# 1990 Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1990, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber.

## Elections

Elections were held in 1990 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete.

### Members elected

The following members are elected in the elections held in 1990. They are members for the term 1990-96 and retire in year 1996, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.

### Andhra Pradesh

| # | Candidate | Party | Term start |
| 1 | T. Chandrasekhar Reddy | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 2 | R. K. Dhawan | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 3 | Pragada Kotaiah | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 4 | M. M. Hashim | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 5 | P. Upendra | TDP | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 6 | Jaipal Reddy | JD | 10-Apr-1990 |

### Arunachal Pradesh

| # | Candidate | Party | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Nyodek Yonggam | | INC | 27-May-1990 |

### Assam

| # | Candidate | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Bhadreswar Buragohain | AGP | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 2 | Dinesh Goswami | AGP | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 3 | Bhubaneswar Kalita | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |

### Bihar

| # | Candidate | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Ranjan Prasad Yadav | JD | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 2 | Shankar Dayal Singh | JD | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 3 | Digvijay Singh | JD | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 4 | Rajni Ranjan Sahu | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 5 | Rameshwar Thakur | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 6 | Chaturanan Mishra | CPI | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 7 | Kameshwar Paswan | BJP | 10-Apr-1990 |

### Gujarat

| # | Candidate | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Chimanbhai Mehta | JD | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 2 | Dinesh Trivedi | JD | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 3 | Anant Dave | BJP | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 4 | Gopalsinh Solanki | BJP | 10-Apr-1990 |

### Haryana

| # | Candidate | Party | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Vidya Beniwal | | JD | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 2 | Sushma Swaraj | | BJP | 10-Apr-1990 |

### Himachal Pradesh

| # | Candidate | Party | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Krishan Lal Sharma | | BJP | 10-Apr-1990 |

### Karnataka

| # | Candidate | Party | Term start |
| 1 | I. G. Sanadi | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 2 | G. Y. Krishnan | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 3 | Prabhakar Kore | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 4 | B. K. Hariprasad | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |

### Madhya Pradesh

| # | Candidate | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Shivprasad Chanpuria | BJP | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 2 | Kailash Sarang | BJP | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 3 | Lakhiram Agrawal | BJP | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 4 | Sikander Bakht | BJP | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 5 | Suresh Pachouri | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |

### Maharashtra

| # | Candidate | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Shankarrao Chavan | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 2 | Jagesh Desai | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 3 | Chandrika Jain | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 4 | N. K. P. Salve | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 5 | Ghulam Nabi Azad | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 6 | Viren J. Shah | BJP | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 7 | Bapu Kaldate | JD | 10-Apr-1990 |

### Manipur

| # | Candidate | Party | Party | Term start |
| 1 | B. D. Behring | | JD | 03-Apr-1990 |

### Meghalaya

| # | Candidate | Party | Party | Term start |
| 1 | George Gilbert Swell | | HSPDP | 13-Apr-1990 |

### Mizoram

| # | Candidate | Party | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Hiphei | | INC | 27-May-1990 |

### Odisha

| # | Candidate | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Basant Kumar Das | JD | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 2 | Mira Das | JD | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 3 | Sarada Mohanty | JD | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 4 | Prabhat Kumar Samantaray | JD | 03-Apr-1990 |

### Rajasthan

| # | Candidate | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Ramdas Agarwal | BJP | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 2 | M. G. K. Menon | JD | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 3 | K. K. Birla | INC | 10-Apr-1990 |

### Tamil Nadu

| # | Candidate | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Tha. Kiruttinan | DMK | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 2 | Misa Ganesan | DMK | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 3 | Vaiko | DMK | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 4 | K. K. Veerappan | DMK | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 5 | T.A. Mohammed Saqhy | DMK | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 6 | S Madhavan | AIADMK | 03-Apr-1990 |

### Uttar Pradesh

| # | Candidate | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Satya Prakash Malaviya | JD | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 2 | Anantram Jaiswal | JD | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 3 | Virendra Verma | JD | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 4 | Harmohan Singh Yadav | JD | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 5 | Meem Afzal | JD | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 6 | Obaidullah Khan Azmi | JD | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 7 | Kedar Nath Singh | INC | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 8 | Makhan Lal Fotedar | INC | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 9 | Balram Singh Yadav | INC | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 10 | Jagdish Prasad Mathur | BJP | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 11 | Sangh Priya Gautam | BJP | 03-Apr-1990 |

### West Bengal

| # | Candidate | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Sarla Maheshwari | CPM | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 2 | Ratna Bahadur Rai | CPM | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 3 | Mohammed Salim | CPM | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 4 | Debabrata Biswas | AIFB | 03-Apr-1990 |
| 5 | Ashoke Kumar Sen | JD | 03-Apr-1990 |

## Bye-elections

The following bye elections were held in the year 1990.

### Bihar

| # | Member | Party | Party | Date of vacancy | Member | Party | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Jagannath Mishra | | INC | 27-Nov-1989 | Kamala Sinha | | JD | 19-Apr-1990 |

### Haryana

| # | Member | Party | Party | Date of vacancy | Member | Party | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Bhajan Lal Bishnoi | | INC | 27-Nov-1989 | Krishan Kumar Deepak | | JD | 26-Mar-1990 |
| 2 | Krishan Kumar Deepak | | JD | 13-Jul-1990 | Ranjit Singh Chautala | | JD | 12-Sep-1990 |

### Karnataka

| # | Member | Party | Party | Date of vacancy | Member | Party | Party | Term start |
| 1 | D. B. Chandregowda | | JD | 14-Dec-1989 | D K Tharadevi | | INC | 23-Mar-1990 |

### Madhya Pradesh

| # | Member | Party | Party | Date of vacancy | Member | Party | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Lal Krishna Advani | | BJP | 27-Nov-1989 | Jinendra Kumar Jain | | BJP | 23-Mar-1990 |

### Rajasthan

| # | Member | Party | Party | Date of vacancy | Member | Party | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Jaswant Singh | | BJP | 27-Nov-1989 | Gaj Singh | | BJP | 26-Mar-1990 |

### Uttar Pradesh

| # | Member | Party | Date of vacancy | Member | Party | Term start |
| 1 | Rasheed Masood | JP | 27-Nov-1989 | Raja Ramanna | JD | 23-Mar-1990 |
| 2 | Sharad Yadav | LKD | 27-Nov-1989 | Rajmohan Gandhi | JD | 23-Mar-1990 |
| 3 | Ajit Singh | LKD | 27-Nov-1989 | Sompal Shastri | JD | 23-Mar-1990 |
| 4 | Kalpnath Rai | INC | 27-Nov-1989 | M. S. Gurupadaswamy | JD | 10-Apr-1990 |
| 5 | Virendra Verma | LKD | 14-Jun-1990 | Sanjaya Sinh | JD | 13-Jul-1990 |
| 6 | Mohammed Amin Ansari | INC | 14-Jul-1990 | Z.A. Ahmed | CPI | 23-Aug-1990 |
* ↑ sworn in as the Chief Minister of Bihar
* ↑ elected to Faridabad Lok Sabha constituency
* ↑ resigned
* ↑ elected to Tirthahalli Assembly constituency
* ↑ elected to New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency
* ↑ elected to Jodhpur Lok Sabha constituency
* ↑ elected to Saharanpur Lok Sabha constituency
* ↑ elected to Badaun Lok Sabha constituency
* ↑ elected to Baghpat Lok Sabha constituency
* ↑ elected to Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency
* ↑ appointed as Governor of Punjab
* ↑ death