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INDIA
Rajya Sabha (Council of States)
ELECTIONS IN 2016

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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 March 2016
11 June 2016
Purpose of elections Elections were held for one-third (70) 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 March 2016
11 June 2016
Number of registered electors
Voters
Blank or invalid ballot papers
Valid votes



Notes
Distribution of seats
Round no 1
Political Group Total Seats 2016
Indian National Congress (INC) 60 15
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 54 20
Samajwadi Party (SP) 19 7
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) 13 4
All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) 12 0
Janata Dal (United) (JD(U)) 10 3
Nominated members 10 5
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) 8 3
Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)) 8 2
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) 6 2
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) 6 2
Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) 5 1
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) 4 2
Independents and others 4 0
Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) 3 2
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) 3 2
Shiv Sena (SS) 3 1
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) 3 3
J&K Peoples Democratic Party (J&K PDP) 2 0
Janata Dal (Secular) (JD(S)) 1 0
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) 1 0
Kerala Congress (M) (KC(M)) 1 0
Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) 1 0
Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) 1 0
Communist Party of India (CPI) 1 0
Bodoland People's Front (BPF) 1 0
Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) 1 0
Republican Party of India (A) (RPI (A)) 1 0
Nagaland People's Front (NPF) 1 1
Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) 1 1
Distribution of seats according to sex
Men
Women
Percent of women
217
27
11.07%
Distribution of seats according to age
Distribution of seats according to profession
Comments
Sources:
Rajya Sabha (26.05.2016, 09.07.2016, 19.07.2016)
http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/AdvSearch.aspx
http://164.100.47.5/NewMembers/partystrength.aspx
http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/women.aspx
http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/nominated.aspx

Note on the "Distribution of seats":
The Distribution of seats above refers to the composition of parliament of 15 July 2016 including 57 members elected in June 2016.
The number of seats held by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) above includes 2 of the 12 nominated members.

Note on the 2016 renewal:
- The 2016 elections were held for a total of 71 seats: 70 seats up for biennial renewal and one vacancy due to the death of a member.
- Indirect elections for 13 seats were held on 21 March 2016. The newly elected members, including two women, were sworn in between 3 and 25 April.
- In addition, five persons, including one woman, were nominated by the Government on 22 April. Following these nominations, 3 of the 11 nominated members were women.
- Indirect elections for the remaining 57 seats were held on 11 June 2016. Four more women were elected.
- As at 8 July 2016, 27 out of the 244 members were women.

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