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1999 Rajya Sabha elections

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1999 Rajya Sabha elections

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(of 228 seats) to the Rajya Sabha
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Leader Jaswant Singh Manmohan Singh
Party BJP INC

Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 1999, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. 1 member from Goa, 3 members from Gujarat and 6 members from West Bengal[1] were elected.[2]

Elections

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Elections were held to elect members from various states.

Members elected

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The following members are elected in the elections held in 1999. They are members for the term 1999–2005 and retire in year 2005, except in case of the resignation or death before the term. The list is incomplete.

State - Member - Party

Rajya Sabha members for term 1999–2005
State Member Name Party Remark
Goa[1] Faleiro Eduardo Martinho INC R
Gujarat[1] Ahmed Patel INC
Gujarat Lalitbhai Mehta BJP
Gujarat Savitaben V Sharda BJP
West Bengal[1] Abani Roy RSP
West Bengal Chandrakala Pandey CPM
West Bengal Chittabrata_Majumdar CPM
West Bengal Jibon Bihari Roy CPM
West Bengal Sarla Maheshwari CPM
West Bengal Shankar Roy Chowdhury IND.

Bye-elections

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The following bye elections were held in the year 1999.

State - Member - Party

  • Bye-elections were held on 30.08.1999 for vacancy from Assam due to death of seating member Parag Chaliha on 22 June 1999 with term ending on 14 June 2001 [3] Joyasree Goswami Mahanta of AGP became the member on 24/08/1999.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Biennial Elections to the Counc il of States from Goa, Gujarat and West Bengal and Bye Election to Karnat aka Legislative Council (by MLAs)" (PDF). ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Retrieved 13 September 2017.
  3. ^ "Bye-election to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from the State of Assam" (PDF). ECI, New Delhi. Retrieved 3 October 2017.