List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal
The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India. West Bengal elects 16 seats and they are indirectly elected by the state legislators of West Bengal. The number of seats, allocated to the party, are determined by the number 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
Keys: AITC (13) BJP (2) CPI(M) (1)
| # | Name[2] | Party | Term Start[3] | Term End[3] | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sagarika Ghose | AITC | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | |
| 2 | Mamata Bala Thakur | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | ||
| 3 | Nadimul Haque | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | ||
| 4 | Sushmita Dev | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | ||
| 5 | Derek O'Brien | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | ||
| 6 | Sukhendu Shekhar Roy | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | ||
| 7 | Dola Sen | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | ||
| 8 | Samirul Islam | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | ||
| 9 | Prakash Chik Baraik | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | ||
| 10 | Subrata Bakshi | 03-Apr-2020 | 02-Apr-2026 | ||
| 11 | Mausam Noor | 03-Apr-2020 | 02-Apr-2026 | ||
| 12 | Saket Gokhale | 30-Jul-2023 | 02-Apr-2026 | ||
| 13 | Samik Bhattacharya | BJP | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | |
| 14 | Ananta Maharaj | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | ||
| 15 | Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya | CPI(M) | 03-Apr-2020 | 02-Apr-2026 | |
| 16 | Ritabrata Banerjee | AITC | [4] | 02-Apr-2026 | |
Chronological list of all Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal state
* represents current members
| Name | Party | Term start | Term end | Term(s) | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nadimul Haque | AITC | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | 3 | [5] | |
| Mamata Bala Thakur | AITC | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | 1 | ||
| Sagarika Ghose | AITC | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | 1 | ||
| Sushmita Dev | AITC | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | 2 | ||
| Samik Bhattacharya | BJP | 03-Apr-2024 | 02-Apr-2030 | 1 | ||
| Derek O'Brien | AITC | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | 3 | ||
| Sukhendu Sekhar Roy | AITC | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | 3 | ||
| Dola Sen | AITC | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | 3 | ||
| Samirul Islam | AITC | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | 1 | ||
| Prakash Chik Baraik | AITC | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | 1 | ||
| Anant Maharaj | BJP | 19-Aug-2023 | 18-Aug-2029 | 1 | ||
| Saket Gokhale | AITC | 18-Jul-2023 | 02-Apr-2026 | 1 | bye - resignation of Luizinho Faleiro[6] | |
| Luizinho Faleiro | AITC | 24-Nov-2021 | 11-Apr-2023 | 1 | resigned[7]
bye - resignation of Arpita Ghosh[8] | |
| Sushmita Dev | AITC | 27-Sep-2021 | 18-Aug-2023 | 1 | bye - resignation of Manas Bhunia[9] | |
| Jawhar Sircar | AITC | 03-Aug-2021 | 08-Sep-2024 | 1 | resigned | |
| Dinesh Trivedi | AITC | 03-Apr-2020 | 12-Feb-2021 | 2 | resigned[10] | |
| Arpita Ghosh | AITC | 03-Apr-2020 | 15-Sep-2021 | 1 | resigned[11] | |
| Mausam Noor | AITC | 03-Apr-2020 | 02-Apr-2026 | 1 | [12] | |
| Subrata Bakshi | AITC | 03-Apr-2020 | 02-Apr-2026 | 1 | ||
| Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-2020 | 02-Apr-2026 | 1 | ||
| Nadimul Haque | AITC | 03-Apr-2018 | 02-Apr-2024 | 2 | ||
| Abir Biswas | AITC | 03-Apr-2018 | 02-Apr-2024 | 1 | ||
| Santunu Sen | AITC | 03-Apr-2018 | 02-Apr-2024 | 1 | ||
| Subhasish Chakraborty | AITC | 03-Apr-2018 | 02-Apr-2024 | 1 | ||
| Abhishek Singhvi | INC | 03-Apr-2018 | 02-Apr-2024 | 1 | ||
| Derek O'Brien | AITC | 19-Aug-2017 | 18-Aug-2023 | 2 | ||
| Sukhendu Sekhar Roy | AITC | 19-Aug-2017 | 18-Aug-2023 | 2 | ||
| Dola Sen | AITC | 19-Aug-2017 | 18-Aug-2023 | 2 | ||
| Shanta Chhetri | AITC | 19-Aug-2017 | 18-Aug-2023 | 1 | ||
| Manas Bhunia | AITC | 19-Aug-2017 | 02-May-2021 | 1 | elected to Sabang Assembly | |
| Pradip Bhattacharya | INC | 19-Aug-2017 | 18-Aug-2023 | 2 | ||
| Manish Gupta | AITC | 14-Mar-2017 | 02-Apr-2020 | 1 | bye - resignation of Mithun Chakraborty | |
| Dola Sen | AITC | 14-Mar-2015 | 18-Aug-2017 | 1 | bye - resignation of Srinjoy Bose | |
| Mithun Chakraborty | AITC | 03-Apr-2014 | 26-Dec-2016 | 1 | resigned[13] | |
| Jogen Chowdhury | AITC | 03-Apr-2014 | 02-Apr-2020 | 1 | [14] | |
| Ahmed Hassan Imran | AITC | 03-Apr-2014 | 02-Apr-2020 | 1 | ||
| Kanwar Deep Singh | AITC | 03-Apr-2014 | 02-Apr-2020 | 1 | ||
| Ritabrata Banerjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-2014 | 02-Apr-2020 | 1 | ||
| Kunal Ghosh | AITC | 03-Apr-2012 | 02-Apr-2018 | 1 | ||
| Vivek Gupta | AITC | 03-Apr-2012 | 02-Apr-2018 | 1 | ||
| Nadimul Haque | AITC | 03-Apr-2012 | 02-Apr-2018 | 1 | ||
| Mukul Roy | AITC | 03-Apr-2012 | 11-Oct-2017 | 2 | resigned[15] | |
| Tapan Kumar Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-2012 | 02-Apr-2018 | 2 | ||
| Sukhendu Sekhar Roy | AITC | 19-Aug-2011 | 18-Aug-2017 | 1 | ||
| Derek O'Brien | AITC | 19-Aug-2011 | 18-Aug-2017 | 1 | ||
| Debabrata Bandyopadhyay | AITC | 19-Aug-2011 | 18-Aug-2017 | 1 | ||
| Srinjoy Bose | AITC | 19-Aug-2011 | 05-Feb-2015 | 1 | resigned[16] | |
| Pradip Bhattacharya | INC | 19-Aug-2011 | 18-Aug-2017 | 1 | ||
| Sitaram Yechury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 19-Aug-2011 | 18-Aug-2017 | 2 | ||
| Barun Mukherji | AIFB | 18-Nov-2008 | 02-Apr-2014 | 2 | bye - resignation of Debabrata Biswas | |
| Shyamal Chakraborty | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-2008 | 02-Apr-2014 | 1 | ||
| Prasanta Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-2008 | 02-Apr-2014 | 2 | ||
| Tarini Kanta Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-2008 | 02-Apr-2014 | 2 | ||
| Debabrata Biswas | AIFB | 03-Apr-2008 | 23-Sep-2008 | 4 | resigned | |
| Ahmed Saeed Malihabadi | Independent | 03-Apr-2008 | 02-Apr-2014 | 1 | ||
| R. C. Singh | CPI | 25-Jun-2008 | 02-Apr-2012 | 1 | bye - resignation of Barun Mukherji | |
| Mohammed Amin | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 17-May-2007 | 18-Aug-2011 | 2 | bye - death of Chittabrata Majumdar | |
| Moinul Hassan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-2006 | 02-Apr-2012 | 1 | ||
| Saman Pathak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-2006 | 02-Apr-2012 | 1 | ||
| Tapan Kumar Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-2006 | 02-Apr-2012 | 1 | ||
| Barun Mukherji | AIFB | 03-Apr-2006 | 06-May-2008 | 1 | resigned | |
| Mukul Roy | AITC | 03-Apr-2006 | 02-Apr-2012 | 1 | ||
| Brinda Karat | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 19-Aug-2005 | 18-Aug-2011 | 1 | ||
| Sitaram Yechury | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 19-Aug-2005 | 18-Aug-2011 | 1 | ||
| Chittabrata Majumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 19-Aug-2005 | 20-Feb-2007 | 2 | expired[17] | |
| Abani Roy | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 19-Aug-2005 | 18-Aug-2011 | 3 | ||
| Arjun Kumar Sengupta | Independent | 19-Aug-2005 | 26-Sep-2010 | 1 | expired[18] | |
| Swapan Sadhan Bose | AITC | 19-Aug-2005 | 18-Aug-2011 | 1 | ||
| Chittabrata Majumdar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 30-Jun-2004 | 18-Aug-2005 | 1 | bye - resignation of Pranab Mukherjee | |
| Sheikh Khabir Uddin Ahmed | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-2002 | 02-Apr-2008 | 1 | ||
| Prasanta Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-2002 | 02-Apr-2008 | 1 | ||
| Tarini Kanta Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-2002 | 02-Apr-2008 | 1 | ||
| Debabrata Biswas | AIFB | 03-Apr-2002 | 02-Apr-2008 | 3 | ||
| Dinesh Trivedi | AITC | 03-Apr-2002 | 02-Apr-2008 | 1 | ||
| Biplab Dasgupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-2000 | 17-Jul-2005 | 2 | expired | |
| Nilotpal Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-2000 | 02-Apr-2006 | 2 | ||
| Dipankar Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-2000 | 02-Apr-2006 | 2 | ||
| Manoj Bhattacharya | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 03-Apr-2000 | 02-Apr-2006 | 1 | ||
| Jayanta Bhattacharya | Independent | 03-Apr-2000 | 02-Apr-2006 | 1 | ||
| Sarla Maheshwari | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 19-Aug-1999 | 18-Aug-2005 | 2 | ||
| Chandrakala Pandey | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 19-Aug-1999 | 18-Aug-2005 | 2 | ||
| Jibon Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 19-Aug-1999 | 18-Aug-2005 | 2 | ||
| Abani Roy | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 19-Aug-1999 | 18-Aug-2005 | 2 | ||
| Shankar Roychowdhury | Independent | 19-Aug-1999 | 18-Aug-2005 | 1 | ||
| Pranab Mukherjee | INC | 19-Aug-1999 | 13-May-2004 | 4 | elected to Jangipur Lok Sabha | |
| Abani Roy | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 24-Mar-1998 | 18-Aug-1999 | 1 | bye - death of Tridib Chaudhuri | |
| Bharati Ray | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1996 | 02-Apr-2002 | 1 | ||
| Dawa Lama | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1996 | 02-Apr-2002 | 1 | ||
| Mohammed Salim | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1996 | 10-May-2001 | 2 | elected to Entally Assembly | |
| Bratin Sengupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1996 | 02-Apr-2002 | 1 | ||
| Debabrata Biswas | AIFB | 03-Apr-1996 | 02-Apr-2002 | 2 | ||
| Nilotpal Basu | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1994 | 02-Apr-2000 | 1 | ||
| Biplab Dasgupta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1994 | 02-Apr-2000 | 1 | ||
| Dipankar Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1994 | 02-Apr-2000 | 1 | ||
| Gurudas Dasgupta | CPI | 03-Apr-1994 | 02-Apr-2000 | 3 | ||
| Joyanta Ray | AIFB | 03-Apr-1994 | 02-Apr-2000 | 1 | ||
| Ram Narayan Goswami | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 19-Aug-1993 | 18-Aug-1999 | 3 | ||
| Ashok Mitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 19-Aug-1993 | 18-Aug-1999 | 1 | ||
| Chandrakala Pandey | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 19-Aug-1993 | 18-Aug-1999 | 1 | ||
| Jibon Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 19-Aug-1993 | 18-Aug-1999 | 1 | ||
| Tridib Chaudhuri | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 19-Aug-1993 | 21-Dec-1997 | 2 | expired | |
| Pranab Mukherjee | INC | 19-Aug-1993 | 18-Aug-1999 | 3 | ||
| Sarla Maheshwari | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1990 | 02-Apr-1996 | 1 | ||
| Ratna Bahadur Rai | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1990 | 02-Apr-1996 | 2 | ||
| Mohammed Salim | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1990 | 02-Apr-1996 | 1 | ||
| Debabrata Biswas | AIFB | 03-Apr-1990 | 02-Apr-1996 | 1 | ||
| Ashoke Kumar Sen | JD | 03-Apr-1990 | 02-Apr-1996 | 1 | ||
| Ratna Bahadur Rai | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 23-Mar-1989 | 02-Apr-1990 | 1 | bye - death of T. S. Gurung | |
| Mohammed Amin | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1988 | 02-Apr-1994 | 1 | ||
| Ashis Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1988 | 02-Apr-1994 | 1 | ||
| Sukomal Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1988 | 02-Apr-1994 | 2 | ||
| Gurudas Dasgupta | CPI | 03-Apr-1988 | 02-Apr-1994 | 2 | ||
| Saurin Bhattacharjee | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 03-Apr-1988 | 02-Apr-1994 | 2 | ||
| Ram Narayan Goswami | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 10-Jul-1987 | 09-Jul-1993 | 2 | ||
| Samar Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 10-Jul-1987 | 09-Jul-1993 | 2 | ||
| Ramendra Kumar Podder | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 10-Jul-1987 | 09-Jul-1993 | 2 | ||
| Sunil Basuray | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 10-Jul-1987 | 09-Jul-1993 | 1 | ||
| Dipen Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 10-Jul-1987 | 09-Jul-1993 | 2 | ||
| Tridib Chaudhuri | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 10-Jul-1987 | 09-Jul-1993 | 1 | ||
| Samar Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 29-Dec-1986 | 09-Jul-1987 | 1 | bye - | |
| Ram Narayan Goswami | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 22-Oct-1986 | 09-Jul-1987 | 1 | bye - death of Sankar Prasad Mitra | |
| T. S. Gurung | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 14-Mar-1986 | 13-Jan-1989 | 1 | expired
bye - resignation of Badri Narayan Pradhan | |
| Chitta Basu | AIFB | 02-Dec-1985 | 27-Nov-1989 | 2 | elected to Barasat Lok Sabha
bye - death of Amar Prasad Chakraborty | |
| Gurudas Dasgupta | CPI | 12-Mar-1985 | 02-Apr-1988 | 1 | bye - death of Kalyan Roy | |
| Ramendra Kumar Podder | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 12-Mar-1985 | 09-Jul-1987 | 1 | bye - death of Arabinda Ghosh | |
| Shantimoy Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 18-Sep-1984 | 09-Jul-1987 | 1 | bye - death of Santosh Mitra | |
| Kanak Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1984 | 02-Apr-1990 | 2 | ||
| Mostafa Bin Qausem | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1984 | 02-Apr-1990 | 1 | ||
| Badri Narayan Pradhan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1984 | 22-Jan-1986 | 1 | resigned | |
| Amar Prasad Chakraborty | AIFB | 03-Apr-1984 | 27-Oct-1985 | 2 | expired | |
| Deba Prasad Ray | INC | 03-Apr-1984 | 02-Apr-1990 | 1 | ||
| Nepaldev Bhattacharjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1982 | 02-Apr-1988 | 2 | ||
| Nirmal Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1982 | 02-Apr-1988 | 1 | ||
| Sukomal Sen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1982 | 02-Apr-1988 | 1 | ||
| Kalyan Roy | CPI | 03-Apr-1982 | 31-Jan-1985 | 3 | expired | |
| Ramkrishna Mazumder | AIFB | 03-Apr-1982 | 02-Apr-1988 | 1 | ||
| Nepaldev Bhattacharjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 28-Sep-1981 | 02-Apr-1982 | 1 | bye - resignation of Bhupesh Gupta | |
| Debendra Nath Barman | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 10-Jul-1981 | 09-Jul-1987 | 1 | ||
| Arabinda Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 10-Jul-1981 | 17-Jan-1985 | 1 | expired | |
| Santosh Mitra | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 10-Jul-1981 | 23-Apr-1984 | 1 | expired | |
| Dipen Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 10-Jul-1981 | 09-Jul-1987 | 1 | ||
| Makhan Paul | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 10-Jul-1981 | 09-Jul-1987 | 1 | ||
| Sankar Prasad Mitra | Independent | 10-Jul-1981 | 09-Aug-1986 | 1 | expired | |
| Sangdopal Lepcha | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 11-Mar-1980 | 02-Apr-1984 | 1 | bye - resignation of Ananda Pathak | |
| Ananda Pathak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1978 | 09-Jan-1980 | 2 | elected to Darjeeling Lok Sabha | |
| Syed Shahedullah | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1978 | 02-Apr-1984 | 1 | ||
| Kanak Mukherjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1978 | 02-Apr-1984 | 1 | ||
| Saurin Bhattacharjee | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 03-Apr-1978 | 02-Apr-1984 | 1 | ||
| Amar Prasad Chakraborty | AIFB | 03-Apr-1978 | 02-Apr-1984 | 1 | ||
| Ananda Pathak | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 13-Jul-1977 | 02-Apr-1978 | 1 | bye - resignation of Krishna Bahadur Chhetri | |
| Sankar Ghose | INC | 03-Apr-1976 | 02-Apr-1982 | 1 | ||
| Prasenjit Barman | INC | 03-Apr-1976 | 02-Apr-1982 | 1 | ||
| Phanindra Nath Hansda | INC | 03-Apr-1976 | 02-Apr-1982 | 1 | ||
| Purabi Mukhopadhyay | INC | 03-Apr-1976 | 02-Apr-1982 | 2 | ||
| Bhupesh Gupta | CPI | 03-Apr-1976 | 06-Aug-1981 | 5 | expired | |
| Pranab Mukherjee | INC | 10-Jul-1975 | 09-Jul-1981 | 2 | ||
| Jaharlal Banerjee | INC | 10-Jul-1975 | 09-Jul-1981 | 1 | ||
| Pratima Bose | INC | 10-Jul-1975 | 09-Jul-1981 | 1 | ||
| D. P. Chattopadhyaya | INC | 10-Jul-1975 | 09-Jul-1981 | 2 | ||
| Ahmad Hossain Mondal | INC | 10-Jul-1975 | 09-Jul-1981 | 1 | ||
| Kalyan Roy | CPI | 10-Jul-1975 | 09-Jul-1981 | 2 | ||
| Sardar Amjad Ali | INC | 03-Apr-1972 | 02-Apr-1978 | 1 | ||
| Rajat Kumar Chakrabarti | INC | 03-Apr-1972 | 02-Apr-1978 | 1 | ||
| Krishna Bahadur Chhetri | INC | 03-Apr-1972 | 22-Mar-1977 | 1 | elected to Darjeeling Lok Sabha | |
| Kali Mukherjee | INC | 03-Apr-1972 | 02-Apr-1978 | 1 | ||
| Sanat Kumar Raha | CPI | 03-Apr-1972 | 02-Apr-1978 | 1 | ||
| Salil Kumar Ganguli | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1970 | 02-Apr-1976 | 1 | ||
| Sasankasekhar Sanyal | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1970 | 02-Apr-1976 | 1 | ||
| Dwijendralal Sen Gupta | Independent | 03-Apr-1970 | 02-Apr-1976 | 2 | ||
| Bhupesh Gupta | CPI | 03-Apr-1970 | 02-Apr-1976 | 4 | ||
| Purabi Mukhopadhyay | INC | 03-Apr-1970 | 02-Apr-1976 | 1 | ||
| Monoranjan Roy | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 10-Jul-1969 | 09-Jul-1975 | 1 | ||
| Niren Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 10-Jul-1969 | 09-Jul-1975 | 2 | ||
| Kalyan Roy | CPI | 10-Jul-1969 | 09-Jul-1975 | 1 | ||
| Suhrid Mullick Chowdhury | AIFB | 10-Jul-1969 | 09-Jul-1975 | 1 | ||
| D. P. Chattopadhyaya | INC | 10-Jul-1969 | 09-Jul-1975 | 1 | ||
| Pranab Mukherjee | INC | 10-Jul-1969 | 09-Jul-1975 | 1 | ||
| Mriganka Mohan Sur | INC | 03-Apr-1966 | 02-Apr-1972 | 3 | ||
| Biren Roy | INC | 03-Apr-1966 | 02-Apr-1972 | 2 | ||
| Rajpat Singh Doogar | INC | 03-Apr-1966 | 02-Apr-1972 | 4 | ||
| Chitta Basu | AIFB | 03-Apr-1966 | 02-Apr-1972 | 1 | ||
| Arun Prakash Chatterjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1966 | 02-Apr-1972 | 1 | ||
| Debabrata Mookerjee | INC | 04-Nov-1965 | 02-Apr-1968 | 1 | bye - resignation of Niharranjan Ray | |
| Phulrenu Guha | INC | 03-Apr-1964 | 02-Apr-1970 | 1 | ||
| Muhammad Ishaque | INC | 03-Apr-1964 | 02-Apr-1970 | 2 | ||
| Satyendra Prosad Ray | INC | 03-Apr-1964 | 02-Apr-1970 | 3 | ||
| Dwijendralal Sen Gupta | Independent | 03-Apr-1964 | 02-Apr-1970 | 1 | ||
| Bhupesh Gupta | CPI | 03-Apr-1964 | 02-Apr-1970 | 3 | ||
| Ram Kumar Bhuwalka | INC | 09-Sep-1963 | 02-Apr-1968 | 1 | bye - death of Pannalal Saraogi | |
| Nikunja Behari Maiti | INC | 25-Apr-1962 | 02-Apr-1966 | 1 | bye - resignation of Abha Maiti | |
| Ram Prasanna Ray | INC | 03-Apr-1962 | 02-Apr-1968 | 1 | ||
| Niharranjan Ray | INC | 03-Apr-1962 | 01-Jun-1965 | 2 | resigned | |
| Pannalal Saraogi | INC | 03-Apr-1962 | 13-Aug-1963 | 1 | expired | |
| Surendra Mohan Ghose | INC | 03-Apr-1962 | 02-Apr-1968 | 2 | ||
| Niren Ghosh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 03-Apr-1962 | 02-Apr-1968 | 1 | ||
| Syed Nausher Ali | CPI | 03-Apr-1962 | 02-Apr-1968 | 2 | ||
| Muhammad Ishaque | INC | 29-Dec-1961 | 02-Apr-1964 | 1 | ||
| Sudhir Ghosh | INC | 03-Apr-1960 | 02-Apr-1966 | 1 | ||
| Abha Maiti | INC | 03-Apr-1960 | 04-Mar-1962 | 1 | elected to West Bengal Legislative Assembly | |
| Rajpat Singh Doogar | INC | 03-Apr-1960 | 02-Apr-1966 | 3 | ||
| Mriganka Mohan Sur | INC | 03-Apr-1960 | 02-Apr-1966 | 2 | ||
| Biren Roy | INC | 03-Apr-1960 | 02-Apr-1966 | 1 | ||
| Ansaruddin Ahmed | INC | 03-Apr-1958 | 02-Apr-1964 | 1 | ||
| Santosh Kumar Basu | INC | 03-Apr-1958 | 02-Apr-1964 | 2 | ||
| Maya Devi Chettry | INC | 03-Apr-1958 | 02-Apr-1964 | 2 | ||
| Bhupesh Gupta | CPI | 03-Apr-1958 | 02-Apr-1964 | 2 | ||
| Atindra Nath Bose | PSP | 03-Apr-1958 | 27-Nov-1961 | 1 | expired | |
| Surendra Mohan Ghose | INC | 13-Dec-1956 | 02-Apr-1962 | 1 | ||
| Mehr Chand Khanna | INC | 15-Dec-1956 | 26-Feb-1962 | 1 | elected to New Delhi Lok Sabha | |
| Prabhu Dayal Himatsingka | INC | 03-Apr-1956 | 02-Apr-1962 | 1 | ||
| Humayun Kabir | INC | 03-Apr-1956 | 02-Apr-1962 | 1 | ||
| Satyendra Prosad Ray | INC | 03-Apr-1956 | 02-Apr-1962 | 2 | ||
| Satyapriya Banerjee | AIFB | 03-Apr-1956 | 23-Mar-1957 | 2 | expired | |
| Charu Chandra Biswas | INC | 03-Apr-1954 | 02-Apr-1960 | 2 | ||
| Nalinaksha Dutt | INC | 03-Apr-1954 | 02-Apr-1960 | 2 | ||
| Rajpat Singh Doogar | INC | 03-Apr-1954 | 02-Apr-1960 | 2 | ||
| Suresh Chandra Majumdar | INC | 03-Apr-1954 | 12-Aug-1954 | 2 | expired | |
| Abdur Rezzak Khan | CPI | 03-Apr-1954 | 02-Apr-1960 | 1 | ||
| Niharranjan Ray | INC | 03-May-1957 | 02-Apr-1962 | 1 | ||
| Santosh Kumar Basu | INC | 03-May-1957 | 02-Apr-1958 | 1 | ||
| Sitaram Daga | INC | 03-May-1957 | 02-Apr-1958 | 1 | ||
| Mriganka Mohan Sur | INC | 13-Sep-1954 | 02-Apr-1960 | 1 | ||
| Charu Chandra Biswas | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1954 | 1 | ||
| Nalinaksha Dutt | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1954 | 1 | ||
| Rajpat Singh Doogar | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1954 | 1 | ||
| Suresh Chandra Majumdar | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1954 | 1 | ||
| Debaprasad Ghosh | ABJS | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1954 | 1 | ||
| Syed Nausher Ali | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1956 | 1 | ||
| Satyendra Prosad Ray | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1956 | 1 | ||
| Indra Bhushan Beed | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1956 | 1 | ||
| Satyapriya Banerjee | AIFB | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1956 | 1 | ||
| Beni Prasad Agarwal | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1958 | 1 | ||
| Maya Devi Chettry | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1958 | 1 | ||
| Bimal Comar Ghosh | PSP | 03-Apr-1952 | 21-Mar-1957 | 1 | elected to Barrackpore Lok Sabha | |
| Satyendra Mazumdar | CPI | 03-Apr-1952 | 05-Apr-1957 | 1 | ||
| Bhupesh Gupta | CPI | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1958 | 1 | ||
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