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INDIA
Rajya Sabha (Council of States)
ELECTIONS IN 2012

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Parliament name (generic / translated) Sansad / Parliament
Structure of parliament Bicameral
Chamber name (generic / translated) Rajya Sabha / Council of States
Related chamber (for bicameral parliaments) Lok Sabha / House of the People
BACKGROUND
Dates of election / renewal (from/to) (from/to)19 January 2012
25 June 2012
Purpose of elections Elections were held for one-third of the 233 elective seats of the Rajya Sabha.
(not applicable - indirect elections at regional level)
STATISTICS
Voter turnout
Round no 1 (from/to)19 January 2012
25 June 2012
Number of registered electors
Voters
Blank or invalid ballot papers
Valid votes



Notes
Distribution of seats
Round no 1
Political Group Total
Indian National Congress (INC) 71
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 49
Bahujan Samaj Party 15
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 11
Appointed members 10
Samajwadi Party 9
Janata Dal (United) 9
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) 9
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) 7
Nationalist Congress Party 7
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) 7
Independents and others 7
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) 5
Shiv Sena (SS) 4
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) 3
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (J&KNC) 2
Asom Gana Parishad (Assam People's Federation) 2
Communist Party of India (CPI) 2
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) 2
All India Forward Block (AIFB) 1
Lok Janshakti Party 1
Sikkim Democratic Front 1
Nagaland People's Front 1
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 1
Kerala Congress (M) 1
Mizo National Front 1
Bodoland People's Front 1
Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) 1
Distribution of seats according to sex
Men
Women
Percent of women
219
26
10.61%
Distribution of seats according to age
Distribution of seats according to profession
Comments
Note on the distribution of seats:
- The "distribution of seats" above refers to the final composition of the Council of States after the one-third renewal of members in 2012.
- Indirect elections were held on 19 and 30 January, 30 March, 3 May and 25 June 2012 to renew a total of 67 of the 233 indirectly-elected seats through 65 biennal elections and two by-elections.
- In addition, five of the 12 appointed seats were also renewed.
- The distribution of seats according to political parties for the seats renewed in 2012 was not available from the Rajya Sabha.
- The number of seats held by the Indian National Congress (INC) includes two appointed members.
- Five women were indirectly elected and two were appointed in 2012. As at 6 August 2012, there were 26 women out of the full 245 members.
Source: IPU Group (13.03.2012, 14.03.2012, 06.08.2012, 01.01.2014)

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