List of Rajya Sabha members from Puducherry

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The list of current and past Rajya Sabha members from the Puducherry Union Territory. The Union territory elects 1 member for a term of 6 years who is indirectly elected by the state legislators, since 1964.[1]

List of all Rajya Sabha members from Puducherry union territory[edit]

Name Party Date of appointment Date of retirement Term Notes
P. Abraham Indian National Congress 07/08/1963 06/08/1969 1
S. Sivaprakasam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 07/08/1969 06/08/1975 1
V. P. M. Samy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 28/07/1977 27/07/1983 1
V. Narayanasamy Indian National Congress 05/08/1985 04/08/1991 1
05/08/1991 04/08/1997 2
C. P. Thirunavukkarasu Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 07/10/1997 06/10/2003[2] 1
V. Narayanasamy Indian National Congress 07/10/2003 06/10/2009 3 Res 16/05/2009 Ele. to LS
P. Kannan 07/10/2009 06/10/2015 1
N. Gokulakrishnan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 07/10/2015 06/10/2021 1
S. Selvaganapathy Bharatiya Janata Party 07/10/2021 Incumbent 1
Number of Rajya Sabha MPs in Puducherry by party
Party Number of
Rajya Sabha MPs
Indian National Congress (INC) 5
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) 2
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) 2
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 1

References[edit]

  1. Rajya Sabha At Work (Second ed.). New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Secretariat. October 2006. p. 24. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  2. "Biennial /bye - election to the Rajya Sabha from Pondicherry and Chhattisgarh" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Retrieved 22 August 2017.

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