- Elections Members elected
- Bye-elections
- References
Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1998, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. 13 members from 6 states [1]and 57 members from 14 states [2] were elected.[3] ElectionsElections were held in 1998 to elect members from various states. The list is incomplete.Members electedThe following members are elected in the elections held in 1998. They are members for the term 1998-2004 and retire in year 2004, except in case of the resignation or death before the term. State - Member - Party Rajya Sabha members for term 1998-2004| State | Member Name | Party | Remark | |
| Assam[1] | Dr Arun Kumar Sarma | AGP | R | | Assam | Drupad Borgohain | INC | |
| HP[1] | Anil Sharma | INC | |
| KL[1] | M.J. Varkey Mattathil | CPM | | KL | name | party | | KL | A Vijaya Raghvan | BJD | |
| NG[1] | C. Apok Jamir | INC | |
| TR[1] | Matilal Sarkar | CPM | |
| PB[1] | Ashwani Kumar | INC | | PB | Lajpat Rai | INC | | PB | Sukhbir Singh Badal | SAD | | PB | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | SAD | | PB | Gurcharan Singh Tohra | SAD | dea 01/04/2004 | |
| AP[2] | Desari Nagabhushan Rao | INC | | AP | Y Venkat Rao | TDP | | AP | P. Prabhakar Reddy | TDP | | AP | K K Venkata Rao | TDP | | AP | C. Ramachandraiah | INC | | AP | R Ramachandraiah | TDP | |
| KA[2] | Oscar Fernandes | INC | | KA | M. Venkaiah Naidu | BJP | | KA | H.K. Javare Gowda | JD | | KA | S R Bommai | JD | |
| CG[2] | Dilip Kumar Judev | BJP | | CG | Jhumuklal | INC | |
| MP[2] | O. Rajagopal | BJP | | MP | Balkavi | BJP | | MP | Mabel Rebello | INC | |
| TN[2] | S. Agniraj | DMK | | TN | V. Maitreyan | ADMK | | TN | M.A. Kadar | DMK | | TN | M. Sankaralingam | DMK | | TN | S. Sivasubramanian | INC | | TN | Viduthalai Virumbi | DMK | | TN | G K Moopanar | TMC | dea 30/08/2001 | |
| OR[2] | Manmathnath Das | BJP | | OR | Ramchandra Khuntia | BJD | | OR | Ranganath Misra | INC | |
| MH[2] | Pritish Nandy | SS | | MH | Satish Pradhan | SS | | MH | Pramod Mahajan | BJP | | MH | Vijay J. Darda | INC | | MH | Najma Heptulla | INC | res 10/06/2004 | | MH | Suresh Kalmadi | INC | res 10/06/2004 LS | |
| PB[2] | Sukhdev Singh | INC | | PB | Gurcharan Kaur | INC | |
| RJ[2] | Jaswant Singh | BJP | | RJ | Laxmi Mall Singhvi | INC | | RJ | Santosh Bagrodia | INC | |
| UP[2] | Arun Shourie | BJP | | UP | Kanshi Ram | BSP | | UP | Lalit Suri | IND | | UP | Dinanath Mishra | BJP | | UP | B P Singhal | BJP | | UP | Khan Gufaran Zahidi | INC | | UP | Rama Shankar Kaushik | SP | | UP | Ram Gopal Yadav | SP | | UP | Dharam Pal Yadav | SP | | UP | Syed Akhtar Hasan Rizvi | SP | | UP | T N Chaturvedi | BJP | res 20/08/2002 Govr of KA | |
| UK[2] | Sangh Priya Gautam | BJP | |
| BR[2] | Kapil Sibal | INC | | BR | Ramendra Kumar Yadav | Samta Party | | BR | Gaya Singh | CPI | | BR | Saroj Dubey | RJD | | BR | Anil Kumar | INC | |
| JH[2] | Parmeshwar Agarwalla | INC | | JH | Abhay Kant Prasad | BJP | |
| HR[2] | Swaraj Kaushal | BJP | | HR | Rao Man Singh | INC | |
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Bye-electionsThe following bye elections were held in the year 1998. State - Member - Party - Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from West bengal due to death of seating member Tridib Chowdhury on 21-12-1997 with term ending on 18-08-1999. [4] Abani Roy of RSP got elected.
- Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir due to election to Lok Sabha of seating member H D Deve Gowda on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 09.04.2002 and Saifuddin Soz on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 22.11.2002. [5]
- Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from Orissa and Kerala due to election to Lok Sabha of seating member Jayanti Patnaik on 02.04.2002 with term ending on 09.04.2002 and K.Karunakaran on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 21.04.2003. [5]. C. O. Poulose of CPM won from Kerala.
- Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from Gujarat due to resignation of seating member Anandiben Patel on -- with term ending on 02.04.2000 [5].
References1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 {{cite web|title=Biennial elections to the Council of States to fill the Seats of members retiring in April, 2004.|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_02032004.pdf |publisher= ECI New Delhi |accessdate= 27 September 2017}}
2. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 {{cite web |title= Biennial and Bye -Elections to the Council of States and State Legislative Councils by Members of Legislative Assembly |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_240504ii.pdf |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}
3. ^{{cite web|title= Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952|url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/alphabeticallist_all_terms.aspx|publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi|accessdate=13 September 2017}}
4. ^{{cite web |title= Biennial Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to fillthe seats of members retiring in April, 1998 and Bye-election to fill one casual vacancy |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/cp19980303.pdf |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}
5. ^1 2 {{cite web |title= Bye-Elections to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) to fill the seats of members elected to-the Lok Sabha during the recently concluded General Elections,1998 and to fill one casual-vacancy from the State of Gujarat |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/cp19980319.pdf |publisher= ECI, New Delhi |accessdate= 3 October 2017}}
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