2022 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
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Rajya Sabha elections is to be held throughout 2022, to elect the retiring members of the Rajya Sabha, the Indian Parliament's upper chamber.[2][3][4]
Elections to the 4 vacant seats from Jammu and Kashmir were not held in February as the union territory is under President's rule and the assembly has been dissolved.[5]
Elections
- Listed according to the dates
| State | Members retiring | Date of retirement |
|---|---|---|
| Assam | 2 | 2 April 2022 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 April 2022 |
| Kerala | 3 | 2 April 2022 |
| Nagaland | 1 | 2 April 2022 |
| Tripura | 1 | 2 April 2022 |
| Punjab | 5 | 2 April 2022 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 4 | 21 June 2022 |
| Telangana | 2 | 21 June 2022 |
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 29 June 2022 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 29 June 2022 |
| Tamil Nadu | 6 | 29 June 2022 |
| Karnataka | 4 | 30 June 2022 |
| Odisha | 3 | 1 July 2022 |
| Maharashtra | 6 | 4 July 2022 |
| Punjab | 2 | 4 July 2022 |
| Rajasthan | 4 | 4 July 2022 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 11 | 4 July 2022 |
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 4 July 2022 |
| Bihar | 5 | 7 July 2022 |
| Jharkhand | 2 | 7 July 2022 |
| Haryana | 2 | 1 August 2022 |
| Total | 70 |
Members retiring
Note:
- Listed according to date of retirement
Assam
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ripun Bora | Indian National Congress | 02-Apr-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 2 | Ranee Narah | Indian National Congress | 02-Apr-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
Himachal Pradesh
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anand Sharma | Indian National Congress | 02-Apr-2022 | TBD | Bhartiya Janata Party | |||
Kerala
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. K. Antony | Indian National Congress | 02-Apr-2022 | TBD | Indian National Congress | |||
| 2 | K. Somaprasad | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 02-Apr-2022 | TBD | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |||
| 3 | M. V. Shreyams Kumar | Loktantrik Janata Dal | 02-Apr-2022 | TBD | Loktantrik Janata Dal | |||
Nagaland
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. G. Kenye | Naga People's Front | 02-Apr-2022 | TBD | Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party | |||
Tripura
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jharna Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 02-Apr-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
Punjab
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pratap Singh Bajwa | Indian National Congress | 09-Apr-2022 | TBD | Aam Aadmi Party | |||
| 2 | Shamsher Singh Dullo | Indian National Congress | 09-Apr-2022 | TBD | Aam Aadmi Party | |||
| 3 | Naresh Gujral | Shiromani Akali Dal | 09-Apr-2022 | TBD | Aam Aadmi Party | |||
| 4 | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | Shiromani Akali Dal | 09-Apr-2022 | TBD | Aam Aadmi Party | |||
| 5 | Shwait Malik | Bharatiya Janata Party | 09-Apr-2022 | TBD | Indian National Congress | |||
| 6 | Ambika Soni | Indian National Congress | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | Indian National Congress | |||
| 7 | Balwinder Singh Bhunder | Shiromani Akali Dal | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | Indian National Congress | |||
Andhra Pradesh
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V. Vijayasai Reddy | YSR Congress Party | 21-Jun-2022 | TBD | YSR Congress Party | |||
| 2 | Suresh Prabhu | Bharatiya Janata Party | 21-Jun-2022 | TBD | YSR Congress Party | |||
| 3 | Y. S. Chowdary | Bharatiya Janata Party | 21-Jun-2022 | TBD | YSR Congress Party | |||
| 4 | T. G. Venkatesh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 21-Jun-2022 | TBD | YSR Congress Party | |||
Telangana
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V. Lakshmikantha Rao | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | 21-Jun-2022 | TBD | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | |||
| 2 | D. Srinivas | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | 21-Jun-2022 | TBD | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | |||
Chhattisgarh
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ramvichar Netam | Bharatiya Janata Party | 29-Jun-2022 | TBD | Indian National Congress | |||
| 2 | Chhaya Verma | Indian National Congress | 29-Jun-2022 | TBD | Indian National Congress | |||
Madhya Pradesh
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. J. Akbar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 29-Jun-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 2 | Sampatiya Uike | Bharatiya Janata Party | 29-Jun-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 3 | Vivek Tankha | Indian National Congress | 29-Jun-2022 | TBD | Indian National Congress | |||
Tamil Nadu
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R. S. Bharathi | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 29-Jun-2022 | TBD | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |||
| 2 | T. K. S. Elangovan | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 29-Jun-2022 | TBD | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |||
| 3 | K.R.N Rajeshkumar | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 29-Jun-2022 | TBD | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |||
| 4 | A. Navaneethakrishnan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 29-Jun-2022 | TBD | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |||
| 5 | S. R. Balasubramoniyan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 29-Jun-2022 | TBD | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |||
| 6 | A. Vijayakumar | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 29-Jun-2022 | TBD | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | |||
Karnataka
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nirmala Sitharaman | Bharatiya Janata Party | 30-Jun-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 2 | K. C. Ramamurthy | Bharatiya Janata Party | 30-Jun-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 3 | Jairam Ramesh | Indian National Congress | 30-Jun-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 4 | Vacant (Oscar Fernandes) |
30-Jun-2022 | TBD | Indian National Congress | ||||
Odisha
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sasmit Patra | Biju Janata Dal | 01-Jul-2022 | TBD | Biju Janata Dal | |||
| 2 | Prasanna Acharya | Biju Janata Dal | 01-Jul-2022 | TBD | Biju Janata Dal | |||
| 3 | N. Bhaskar Rao | Biju Janata Dal | 01-Jul-2022 | TBD | Biju Janata Dal | |||
Maharashtra
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Piyush Goyal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 2 | Vinay Sahasrabuddhe | Bharatiya Janata Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 3 | Vikas Mahatme | Bharatiya Janata Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 4 | Praful Patel | Nationalist Congress Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | Nationalist Congress Party | |||
| 5. | P. Chidambaram | Indian National Congress | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | Indian National Congress | |||
| 6 | Sanjay Raut | Shiv Sena | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | Shiv Sena | |||
Rajasthan
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Om Prakash Mathur | Bharatiya Janata Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | Indian National Congress | |||
| 2 | Ram Kumar Verma | Bharatiya Janata Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | Indian National Congress | |||
| 3 | Harshvardhan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 4 | Alphons Kannanthanam | Bharatiya Janata Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
Uttar Pradesh
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shiv Pratap Shukla | Bharatiya Janata Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | TBD | ||
| 2 | Surendra Singh Nagar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | TBD | ||
| 3 | Sanjay Seth | Bharatiya Janata Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | TBD | ||
| 4 | Jai Prakash Nishad | Bharatiya Janata Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | TBD | ||
| 5 | Syed Zafar Islam | Bharatiya Janata Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | TBD | ||
| 6 | Rewati Raman Singh | Samajwadi Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | TBD | ||
| 7 | Sukhram Singh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | TBD | ||
| 8 | Vishambhar Prasad Nishad | Samajwadi Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | TBD | ||
| 9 | Ashok Siddharth | Bahujan Samaj Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | TBD | ||
| 10 | Satish Chandra Mishra | Bahujan Samaj Party | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | TBD | ||
| 11 | Kapil Sibal | Indian National Congress | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | TBD | ||
Uttarakhand
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pradeep Tamta | Indian National Congress | 04-Jul-2022 | TBD | TBD | ||
Bihar
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gopal Narayan Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | 07-Jul-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 2 | Satish Chandra Dubey | Bharatiya Janata Party | 07-Jul-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 3 | Ramchandra Prasad Singh | Janata Dal (United) | 07-Jul-2022 | Ramchandra Prasad Singh | Janata Dal (United) | |||
| 4 | Misa Bharti | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 07-Jul-2022 | TBD | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |||
| 5 | Vacant (Sharad Yadav) |
07-Jul-2022 | TBD | Rashtriya Janata Dal | ||||
Jharkhand
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Bharatiya Janata Party | 07-Jul-2022 | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 2 | Mahesh Poddar | Bharatiya Janata Party | 07-Jul-2022 | TBD | Indian National Congress | |||
Haryana
| Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dushyant Kumar Gautam | Bharatiya Janata Party | 01-Aug-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 2 | Subhash Chandra | Independent | 01-Aug-2022 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
By-elections
Aside from automatic elections, unforeseen vacancies caused by members' resignation, death or disqualification, are unless a few months before the expected natural expiry of the term of tenure, filled via by-elections, which for the Rajya Sabha often take some months to organise.
Bihar
- On 4 December 2017, Sharad Yadav had been disqualified.[6]
- On 26 December 2021, Mahendra Prasad died.
| S.No | Former MP | Party | Date of Vacancy | Elected MP | Party Name | Date of Appointment | Date of retirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharad Yadav | Janata Dal (United) | 4 December 2017 | TBD | 7 July 2022 | ||||
| 2 | Mahendra Prasad | Janata Dal (United) | 26 December 2021 | TBD | 2 April 2024 | ||||
Karnataka
- On 13 September 2021, Oscar Fernandes died.
| S.No | Former MP | Party | Date of Vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Date of Appointment | Date of retirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar Fernandes | Indian National Congress | 13-Sept-2021 | TBD | Bharatiya Janata Party | TBD | 30-Jun-2022 | ||
Telangana
- On 4 December 2021, Banda Prakash resigned.
| S.No | Former MP | Party | Date of Vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Date of Appointment | Date of retirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banda Prakash | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | 04-Dec-2021 | TBD | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | TBD | 02-Apr-2024 | ||
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Party Position in the Rajya Sabha" (PDF). 23 December 2020. p. 5. Archived (pdf) from the original on 14 January 2021. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
- ↑ "Statewise Retirement". 164.100.47.5.
- ↑ "NDA likely to get majority in Rajya Sabha by 2021". The Economic Times. 27 May 2019.
- ↑ Arnimesh, Shanker (2 March 2020). "BJP's Rajya Sabha tally will marginally drop after March, but real worry will be after 2022".
- ↑ "Jammu and Kashmir set to lose representation in Rajya Sabha".
- ↑ "Sharad Yadav disqualified from RS". The Hindu. 5 December 2017. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 12 February 2020.