# 1956 Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1956, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber.

## Elections

Elections were held in 1956 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete.

### Members elected

The following members are elected in the elections held in 1956. They are members for the term 1956-62 and retire in year 1962, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.
State - Member - Party
Rajya Sabha members for term 1956-1962 :
| State | Member Name | Party | Remark |
| Ajmer & Coorg | Abdul Shakoor Maulana | INC | |
| Andhra | V C Keshava Rao | INC | |
| Andhra | A Balarami Reddy | INC | res 09/03/1962 |
| Andhra | N Narotham Reddy | INC | res 15/03/1960 LS |
| Andhra | Yasoda Reddy | INC | res 27/02/1962 2LS |
| Andhra | V Ventakaramana | INC |
| Assam | Pushpalata Das | INC | |
| Assam | Purna Chandra Sharma | INC |
| Bilaspur & Himachal Pradesh | Lila Devi | INC | |
| Bihar | Ram Gopal Agarwala | INC | |
| Bihar | Michael John | INC |
| Bihar | Kishori Ram | INC |
| Bihar | Syed Mazhar Imam | INC |
| Bihar | Awadeshwar Prasad Sinha | INC |
| Bihar | Ganga Sharan Sinha | OTH |
| Bihar | Tajamul Husain | INC |
| Bihar | Shah Mohd. Umair | INC |
| Bombay | B R Ambedkar | OTH | Dea. 06/12/1956 |
| Bombay | Trimbak R Deogirikar | INC |
| Bombay | Dr M D D Gilder | INC | term till 1960 |
| Bombay | Dr N S Hardikar | INC |
| Bombay | Gajanan R Kulkarni | INC |
| Bombay | D Y Pawar | INC |
| Bombay | Manilal C Shah | INC | Dea. 09/01/1960 |
| Bombay | Manubhai C Shah | INC | Res. 12/03/1957 2LS |
| Bombay | Meghjibhai P Shah | INC | Res. 26/07/1957 |
| Delhi | Onkar Nath | INC | Res. 16/04/1955 |
| Hyderabad | V K Dhage | IND | term till 1960 |
| Hyderabad | Dr Raj Bahadur Goud | INC |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Syed M Jalali | JKNC | dea. 22/02/1961 |
| Kutch | Premji Bhavanji Thacker | INC | Res. 26/07/1952 |
| Madhya Bharat | Kanhailal D Vaidya | INC | |
| Madhya Bharat | Krishna Kant Vyas | INC |
| Madhya Pradesh | Dr Waman S Barlingay | INC | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Mohammad Ali | INC |
| Madhya Pradesh | Ram Sahai | INC |
| Madhya Pradesh | Rukmani Bai | INC |
| Madhya Pradesh | Dr Raghu Vira | INC |
| Madhya Pradesh | Marotirao D Tumpalliwar | INC | res. 12/03/1962 |
| Madras | V K Krishna Menon | INC | res. 15/03/1957 2LS |
| Madras | A Ramaswami Mudaliar | IND |
| Madras | V M Obaidullah Sahib | INC | dea. 21/02/1958 |
| Madras | T.S. Pattabiraman | INC |
| Madras | T N Ramamurti | INC |
| Madras | S Venkatanaraman | INC |
| Manipur and Tripura | Abdul Latif | INC | |
| Manipur | Laimayum L M Sharma | INC | ele 01/12/1956 term till 1960 |
| Mysore | S V Krishna Moorty Rao | INC | 01/03/1962 |
| Mysore | M Govinda Reddy | INC |
| Mysore | J R Desai | OTH |
| Mysore | Dr N S Hardikar | INC |
| Nominated | Rukmini Devi Arundale | NOM | |
| Nominated | N R Malkani | NOM |
| Nominated | Dr B V Warekar | NOM |
| Nominated | Dr Zakir Hussain | NOM | res 06/07/1957 |
| Orissa | Bhagirathi Mahapatra | INC | |
| Orissa | Maheshwar Naik | INC | res. 27/02/1962 3LS |
| Orissa | Abhimanyu Rath | INC |
| P E P S U | Lt. Col Joginder Singh Mann | OTH | |
| Punjab | Chaman Lall Diwan | INC | |
| Punjab | Darshan Singh Pheruman | INC | till 22/10/1956 |
| Punjab | Zail Singh | INC | res 10/03/1962 |
| Rajasthan | Sharda Bhargava | INC | |
| Rajasthan | Jaswantt Singh | OTH |
| Rajasthan | Dr Kalu Lal Shrimali | INC | 01 Mar 1962 |
| Saurashtra | Nanabhai Bhat | INC | |
| Saurashtra | Bhogilal M Shah | INC |
| Travancore & Cochin | K P Madhavan Nair | INC | |
| Travancore & Cochin | M N Govindan Nair | CPM |
| Travancore & Cochin | P Narayan Nair | INC | term till 1960 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Akhtar Hussain | INC | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee | INC | term till 1960 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Jashaud Singh Bhist | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Jaspat Roy Kapoor | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Dr Hriday N Kunzru | IND |
| Uttar Pradesh | Chandravati Lakhanpal | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Anis Kidwai | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Savitri Devi Nigam | INC | res. 28/02/1962 3LS |
| Uttar Pradesh | Har Prasad Saksena | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Prakash Narayan Sapru | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ram Kripal Singh | INC | Dea. 14/03/1961 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ram Prasad Tamta | INC | res. 01/05/1958 |
| Vindyachal Pradesh | Ahmed Gulsher | OTH | |
| West Bengal | Satyapriya Banerjee | FB | term till 1960 Dea. 23/03/1957 |
| West Bengal | P D Himatsingka | INC | Res 27/02/1962 3LS |
| West Bengal | Prof Humayun Kabir | INC | Res 27/02/1962 3LS |
| West Bengal | Satyendra Prosad Ray | INC |

## Bye-elections

The following bye elections were held in the year 1956.
State - Member - Party
* Delhi - Begum Siddiqa Kidwai - INC ( ele 24/11/1956, term till 1958 )
* Delhi - Onkar Nath - INC ( ele 24/11/1956 term till 1960 )
* Assam - Mahendramohan Chaudhury - INC ( ele 01/12/1956 term till 1958 )
* Orissa - Govind Chandra Misra - INC ( ele 06/12/1956 term till 1960 )
* Bihar - Awadeshwar Prasad Sinha - INC ( ele 10/12/1956 term till 1958 )
* Bihar - Krishna Mohan Pyare Sinha- INC ( ele 10/12/1956 term till 1958 )
* Madras - Dawood Ali Mirza - INC ( ele 11/12/1956 term till 1962)
* Uttar Pradesh - Mahabir Prasad Bhargava - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term 1958 )
* Uttar Pradesh - Bal Krishna Sharma - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term 1962 death 29/04/1960 )
* Uttar Pradesh - Pandit Algu Rai Shastri - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term 1962 res. 24/04/1958 )
* West Bengal - Surendra Mohan Ghose - INC ( ele 13/12/1956 term till 1962 )
* West Bengal - Mehr Chand Khanna - INC ( ele 15/12/1956 res 26/02/1962 3LS )