1998 Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1998, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. 13 members from 6 states [1] and 57 members from 14 states[2] were elected.[3]

1998 Rajya Sabha elections
(of 228 seats) to the Rajya Sabha
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jaswant Singh Manmohan Singh
Party BJP INC

Elections

Elections were held in 1998 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete.

Members elected

The following members are elected in the elections held in 1998. They are members for the term 1998–2004 and retire in year 2004, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.

Rajya Sabha members for term 1998–2004
StateMember NamePartyNotes
Assam[1]Dr Arun Kumar SarmaAGPR
AssamDrupad BorgohainCPI
HP[1]Anil SharmaINC
KL[1]M.J. Varkey MattathilCPM
KLA Vijaya RaghvanBJD
NG[1]C. Apok JamirINC
TR[1]Matilal SarkarCPM
PB[1]Ashwani KumarINC
PBLajpat RaiINC
PBSukhbir Singh BadalSAD
PBSukhdev Singh Dhindsa SAD
PBGurcharan Singh TohraSADdea 01/04/2004
AP[2]Desari Nagabhushan RaoINC
APYadlapati Venkata RaoTDP
APP. Prabhakar ReddyTDP
APK K Venkata RaoTDP
APC. RamachandraiahINC
APR RamachandraiahTDP
KA[2]Oscar FernandesINC
KAVenkaiah NaiduBJP
KAH.K. Javare Gowda JD
KAS. R. BommaiJD
CG[2]Dilip Kumar JudevBJP
CGJhumuklalINC
MP[2]O. RajagopalBJP
MPBalkaviBJP
MPMabel RebelloINC
TN[2]S. Agniraj DMK
TNV. Maitreyan ADMK
TNM. A. KadarDMK
TNM. SankaralingamDMK
TNS. SivasubramanianINC
TNViduthalai VirumbiDMK
TNG. K. MoopanarTMCdea 30/08/2001
OR[2]Manmathnath DasBJP
ORRamchandra Khuntia BJD
ORRanganath MisraINC
MH[2]Pritish NandySS
MHSatish PradhanSS
MHPramod MahajanBJP
MHVijay J. DardaINC
MHNajma HeptullaINCres 10/06/2004
MHSuresh KalmadiINCres 10/06/2004 LS
PB[2]Sukhdev SinghINC
PBGurcharan Kaur INC
RJ[2]Jaswant SinghBJP
RJLaxmi Mall SinghviINC
RJSantosh BagrodiaINC
UP[2]Arun ShourieBJP
UPKanshi RamBSP
UPLalit SuriIND
UPDinanath MishraBJP
UPB. P. SinghalBJP
UPKhan Gufaran ZahidiINC
UPRama Shankar KaushikSP
UPRam Gopal YadavSP
UPDharam Pal YadavSP
UPSyed Akhtar Hasan RizviSP
UPT. N. ChaturvediBJPres 20/08/2002 Govr of KA
UP[2]Sangh Priya GautamBJPfr UP till 08/11/2000
BR[2]Kapil SibalINC
BRRamendra Kumar YadavSamta Party
BRGaya SinghCPI
BRSaroj DubeyRJD
BRAnil KumarINC
JH[2]Parmeshwar AgarwallaINC
JHAbhay Kant PrasadBJP
HR[2]Swaraj KaushalBJP
HRRao Man SinghINC

Bye-elections

The following bye elections were held in the year 1998.

  • Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from West Bengal due to death of seating member Tridib Chowdhury on 21-12-1997 with term ending on 18-08-1999. [4] Abani Roy of RSP got elected.
  • Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir due to election to Lok Sabha of seating member H D Deve Gowda on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 09.04.2002 and Saifuddin Soz on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 22.11.2002. [5]
  • Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from Orissa and Kerala due to election to Lok Sabha of seating member Jayanti Patnaik on 02.04.2002 with term ending on 09.04.2002 and K.Karunakaran on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 21.04.2003.[5] C. O. Poulose of CPM won from Kerala.
  • Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from Gujarat due to resignation of seating member Anandiben Patel on -- with term ending on 02.04.2000.[5]

References
  1. "Biennial elections to the Council of States to fill the Seats of members retiring in April, 2004" (PDF). ECI New Delhi. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  2. "Biennial and Bye -Elections to the Council of States and State Legislative Councils by Members of Legislative Assembly" (PDF). ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  3. "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  4. "Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to fillthe seats of members retiring in April, 1998 and Bye-election to fill one casual vacancy" (PDF). ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  5. "Bye-Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to fill the seats of members elected to-the Lok Sabha during the recently concluded General Elections,1998 and to fill one casual-vacancy from the State of Gujarat" (PDF). ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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