1978 Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1978, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. [1]

Elections

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Elections were held in 1978 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete.

Members elected

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The following members are elected in the elections held in 1978. They are members for the term 1978-84 and retire in year 1978, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.

State - Member - Party

Rajya Sabha members for term 1978-1984
State Member Name Party Remark
Assam Dinesh Goswami INC
Assam Robin Kakati INC
Assam Ajit Kumar Sharma JAN
Andhra Pradesh B. Satyanarayan Reddy JAN
Andhra Pradesh Buddha Priya Maurya INC
Andhra Pradesh N.P. Chengalraya Naidu INC
Andhra Pradesh Ghouse Mohiuddin Sheikh INC
Andhra Pradesh Chadalavada Venkatrao INC dea 05/01/1981
Arunachal Pradesh T Anjiah INC Res 19/02/1981
Arunachal Pradesh Ratan Tama INC
Bihar Dayanand Sahay INC
Bihar Anand Prasad Sharma INC res 19/02/1983
Bihar Yogendra Sharma CPI
Bihar J K P N Singh INC
Bihar Pranab Chatterjee OTH dea 02/06/1979
Bihar Ram Lakhan Prasad Gupta BJP
Bihar Shiv Chandra Jha BJP
Delhi Jagannathrao Joshi JAN
Gujarat Ibrahim Kalaniya INC
Gujarat Piloo Modi JAN dea 29/01/1983
Gujarat Ghanshyambhai Oza JAN
Gujarat Manubhai Patel JD
Haryana Sujan Singh INC res 31/12/1982
Haryana Dr Sarup Singh LD
Himachal Pradesh Mohinder Kaur JAN
Jammu & Kashmir Khawaja Mubarak Shah JKNC res 10/01/1980 LS
Karnataka Satchidananda INC
Karnataka Ramakrishna Hegde JP res 23/05/1983 CM, KA
Karnataka Maqsood Ali Khan INC
Karnataka H R Basavaraj INC res 17/01/1980
Madhya Pradesh Manhar Bhagatram INC
Madhya Pradesh Vijaya Raje Scindia BJP
Madhya Pradesh Baleshwar Dayal JAN
Madhya Pradesh Dr Bhai Mahavir JAN
Madhya Pradesh Ladli Mohan Nigam JAN
Madhya Pradesh Jamuna Devi OTH
Maharashtra B.D. Khobragade RPI
Maharashtra N.K.P. Salve INC
Maharashtra A. G. Kulkarni INC
Maharashtra Sushila S Adivarekar INC
Maharashtra Sadasiv Bagaitkar JAN dea 05/12/1983
Maharashtra Ganpat Hiralal Bhagat IND
Maharashtra Dr Rafiq Zakaria INC
Manipur & Tripura Ng. Tompok Singh INC
Meghalaya Alexander Warjri IND
Mizoram Lalsawia IND
Nominated Dr M S Adiseshiah NOM
Nominated Fathema Ismail NOM
Nominated Pandurang D Jadhav NOM
Nominated Bhagwati Charan Varma NOM dea 05/10/1981
Orissa Bhabani Charan Pattanayak INC
Orissa Surendra Mohanty INC
Orissa Dhaneswar Majhi INC
Orissa Harekrushna Mallick JD
Punjab Dr Rajinder Kaur SAD
Punjab Harkishan Singh Surjeet CPM
Rajasthan Bhim Raj INC
Rajasthan Hari Shankar Bhabhra BJP
Rajasthan Radheshyam R Murarka JAN
Tamil Nadu V. Gopalsamy DMK
Tamil Nadu V.V. Swaminathan AIADMK res 19/06/1980
Tamil Nadu M Moses INC
Tamil Nadu Dr Sathiavani Muthu INC
Tamil Nadu Era Seziyan JAN
Tamil Nadu V. Venka DMK
Uttar Pradesh Kamlapati Tripathi INC res 08/01/1980 LS
Uttar Pradesh Narendra Singh JAN
Uttar Pradesh Jagdish Prasad Mathur BJP
Uttar Pradesh Kalraj Mishra BJP
Uttar Pradesh Dr M M S Siddhu BJP
Uttar Pradesh G C Bhattacharya LD
Uttar Pradesh Lakhan Singh JAN
Uttar Pradesh K C Pant INC
Uttar Pradesh Rameshwar Singh LD
Uttar Pradesh Abdul Rehman Sheikh JAN
Uttar Pradesh Surendra Mohan JAN
West Bengal Amarprosad Chakraborty FB
West Bengal Kanak Mukherjee CPM
West Bengal Prof Saurin Bhattacharjee RSP
West Bengal Ananda Pathak CPM 09/01/1980
West Bengal Syed Shahedullah CPM

Bye-elections

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The following bye elections were held in the year 1978.

State - Member - Party

  1. Uttar Pradesh - Shiva Nandan Singh - JAN ( ele 20/03/1978 term till 1980 )
  2. Madhya Pradesh - B Jamuna Devi - OTH ( ele 10/04/1978 term till 1980 )
  3. Maharashtra - Motiram Lahane - JAN ( ele 14/12/1978 term till 1980 )

References

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  1. ^ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2017.