List of Rajya Sabha members from Jharkhand

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The list of current and past Rajya Sabha members from the Jharkhand State. State elect six members for the term of six years. They are indirectly elected by the state legislators of Jharkhand state, since 2002 biennial elections to Rajya Sabha. As per the Bihar Reorganisation Act 2000, these six seats are allocated to Jharkhand state from Bihar State, reducing Bihar seats from 22 to 16 seats, since 15 November 2000. [1]

List of all Rajya Sabha members from Jharkhand state[edit]

Alphabetical list by last name[2]

The list is incomplete.

  • Star (*) represents current Rajya Sabha members from JH state.
Name Party Term Start Term End Term Notes
Shibu Soren JMM 22-Jun-2020 21-Jun-2026 3 *
Deepak Prakash BJP 22-Jun-2020 21-Jun-2026 1 *
Sameer Oraon BJP 04-May-2018 03-May-2024 1 *
Dhiraj Prasad Sahu INC 04-May-2018 03-May-2024 3 *
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi BJP 08-Jul-2016 07-Jul-2022 1 *
Mahesh Poddar BJP 08-Jul-2016 07-Jul-2022 1 *
M. J. Akbar BJP 03-Jul-2015 29-Jun-2016 1 bye- res of K. D. Singh
Prem Chand Gupta RJD 10-Apr-2014 09-Apr-2020 1
Parimal Nathwani Ind 10-Apr-2014 09-Apr-2020 2
Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu INC 04-May-2012 03-May-2018 1
Sanjiv Kumar JMM 04-May-2012 03-May-2018 1
K. D. Singh JMM 08-Jul-2010 07-Jul-2016 1 resigned on 12-Feb-2014
Dhiraj Prasad Sahu INC 08-Jul-2010 07-Jul-2016 2
Dhiraj Prasad Sahu INC 24-Jun-2009 07-Jul-2010 1 bye - res of Digvijay Singh
Hemant Soren JMM 24-Jun-2009 07-Jul-2010 1 bye -res of Yashwant Sinha

resigned on 04-Jan-2010

Parimal Nathwani Ind 10-Apr-2008 09-Apr-2014 1
Jai Prakash Narayan Singh BJP 10-Apr-2008 09-Apr-2014 1
S. S. Ahluwalia BJP 03-Apr-2006 02-Apr-2012 2
Mabel Rebello INC 03-Apr-2006 02-Apr-2012 1
Digvijay Singh JDU 06-Jun-2005 07-Jul-2010 1 bye - res of Stephen Marandi

resigned on 05-Apr-2009

Stephen Marandi JMM 08-Jul-2004 07-Jul-2010 1 disq 16-Mar-2005
Yashwant Sinha BJP 08-Jul-2004 07-Jul-2010 1 elected to Hazaribagh LS on 16-May-2009
Devdas Apte BJP 02-Jul-2002 09-Apr-2008 1 bye - res of Shibu Soren
Ajay Maroo BJP 10-Apr-2002 09-Apr-2008 1
Shibu Soren JMM 10-Apr-2002 09-Apr-2008 2 resigned on 02-Jun-2002
S. S. Ahluwalia BJP 03-Apr-2000 02-Apr-2006 1
R. K. Anand INC 03-Apr-2000 02-Apr-2006 1
Abhay Kant Prasad BJP 05-Jun-2002 07-Jul-2004 1 bye - death of Dayanand Sahay
Dayanand Sahay Ind 19-Jul-2001 07-Jul-2004 1 bye - res of Shibu Soren

expired on 19-Mar-2002

Shibu Soren JMM 08-Jul-1998 07-Jul-2004 1 resigned on 18-Jul-2001
Parmeshwar Kumar Agarwalla BJP 08-Jul-1998 07-Jul-2004 1
Ven'ble Dhammaviriyo RJD 15-Nov-2000 09-Apr-2002 1
Obaidullah Khan Azmi JD 10-Apr-1996 09-Apr-2002 1

References[edit]

  1. Rajya Sabha At Work (Second ed.). New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Secretariat. October 2006. p. 24. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Sansad Bhawan, New Delhi.

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