha". Retrieved 14 August 2017.
^ "Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist Rajani Patil takes oath as Rajya Sabha member". Indian Express. PTI. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

[ec-dl-1] "Biennial Elections to the Council of States from NCT of Delhi 2011 - 12" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2017.

[SK-2] "Biennial Election to the Council of States from the State of Sikkim" (PDF). Election Commission of India new delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 January 2012. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

[apr2012-3] "Biennial Elections to the Council of States to fill the seats of members retiring in April, 2012" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

[KL-UP-4] "Biennial and Bye - Elections to the Council of States" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

[5] "Bye - Election to the Council of States from Maharashtra " (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

[term-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t "Statewise Retirement". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

[rs2009-7] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Arjun, Bhardwaj, Shinde elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". The Tribune. Retrieved 17 August 2017.

[8] "SP`s Alok Tiwari elected to Rajya Sabha". Retrieved 14 August 2017.

[IE-21Feb-9] "Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist Rajani Patil takes oath as Rajya Sabha member". Indian Express. PTI. Retrieved 14 August 2017.

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