# 1988 Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1988, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber.

## Elections

Elections were held in 1988 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete.

### Members elected

The following members are elected in the elections held in 1988. They are members for the term 1988-94 and retire in year 1994, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.
State - Member - Party
Rajya Sabha members for term 1988-1994 :
| State | Member Name | Party | Remark |
| AP | Satyanarayana Dronamraju | INC | |
| AP | M K Rehman | TDP |
| AP | Mentay Padmanabham | TDP | bye 13/09/1989 |
| AP | L Narsing Naik | TDP | dea 12/01/1989 |
| AP | Moturu Hanumantha Rao | CPM |
| AP | N Thulasi Reddy | TDP |
| AP | Dr Y Sivaji | TDP |
| Bihar | Sitaram Kesari | INC | |
| Bihar | Dr Faguni Ram | INC |
| Bihar | Dayanand Sahay | INC |
| Bihar | Shamim Hashmi | INC | bye 25/09/1989 |
| Bihar | Shamim Hashmi | JD | res 28/07/1989 |
| Bihar | Dr Jagannath Mishra | INC | res 16/03/1990 |
| Bihar | Rafique Alam | INC |
| Bihar | Yashwant Sinha | JD | res 14/11/1993 |
| Bihar | Bideshwari Dubey | INC | dea 20/01/1993 |
| GJ | Vithalbhai M Patel | INC |
| GJ | Ramsinh Rathwa | INC |
| GJ | Madhavsinh Solanki | INC |
| GJ | Rajubhai Parmar | INC |
| Himachal Pradesh | Sushil Barongpa | INC | R |
| Haryana | Mohinder Singh Lather | OTH | |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Ghulam Rasool Matto | OTH |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Dharam Pal | INC | res 27/11/1989 LS |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Rajendra Prasad Jain | INC | res 27/11/1989 LS |
| KA | H. Hanumanthappa | INC |
| KA | J P Javali | JD |
| KA | A S Siddiqui | JD |
| Kerala | E. Balanandan | CPM |
| Kerala | M M Jacob | INC |
| Kerala | A Sreedharan | JD |
| Madya Pradesh | L K Advani | BJP | 27/11/1989 |
| Madya Pradesh | Dr Jinendra Kumar Jain | BJP | bye 23/03/1990 |
| Madya Pradesh | Hans Raj Bhardwaj | INC |
| Madya Pradesh | Radhakishan Chhotuji Malviya | INC |
| Madya Pradesh | Ratan Kumari | INC |
| Madya Pradesh | Veena Verma | INC |
| MH | M C Bhandare | INC |
| MH | Saroj Khaparde | INC |
| MH | Suresh Kalmadi | INC |
| MH | Vithalrao M Jadhav | INC |
| MH | Vishvjit P. Singh | INC |
| MH | Vishwarao R Patil | JD | res 14/05/1993 |
| Nominated | Madan Bhatia | NOM |
| Nominated | Sat Pal Mittal | NOM | Dea 12/01/1992 |
| Nominated | Bishambhar Nath Pande | NOM |
| OR | Santosh Kumar Sahu | INC | |
| OR | Kanhu Charan Lenka | INC |
| OR | Manmohan Mathur | INC |
| Punjab | Sat Paul Mittal | INC |
| Rajasthan | Dr Ahmed Abrar | INC | |
| Rajasthan | Bhuvnesh Chaturvedi | INC |
| Rajasthan | Kamal Morarka | JDS |
| Uttar Pradesh | M A Ansari | INC | Dea 14/07/1990 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Maulana Asad Madani | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Anand Prakash Gautam | IND |
| Uttar Pradesh | Smt Kailashpati | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Shanti Tyagi | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ish Dutt Yadav | JD |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ram Naresh Yadav | INC | bye 20/06/1989 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ram Naresh Yadav | JD | res 12/04/1989 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Hari Singh Chowdhary | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Shiv Pratap Mishra | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Satya Bahin | INC |
| WB | Gurudas Dasgupta | CPI | |
| WB | Prof Saurin Bhattacharjee | RSP |
| WB | M Amin | CPM |
| WB | Sukomal Sen | CPM |
| WB | Ashish Sen | CPM |

## Bye-elections

The following bye elections were held in the year 1988.
State - Member - Party
* Sikkim - Karma Topden - INC ( ele 30/03/1988 term till 1993 )
* Bihar - Pratibha Singh - INC ( ele 03/04/1988 term till 1992 )
* Kerala - P K Kunjachen - CPM ( ele 22/08/1988 term till 1992 ) dea 14/06/1991
* Orissa - Baikunatha Nath Sahu - INC ( ele 07/10/1988 term till 1990 )
* Maharashtra - S B Chavan - INC ( ele 28/10/1988 term till 1990 )
* Manipur - R.K. Dorendra Singh - INC ( elected 20/09/1988 term till 1990 )
* Nominated - Syeda Anwara Taimur - INC ( ele 25/11/1988 term till 1990 )
* Uttar Pradesh - Bir Bahadur Singh - INC ( ele 25/11/1988 term till 1990 ) dea 30/05/1989
* Uttar Pradesh - Syed S Razi - INC ( ele 06/12/1988 term till 1992 )