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 number of seats a party possesses during nomination and the party nominates a member to be voted on. Elections within the state legislatures are held using Single transferable vote with proportional representation.[1]

Current members

Keys:   AITC (11)   BJP (2)   CPI(M) (1)

# Name Party Term Start Term End
1 Derek O'Brien AITC 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029
2 Sukhendu Shekhar Roy AITC 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029
3 Dola Sen AITC 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029
4 Samirul Islam AITC 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029
5 Prakash Chik Baraik AITC 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029
6 Subrata Bakshi AITC 03-Apr-2020 02-Apr-2026
7 Mausam Noor AITC 03-Apr-2020 02-Apr-2026
8 Jawhar Sircar AITC 03-Aug-2021 02-Apr-2026
9 Saket Gokhale AITC 30-Jul-2023 02-Apr-2026
10 Sagarika Ghose AITC 03-Apr-2024 02-Apr-2030
11 Sushmita Dev AITC 03-Apr-2024 02-Apr-2030
12 Ananta Maharaj BJP 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029
13 Samik Bhattacharya BJP 03-Apr-2024 02-Apr-2030
14 Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya CPI(M) 03-Apr-2020 02-Apr-2026

Alphabetical list of all Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal state

*  represents current members

Name Party Term start Term end Term(s) Notes
Nadimul Haque TMC 03-Apr-2024 02-Apr-2030 3 [2]
Mamata Bala Thakur TMC 03-Apr-2024 02-Apr-2030 1
Sagarika Ghose TMC 03-Apr-2024 02-Apr-2030 1
Sushmita Dev TMC 03-Apr-2024 02-Apr-2030 2
Samik Bhattacharya BJP 03-Apr-2024 02-Apr-2030 1
Derek O'Brien TMC 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029 3
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy TMC 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029 3
Dola Sen TMC 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029 3
Samirul Islam TMC 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029 1
Prakash Chik Baraik TMC 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029 1
Anant Maharaj BJP 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029 1
Saket Gokhale TMC 18-Jul-2023 02-Apr-2026 1 bye - resignation of Luizinho Faleiro[3]
Luizinho Faleiro TMC 24-Nov-2021 11-Apr-2023 1 resigned[4]

bye - resignation of Arpita Ghosh[5]

Sushmita Dev TMC 27-Sep-2021 18-Aug-2023 1 bye - resignation of Manas Bhunia[6]
Jawhar Sircar TMC 03-Aug-2021 02-Apr-2026 1 bye - resignation of Dinesh Trivedi[7]
Dinesh Trivedi TMC 03-Apr-2020 12-Feb-2021 2 resigned[8]
Arpita Ghosh TMC 03-Apr-2020 15-Sep-2021 1 resigned[9]
Mausam Noor TMC 03-Apr-2020 02-Apr-2026 1 [10]
Subrata Bakshi TMC 03-Apr-2020 02-Apr-2026 1
Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya CPM 03-Apr-2020 02-Apr-2026 1
Nadimul Haque TMC 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024 2
Abir Biswas TMC 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024 1
Santunu Sen TMC 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024 1
Subhasish Chakraborty TMC 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024 1
Abhishek Singhvi INC 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024 1
Derek O'Brien TMC 19-Aug-2017 18-Aug-2023 2
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy TMC 19-Aug-2017 18-Aug-2023 2
Dola Sen TMC 19-Aug-2017 18-Aug-2023 2
Shanta Chhetri TMC 19-Aug-2017 18-Aug-2023 1
Manas Bhunia TMC 19-Aug-2017 02-May-2021 1 elected to Sabang Assembly
Pradip Bhattacharya INC 19-Aug-2017 18-Aug-2023 2
Manish Gupta TMC 14-Mar-2017 02-Apr-2020 1 bye - resignation of Mithun Chakraborty
Dola Sen TMC 14-Mar-2015 18-Aug-2017 1 bye - resignation of Srinjoy Bose
Mithun Chakraborty TMC 03-Apr-2014 26-Dec-2016 1 resigned[11]
Jogen Chowdhury TMC 03-Apr-2014 02-Apr-2020 1 [12]
Ahmed Hassan Imran TMC 03-Apr-2014 02-Apr-2020 1
Kanwar Deep Singh TMC 03-Apr-2014 02-Apr-2020 1
Ritabrata Banerjee CPM 03-Apr-2014 02-Apr-2020 1
Kunal Ghosh TMC 03-Apr-2012 02-Apr-2018 1
Vivek Gupta TMC 03-Apr-2012 02-Apr-2018 1
Nadimul Haque TMC 03-Apr-2012 02-Apr-2018 1
Mukul Roy TMC 03-Apr-2012 11-Oct-2017 2 resigned[13]
Tapan Kumar Sen CPM 03-Apr-2012 02-Apr-2018 2
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy TMC 19-Aug-2011 18-Aug-2017 1
Derek O'Brien TMC 19-Aug-2011 18-Aug-2017 1
Debabrata Bandyopadhyay TMC 19-Aug-2011 18-Aug-2017 1
Srinjoy Bose TMC 19-Aug-2011 05-Feb-2015 1 resigned[14]
Pradip Bhattacharya INC 19-Aug-2011 18-Aug-2017 1
Sitaram Yechury CPM 19-Aug-2011 18-Aug-2017 2
Barun Mukherji AIFB 18-Nov-2008 02-Apr-2014 2 bye - resignation of Debabrata Biswas
Shyamal Chakraborty CPM 03-Apr-2008 02-Apr-2014 1
Prasanta Chatterjee CPM 03-Apr-2008 02-Apr-2014 2
Tarini Kanta Roy CPM 03-Apr-2008 02-Apr-2014 2
Debabrata Biswas AIFB 03-Apr-2008 23-Sep-2008 4 resigned
Ahmed Saeed Malihabadi Ind 03-Apr-2008 02-Apr-2014 1
R. C. Singh CPI 25-Jun-2008 02-Apr-2012 1 bye - resignation of Barun Mukherji
Mohammed Amin CPM 17-May-2007 18-Aug-2011 2 bye - death of Chittabrata Majumdar
Moinul Hassan CPM 03-Apr-2006 02-Apr-2012 1
Saman Pathak CPM 03-Apr-2006 02-Apr-2012 1
Tapan Kumar Sen CPM 03-Apr-2006 02-Apr-2012 1
Barun Mukherji AIFB 03-Apr-2006 06-May-2008 1 resigned
Mukul Roy TMC 03-Apr-2006 02-Apr-2012 1
Brinda Karat CPM 19-Aug-2005 18-Aug-2011 1
Sitaram Yechury CPM 19-Aug-2005 18-Aug-2011 1
Chittabrata Majumdar CPM 19-Aug-2005 20-Feb-2007 2 expired[15]
Abani Roy RSP 19-Aug-2005 18-Aug-2011 3
Arjun Kumar Sengupta Ind 19-Aug-2005 26-Sep-2010 1 expired[16]
Swapan Sadhan Bose TMC 19-Aug-2005 18-Aug-2011 1
Chittabrata Majumdar CPM 30-Jun-2004 18-Aug-2005 1 bye - resignation of Pranab Mukherjee
Sheikh Khabir Uddin Ahmed CPM 03-Apr-2002 02-Apr-2008 1
Prasanta Chatterjee CPM 03-Apr-2002 02-Apr-2008 1
Tarini Kanta Roy CPM 03-Apr-2002 02-Apr-2008 1
Debabrata Biswas AIFB 03-Apr-2002 02-Apr-2008 3
Dinesh Trivedi TMC 03-Apr-2002 02-Apr-2008 1
Biplab Dasgupta CPM 03-Apr-2000 17-Jul-2005 2 expired
Nilotpal Basu CPM 03-Apr-2000 02-Apr-2006 2
Dipankar Mukherjee CPM 03-Apr-2000 02-Apr-2006 2
Manoj Bhattacharya RSP 03-Apr-2000 02-Apr-2006 1
Jayanta Bhattacharya Ind 03-Apr-2000 02-Apr-2006 1
Sarla Maheshwari CPM 19-Aug-1999 18-Aug-2005 2
Chandrakala Pandey CPM 19-Aug-1999 18-Aug-2005 2
Jibon Roy CPM 19-Aug-1999 18-Aug-2005 2
Abani Roy RSP 19-Aug-1999 18-Aug-2005 2
Shankar Roychowdhury Ind 19-Aug-1999 18-Aug-2005 1
Pranab Mukherjee INC 19-Aug-1999 13-May-2004 4 elected to Jangipur Lok Sabha
Bharati Ray CPM 03-Apr-1996 02-Apr-2002 1
Dawa Lama CPM 03-Apr-1996 02-Apr-2002 1
Mohammed Salim CPM 03-Apr-1996 10-May-2001 2 elected to Entally Assembly
Bratin Sengupta CPM 03-Apr-1996 02-Apr-2002 1
Debabrata Biswas AIFB 03-Apr-1996 02-Apr-2002 2
Nilotpal Basu CPM 03-Apr-1994 02-Apr-2000 1
Biplab Dasgupta CPM 03-Apr-1994 02-Apr-2000 1
Dipankar Mukherjee CPM 03-Apr-1994 02-Apr-2000 1
Gurudas Dasgupta CPI 03-Apr-1994 02-Apr-2000 3
Joyanta Ray AIFB 03-Apr-1994 02-Apr-2000 1
Ram Narayan Goswami CPM 19-Aug-1993 18-Aug-1999 3
Ashok Mitra CPM 19-Aug-1993 18-Aug-1999 1
Chandrakala Pandey CPM 19-Aug-1993 18-Aug-1999 1
Jibon Roy CPM 19-Aug-1993 18-Aug-1999 1
Tridib Chaudhuri RSP 19-Aug-1993 21-Dec-1997 2 expired
Pranab Mukherjee INC 19-Aug-1993 18-Aug-1999 3
Sarla Maheshwari CPM 03-Apr-1990 02-Apr-1996 1
Ratna Bahadur Rai CPM 03-Apr-1990 02-Apr-1996 2
Mohammed Salim CPM 03-Apr-1990 02-Apr-1996 1
Debabrata Biswas AIFB 03-Apr-1990 02-Apr-1996 1
Ashoke Kumar Sen JD 03-Apr-1990 02-Apr-1996 1
Ratna Bahadur Rai CPM 23-Mar-1989 02-Apr-1990 1 bye - death of T. S. Gurung
Mohammed Amin CPM 03-Apr-1988 02-Apr-1994 1
Ashis Sen CPM 03-Apr-1988 02-Apr-1994 1
Sukomal Sen CPM 03-Apr-1988 02-Apr-1994 2
Gurudas Dasgupta CPI 03-Apr-1988 02-Apr-1994 2
Saurin Bhattacharjee RSP 03-Apr-1988 02-Apr-1994 2
Ram Narayan Goswami CPM 10-Jul-1987 09-Jul-1993 2
Samar Mukherjee CPM 10-Jul-1987 09-Jul-1993 2
Ramendra Kumar Podder CPM 10-Jul-1987 09-Jul-1993 2
Sunil Basuray CPM 10-Jul-1987 09-Jul-1993 1
Dipen Ghosh CPM 10-Jul-1987 09-Jul-1993 2
Tridib Chaudhuri RSP 10-Jul-1987 09-Jul-1993 1
Samar Mukherjee CPM 29-Dec-1986 09-Jul-1987 1 bye -
Ram Narayan Goswami CPM 22-Oct-1986 09-Jul-1987 1 bye -
T. S. Gurung CPM 14-Mar-1986 13-Jan-1989 1 expired

bye - resignation of Badri Narayan Pradhan

Chitta Basu AIFB 02-Dec-1985 02-Apr-1990 2 bye - death of Amar Prasad Chakraborty
Kanak Mukherjee CPM 03-Apr-1984 02-Apr-1990 2
Mostafa Bin Qausem CPM 03-Apr-1984 02-Apr-1990 1
Badri Narayan Pradhan CPM 03-Apr-1984 22-Jan-1986 1 resigned
Amar Prasad Chakraborty AIFB 03-Apr-1984 27-Oct-1985 2 expired
Deba Prasad Ray INC 03-Apr-1984 02-Apr-1990 1
Name (alphabetical last name) Party Date of appointment Date of retirement Term Notes
Satyapriya Banerjee AIFB 03/04/1952 02/04/1956 1
Satyapriya Banerjee AIFB 03/04/1956 02/04/1960 2 23/03/1957
Chitta Basu AIFB 03/04/1966 02/04/1972 1
Chitta Basu AIFB 02/12/1985 02/04/1990 2 res 27/11/1989
Charu Chandra Biswas INC 03/04/1952 02/04/1954 1
Charu Chandra Biswas INC 03/04/1954 02/04/1960 1
Biplab Dasgupta CPI(M) 03/04/1984 02/04/2000 [17] 1
Gurudas Dasgupta CPI 12/03/1985 02/04/1988 1
Rajpat Singh Doogar INC 03/04/1952 02/04/1954 1
Rajpat Singh Doogar INC 03/04/1954 02/04/1960 2
Rajpat Singh Doogar INC 03/04/1960 02/04/1966 3
Rajpat Singh Doogar INC 03/04/1966 02/04/1972 4
Debaprasad Ghosh ABJS 03/04/1952 02/04/1954 1
Phulrenu Guha INC 03/04/1964 02/04/1970 1
Bhupesh Gupta CPI 03/04/1952 02/04/1958 1
Bhupesh Gupta CPI 03/04/1958 02/04/1964 2
Bhupesh Gupta CPI 03/04/1964 02/04/1970 3
Bhupesh Gupta CPI 03/04/1970 02/04/1976 4
Bhupesh Gupta CPI 03/04/1976 02/04/1982 5 Death 06/08/1981
Mehr Chand Khanna INC 15/12/1956 26/02/1962 2 RS-DL 1955-56 Ele 3-LS New Delhi
Abha Maiti INC 03/04/1960 02/04/1966 1 04/03/1962 Ele WB Assembly
Pranab Mukherjee INC 10/07/1969 09/07/1975 1
Ananda Pathak CPI(M) 13/07/1977 02/04/1978 1
Ananda Pathak CPI(M) 03/04/1978 02/04/1984 2 09/01/1980
Abani Roy RSP 24/03/1998 18/08/1999 1
Kalyan Roy CPI 10-7-1969 9-7-1975 1
Kalyan Roy CPI 10-7-1975 9-7-1981 2
Kalyan Roy CPI 3-4-1982 31-1-1985 3 Death 31-1-1985

References

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  2. ^ "Trinamool, BJP field candidates from West Bengal for upcoming Rajya Sabha elections". India Today.
  3. ^ "Trinamul Congress's Saket Gokhale takes oath as Rajya Sabha member". 24 July 2023.
  4. ^ "Luizinho Faleiro resigns as Rajya Sabha MP, to quit Trinamool 'soon'". The Indian Express. 11 April 2023.
  5. ^ "TMC's Luizinho Faleiro Elected to Rajya Sabha Unopposed". News18. 22 November 2021.
  6. ^ "Sushmita Dev elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from West Bengal". The Hindu. 27 September 2021.
  7. ^ "TMC candidate Jawhar Sircar elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". The Times of India. 2 August 2021.
  8. ^ "Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi resigns from Rajya Sabha". The Times of India. 12 February 2021.
  9. ^ "TMC's Arpita Ghosh steps down as Rajya Sabha MP, Chairman Naidu accepts resignation". India Today. 15 September 2021.
  10. ^ "All 5 Rajya Sabha candidates in West Bengal elected unopposed". The Economic Times. 18 March 2020.
  11. ^ "Mithun Chakraborty resigns from Rajya Sabha citing health issues". Financialexpress. 26 December 2016.
  12. ^ "Trinamool Congress wins four Rajya Sabha seats in West Bengal; Congress bags two in Assam, three in Andhra Pradesh". NDTV. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
  13. ^ "Rebel leader Mukul Roy quits Trinamool, Rajya Sabha". The Economic Times. 11 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Saradha scam: TMC MP Srinjoy Bose resigns from party a day after getting bail". The Economic Times. 5 February 2015.
  15. ^ "Chittabrata dead". The Telegraph. 20 February 2007.
  16. ^ "Noted economist Arjun Sengupta dies at 73". Hindustan Times. 26 September 2010.
  17. ^ "Jethmalani, Kesri's RS term ends on April 2, 2000". rediff.com. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

External links

  • Rajya Sabha homepage hosted by the Indian government
  • Rajya Sabha FAQ page hosted by the Indian government
  • Nominated members list
  • State wise list
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