Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2006, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held to elect respectively one member from Sikkim, 58 members from 15 states, two members from Jharkhand, and three members from Kerala, for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.

Elections Elections were held to elect members from various states. Members elected The following members are elected in the elections held in 2006. The list is incomplete.

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+ Rajya Sabha members for term 2006-2012 State Member Name Party Remark SK O. T. Lepcha SDF DL Dr Karan Singh INC R DL Janardan Dwivedi INC DL Parvez Hashmi INC AP Syed Azeez Pasha CPI AP K. Keshava Rao INC AP Dasari Narayana Rao INC AP Raashid Alvi INC AP G. Sanjeeva Reddy INC AP M. V. Mysura Reddy TDP BH Ravi Shankar Prasad BJP R BH Mahendra Prasad JDU BH Ali Anwar JDU BH Anil Kumar Sahani JDU BH Rajniti Prasad RJD BH Jabir Husain RJD CG Shreegopal Vyas BJP R GJ Arun Jaitley BJP R GJ Vijay Rupani BJP GJ Kanjibhai Patel BJP GJ Praveen Rashtrapal INC HR Shadi Lal Batra INC HP Viplove Thakur INC JH S. S. Ahluwalia BJP JH Mabel Rebello INC KA Hema Malini BJP KA K. B. Shanappa BJP KA K. Rahman Khan INC KA Rajeev Chandrasekhar IND MP Kaptan_Singh_Solanki BJP MP Anusuiya Uikey BJP MP Meghraj Jain BJP MP Narayan Singh Kesari BJP MP Vikram Verma BJP MP Hans Raj Bhardwaj INC res 29/06/2009 Govr KA MH Balavant Apte BJP MH Manohar Joshi SS MH Vilasrao Deshmukh INC MH Rajeev Shukla INC MH Govindrao Adik NCP MH Ranjitsinh Mohite-Patil NCP R OR Rudra Narayan Pany BJP OR Kishore Kumar Mohanti BJD OR Sushila Tiriya INC RJ Ramdas Agarwal BJP RJ Narendra Budania INC RJ Abhishek Manu Singhvi INC UP Kalraj Mishra BJP UP Vinay Katiyar BJP UP Naresh Agrawal SP UP Veerpal Singh Yadav SP UP Mahendra Mohan SP UP Jai Prakash BSP UP Banwari Lal Kanchhal SP res 23/04/2009 UP Ganga Charan Rajput SP ele 19/06/2009 UP Pramod Kureel BSP UP Munkad BSP UP Mahmood Madani RLD UK Satyavrat Chaturvedi INC WB Tapan Kumar Sen CPM WB Moinul Hassan CPM WB Saman Pathak CPM WB R. C. Singh AIFB WB Mukul Roy TMC JH S. S. Ahluwalia BJP JH Mabel Rebello INC KL P. J. Kurien INC KL K. E. Ismail CPI KL P. R. Rajan CPM

Bye-elections The following bye elections were held in the year 2006.

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Bye-elections were held on 28/03/2006 for vacancy from Orissa due to the expulsion of seating member Dr Chhattrapal Singh Lodha on 23 December 2005 with term ending on 1 July 2010

Bye-elections were held on 15/06/2006 for vacancy from Uttar Pradesh due to disqualification of seating member Jaya Bachchan on 16.03.2006 with term ending on -- and due to resignation of seating member Anil Ambani on 29.03.2006 with term ending on --

Bye-elections were held on 15/06/2006 for vacancy from Maharashtra and Jammu and Kashmir due to death of seating member Pramod Mahajan on 03.05.2006 with term ending on -- and due to resignation of seating member Ghulam Nabi Azad on 29.04.2006 with term ending on --

Bye-elections were held on 13/07/2006 for vacancy from Tamil Nadu due to resignation of seating member R. Sarath Kumar on 31 May 2006, with term ending on 24 July 2007

Bye-elections were held on 18/09/2006 for vacancy from Maharashtra due to death of seating member Vasant Chavan on 11 July 2006, with term ending on 2 April 2012

Bye-elections were held on 11/12/2006 for vacancy from Uttar Pradesh due to death of seating member Lalit Suri on 10 October 2006, with term ending on 4 July 2010

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