2000 Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held in 2000, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held to elect respectively 3 seats from Delhi and 1 seat from Sikkim,[1] 58 members from 15 states [2] and 3 members from Kerala[3] for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.[4]

2000 Rajya Sabha elections
(of 228 seats) to the Rajya Sabha
  First party Second party
 
Leader Jaswant Singh Manmohan Singh
Party BJP INC

Elections

Elections were held in 2000 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete.

Members elected

The following members are elected in the elections held in 2000. They are members for the term 2000-2006 and retire in year 2006, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.

State - Member - Party

Rajya Sabha members for term 2000-2006
StateMember NamePartyRemark
Delhi[1]Karan SinghINC
DelhiJanardan DwivediINC
DelhiP. M. SayeedINC
Sikkim[1]P.T. GyamtsoSDF
AP[2]Alladi P RajkumarINCR
APVenga GeethaTDP
APDasari Narayana RaoINC
APRaashid AlviINC
APK. Rama Mohana RaoTDP
APRamamuni Reddy Sirigi ReddyTDP
BH[2]Kumkum RaiJDU
BHMahendra PrasadJDU
BHRavi Shankar PrasadBJP
BHFaguni RamINC
BHVidya Sagar NishadRJD
BHVijay Singh YadavRJD
CG[2]Kamla ManharINC
GJ[2]Arun JaitleyBJP
GJDr A K PatelINC
GJRajubhai A ParmarINC
GJLekhraj H BachaniINC
HR[2]Ramji LalINLD
HP[2]Sunil BarongpaINC
JH[2]S. S. AhluwaliaBJP
JHRK AnandINC
KA[2]Bimba RaikarINC
KAK. Rahman KhanINC
KAM. Rajasekara MurthyINCRes 10-11-2005
KAK.B. Krishna MurthyINC
MP[2]H. R. BhardwajINC
MPArjun SinghINC
MPP K MaheshwariINC
MPNarayan Singh KesariBJP
MPVikram VermaBJP
MH[2]Balavant ApteBJP
MHR. S. GavaiRPI
MHYusuf Sanwar KhanINC
MHRajeev ShuklaINC
MHPraful PatelNCP
MHVasant ChavanNCP
MHRam JethmalaniOTH
UP [2]Kalraj MishraBJP
UPRam Nath KovindBJP
UPBalbir PunjBJP
UPR. B. S. VarmaBJP
UPGhanshyam Chandra KharwarBSP
UPSakshi MaharajBJP
UPJaneshwar MishraSP
UPDara Singh ChauhanBSP
UPRajeev ShuklaINC
UPProf M. M. AgarwalIND
UP[2]Sushma SwarajBJPfr UP till 08/11/2000
WB[2]Nilotpal BasuCPM
WBDipankar MukherjeeCPM
WBManoj BhattacharyaRSP
WBJayanta BhattacharyaINC
WBBiplab DasguptaCPMDea 17-07-2005
OR[2]Rudra Narayan PanyBJP
ORBirabhadra Singh--
ORBaijayant PandaBJD
RJ [2]Ramdas AgarwalBJP
RJJamna DeviINC
RJMool ChandINC
Kerala[3]P.J. KurienINC
KeralaN.K. PremachandranRSP
KeralaM. P. Abdussamad SamadaniML

Bye-elections

The following bye elections were held in the year 2000.

State - Member - Party

  • Bye-elections were held on 20/01/2000 for vacancy from Karnataka and Jammu Kashmir due to resignations of seating members S M Krishna on 14.10.1999 with term ending on 09.04.2002 and Dr Karan Singh on 12.08.1999 with term ending on 29 November 2002.[5] From Karnataka K. C. Kondaiah of INC became member.
  • Bye-elections were held on 20/01/2000 for vacancy from Tamil Nadu due to resignations of seating members R.K. Kumar on 03.10.1999 with term ending on 02.04.2002 and T.M. Venkatachalam on 02.12.1999 with term ending on 02.04.2002.[5]
  • Bye-elections were held on 29/03/2000 for vacancy from Jammu Kashmir and Bihar due to resignation of seating member Dr Karan Singh on 12.08.1999 with term ending on 29 November 2002 and death of seating member Jagdambi Mandal on 13 January 2000 with term ending on 09.04.2002. [6]
  • Bye-elections were held on 21/09/2000 for vacancy from Sikkim due to death of seating member K G Bhutia on 12.8.2000 with term ending on 23 February 2006. [7]

References
  1. "Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from National Capital Territory of Delhi and Sikkim – 2005-06" (PDF). ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
  2. "Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and State Legislative Councils of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh by (MLAs)-2006" (PDF). ECI New Delhi. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  3. "Biennial Election to the Council of States from Kerala" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Retrieved 18 August 2017.
  4. "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  5. "Elections to Rajya Sabha" (PDF). ECI New Delhi. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  6. "Biennial elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to fill the seats of members retiring on 02.04.2000" (PDF). ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  7. "Bye-election to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from the State of Sikkim" (PDF). ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 3 October 2017.
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