Madras State in Rajya Sabha

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Rajya Sabha constituency former parliamentary constituency

Madras State in Rajya Sabha was the former legislative council constituency representing the then Madras State (now largely Tamil Nadu) in India’s upper house of Parliament before the state’s reorganization.

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Rajya Sabha constituency ⓘ
former parliamentary constituency ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Tamil Nadu ⓘ
surface form: Madras State
articleBasis Article 80 of the Constitution of India ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Constitution of India ⓘ
country India ⓘ
dissolvedDueTo States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ⓘ
electoralCollege Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly ⓘ
surface form: Madras State Legislative Assembly
electorateType indirect election by MLAs ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver Tamil Nadu ⓘ
surface form: Madras State
historicalRegion South India ⓘ
historicalStatus predecessor of Tamil Nadu representation in Rajya Sabha ⓘ
houseType upper house ⓘ
languageOfMajority Kannada ⓘ
Malayalam ⓘ
Tamil ⓘ
Telugu ⓘ
legislativeBody Rajya Sabha ⓘ
levelOfGovernment state ⓘ
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Tamil Nadu ⓘ
surface form: Madras State
memberRole Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha ⓘ
memberType indirectly elected ⓘ
namedAfter Tamil Nadu ⓘ
surface form: Madras State
parliamentarySystem bicameral legislature of India ⓘ
partOf Rajya Sabha constituencies of India ⓘ
predecessor none (created with formation of Rajya Sabha system) ⓘ
regionCovered Puducherry ⓘ
parts of present-day Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
parts of present-day Karnataka ⓘ
parts of present-day Kerala ⓘ
present-day Tamil Nadu ⓘ
replacedBy Tamil Nadu ⓘ
surface form: Tamil Nadu in Rajya Sabha
represented Tamil Nadu ⓘ
surface form: Madras State
representedIn New Delhi, India ⓘ
surface form: New Delhi
seatType state delegation ⓘ
stateAfterReorganization Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Karnataka ⓘ
Kerala ⓘ
Puducherry ⓘ
Tamil Nadu ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Tamil Nadu ⓘ
surface form: Tamil Nadu in Rajya Sabha
timePeriod before 1956 state reorganization ⓘ
upperHouseOf Parliament of India ⓘ
votingSystem proportional representation ⓘ
single transferable vote ⓘ

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T. T. Krishnamachari → representedConstituency → Madras State in Rajya Sabha ⓘ