The Rajya Sabha, or Council of States, is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Every state and union territory of India has been allocated some seats according to the Indian Constitution, and Puducherry is allocated one seat in the house, which is indirectly elected by members of the Puducherry Legislative Assembly. The seat elected to the house is determined by the number of seats a party possesses in the assembly during nomination.[1]

List of the members of parliament

No. Name Appointment
Date		 Retirement
Date		 Term Party
1 P. Abraham 7 August 1963 6 August 1969 1 Indian National Congress
2 S. Sivaprakasam 7 August 1969 6 August 1975 1 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
3 V. P. M. Samy 28 July 1977 27 July 1983 1 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
4 V. Narayanasamy 5 August 1985 4 August 1991 1 Indian National Congress
5 August 1991 4 August 1997 2
5 C. P. Thirunavukkarasu 7 October 1997 6 October 2003 1 Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
(4) V. Narayanasamy 7 October 2003 16 May 2009[lower-alpha 1] 3 Indian National Congress
6 P. Kannan 7 October 2009 6 October 2015 1
7 N. Gokulakrishnan 7 October 2015 6 October 2021 1 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
8 S. Selvaganabathy 7 October 2021 6 October 2027 1 Bharatiya Janata Party
  1. ↑ Elected to Lok Sabha

See also

References

  1. ↑ Rajya Sabha At Work (Second ed.). New Delhi: Rajya Sabha Secretariat. October 2006. p. 24. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
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