# 1952 Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1952, to elect members of the Council of States (the Rajya Sabha), Indian Parliament's upper chamber.

## Elections

Elections were held in 1952 to elect members from various states of Independent India. Dr. S Radhakrishnan was the First Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, also the First Vice President of the Nation. The list is incomplete.

### Members elected

The members are elected in the elections held in 1952. As per the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution of India, the Rajya Sabha was first constituted 3 April 1952. and consist of 216 members of which 12 members were to be nominated by the President and the remaining 204 elected to represent the States.As per President Order known as the Council of States (Term of Office of Members) Order, 1952 for curtailing the term of office of some of the members, then chosen in order that as nearly as one-third of the members holding seats of each class would retire in every second year. The term of office of a member expires on 2 April 1958; 2 April 1956 and 2 April 1954 and accordingly members would be placed in the first, second or third category.

### Members with term 1952-54

The following members are retired before the elections held in 1954. They are members for the term 1952 ||54. Some members did not complete the term in case of the resignation or death before the term ending in 1954. In such cases the bye-elections were held.
State - Member - Party
Rajya Sabha members for term 1952-1954 :
| State | Member Name | Party | Remark |
| Ajmer & Coorg | Abdul Shakoor Maulana | Indian National Congress | |
| Assam | Dr S. K. Bhuyan | Indian National Congress | |
| Assam | Lakshesvar Borooah | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Angelina Tiga | Jharkhand Party | |
| Bihar | Ramdhari Singh Dinkar | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Inaitullah Khawaja | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Kailash Bihari Lall | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Lakshmi N. Menon | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Dr. Purna Chandra Mitra | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Rajendra Pratap Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| Bombay | Abid Ali Jaferbhai | Indian National Congress | |
| Bombay | Violet Alva | Indian National Congress | |
| Bombay | Narsinghrao Deshmukh | Peasants and Workers Party of India | |
| Bombay | R. R. Diwakar | Indian National Congress | Resigned 13/06/1952 |
| Bombay | Shreyans Prasad Jain | Indian National Congress | |
| Bombay | B. G. Kher | Indian National Congress | Resigned 14/07/1952 |
| Bombay | Chandulal Parikh | Indian National Congress | |
| Bombay | Devkinandan Narayan | Indian National Congress | |
| Hyderabad | B. S. Venkatrao | Indian National Congress | Death 04/11/1953 |
| Hyderabad | Konda Narayanappa | Indian National Congress | |
| Hyderabad | Osman Sobhani | Indian National Congress | |
| Hyderabad | J. H. Subbiah | Scheduled Castes Federation | |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Anant Nath Pandit | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | |
| Kutch | Lakhamshi Lavji | Indian National Congress | Elected 24/09/1952 |
| Kutch | Premji Thaker | Indian National Congress | Resigned 24/09/1952 |
| Madhya Bharat | Sardar C. S. Angre | Hindu Mahasabha | |
| Madhya Bharat | Dr Raghubir Sinh | Indian National Congress | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Dr R. P. Dube | Indian National Congress | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Samiulla Khan | Indian National Congress | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Chandragopal Misra | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Thakur Bhannu Pratap Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Madras | N. Gopalswami Ayyangar | Indian National Congress | Death 10/02/1953 |
| Madras | Makineni Basavapunnaiah | Communist Party of India | |
| Madras | S. Guruswami | Independent | |
| Madras | K. S. Hegde | Indian National Congress | |
| Madras | E. K. Imbichi Bava | Communist Party of India | |
| Madras | B. V. Kakkilaya | Communist Party of India | |
| Madras | T. V. Kamalaswamy | Indian National Congress | |
| Madras | P. S. Rajgopal Naidu | Indian National Congress | |
| Madras | K. M. Rahmath Ullah | Indian National Congress | |
| Madras | K. Rama Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| Madras | T. Bhaskara Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| Manipur & Tripura | Arman Ali Munshi | Ganatantrik Sangh | |
| Mysore | C. Gopala Krishnamoorty Reddy | Socialist Party of India | |
| Mysore | K Chengalaraya Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Nominated | Aladi Ayyar | Nominated | Death 03/10/1953 |
| Nominated | Prof Satyendra Nath Bose | Nominated | |
| Nominated | Prithviraj Kapoor | Nominated | |
| Nominated | Dr. J. M. Kumarappa | Nominated | |
| Nominated | Dr. Kalidas Nag | Nominated | |
| Orissa | Prafulla Chandra Banj Deo | Ganatantra Parishad | |
| Orissa | Shoila Bala Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Orissa | Baidyanath Rath | Communist Party of India | |
| Punjab | Dr Anup Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Punjab | Hans Raj Raizada | Indian National Congress | Resigned 29/08/1952 |
| Punjab | Jathedar Udham Singh Nagoke | Indian National Congress | |
| Punjab | M H S Nihal Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| PEPSU | Kartar Singh | Indian National Congress | Death 02/10/1953 |
| Rajasthan | Barkatullah Khan | Indian National Congress | |
| Rajasthan | Ramnath Poddar | Indian National Congress | |
| Rajasthan | Mahindra Singh Ranawat | Indian National Congress | |
| Saurashtra | Dr D. H. Variava | Indian National Congress | |
| Travancore & Cochin | K. C. George | Indian National Congress | Resigned 05/03/1954 |
| Travancore & Cochin | M. Mathai | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Amarnath Agarwal | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Amolakh Chand | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ram Chandra Gupta | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ahmed Syed Khan | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | M. M. Faruqi | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Narendra Deva | Congress Socialist Party |
| Uttar Pradesh | Brij Bihari Sharma | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lal Bahadur Shastri | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Bapu Gopinath Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Sumat Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| Vindyachal Pradesh | Baij Nath Dubey | Socialist Party of India | |
| Vindyachal Pradesh | Captain Awadhesh Pratap Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| West Bengal | Charu Chandra Biswas | Indian National Congress | |
| West Bengal | Rajpat Singh Doogar | Indian National Congress | |
| West Bengal | Nalinaskha Dutt | Indian National Congress | |
| West Bengal | Debaprasad Ghosh | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | |
| West Bengal | Suresh Chandra Majumdar | Indian National Congress | |

### Members with term 1952-56

The following members are retired before the elections held in 1956. They are members for the term 1952–56. Some members did not complete the term in case of the resignation or death before the term ending in 1956. In such cases the bye-elections were held.
State - Member - Party
Rajya Sabha members for term 1952-1956 :
| State | Member Name | Party | Remark |
| Assam | Pushpalata Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Assam | Mohammad Roufique | Independent |
| Bihar | Ram Gopal Agarwala | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Valadi Ganapathi Gopal | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Jafar Imam | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Kishori Ram | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Imam Syed Mazhar | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Maheshwar Prasad Narain Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Tajumal Hussain | Indian National Congress | |
| Bilaspur and Himachal Pradesh | Chiranji Lal Verma | Indian National Congress | |
| Bombay | Dr B R Ambedkar | Scheduled Castes Federation | |
| Bombay | Dr Waman Barlingay | Indian National Congress | |
| Bombay | Trimbak Deogirikar | Indian National Congress | |
| Bombay | Venkat Dhage | Indian National Congress | |
| Bombay | Dr M. D. D. Gilder | Indian National Congress | |
| Bombay | D. Y. Pawar | Indian National Congress | |
| Bombay | Manilal Shah | Indian National Congress | |
| Hyderabad | Konda Narayanappa | Indian National Congress | |
| Hyderabad | V. K. Dhage | Independent | |
| Hyderabad | Dr Raj Bahadur Goud | Indian National Congress | |
| Hyderabad | Italia Dinshaw | Independent | |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Syed M Jalali | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| Kutch | Premji Bhavanji Thacker | Indian National Congress | Resigned 26/07/1952 |
| Madhya Bharat | Kanhailal Vaidya | Indian National Congress | |
| Madhya Bharat | Krishna Kant Vyas | Indian National Congress | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Dr Waman Barlingay | Indian National Congress | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Pandit Sitacharan Dube | Indian National Congress | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Gopaldas Mohta | Indian National Congress | |
| Madhya Pradesh | M. R. Mujumdar | Indian National Congress | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Dr Raghu Vira | Indian National Congress | |
| Madras | Dr Pattabhi Sitaramayya | Indian National Congress | Resigned 02/07/1952 |
| Madras | Mona Hensman | Indian National Congress | |
| Madras | A. Ramaswami Mudaliar | Independent | |
| Madras | V. M. Obaidullah Sahib | Indian National Congress | |
| Madras | T. S. Pattabiraman | Indian National Congress | |
| Madras | S. Sambhu Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| Madras | S. Venkatanaraman | Indian National Congress | |
| Mysore | L. H. Thimmabovi | Indian National Congress | Resigned 24/08/1952 |
| Mysore | S. V. Krishnamoorthy Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| Mysore | M. Govinda Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Nominated | Rukmini Devi Arundale | Nominated | |
| Nominated | N. R. Malkani | Nominated | |
| Nominated | Dr Sahib Singh Sokhey | Nominated | |
| Nominated | Dr Zakir Hussain | Nominated | |
| Orissa | Jagannath Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Orissa | Surendranath Dwivedy | Indian National Congress | |
| Orissa | Sunder Mohan Hemrom | Indian National Congress | |
| PEPSU | Lt. Col Joginder Singh Mann | Akali Dal | |
| Punjab | Chaman Lall Diwan | Indian National Congress | |
| Punjab | Darshan Singh Pheruman | Indian National Congress | |
| Rajasthan | Sharda Bhargava | Indian National Congress | |
| Rajasthan | Harish Chandra Mathur | Independent | |
| Rajasthan | Dr Kalu Lal Shrimali | Indian National Congress | |
| Saurashtra | Nanabhai Bhatt | Indian National Congress | |
| Saurashtra | Bhogilal Shah | Indian National Congress | |
| Travancore & Cochin | K. P. Madhavan Nair | Indian National Congress | |
| Travancore & Cochin | A. Abdul Razak | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Dr J. P. Srivastava | Indian National Congress | Death 14/12/1954 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Aizaz Rasul Begum | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Akhtar Hussain | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Jashaud Singh Bhist | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Jaspat Roy Kapoor | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Dr Hriday N Kunzru | Independent | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Chandravati Lakhanpal | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Dr Murari Lal | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Savitri Devi Nigam | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Har Prasad Saksena | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ram Kripal Singh | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ram Prasad Tamta | Indian National Congress | |
| Vindyachal Pradesh | Ahmed Gulsher | Indian National Congress | |
| West Bengal | Satyapriya Banerjee | All India Forward Bloc | |
| West Bengal | Indra Bhushan Beed | Indian National Congress | |
| West Bengal | Nausher Ali Syed | Indian National Congress | |
| West Bengal | Satyendra Prosad Ray | Indian National Congress | |

### Members with term 1952-58

The following members are retired before the elections held in 1958. They are members for the term 1952–58. Some members did not complete the term in case of the resignation or death before the term ending in 1958. In such cases the bye-elections were held.
State - Member - Party
Rajya Sabha members for term 1952-1958 :
| State | Member Name | Party | Remark |
| Assam | Raymond Thanhlira | Indian National Congress | |
| Assam | Maulana M Tayyebulla | Indian National Congress | |
| Bombay | Rajaram Balkrishna Raut | Peasants and Workers Party | Resigned 15/03/1957 |
| Bombay | Somnath Dave | Indian National Congress | |
| Bombay | Ramrao Deshmukh | Indian National Congress | |
| Bombay | Lalchand Hirachand Doshi | Indian National Congress | |
| Bombay | Bhalchandra Gupte | Indian National Congress | |
| Bombay | Lilavati Munshi | Indian National Congress | |
| Bhopal | Bhairon Prasad | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Sri Narayan Mahtha | Indian National Congress | Death 06/10/1956 |
| Bihar | Ahmed Hussain Kazi | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Kameshwara Singh | Independent | |
| Bihar | Braj Kishore Prasad Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Rajeshwar Prasad Narain Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Rama Bahadur Sinha | Indian National Congress | |
| Bihar | Kuwarani Vijaya Raje | Bharatiya Jana Sangh | Resigned 20/03/1957 |
| Delhi | Onkar Nath | Indian National Congress | Resigned 16/04/1955 |
| Hyderabad | Puranmal Surajmal Lahoti | Indian National Congress | Death 11/02/1954 |
| Hyderabad | S. Channa Reddy | Indian National Congress | |
| Hyderabad | Kishen Chand | Praja Socialist Party | |
| Hyderabad | Narsinghrao Deshmukh | Peasants and Workers Party of India | |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Sardar Budh Singh | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Pir Mohhmed Khan | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Maulana M Tayyebulla | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | |
| Madhya Bharat | Tribak Pustake | Indian National Congress | |
| Madhya Bharat | Vinayak Sarwate | Indian National Congress | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Ramesh Agnibhoj | Indian National Congress | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Ramrao Deshmukh | Indian National Congress | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Dr Seeta Parmanand | Indian National Congress | |
| Madhya Pradesh | Gangaram Thaware | Indian National Congress | Death 16/08/1952 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Martandrao Ramchandrarao | Indian National Congress | |
| Madras | N. G. Ranga | Indian National Congress | Resigned 16/03/1957 |
| Madras | M Muhammad Ismail Saheb | Muslim League | |
| Madras | K. L. Narsimham | Communist Party of India |
| Madras | G. Rajagopalan | Indian National Congress | |
| Madras | H. D. Rajah | Republican Party of India | |
| Madras | V. M. Surendra Ram | Indian National Congress | |
| Madras | K. Suryanarayana | Indian National Congress | |
| Madras | Pydah Venkatanarayana | Praja Socialist Party | |
| Madras | P Sundarayya | Communist Party of India | Resigned 21/03/1955 |
| Mysore | P. B. Basappa Shetty | Indian National Congress | |
| Mysore | M. Valiulla | Indian National Congress | |
| Nominated | R. R. Diwakar | Nominated | |
| Nominated | Mithili Sharan Gupt | Nominated | |
| Nominated | Kaka Kalelkar | Nominated | |
| Nominated | Dr Radha Kumud Mookerjee | Nominated | |
| Orissa | Radhakrishna Biswasroy | Indian National Congress | Resigned 01/04/1957 |
| Orissa | Bodh Ram Dube | Indian National Congress | |
| Orissa | Surendra Mohanty | Indian National Congress | Resigned 23/03/1957 |
| PEPSU | Jagan Nath Kaushal | Indian National Congress | |
| Punjab | Sardar Swaran Singh | Indian National Congress | Resigned 21/03/1957 |
| Punjab | Guraj Singh Dhillion | Indian National Congress | |
| Punjab | Mukund Lal Puri | Indian National Congress | Death 11/1/1953 |
| Rajasthan | Sardar Singh | Indian National Congress | Resigned 16/09/1956 |
| Rajasthan | Keshvanand | Indian National Congress | |
| Rajasthan | Laksman Singhji | Independent | |
| Rajasthan | Harish Chandra Mathur | Independent | |
| Saurashtra | Jaisukh Lal Hathi | Indian National Congress | Resigned 12/03/1957 |
| Travancore & Cochin | S. Chattanatha Karayalar | Indian National Congress | |
| Travancore & Cochin | C. Narayan Pillai | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Jagannath Prasad Agrawal | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Nawab Singh Chauhan | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | A. Dharam Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Indra Vidyavachaspati | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Shyam Dhar Misra | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | B. K. Mukerjee | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Tarkeshwar Pande | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Pandit Sham Sundar Narain Tankha | Indian National Congress | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Thakur Das | Indian National Congress | |
| Vindyachal Pradesh | Banarasi Das Chaturvedi | Indian National Congress | |
| West Bengal | Bimal Comar Ghose | Praja Socialist Party | Resigned 21/03/1957 |
| West Bengal | Beni Prasad Agrawal | Indian National Congress | |
| West Bengal | Maya Devi Chettry | Indian National Congress | |
| West Bengal | Bhupesh Gupta | Communist Party of India | |
| West Bengal | Satyendra Mazumdar | Communist Party of India | Resigned 05/04/1957 |

## Bye-elections

The following bye elections were held in the year 1952.
Rajya Sabha members for term 1952-1956 :
| State | Member Name | Party | Remark |
| Bombay | Premji Leuva | Indian National Congress | Elected 07/08/1952 |
| Bombay | Dr N. S. Hardikar | Indian National Congress | Elected 07/08/1952 |
| Bombay | Lakhamshi Lavji | Indian National Congress | Elected 24/09/1952 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Ramesh Agnibhoj | Indian National Congress | Elected 10/11/1952 |
| Madras | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | Indian National Congress | Elected 22/08/1952 |