1978 Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1978, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. [1]
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
| 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 )
References
- ^ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 14 February 2019. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
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