List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka

The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Karnataka elects 12 seats and they are indirectly elected by the state legislators of Karnataka. The number of seats, allocated to the party, are determined by the amount of seats, a party possesses during nomination and the party nominates a member to be voted on. Elections within the state legislatures are held using Single transferable vote with proportional representation.^[1]

Current members

No	Name	Party
1	Mandagadde Rama Jois	Bharatiya Janata Party
2	Rajeev Chandrasekhar	Independent
3	R Ramakrishna	Bharatiya Janata Party
4	Oscar Fernandes	Indian National Congress
5	K. Rahman Khan	Indian National Congress
6	Rajeev GOWDA	Indian National Congress
7	Basavaraja Patil Sedam	Bharatiya Janata Party
8	Prabhakar Kore	Bharatiya Janata Party
9	ijay MallyaV	Independent
10	Nirmala Sitharaman	Bharatiya Janata Party
11	B. K. Hariprasad	Indian National Congress
12	Aayanur Manjunath	Bharatiya Janata Party
13	Kupendra Reddy	Janta Dal (S)

Alphabetical List of all Members from Karnataka since 1952

Source: Indian government (Rajya Sabha) website ^[2]

Name	Party	Years in Rajya Sabha (DD/MM/Year)	Terms
A
Alva, K.Nagappa	Indian National Congress (Organisation)	03/04/1970-02/04/1976	1
Alva, Margaret	Indian National Congress	03/04/1974-02/04/1980 03/04/1980-02/04/1986 03/04/1986-02/04/1992 03/04/1992-02/04/1998	4
Alva, Violet	Indian National Congress	03/04/1960 02/04/1966 03/04/1966 20/11/1969	3(Elected once from another state)
B
Basavaraj, H.R	Indian National Congress	10/04/1978-17/01/1980	1
Basavaraju, M	Indian National Congress	03/04/1980 02/04/1986	1
C
Cariappa, Prema	Indian National Congress	10/04/2002-09/04/2008	1
Chandrasekhar, Rajeev	Independent	03/04/2006-02/04/2012	1
Chandrasekharappa, T.V.	Indian National Congress	13/07/1977-09/04/1978	1
D
Das, Monica	Indian National Congress	03/04/1980-02/04/1986	1
Dasappa, H.C.	Indian National Congress	03/04/1954-13/03/1957	1
Desai, R.M.	Indian National Congress	03/04/1976-02/04/1982	1
Deve Gowda, H.D.	Janata Dal	23/09/1996-02/03/1998	1
F
Fernandes, Oscar	Indian National Congress	03/04/1998-02/04/2004 01/07/2004-30/06/2010 01/07/2010 30/06/2016	3
G
Gowda, D.B. Chandre	Janata Dal	03/04/1986-14/12/1989	1
Gowda, H.K. Javare	Janata Dal	03/04/1998-02/04/2004	1
Gowda, K.G. Thimme	Janata Dal	10/04/1984-09/04/1990	1
Gowda, K.S. Malle	Independent	03/04/1970-02/04/1976 03/04/1976-02/04/1982	2
Gowda, U.K. Lakshmana	Independent	03/04/1968-02/04/1974 03/04/1974-02/04/1980	2
Gurupadaswamy, M.S.	PSP PSP Janata Party Janata Dal	10/04/1960-09/04/1966 10/04/1966-09/04/1972 10/04/1984-09/04/1990 10/04/1990-09/04/1992	4(elected once from other state)
H
Hanumanthappa, H.	Indian National Congress	03/04/1982-02/04/1988 03/04/1988-02/04/1994 03/04/1994-02/04/2000	3
Hariprasad, B.K.	Indian National Congress	10/04/1990-09/04/1996 01/07/2004-30/06/2010	2
Hegde, Ramakrishna	Janata Party Janata Dal	10/04/1978-23/05/1983 10/04/1996-09/04/2002	2
Hema Malini	Bharatiya Janata Party	04/03/2011-02/04/2012	2(Nominated once)
I
Ibrahim, B.	Indian National Congress	25/03/1980-09/04/1984	1
Ibrahim, C.M.	Janata Dal	10/04/1996-09/04/2002	1
J
Javali, J.P.	Janata Dal	03/04/1988-02/04/1994	1
Jayadevappa, K.R.	Indian National Congress	03/04/1992-02/04/1998	1
Jethmalani, Ram	Janata Dal	03/04/1988-02/04/1994	5(3 times from other states once nominated)
Jois, M. Rama	Bharatiya Janata Party	25/06/2008 24/06/2014	1
K
Karmakar, D.P.	Indian National Congress	03/04/1962-02/04/1968	1
Khan, F.M.	Indian National Congress	03/04/1976-02/04/1982 03/04/1982-02/04/1988	2
Khan, K. Rahman	Congress(I) Indian National Congress Indian National Congress	03/04/1994-02/04/2000 03/04/2000-02/04/2006 03/04/2006 02/04/2012	3
Khan, Maqsood Ali	Indian National Congress Indian National Congress	10/04/1972-09/04/1978 10/04/1978-09/04/1984	2
Kollur, M.L.	Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Indian National Congress	03/04/1968-02/04/1974 03/04/1974-02/04/1980 10/04/1984-09/04/1990	3
Kondaiah, K.C.	Indian National Congress	14/01/2000-09/04/2002	1
Kore, Prabhakar	Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janata Party	10/04/1990-09/04/1996 25/06/2008-24/06/2014	2
Korwar, Gundappa	Indian National Congress	03/04/1992-02/04/1998	1
Krishna, S.M.	Indian National Congress	25/06/2008-24/06/2014	1
Krishnan, G.Y.	Indian National Congress	10/04/1990-09/04/1996	1
Kushnoor, Veershetty Moglappa	Indian National Congress	03/04/1982-02/04/1988	1
L
Lad, Anil H.	Indian National Congress	25/06/2008-24/06/2014	1
Lakshmisagar, A.	Janata Dal	13/04/1998-09/04/2002	1
M
Maddanna, M.	Indian National Congress	03/04/1980-02/04/1986	1
Maheswarappa, K.G.	Janata Dal	03/04/1986-02/04/1992	1
Mahishi, Sarojini	Janata Party Janata Party	08/09/1983-09/04/1984 10/04/1984-09/04/1990	2
Mallya, Vijay	Independent Independent	10/04/2002-09/04/2008 01/07/2010-30/06/2016	2
Manjunatha, Aayanur	Bharatiya Janata Party	01/07/2010-30/06/2016	1
Murty, K.B. Krishna	Indian National Congress	03/04/2000-02/04/2006
Murthy, M.Rajasekara	Congress(I) Bharatiya Janata Party Janata Dal (Secular)	03/04/1994-23/08/1999 03/04/2000-10/11/2005 03/04/2006-05/12/2010	3
N
Nagaraja Murthy, P.B.	Indian National Congress	03/04/1970-02/04/1976	1
Naidu, M. Venkaiah	Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party	03/04/1998-02/04/2004 01/07/2004-30/06/2010 01/07/2010-30/06/2016	3
Naik,R.S.	Janata Dal	03/04/1986-02/04/1992	1
Nanjundaiya, B.C.	Indian National Congress Indian National Congress	25/04/1957 02/04/1960 03/04/1960 02/04/1966	2
Narasiah, H.S.	Indian National Congress	10/04/1972-15/05/1977	1
1
Narayan, M.D.	Others	03/04/1966-02/04/1972	1
P
Pai, T.A.	Indian National Congress	10/04/1972-21/03/1977	1
Patil, Puttappa	Others Others	03/04/1962-02/04/1968 03/04/1968-02/04/1974	2
Patil, Veerendra	Others	10/04/1972-09/04/1978	1
Poojary, Janardhana	Congress(I) Indian National Congress	03/04/1994-02/04/2000 10/04/2002-09/04/2008	2
Poonacha, C.M.	Indian National Congress	03/04/1964-25/02/1967	1
R
Rachaiah, B.	Indian National Congress	03/04/1974-21/03/1977	1
Raikar, Bimba	Indian National Congress	03/04/2000-02/04/2006	1
Rajagopal, M.	Indian National Congress	30/06/1992-29/06/1998	1
Rajasekharan, M.V.	Indian National Congress	10/04/2002-09/04/2008	1
Ramaswamy, M. A. M.	Janata Dal (Secular)	01/07/2004-30/06/2010	1
Rao, B. Shiva	Indian National Congress	25/04/1957-02/04/1960	1
Rao, S.V. Krishna Moorthy	Indian National Congress Indian National Congress	03/04/1952-02/04/1956 03/04/1956-01/03/1962	2
Reddy, C.G.	Others	03/04/1952-02/04/1954	1
Reddy, Kysamballi Chengalraya	Indian National Congress Indian National Congress	09/10/1952-02/04/1954 03/04/1954-18/03/1957	2
Reddy, Mulka Govinda	Others Others Indian National Congress Indian National Congress	03/04/1958-02/04/1964 03/04/1964-02/04/1970 03/04/1970-02/04/1976 03/04/1976-02/04/1982	4
Reddy, N. Sri Rama	Indian National Congress Indian National Congress	03/04/1960-02/04/1966 03/04/1966-02/04/1972	2
S
Sanadi, I.G.	Indian National Congress	10/04/1990-09/04/1996	1
Satchidananda	Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Indian National Congress	10/04/1978-09/04/1984 04/09/1991-02/04/1992 03/04/1992-02/04/1998	3
Shanappa, K.B.	Bharatiya Janata Party	03/04/2006-02/04/2012	1
Sherkhan, M.	Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Indian National Congress	09/03/1961-02/04/1964 03/04/1964-02/04/1970 30/03/1970-02/04/1972	3
Shetty, B.P. Basappa	Indian National Congress Indian National Congress	03/04/1952-02/04/1958 03/04/1958-02/04/1964	2
Siddalingaya, T.	Indian National Congress	03/05/1967-02/04/1970	1
Siddiqui, Abdul Samad	Janata Dal	03/04/1988-02/04/1994	1

References

1. "Composition of Rajya Sabha - Rajya Sabha At Work" (PDF). rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
2. http://164.100.47.5:8080/members/alphabeticallist_all_terms.asp