# 1966 Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1966, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber.

## Elections

Elections were held in 1966 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete.

### Members elected

The following members are elected in the elections held in 1966. They are members for the term 1966-72 and retire in year 1972, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.
State - Member - Party
Rajya Sabha members for term 1966-1972 :
| State | Member Name | Party | Remark |
| Andhra Pradesh | Kota Punnaiah | INC | |
| Andhra Pradesh | Akbar Ali Khan | INC | |
| Andhra Pradesh | Neelam Sanjiva Reddy | INC | 24/02/1967 |
| Andhra Pradesh | J C Nagi Reddy | INC | |
| Andhra Pradesh | M V Bhadram | CPI |
| Assam | Dr Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed | INC | 25/02/1967 |
| Assam | Usha Barthakur | INC |
| Assam | Purakayastha Mahitosh | INC | res 21/03/1972 |
| Bihar | Bhupendra Narayan Mandal | SSP |
| Bihar | Rajendra Pratap Sinha | INC |
| Bihar | Sheel Bhadra Yajee | INC |
| Bihar | Lalit Narayan Mishra | INC | 02/02/1972 LS |
| Bihar | Shyamnandan Mishra | INC | 11/03/1971 LS |
| Bihar | Pratul Chandra Mitra | INC |
| Bihar | Raghunath Prasad Khaitan | INC |
| Delhi | Shanta Vasisht | INC |
| Gujarat | Biharilal N Antani | OTH | Dea. 16/09/1971 |
| Gujarat | K S Chavda | INC | 10/03/1971 |
| Gujarat | Suresh J Desai | INC |
| Gujarat | Kodardas K Shah | INC | res 22/05/1971 |
| Gujarat | Pushpaben Mehta | CO |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Gulam Nabi Untoo | INC |
| Madras | N Ramakrishna Iyer | OTH |
| Madras | T Chengalvaroyan | INC |
| Madras | R T Parthasarathy | OTH |
| Madras | G P Somasundaram | DMK | dea 25/06/1971 |
| Madras | N R M Swamy | INC |
| Madhya Pradesh | Nand Kishore Bhatt | INC |
| Madhya Pradesh | Vidyawati Chaturvedi | INC |
| Madhya Pradesh | A D Mani | IND |
| Madhya Pradesh | Niranjan Varma | JS |
| Maharashtra | B.D. Khobragade | RPI |
| Maharashtra | Gulabrao Patil | INC |
| Maharashtra | M C Chagla | INC |
| Maharashtra | Vithalrao T Nagpure | INC |
| Maharashtra | B S Savnekar | INC |
| Maharashtra | Asoka Mehta | INC | res 26/02/1967 LS |
| Manipur | Sinam Krishnamohan Singh | INC | Dea 02/11/1964 |
| Mysore | Violet Alva | INC | Dea 20/11/1969 |
| Mysore | N Sri Ram Reddy | INC |
| Mysore | M D Narayan | OTH |
| Nominated | M Amjal Khan | NOM | Dea. 18/10/1969 |
| Nominated | Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan | NOM |
| Nominated | Dr Dhananjay R Gadgil | NOM | res 31/08/1967 |
| Nominated | M C Setalvad | NOM |
| Orissa | Bhabani Charan Pattanayak | INC | |
| Orissa | Lokanath Misra | OTH |
| Orissa | Banka Behary Das | OTH | res 04/04/1971 |
| Orissa | M Haneef | OTH | dea 06/10/1967 |
| Punjab | Sardar Raghbir Singh | INC |
| Punjab | Neki Ram | INC |
| Punjab | Sardar Narinder Singh Brar | AD |
| Punjab | Salig Ram | INC | res 19/03/1972 |
| Rajasthan | S S Bhandari | JAN |
| Rajasthan | Dalpat Singh | OTH |
| Rajasthan | Mangala Devi Talwar | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Jogesh Chandra Chatterjee | INC | dea 28/04/1969 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Dr Z A Ahmad | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Hayatullah Ansari | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Arjun Arora | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Sukhdev Prasad | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Mustafa Rashid Shervani | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | M S Gurupadaswamy | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Raj Narain | OTH |
| Uttar Pradesh | Hira Vallabha Tripathi | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Joginder Singh | INC | res 20/09/1971 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Gopal Swarup Pathak | INC | res 13/05/1967 |
| Uttar Pradesh | Kunj Bihari Lal Rathi | JS | dea 13/07/1968 |
| West Bengal | Chitta Basu | CPM | |
| West Bengal | Rajpat Singh Doogar | INC |
| West Bengal | Mriganka M Sur | INC |
| West Bengal | Biren Roy | INC |
| West Bengal | Arun Prakash Chatterjee | CPM | |

## Bye-elections

The following bye elections were held in the year 1966.
State - Member - Party
* MP - Chakrapani Shukla - INC ( ele 08/02/1966 term till 1970 )
* Rajasthan - Jagannath_Pahadia - INC ( ele 22/03/1966 term till 1970 )23/02/1967
* Nominated - M N Kaul - NOM ( ele 30/03/1966 term till 1970 )
* Uttar Pradesh - Tarkeshwar Pande - INC ( ele 30/07/1966 term till 1970 )
* Haryana - Krishna Kant - INC ( ele 29/11/1966 term till 1972 )
* Haryana - Ram Chander - INC ( ele 29/11/1966 term till 1968 )