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INDIA
Rajya Sabha (Council of States)
ELECTIONS IN 2014

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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)21 January 2014
28 November 2014
Purpose of elections Elections were held for one-third (72) of the 233 elective seats of the Rajya Sabha.
(not applicable - indirect elections at regional level)
STATISTICS
Voter turnout
Round no 1 (from/to)21 January 2014
28 November 2014
Distribution of seats
Round no 1
Political Group Total
Indian National Congress (INC) 69
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 45
Samajwadi Party (SP) 15
Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) 12
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) 12
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) 11
Nominated members 10
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 10
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)) 9
Independents and others 7
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) 7
National Congress Party (NCP) 6
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) 6
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) 4
Shiv Sena (SS) 3
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) 3
Communist Party of India (CPI) 2
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (J&KNC) 2
Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)) 1
Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) 1
Bodoland People's Front (BPF) 1
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) 1
Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) 1
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) 1
Kerala Congress (M) 1
Nagaland People's Front (NPF) 1
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) 1
Republican Party of India (A) (RPI (A)) 1
Distribution of seats according to sex
Men
Women
Percent of women
77
9
10.47%
Distribution of seats according to age
Distribution of seats according to profession
Comments
Note:
The distribution of seats above refers to the composition of the Council of States on 2 December 2014.

Note on the 2014 renewal
- Indirect elections were held between 21 January and 28 November 2014 to renew a total of 86 of the 233 indirectly-elected seats through 72 biennal elections and 14 by-elections.
- Nine women were elected in 2014.
- One male member was also appointed in 2014. After the renewal, there were three women among the 12 appointed members.
- As at 2 December 2014, there was a total of 31 women out of 243 members.

Sources:
Rajya Sabha (25.04.2014, 02.12.2014)
http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/women.aspx

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