List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka

The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Karnataka elects 12 seats and they are indirectly elected by the state legislators of Karnataka. The number of seats allocated to the party are determined by the number of seats a party possesses during nomination, and the party nominates a member to be voted on. Elections within the state legislatures are held using Single transferable vote with proportional representation.^[1]

Current members

No	Name	Party
1	L Hanumanthaiah	Indian National Congress
2	Rajeev Chandrasekhar	Bharatiya Janata Party
3	K.C. Ramamurthy	Indian National Congress
4	Oscar Fernandes	Indian National Congress
5	K. Rahman Khan	Indian National Congress
6	Rajeev Gowda	Indian National Congress
7	Basavaraja Patil Sedam	Bharatiya Janata Party
8	Prabhakar Kore	Bharatiya Janata Party
9	Nirmala Sitharaman	Bharatiya Janata Party
10	B. K. Hariprasad	Indian National Congress
11	Jairam Ramesh	Indian National Congress
12	D. Kupendra Reddy	Janata Dal (Secular)
13	G. C. Chandrashekar	Indian National Congress

Alphabetical List of all Members from Karnataka since 1952

Source: Indian government (Rajya Sabha) website ^[2]

Name (Alphabetical Last Name)	Party	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement	Term	Notes
Alva, K.Nagappa	INC-O	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	1
Alva, Margaret	INC	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	1
Alva, Margaret	INC	03/04/1980	02/04/1986	2
Alva, Margaret	INC	03/04/1986	02/04/1992	3
Alva, Margaret	INC	03/04/1992	02/04/1998	4
Alva, Violet	INC	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	3	MY State, BOM-1952-54, 1954-60
Alva, Violet	INC	03/04/1966	02/04/1972	4	dea 20/11/1969
Basavaraj, H.R	INC	10/04/1978	09/04/1984	1	res 17/01/1980
Basavaraju, M	INC	03/04/1980	02/04/1986	1
Bommai, S. R.	INC	03/04/1998	02/04/2004	2	OR 1992-98
Cariappa, Prema	INC	10/04/2002	09/04/2008	1
Chandrasekhar, Rajeev	Independent	03/04/2006	02/04/2012	1
Chandrasekhar, Rajeev	Independent	03/04/2012	02/04/2018	2	*
Chandrasekharappa, T.V.	INC	13/07/1977	09/04/1978	1	bye 1977
Monika Das	INC	03/04/1980	02/04/1986	1
Dasappa, H.C.	INC	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	1	res 13/03/1957 2-LS
Desai, R.M.	INC	03/04/1976	02/04/1982	1
Deve Gowda, H.D.	Janata Dal	23/09/1996	09/04/2002	1	Bye 1996 res 02/03/1998
Fernandes, Oscar	INC	03/04/1998	02/04/2004	1
Fernandes, Oscar	INC	01/07/2004	30/06/2010	2
Fernandes, Oscar	INC	01/07/2010	30/06/2016	3
Gowda, D.B. Chandre	Janata Dal	03/04/1986	02/04/1992	1	14/12/1989
Gowda, H.K. Javare	Janata Dal	03/04/1998	02/04/2004	1
Gowda, K.G. Thimme	Janata Dal	10/04/1984	09/04/1990	1
Gowda, K.S. Malle	Independent	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	1
Gowda, K.S. Malle	Independent	03/04/1976	02/04/1982	2
Gowda, U.K. Lakshmana	Independent	03/04/1968	02/04/1974	1
Gowda, U.K. Lakshmana	Independent	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	2
Rajeev Gowda	INC	26/06/2014	25/06/2020	1	*
Gurupadaswamy, M.S.	PSP	10/04/1960	09/04/1966	1	Mysore State
Gurupadaswamy, M.S.	Janata Party	10/04/1984	09/04/1990	3	UP 1966-72
Gurupadaswamy, M.S.	Janata Dal	10/04/1990	09/04/1992	4
Hanumanthappa, H.	INC	03/04/1982	02/04/1988	1
Hanumanthappa, H.	INC	03/04/1988	02/04/1994	2
Hanumanthappa, H.	INC	03/04/1994	02/04/2000 ^[3]	3
Hardikar, N. S.	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1	Bombay State
Hardikar, N. S.	INC	03/04/1956	02/04/1962	2	Mysore State
Hariprasad, B.K.	INC	10/04/1990	09/04/1996	1
Hariprasad, B.K.	INC	01/07/2004	30/06/2010	2
Hariprasad, B.K.	INC	22/08/2013	25/06/2014	3	bye 2013
Hariprasad, B.K.	INC	26/06/2014	25/06/2020	4	*
Havanur,L.G.	INC	13/07/1977	09/04/1980	1	bye 1977
Hegde, Ramakrishna	Janata Party	10/04/1978	09/04/1984	1	res 23/05/1983
Hegde, Ramakrishna	Janata Dal	10/04/1996	09/04/2002	2
Hema Malini	BJP	04/03/2011	02/04/2012	2	Nominated 2003-09 bye 2011
Ibrhim, B.	INC	25/03/1980	09/04/1984	1	bye 1980
Ibrahim, C.M.	Janata Dal	10/04/1996	09/04/2002	1
Javali, J.P.	Janata Dal	03/04/1988	02/04/1994	1
Jayadevappa, K.R.	INC	03/04/1992	02/04/1998	1
Jethmalani, Ram	Janata Dal	03/04/1988	02/04/1994	5
Jois, M. Rama	BJP	25/06/2008	24/06/2014	1
Karmakar, D.P.	INC	03/04/1962	02/04/1968	1	Mysore State
Khan, F.M.	INC	03/04/1976	02/04/1982	1.
Khan, F.M.	INC	03/04/1982	02/04/1988	2
Khan, K. Rahman	Congress(I)	03/04/1994	02/04/2000	1
Khan, K. Rahman	INC	03/04/2000	02/04/2006	2
Khan, K. Rahman	INC	03/04/2006	02/04/2012	3
Khan, K. Rahman	INC	03/04/2012	02/04/2018	4
Khan, Maqsood Ali	INC	10/04/1972	09/04/1978	1
Khan, Maqsood Ali	INC	10/04/1978	09/04/1984	2
Kollur, M.L.	INC	03/04/1968	02/04/1974	1
Kollur, M.L.	INC	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	2
Kollur, M.L.	INC	10/04/1984	09/04/1990	3
Kondaiah, K.C.	INC	14/01/2000	09/04/2002	1	bye 2000
Kore, Prabhakar	INC	10/04/1990	09/04/1996	1
Kore, Prabhakar	BJP	22/06/2008	21/06/2014	2
Kore, Prabhakar	BJP	22/06/2014	21/06/2020	3	*
Korwar, Gundappa	INC	03/04/1992	02/04/1998	1
Krishna, S.M.	INC	10/04/1996	09/04/2002	1	res 14/10/1999
Krishna, S.M.	INC	25/06/2008	24/06/2014	2
Krishnan, G.Y.	INC	10/04/1990	09/04/1996	1
Kushnoor, Veershetty Moglappa	INC	03/04/1982	02/04/1988	1
Lad, Anil H.	INC	25/06/2008	24/06/2014	1	Res. 20/05/2013
Prof Lakshmisagar, A.	Janata Dal	13/04/1998	09/04/2002	1	bye 1998
Maddanna, M.	INC	03/04/1980	02/04/1986	1
Maheswarappa, K.G.	Janata Dal	03/04/1986	02/04/1992	1
Mahishi, Sarojini	Janata Party	08/09/1983	09/04/1984	1	bye 1983
Mahishi, Sarojini	Janata Party	10/04/1984	09/04/1990	2
Mallya, Vijay	Independent	10/04/2002	09/04/2008	1
Mallya, Vijay	Independent	01/07/2010	30/06/2016	2	res 04/05/2016
Manjunatha, Aayanur	BJP	01/07/2010	30/06/2016	1
Murty, K.B. Krishna	INC	03/04/2000	02/04/2006	1
Murthy, M.Rajasekara	Congress(I)	03/04/1994	02/04/2000	1	res 23/08/1999
Murthy, M.Rajasekara	BJP	03/04/2000	02/04/2006	2	res 10/11/2005
Murthy, M.Rajasekara	JDS	03/04/2006	02/04/2012	3	dea 05/12/2010
Nagaraja Murthy, P.B.	INC	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	1
Naidu, M. Venkaiah	BJP	03/04/1998	02/04/2004	1
Naidu, M. Venkaiah	BJP	01/07/2004	30/06/2010	2
Naidu, M. Venkaiah	BJP	01/07/2010	30/06/2016	3	RJ 2016-17
Naik,L.R.	Janata Dal	20/07/1977	02/04/1980	1	bye 1977
Naik,R.S.	Janata Dal	03/04/1986	02/04/1992	1
Nanjundaiya, B.C.	INC	25/04/1957	02/04/1960	1	bye 1957 Mysore State
Nanjundaiya, B.C.	INC	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	2	Mysore State
Narasiah, H.S.	INC	10/04/1972	09/04/1978	1	15/05/1977
Narayan, M.D.	Others	03/04/1966	02/04/1972	1	Mysore
Pai, T.A.	INC	10/04/1972	09/04/1978	1	res 21/03/1977 LS
Basavaraja Patil Sedam	BJP	03/04/2012	02/04/2018	1	*
Patil, Puttappa	Others	03/04/1962	02/04/1968	1	Mysore State
Patil, Puttappa	Others	03/04/1968	02/04/1974	2	Mysore State
Patil, Veerendra	Others	10/04/1972	09/04/1978	1
Poojary, Janardhana	Congress(I)	03/04/1994	02/04/2000^[3]	1
Poojary, Janardhana	INC	10/04/2002	09/04/2008	2
Poonacha, C.M.	INC	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	1	res 25/02/1967 LS-4
Prasad, Leeladevi Renuka	JD	10/04/1996	09/04/2002	1	22/04/1996
Rachaiah, B.	INC	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	1	21/03/1977
Raikar, Bimba	INC	03/04/2000	02/04/2006	1
Rajagopal, M.	INC	30/06/1992	29/06/1998	1.
Rajasekharan, M.V.	INC	10/04/2002	09/04/2008	1
R. Ramakrishna	BJP	03/04/2012	02/04/2018	1	*
K.C. Ramamurthy	INC	01/07/2016	30/06/2022	1	*
Ramaswamy, M. A. M.	JDS	01/07/2004	30/06/2010	1
Jairam Ramesh	INC	01/07/2016	30/06/2022	3	* AP 2004-16
Rao, B. Shiva	INC	25/04/1957	02/04/1960	1	bye 1957
Rao, S.V. Krishna Moorthy	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1	Mysore State
Rao, S.V. Krishna Moorthy	INC	03/04/1956	01/03/1962	2	Mysore State
Rao Raghavendra	Others	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	1	Mysore State
Reddy, C.G.	Others	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1	Mysore State
D. Kupendra Reddy	JDS	26/06/2014	25/06/2020	1	*
Reddy, Kysamballi Chengalraya	INC	09/10/1952	02/04/1954	1	Mysore State
Reddy, Kysamballi Chengalraya	INC	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	2	18/03/1957 Mysore State
Reddy, Mulka Govinda	Others	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	1	Mysore State
Reddy, Mulka Govinda	Others	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	2	Mysore State
Reddy, Mulka Govinda	INC	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	3
Reddy, Mulka Govinda	INC	03/04/1976	02/04/1982	4
Reddy, N. Sri Rama	INC	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	1	Mysore State
Reddy, N. Sri Rama	INC	03/04/1966	02/04/1972	2	Mysore State
Prof Sanadi, I.G.	INC	10/04/1990	09/04/1996	1
Satchidananda	INC	10/04/1978	09/04/1984	1.
Satchidananda	INC	04/09/1991	02/04/1992	2	bye 1991
Satchidananda	INC	03/04/1992	02/04/1998	3
Shanappa, K.B.	BJP	03/04/2006	02/04/2012	1
Sherkhan, M.	INC	09/03/1961	02/04/1964	1	bye 1961 Mysore State
Sherkhan, M.	INC	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	2	Mysore State
Sherkhan, M.	INC	30/03/1970	02/04/1972	3	bye 1970
Shetty, B.P. Basappa	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1	Mysore State
Shetty, B.P. Basappa	INC	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	2	Mysore State
Siddalingaya, T.	INC	03/05/1967	02/04/1970	1	bye 1967 MY State
Siddiqui, Abdul Samad	Janata Dal	03/04/1988	02/04/1994	1
Nirmala Sitharaman	BJP	01/07/2016	30/06/2022	2	* AP 2014-16
Smt D K Tharadevi	INC	23/03/1990	25/03/1996	1	16/06/1991
Smt A Devi Thihmareddy	INC	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	1	Mysore State
Smt A Devi Thihmareddy	INC	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	2	Mysore State
L H Thimmabovy	INC	03/04/1952	24/08/1952	1	res 24/08/1952
M Valiulla	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1	Mysore State
M Valiulla	INC	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	2	dea 17/12/1960
J Venkatappa	OTH	03/04/1962	02/04/1968	1	Mysore State

References

^ "Composition of Rajya Sabha - Rajya Sabha At Work" (PDF). rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
^ http://164.100.47.5:8080/members/alphabeticallist_all_terms.asp
^ ^a ^b "Jethmalani, Kesri's RS term ends on April 2, 2000". rediff.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

[RSat-work-1] "Composition of Rajya Sabha - Rajya Sabha At Work" (PDF). rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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[r2000-3] "Jethmalani, Kesri's RS term ends on April 2, 2000". rediff.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

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