# 1978 Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1978, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber.

## Elections

Elections were held in 1978 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete.

### Members elected

The following members are elected in the elections held in 1978. They are members for the term 1978-84 and retire in year 1978, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.
State - Member - Party
Rajya Sabha members for term 1978-1984 :
| State | Member Name | Party | Remark |
| Assam | Dinesh Goswami | INC |
| Assam | Robin Kakati | INC |
| Assam | Ajit Kumar Sharma | JAN |
| Andhra Pradesh | B. Satyanarayan Reddy | JAN |
| Andhra Pradesh | Buddha Priya Maurya | INC |
| Andhra Pradesh | N.P. Chengalraya Naidu | INC |
| Andhra Pradesh | Ghouse Mohiuddin Sheikh | INC |
| Andhra Pradesh | Chadalavada Venkatrao | INC | dea 05/01/1981 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | T Anjiah | INC | Res 19/02/1981 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | Ratan Tama | INC |
| Bihar | Dayanand Sahay | INC |
| Bihar | Anand Prasad Sharma | INC | res 19/02/1983 |
| Bihar | Yogendra Sharma | CPI |
| Bihar | J K P N Singh | INC |
| Bihar | Pranab Chatterjee | OTH | dea 02/06/1979 |
| Bihar | Ram Lakhan Prasad Gupta | BJP |
| Bihar | Shiv Chandra Jha | BJP |
| Delhi | Jagannathrao Joshi | JAN |
| Gujarat | Ibrahim Kalaniya | INC | |
| Gujarat | Piloo Modi | JAN | dea 29/01/1983 |
| Gujarat | Ghanshyambhai Oza | JAN |
| Gujarat | Manubhai Patel | JD |
| Haryana | Sujan Singh | INC | res 31/12/1982 |
| Haryana | Dr Sarup Singh | LD |
| Himachal Pradesh | Mohinder Kaur | JAN |
| Jammu & Kashmir | Khawaja Mubarak Shah | JKNC | res 10/01/1980 LS |
| Karnataka | Satchidananda | INC |
| Karnataka | Ramakrishna Hegde | JP | res 23/05/1983 CM, KA |
| Karnataka | Maqsood Ali Khan | INC |
| Karnataka | H R Basavaraj | INC | res 17/01/1980 |
| Madhya Pradesh | Manhar Bhagatram | INC |
| Madhya Pradesh | Vijaya Raje Scindia | BJP |
| Madhya Pradesh | Baleshwar Dayal | JAN |
| Madhya Pradesh | Dr Bhai Mahavir | JAN |
| Madhya Pradesh | Ladli Mohan Nigam | JAN |
| Madhya Pradesh | Jamuna Devi | OTH |
| Maharashtra | B.D. Khobragade | RPI |
| Maharashtra | N.K.P. Salve | INC |
| Maharashtra | A. G. Kulkarni | INC |
| Maharashtra | Sushila S Adivarekar | INC |
| Maharashtra | Sadasiv Bagaitkar | JAN | dea 05/12/1983 |
| Maharashtra | Ganpat Hiralal Bhagat | IND |
| Maharashtra | Dr Rafiq Zakaria | INC |
| Manipur & Tripura | Ng. Tompok Singh | INC | |
| Meghalaya | Alexander Warjri | IND | |
| Mizoram | Lalsawia | IND |
| Nominated | Dr M S Adiseshiah | NOM |
| Nominated | Fathema Ismail | NOM |
| Nominated | Pandurang D Jadhav | NOM |
| Nominated | Bhagwati Charan Varma | NOM | dea 05/10/1981 |
| Orissa | Bhabani Charan Pattanayak | INC | |
| Orissa | Surendra Mohanty | INC |
| Orissa | Dhaneswar Majhi | INC |
| Orissa | Harekrushna Mallick | JD |
| Punjab | Dr Rajinder Kaur | SAD |
| Punjab | Harkishan Singh Surjeet | CPM |
| Rajasthan | Bhim Raj | INC |
| Rajasthan | Hari Shankar Bhabhra | BJP |
| Rajasthan | Radheshyam R Murarka | JAN |
| Tamil Nadu | V. Gopalsamy | DMK |
| Tamil Nadu | V.V. Swaminathan | AIADMK | res 19/06/1980 |
| Tamil Nadu | M Moses | INC |
| Tamil Nadu | Dr Sathiavani Muthu | INC |
| Tamil Nadu | Era Seziyan | JAN |
| Tamil Nadu | V. Venka | DMK |
| Uttar Pradesh | Kamlapati Tripathi | INC | res 08/01/1980 LS |
| Uttar Pradesh | Narendra Singh | JAN |
| Uttar Pradesh | Jagdish Prasad Mathur | BJP |
| Uttar Pradesh | Kalraj Mishra | BJP |
| Uttar Pradesh | Dr M M S Siddhu | BJP |
| Uttar Pradesh | G C Bhattacharya | LD |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lakhan Singh | JAN |
| Uttar Pradesh | K C Pant | INC |
| Uttar Pradesh | Rameshwar Singh | LD |
| Uttar Pradesh | Abdul Rehman Sheikh | JAN |
| Uttar Pradesh | Surendra Mohan | JAN |
| West Bengal | Amarprosad Chakraborty | FB |
| West Bengal | Kanak Mukherjee | CPM |
| West Bengal | Prof Saurin Bhattacharjee | RSP |
| West Bengal | Ananda Pathak | CPM | 09/01/1980 |
| West Bengal | Syed Shahedullah | CPM |

## Bye-elections

The following bye elections were held in the year 1978.
State - Member - Party
* Uttar Pradesh - Shiva Nandan Singh - JAN ( ele 20/03/1978 term till 1980 )
* Madhya Pradesh - B Jamuna Devi - OTH ( ele 10/04/1978 term till 1980 )
* Maharashtra - Motiram Lahane - JAN ( ele 14/12/1978 term till 1980 )