List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal

The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India. West Bengal elects 16 seats and they are indirectly elected by the state legislators of West Bengal. 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]

Members as of 2016

Source:Parliament of India (Rajya Sabha)[2]

No Name Party
1 Dola Sen All India Trinamool Congress
2 Derek O Brien All India Trinamool Congress
3 Sukhendu Sekhar Roy All India Trinamool Congress
4 Debendranath Bandyopadhyay All India Trinamool Congress
5 Sitaram Yechury Communist Party of India (Marxist)
6 Pradip Bhattacharya Indian National Congress
7 Mukul Roy All India Trinamool Congress
8 Nadimul Haque All India Trinamool Congress
9 Kunal Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress (Suspended)
10 Vivek Gupta All India Trinamool Congress
11 Tapan Kumar Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist)
12 Mithun Chakraborty All India Trinamool Congress
13 Jogen Chowdhury All India Trinamool Congress
14 K.D. Singh All India Trinamool Congress
15 Ahmed Hassan Imran All India Trinamool CongressTaking effect from April 2.[3]
16 Ritabrata Banerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Alphabetical list of all Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal state

Alphabetical list by last name[4]

The list is incomplete.

Name (alphabetical last name) Party Date of appointment Date of retirement Term Notes
Debendranath Bandyopadhyay AITC 19/08/2011 18/08/2017 1 *
Ritabrata Banerjee CPM 03/04/2014 02/04/2020 1 * Source: NDTV 24x7.[5]
Pradip Bhattacharya INC 19/08/2011 18/08/2017 1 *
Mithun Chakraborty AITC 07/02/2014 26/12/2016 1
Biplab Dasgupta CPM 03/04/1984 02/04/2000 [6] 1
Biplab Dasgupta CPM 03/04/2000 02/04/2006 2 Death 17/07/2005
Gurudas Dasgupta CPI 03/04/1984 02/04/2000 [6] 3
Rajpat Singh Doogar INC 03/04/1952 02/04/1954 1
Rajpat Singh Doogar INC 03/04/1966 02/04/1972 5
Bhupesh Gupta CPI 03/04/1952 02/04/1958 1
Bhupesh Gupta CPI 03/04/1976 02/04/1982 5 Death 06/08/1981
Pranab Mukherjee INC 10/07/1969 09/07/1975 1
Pranab Mukherjee INC 19/08/1999 13/05/2004 5 resigned Elected to LS
Derek O Brien AITC 19/08/2011 18/08/2017 1 *
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy AITC 19/08/2011 18/08/2017 1 *
Dola Sen AITC 14/03/2015 18/08/2017 1 *
Tapan Kumar Sen CPM 03/04/2012 02/04/2018 2 *
Sitaram Yechury CPM 19/08/2005 18/08/2011 1
Sitaram Yechury CPM 19/08/2011 18/08/2017 2 *

References

  1. ↑ "Composition of Rajya Sabha - Rajya Sabha At Work" (PDF). rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
  2. ↑ "MEMBERS OF RAJYA SABHA (wb) (STATE WISE LIST)". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "Editor of pro-TMC ‘Muslim’ Bengali daily ‘Kalom’ Ahmed Hassan Imran nominated to Rajya Sabha". Two Cicles. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Sansad Bhawan, New Delhi.
  5. ↑ "Trinamool Congress wins four Rajya Sabha seats in West Bengal; Congress bags two in Assam, three in Andhra Pradesh". NDTV. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  6. 1 2 "Jethmalani, Kesri's RS term ends on April 2, 2000". rediff.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
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