List of Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu

The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Tamil Nadu elects 18 seats and they are indirectly elected by the state legislators of Tamil Nadu. The number of seats, allocated to the party, are determined by the amount of seats, a party possesses during nomination and the party nominates a member to be voted on. Elections in within the state legislatures are held using Single transferable vote with proportional representation.^[1]

Parties - (Year 2011)

Party	Coalition (as of 14/01/14)	MLAs (2011)	Rajya Sabha MPs
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	TF	151	11
Indian National Congress	UPA	5	1
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	UPA	23	4
Pattali Makkal Katchi	None	03
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	TF	10	1
Communist Party of India	TF	8	1
Desiya Murpokku Dravidar Kazhagam	None	28

2015 Members List

Source: Parliament of India^[2]

No	Name	Party	Terms (MM/DD/YYYY)
1	S. Muthukaruppan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	April 2, 2014 To : April 1, 2020
2	T. K. Rangarajan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	April 2, 2014 To : April 1, 2020
3	Sasikala Pushpa	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	April 2, 2014 To : April 1, 2020
4	K. Selvaraj	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	April 2, 2014 To : April 1, 2020
5	Tiruchi Siva	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	April 2, 2014 To : April 1, 2020
6	Vijila Sathyananth	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	April 2, 2014 To : April 1, 2020
7	K. R. Arjunan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	July 25, 2013 To : July 24, 2019
8	Kanimozhi²	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	July 25, 2013 To : July 24, 2019
9	Dr. R. Lakshmanan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	July 25, 2013 To : July 24, 2019
10	V. Maitreyan³	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	July 25, 2013 To : July 24, 2019
11	D. Raja²	Communist Party of India	July 25, 2013 To : July 24, 2019
12	T. Rathinavel	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	July 25, 2013 To : July 24, 2019
13	A. Navaneethakrishnan	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	June 26, 2014 To : June 29, 2016
14	P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	June 30, 2010 To : June 29, 2016
15	K. P. Ramalingam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	June 30, 2010 To : June 29, 2016
16	E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan²	Indian National Congress	June 30, 2010 To : June 29, 2016
17	S. Thangavelu	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	June 30, 2010 To : June 29, 2016
18	A. William Rabi Bernard	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	July 15, 2011 To : June 29, 2016

Note: Number represents the term the MP is serving.

Alphabetical List of all Members from Tamil Nadu since 1952

Number of Rajya Sabha MPs in Tamil Nadu by party (excluding Members elected for Madras State)
Party	MPs
Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (ADMK)	54
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)	36
Indian National Congress (INC)	20
Tamil Maanila Congress (TMC)	4
Muslim League (ML)	3
Communist Party of India (CPI)	2
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPM)	1
Janata Party (JP)	1
Congress (Organisation) (INC(O))	1
Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK)	1

Source: Indian government (Rajya Sabha) website ^[3]

Name	Party	Years in Rajya Sabha (DD/MM/Year)	Terms
A
M.S. Khader Abdul	ADMK	03/04/1972-02/04/1978	1
Rahim Abdul	Other	03/04/1958-02/04/1962	1
A.K.A. Samad Abdul	ML	03/04/1964-02/04/1976	2
S. Agniraj	DMK	30/06/1998-29/06/2004	1
Aruna Aladi @ V. Arunachalam	ADMK	25/07/1983-24/07/1989	1
S. Peter Alphonse	INC TMC	04/03/1996-09/09/1997 10/10/1997-02/04/2002	2
Ammu Swaminathan	INC	09/11/1957-02/04/1960	1
T.V. Anandhan	INC(O)	03/04/1964-02/04/1976	2
P. Anbalagan	ADMK	28/07/1980-02/04/1984	1
S. Anbalagan*	ADMK	30/06/2004-29/06/2010	1
C.N. Annadurai	DMK	03/04/1962-25/02/1967	1
N.M. Anwar	INC	03/04/1960-02/04/1966	1
G.A. Appan	DMK	03/04/1968-02/04/1974	1
S. Austin	ADMK	30/06/1992-29/06/1998	1
Narasimha Gopalaswami Ayyangar	INC	03/04/1952-10/02/1953	1
B
N. Balaganga*	ADMK	03/04/2008-02/04/2014	1
M.C. Balan	ADMK	03/04/1972-02/04/1978	1
T.R. Baalu	DMK	30/06/1986-29/06/1992	1
C
S.S. Chandran	ADMK	25/07/2001-24/07/2007	1
Dr. S. Chandrasekhar	INC	03/04/1964-02/04/1970	1
V. V. Rajan Chellappa	ADMK	30/06/1992-29/06/1998	1
T. Chengalvaroyan	INC	09/08/1963-02/04/1972	1
T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar	INC	03/04/1958-02/04/1964	1
D
T.T.V. Dhinakaran*	ADMK	30/06/2004-29/06/2010	1
V.P. Duraisamy	ADMK DMK	25/07/1995-10/10/1996 26/11/1996-24/07/2001	2
E
A. Elavarasan	INC	25/07/2007-24/07/2013	1
G
L. Ganesan	DMK	30/06/1980-10/04/1986	1
Misa R. Ganesan	DMK	03/04/1990-02/04/1996	1
B.S. Gnanadesikan	INC	25/07/2001-24/07/2013	2
R. Gopalakrishnan	INC	12/03/1960-02/04/1964	1
R.T. Gopalan	ADMK	30/06/1986-29/06/1992	1
V. Gopalsamy	DMK	03/04/1978-02/04/1996	3
N.R. Govindarajar*	ADMK	30/06/2004-29/06/2010	1
S. Guruswami	Other	03/04/1952-02/04/1954	1
H
K.S. Hegde	INC	03/04/1952-21/08/1957	2
D. Heerachand	ADMK	30/06/1980-29/06/1986	1
Mona Hensman	INC	03/04/1952-02/04/1956	1
I
E.K. Imbichibava	CPI	03/04/1952-02/04/1954	1
S.G. Indira	ADMK	25/07/2001-24/07/2007	1
J
A.P. Janardhanam	ADMK	25/07/1977-24/07/1983	1
J. Jayalalithaa	ADMK	03/04/1984-28/01/1989	1
A.A. Jinnah*	DMK	03/04/2008-02/04/2014	1
Valampuri John	INC ADMK	03/04/1974-14/10/1974 03/04/1984-02/04/1990	2
N. Jothi	ADMK	03/04/2002-27/03/2008	1
K
M.A. Kadar	DMK	30/06/1998-29/06/2004	1
M. Kadharsha	DMK ADMK	03/04/1974-02/04/1980 25/07/1983-24/07/1989	2
B.V. Kakkilaya	CPI	03/04/1952-02/04/1954	1
Kanchi Kalyanasundaram	DMK	23/09/1969-02/04/1976	2
M. Kalyanasundaram	CPI	30/06/1980-29/06/1986	1
M. Kamalanathan	DMK	29/07/1971-02/04/1978	2
T.V. Kamalaswamy	DMK	03/04/1952-02/04/1960	2
R. Kamaraj	ADMK	25/07/2001-24/07/2007	1
Kanimozhi	DMK	25/07/2007-24/07/2013	1
Abdul Gaffar	TMC(M)	10/10/1997-29/06/1998	1
S.P.M. Syed Khan	ADMK	03/04/2002-02/04/2008	1
Pasupon Tha Kiruttinan	DMK	15/03/1989-02/04/1996	2
E.R. Krishnan	ADMK	18/07/1977-02/04/1980	1
U.R. Krishnan	ADMK	25/07/1977-24/07/1983	1
K.A. Krishnaswamy	ADMK	03/04/1972-02/04/1978	1
R.K. Kumar	ADMK	03/04/1996-03/10/1999	1
K.P.K. Kumaran	DMK	11/07/2006-24/07/2007	1
L
G. Lakshmanan	DMK	03/04/1974-08/01/1980	1
M
S. Madhavan	ADMK	03/04/1990-02/04/1996	1
Dr. V. Maitreyan	ADMK	15/01/2002-29/06/2004 25/07/2007-24/07/2013	2
K. Malaisamy	ADMK	30/06/2004-29/06/2010	1
K. Madhava Menon	INC	03/04/1954-02/04/1966	2
V.K. Krishna Menon	INC	26/05/1953-02/04/1956	1
S. Muthu Mani	ADMK	30/06/1992-29/06/1998	1
O.S. Manian	ADMK	25/07/1995-24/07/2001	1
Murasoli Maran	DMK	25/07/1977-24/07/1995	3
R. Margabandu	ADMK	25/07/1995-24/07/2001	1
S.S. Mariswamy	DMK	03/04/1964-02/04/1976	1
D. Masthan	ADMK	25/07/1995-24/07/2001	1
Dawood Ali Mirza	INC	11/12/1956-02/04/1962	1
R. Mohanarangam	ADMK	30/06/1980-08/09/1982 11/02/1983-29/06/1986	2
S.A. Khaja Mohideen	ML	03/04/1968-02/04/1980	2
M.J. Jamal Mohideen	INC	03/04/1962-02/04/1968	1
G.K. Moopanar	INC INC TMC(M)	25/07/1977-02/02/1989 25/07/1995-09/09/1997 30/06/1998-30/08/2001	4
M. Moses	INC	03/04/1978-02/04/1984	1
V. K. Ramaswami Mudaliar	IND	03/04/1952-02/04/1962	2
Arman Ali Munshi	Other	03/04/1952-02/04/1954	1
Sathiavani Muthu	ADMK	03/04/1978-02/04/1984	1
N
M. A. Manickavelu Naicker	Other	03/04/1962-15/04/1964	1
K.L. Narasimham	CPI	03/04/1952-02/04/1964	2
P.G. Narayanan	ADMK	25/07/2001-24/07/2007	1
C.D. Natarajan	DMK	03/04/1974-02/04/1980	1
Jayanthi Natarajan*	INC TMC(M) INC	30/06/1986-09/09/1997 10/10/1997-24/07/2001 03/04/2008-02/04/2014	4
E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan*	INC	30/06/2004-29/06/2010	1
S. Niraikulathan	ADMK	03/04/1996-02/04/2002	1
O
V.M. Obaidullah Sahib	INC	03/04/1952-21/02/1958	2
P
M. Palaniyandi	INC	30/06/1986-29/06/1992	1
N. Thangaraj Pandian	ADMK	30/06/1992-29/06/1998	1
B. Parameswaran	Other	03/04/1958-12/03/1962	1
G. Parthasarathy	Other	03/04/1960-02/04/1966	1
R.T. Parthasarathy	Other	03/04/1966-02/04/1972	1
Krishnan Parvati	Other	03/04/1954-12/03/1957	1
T.S. Pattabiraman	INC	03/04/1952-02/04/1966	3
C. Perumal	ADMK	03/04/2002-02/04/2008	1
Sivashanmugam Pillai	Other	03/04/1962-02/04/1968	1
R
D. Raja*	CPI	25/07/2007-24/07/2013	1
N. Rajangam	ADMK	03/04/1984-02/04/1990	1
N. Rajendran	ADMK	25/07/1995-24/07/2001	1
Sedapatti Suryanarayana Thevar Rajendran	DMK	03/04/1970-02/04/1976	1
J.S. Raju	DMK	25/07/1989-24/07/1995	1
M.S. Ramachandran	INC	30/06/1980-29/06/1986	1
S.K.T. Ramachandran	INC	25/07/1989-24/07/1995	1
Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss	PMK	30/06/2004-29/06/2010	1
R. Ramakrishnan	ADMK	30/06/1980-29/06/1986	1
P. Ramamurthy	CPI CPM	03/04/1960-02/04/1966 25/07/1977-24/07/1983	2
V. Ramanathan	ADMK	03/04/1984-02/04/1990	1
S. Ranganathan	IND	03/04/1974-02/04/1980	1
T.K. Rangarajan	CPM	03/04/2008-02/04/2014	1
Noorjehan Razack	ADMK	25/07/1977-24/07/1983	1
A.K. Refaye	ML	03/04/1972-02/04/1978	1
S
Era Sambasivam	ADMK	25/07/1983-24/07/1989	1
M. Sankaralingam	DMK	30/06/1998-29/06/2004	1
T.A. Mohammed Saqhy	DMK	03/04/1990-02/04/1996	1
T.A. Mohammed Saqhy	DMK	03/04/1990-02/04/1996	1
R. Sarath Kumar	DMK	25/07/2001-31/05/2006	1
Thanga Tamil Selvan	ADMK	03/04/2002-02/04/2008	1
Era Seziyan	JP	03/04/1978-02/04/1984	1
R. Shunmugasundaram	DMK	03/04/2002-02/04/2008	1
P.N. Siva	DMK	14/01/2000-02/04/2002 25/07/2007-24/07/2013	2
Tiruchi Siva	DMK	25/07/2007-24/07/2013	1
S. Sivasubramanian	DMK	30/06/1998-29/06/2004	1
S. Soundararajan	ADMK	03/04/1996-02/04/2002	1
T.K. Srinivasan	DMK	03/04/1970-02/04/1976	1
Vasanthi Stanley	DMK	03/04/2008-02/04/2014	1
Ka.Ra. Subbian	DMK	14/01/2000-02/04/2002	1
Thalavai Sundaram	ADMK	03/04/1996-18/05/2002	1
G. Swaminathan	ADMK	30/06/1986-29/06/1998	2
V.V. Swaminathan	ADMK	03/04/1972-19/06/1980	2
T
K.V. Thangkabalu	INC	03/04/1984-02/04/1990	1
V
G. Varadaraj	ADMK	25/07/1983-24/07/1989	1
G. K. Vasan	INC	03/04/2002-02/04/2014	2
K.K. Veerappan	DMK	03/04/1990-02/04/1996	1
V. Venka	DMK	03/04/1978-02/04/1984	1
T.M. Venkatachalam	ADMK	03/04/1996-02/12/1999	1
Tindivanam G. Venkatraman	DMK	25/07/1989-24/07/1995	1
S. Venkataraman	INC	03/04/1952-02/04/1962	2
M. Vincent	ADMK	30/06/1986-29/06/1992	1
Viduthalai Virumbi	DMK	15/03/1989-24/07/1995 30/06/1998-29/06/2004	3

Star (*) Represents current Rajya Sabha members
Blue: Elected to Rajya Sabha from the Madras State.

References

^ "Composition of Rajya Sabha - Rajya Sabha At Work" (PDF). rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
^ http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/memberstatewise.aspx
^ http://164.100.47.5:8080/members/alphabeticallist_all_terms.asp

External links

[RSat-work-1] "Composition of Rajya Sabha - Rajya Sabha At Work" (PDF). rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

[2] ttp://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/memberstatewise.aspx

[3] ttp://164.100.47.5:8080/members/alphabeticallist_all_terms.asp

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v t e Rajya Sabha
Presiding Officers and Parliamentary Functionaries	Chairperson List Deputy Chairperson Pro tem Chairperson Panel of Chairperons Leader of the House Leader of the Opposition Chairmen of Parliamentary Committees Whips Secretariat Secretary General Sansad TV
Members	Alphabetical List Nominated Members Current Members Aam Aadmi Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Members by State or Union Territory	Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal
Elections	1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

Parties - (Year 2011)

2015 Members List

Alphabetical List of all Members from Tamil Nadu since 1952

See also

References

External links