# 1980 Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1980, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber.

## Elections

Elections were held in 1980 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete.

### Members elected

The following members are elected in the elections held in 1980. They are members for the term 1980-86 and retire in year 1986, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.
State - Member - Party
Rajya Sabha members for term 1980-1986 :
| State | Member Name | Party | Remark |
| Andhra Pradesh | V C Keshava Rao | INC | R |
| Andhra Pradesh | Syed R Ali | INC |
| Andhra Pradesh | A. S. Chowdhri | INC |
| Andhra Pradesh | B Krishna Mohan | INC |
| Andhra Pradesh | Smt Roda Mistry | OTH |
| Andhra Pradesh | G Swamy Naik | INC |
| Assam | Biswa Goswami | OTH | |
| Assam | Bijoy Krishna Handique | INC |
| Bihar | Ashwini Kumar | BJP |
| Bihar | Sitaram Kesari | INC |
| Bihar | Indradeep Sinha | CPI |
| Bihar | Manorama Pandey | INC |
| Bihar | Ramchandra Bharadwaj | INC |
| Bihar | Ram Bhagat Paswan | INC | 29/12/1984 |
| Bihar | Hukmdeo Narayan Yadav | JAN |
| Haryana | Sultan Singh | INC |
| Haryana | Sushil Chand Mohunta | JD |
| Himachal Pradesh | Usha Malhotra | INC |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Ghulan M Shawl | JKNC | |
| Kerala | B. V. Abdulla Koya | ML |
| Kerala | C Haridas | INC |
| Kerala | O J Joseph | CPM |
| Karnataka | Margaret Alva | INC |
| Karnataka | M Basavaraju | INC |
| Karnataka | Monika Das | INC |
| Karnataka | M Maddanna | INC |
| Karnataka | R S Naik | JDU |
| Madhya Pradesh | Nand Kishore Bhatt | INC |
| Madhya Pradesh | Pyarelal Khandelwal | BJP |
| Madhya Pradesh | Maimoona Sultan | INC |
| Madhya Pradesh | J K Jain | BJP |
| Madhya Pradesh | Parveen Kumar Prajapati | INC |
| Maharashtra | Jagannath S Akarte | INC |
| Maharashtra | Najma Heptulla | INC |
| Maharashtra | A. G. Kulkarni | INC |
| Maharashtra | S W Dhabe | INC |
| Maharashtra | Pramilabai D Chavan | INC | 28/12/1984 |
| Maharashtra | Dr Joseph Leon D'souza | INC | 28/12/1984 |
| Maharashtra | Dr Shanti G Patel | JD |
| Nagaland | T Aliba Imti | OTH | |
| Nominated | Nargis | NOM | Dea 03/05/1981 |
| Nominated | Dr Lokesh Chandra | NOM |
| Nominated | Scato Swu | NOM |
| Nominated | Khuswant Singh | NOM |
| Orissa | Jagadish Jani | INC |
| Orissa | Dr Shyam Sundar Mohapatra | IND |
| Orissa | Akshay Panda | INC |
| Punjab | Harvendra Singh Hanspal | INC |
| Punjab | Jagdev Singh Talwandi | SAD |
| Rajashtan | Ram Niwas Mirdha | INC | 29/12/1984 |
| Rajashthan | Dhuleshwar Meena | INC |
| Rajashthan | Molana Asrarul Haq | INC |
| Rajashthan | Jaswant Singh | BJP |
| Tamil Nadu | P Anbalagan | AIADMK |
| Tamil Nadu | R Mohanarangam | AIADMK | disq 08/09/1982 |
| Tamil Nadu | L Ganesan | DMK |
| Tamil Nadu | D Heerachand | AIADMK |
| Tamil Nadu | M Kalyanasundaram | CPI |
| Tamil Nadu | M S Ramachandran | INC |
| Tamil Nadu | R Ramakrishnan | AIADMK |
| Tripura | Ila Bhattacharya | CPM |
| Uttar Pradesh | Kalp Nath Rai | INC | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ram Sewak Chaudhary | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Satya Pal Malik | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Rudra Pratap Singh | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Maulana Asad Madani | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Syed S Razi | INC | res 14/05/1985 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Piare Lall Kureel | INC | dea 27/12/1984 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Mustafa Rashid Shervani | INC | dea 08/04/1981 |
| Uttar Pradesh | S A Hashmi | OTH |
| Uttar Pradesh | Khurshed Alam Khan | INC | res 06/12/1984 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Dharamvir | INC | dea 22/12/1984 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Sudhakar Pandey | INC |

## Bye-elections

The following bye elections were held in the year 1980.
State - Member - Party
* WB - Sangdopal Lepcha - CPM ( ele 11/03/1980 term till 1984 )
* HR - Hari Singh Nalwa - INC ( ele 19/03/1980 term till 1982 )
* Jammu & Kashmir - Sharief-ud-Din Shariq - JKNC ( ele 19/03/1980 term till 1984 )
* Karnataka - B Ibrahim - INC ( ele 25/03/1980 term till 1984 )
* Punjab - Gurcharan Singh Tohra - SAD ( ele 09/05/1980 term till 1982 )
* MH - M C Bhandare - INC ( ele 30/06/1980 term till 1982 )
* UP - Dinesh Singh - OTH ( ele 30/06/1980 term till 1982 )
* UP - Narsingh Narain Pandey - OTH ( ele 30/06/1980 term till 1982 )
* MP - Rajendra Singh Ishwar Singh - OTH ( ele 30/06/1980 term till 1982 )
* Tamil Nadu - P Anbalagan - AIADMK ( ele 28/07/1980 term till 1984 )
* MH - N M Kamble - INC ( ele 04/08/1980 term till 1982 )
* Uttar Pradesh - P N Sukul - INC ( ele 05/07/1980 term till 1984 )