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Rajya Sabha elections were held in India in 2015 to elect eight members of theRajya Sabha, the upper house of theIndian Parliament. Five by-elections were also held. The regular elections were held to fill seats in the States ofJammu and Kashmir,[1]Kerala,[2] and the Union Territory ofPondicherry.[3]
Jammu and Kashmir had an election on 7 February 2015.[1]
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghulam Nabi Azad | Indian National Congress | Ghulam Nabi Azad | Indian National Congress | [4] | ||
| 2 | Saifuddin Soz | Shamsheer Singh Manhas | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| 3 | G. N. Ratanpuri | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | Fayaz Ahmad Mir | Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party | |||
| 4 | Mohammad Shafi | Nazir Ahmad Laway | |||||
Kerala was supposed to have an election on 16 April 2015.[2] But, the election was postponed to 20 April.[5]
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. P. Achuthan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | K.K. Ragesh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | [6] | ||
| 2 | P Rajeev | P. V. Abdul Wahab | Indian Union Muslim League | ||||
| 3 | Vayalar Ravi | Indian National Congress | Vayalar Ravi | Indian National Congress | |||
Pondicherry held the election on 28 September 2015 to elect oneMember of Parliament.[3]
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | ||
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| 1 | P. Kannan | Indian National Congress | N Gokulakrishnan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
The followingbye-elections were also held in 2015.
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