2013 Rajya Sabha elections

Minor Rajya Sabha elections were held in 2013, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber also known as the Council of States. Routine elections were held in May and June among proportionately qualifying legislators to elect (nominate) two members from Assam^[1] and six from Tamil Nadu, to the 245-member body.^[2]

2013 Rajya Sabha elections

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8 seats to the Rajya Sabha
First party Second party   Leader Dr. Manmohan Singh Arun Jaitley Party INC BJP Alliance UPA NDA Leader since 21 March 1998 3 June 2009 Leader's seat Assam Gujarat Seats before 71 49 Seats after 72 49 Seat change 1

By-elections were also held among legislators of the States of Bihar,^[3] Meghalaya,^[4] Karnataka,^[5] (one seat for each) and two in Uttar Pradesh.^[6]

Elections

Assam

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	Manmohan Singh		Indian National Congress	Manmohan Singh		Indian National Congress	[7]
2	Kumar Deepak Das		Asom Gana Parishad	Santiuse Kujur

Tamil Nadu

Seat No	Previous MP	Previous Party		Elected MP	Elected Party		Reference
1	A. Elavarasan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	R. Lakshmanan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	[7]
2	V. Maitreyan			V. Maitreyan
3	B. S. Gnanadesikan		Indian National Congress	T. Rathinavel
4	Tiruchi Siva		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	K. R. Arjunan
5	Kanimozhi			Kanimozhi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
6	D. Raja		Communist Party of India	D. Raja		Communist Party of India

Bye-elections

Bihar

• A bye election was announced to be held on 14 February, to fill the vacancy caused by resignation of Upendra Kushwaha from JD(U) representing Bihar. K. C. Tyagi of JDU won the election unopposed on 7 February to serve until 7 July 2016.

S.No	Former MP	Party		Date of Vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of appointment	Date of retirement
1	Upendra Kushwaha		Janata Dal (United)	2 December 2012	K. C. Tyagi		Janata Dal (United)	7 February 2013	7 July 2016

Meghalaya

• A bye election was announced to be held on 18 April, to fill the vacancy caused by resignation of Thomas A. Sangma from NCP representing Meghalaya. Wansuk Syiem of INC won the election unopposed on 11 April 2013 to serve until 12 April 2014

S.No	Former MP	Party		Date of Vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of appointment	Date of retirement
1	Thomas A. Sangma		Nationalist Congress Party	4 February 2013	Wansuk Syiem		Indian National Congress	11 April 2013	12 April 2014

Karnataka

• A bye election was announced to be held on 29 August, to fill the vacancy caused by resignation of Anil Lad from INC representing Karnataka. B. K. Hariprasad of INC won the election unopposed on 22 August 2013 to serve until 25 June 2014.

S.No	Former MP	Party		Date of Vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of appointment	Date of retirement
1	Anil Lad		Indian National Congress	20 May 2013	B. K. Hariprasad		Indian National Congress	22 August 2013	25 June 2014

Uttar Pradesh

• Two bye elections were announced to be held on 20 December, to fill the vacancies caused by death of Mohan Singh of SP and disqualification of Rasheed Masood of INC representing Uttar Pradesh. Kanak Lata Singh of SP and Pramod Tiwari of INC were elected unopposed on Dec 13, 2013 to serve until 4 July 2016 and 2 April 2018 respectively.

S.No	Former MP	Party		Date of Vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of appointment	Date of retirement
1	Mohan Singh		Samajwadi Party	22 September 2013	Kanak Lata Singh		Samajwadi Party	13 December 2013	4 July 2016
2	Rasheed Masood		Indian National Congress	1 October 2013	Pramod Tiwari		Indian National Congress	13 December 2013	2 April 2018

References

1. "Biennial Election to the Council of States from Assam, 2013" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014.
2. "Biennial Election to the Council of States from Tamil Nadu, 2013" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014.
3. "Bye-Election to the Council of States from Bihar. 2013" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
4. "Bye-Election to the Council of States from Meghalaya. 2013" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
5. "Bye-Election to the Council of States from Karnataka. 2013" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 April 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
6. "Bye-Election to the Council of States from Uttar Pradesh. 2013" (PDF). Election Commission of India, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 February 2014. Retrieved 14 August 2017.
7. "Statewise Retirement". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 14 August 2017.