# 2011 Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2011, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held on 22 July to elect respectively 1 member from Goa, 3 members from Gujarat and 6 members from West Bengal for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.

## Elections

Elections were held to elect members from Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal. The following members are elected in the elections held in 2011.

### Goa

| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Elected Party | Reference |
| 1. | Shantaram Naik | | INC | Shantaram Naik | | INC | |

### Gujarat

| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party |
| 1. | Ahmed Patel | INC | Ahmed Patel | INC |
| 2. | Pravin Naik | BJP | Smriti Irani | BJP |
| 3. | Surendra Motilal Patel | BJP | Dilip Pandya | BJP |

### West Bengal

| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party |
| 1. | Abani Roy | RSP | Sukhendu Sekhar Roy | AITC |
| 2. | Arjun Kumar Sengupta | IND | Derek O'Brien | AITC |
| 3. | Mohammed Amin | CPI(M) | Debabrata Bandyopadhyay | AITC |
| 4. | Swapan Sadhan Bose | AITC | Srinjoy Bose | AITC |
| 5. | Sitaram Yechury | CPI(M) | Sitaram Yechury | CPI(M) |
| 6. | Brinda Karat | CPI(M) | Pradip Bhattacharya | INC |

## Bye-elections

The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra & Tamil Nadu, Assam and Bihar.

### Karnataka

* Bye-elections were held on 3 March 2011 for vacancy from Karnataka due to death of seating member M. Rajasekara Murthy on 05/12/2010 with term ending on 02/04/2012.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Elected Party | Reference |
| 1. | M. Rajasekara Murthy | | JDS | Hema Malini | | BJP | |

### Madhya Pradesh

* Bye-elections were held on 12 May 2011 for vacancy from Madhya Pradesh due to death of seating member Arjun Singh on 04/03/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2012.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Elected Party | Reference |
| 1. | Arjun Singh | | INC | Meghraj Jain | | BJP | |

### Maharashtra

* Bye-elections were held on 22 July 2011 for vacancy from Maharashtra due to resignation of seating member Prithviraj Chavan on 06/05/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2014
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Elected Party | Reference |
| 1. | Prithviraj Chavan | | INC | Husain Dalwai | | INC | |

### Tamil Nadu

* Bye-elections were held on 22 July 2011 for vacancy from Tamil Nadu due to resignation of K. P. Ramalingam on 20/05/2011 with term ending on 29/06/2016.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Elected Party | Reference |
| 1. | K. P. Ramalingam | | DMK | A. W. Rabi Bernard | | AIADMK | |

### Assam

* Bye-elections were held on 22 December 2011 for vacancy from Assam due to death of seating member Silvius Condpan on 10/10/2011 with term ending on 02/04/2016.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Elected Party | Reference |
| 1. | Silvius Condpan | | INC | Pankaj Bora | | INC | |

### Bihar

* Bye-elections were held on 22 December 2011 for vacancy from Bihar due to resignation of Sabir Ali of LJP on 15/11/2011 with term ending on 09/04/2014.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Elected Party | Reference |
| 1. | Sabir Ali | | LJP | Sabir Ali | | JDU | |