2021 Rajya Sabha elections

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2021 Rajya Sabha elections
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17[lower-alpha 1] of the 233[lower-alpha 2] elected seats in the Rajya Sabha
121[lower-alpha 3] total seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
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Leader Piyush Goyal Mallikarjun Kharge
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader since 14 July 2021 16 February 2021
Seats before 84[lower-alpha 4] 35
Seats after 88[lower-alpha 5] 34
Seat change Increase 4 Decrease 1
Alliance seats before 107[lower-alpha 6] 50
Alliance seats after 107[lower-alpha 7] 52
Seat change Steady Increase 2
Majority before election

None

 Majority after
election

None

Rajya Sabha elections were held throughout 2021, to elect new members to fill vacancies in the Rajya Sabha, the Indian Parliament's upper chamber. Members sit for staggered terms lasting six years, with elections every year but almost a third of the 233 designates up for election every two years.[1][2][3]

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 had been dissolved. These were held later in 2025.[4]

Results

Alliance/ Party Seats +/–
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party 6 +4
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 0 -4
Total 6 0
UPA Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3 +3
Indian National Congress 1 -1
Indian Union Muslim League 1 0
Kerala Congress (M) 1 0
Total 6 +2
Others All India Trinamool Congress 3 0
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 2 +1

Members retiring & Elected

Kerala

Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Party Appointing date Ref.
1 K. K. Ragesh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 21-Apr-2021 John Brittas Communist Party of India (Marxist) 24-Apr-2021 [5]
2 Vayalar Ravi Indian National Congress 21-Apr-2021 V. Sivadasan 24-Apr-2021
3 P. V. Abdul Wahab Indian Union Muslim League 21-Apr-2021 P. V. Abdul Wahab Indian Union Muslim League 24-Apr-2021

Puducherry

Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Party Appointing date Ref.
1 N Gokulakrishnan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 06-Oct-2021 S Selvaganapathy Bharatiya Janata Party 7 October 2021 [6]

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.

Assam

  • On 21 November 2020 Biswajit Daimary resigned.[7]
  • Biswajit Daimary Elected As MLA.
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of Appointment Date of retirement
1 Biswajit Daimary Bodoland People's Front 21 November 2020 Biswajit Daimary[8] Bharatiya Janata Party 22 February 2021 9 April 2026
2 Bharatiya Janata Party 12 May 2021 Sarbananda Sonowal 27 September 2021

Gujarat

  • On 25 November 2020 Ahmed Patel died.[9]
  • On 1 December 2020 Abhay Bharadwaj died.[10]
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of Appointment Date of retirement
1 Ahmed Patel Indian National Congress 25 November 2020 Dineshchandra Anavadiya[11] Bharatiya Janata Party 23 February 2021 18 August 2023
2 Abhay Bharadwaj Bharatiya Janata Party 1 December 2020 Rambhai Mokariya[11] 23 February 2021 21 June 2026

Kerala

  • On 9 January 2021 Jose K. Mani resigned.[12]
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of Appointment Date of retirement
1 Jose K. Mani Kerala Congress (M) 9 January 2021 Jose K. Mani Kerala Congress (M) 24-Nov-2021 01-Jul-2024

West Bengal

  • On 12 February 2021, Dinesh Trivedi resigned.[13]
  • Manas Bhunia Elected As MLA.
  • On 15 September 2021, Arpita Ghosh resigned.
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of Appointment Date of retirement
1 Dinesh Trivedi All India Trinamool Congress 12-Feb-2021 Jawhar Sircar All India Trinamool Congress 03-Aug-2021 02-Apr-2026
2 Manas Bhunia 9-May-2021 Sushmita Dev 27-Sep-2021 18-Aug-2023
3 Arpita Ghosh 15-Sept-2021 Luizinho Faleiro 24-Nov-2021 02-Apr-2026

Tamil Nadu

  • On 24 March 2021, A. Mohammedjan died.[14]
  • On 10 May 2021, K. P. Munusamy Resigned Due To Election As MLA.
  • On 10 May 2021, R. Vaithilingam Resigned Due To Election As MLA.
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of Appointment Date of retirement
1 A. Mohammedjan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 24-Mar-2021 M. M. Abdulla Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 06-Sept-2021 24-Jul-2025
2 K. P. Munusamy 10-May-2021 Kanimozhi NVN Somu 27-Sep-2021 02-Apr-2026
3 R. Vaithilingam 10-May-2021 K. R. N. Rajeshkumar 27-Sep-2021 29-Jun-2022

Maharashtra

  • On 16 May 2021, Rajeev Satav died.
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of Appointment Date of retirement
1 Rajeev Satav Indian National Congress 16 May 2021 Rajani Patil Indian National Congress 27-Sep-2021 02-Apr-2026

Madhya Pradesh

  • On 7 July 2021, Thawar Chand Gehlot resigned due to his appointment as Governor of Karnataka.
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of Appointment Date of retirement
1 Thawar Chand Gehlot Bharatiya Janata Party 07-Jul-2021 L. Murugan Bharatiya Janata Party 27-Sep-2021 02-Apr-2024

Nominations

Nominated members

  • On 16 March 2021, Swapan Dasgupta resigned.[15]
  • On 9 May 2021, Raghunath Mohapatra died [16]
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of Appointment Date of retirement
1 Swapan Dasgupta Nominated 16-Mar-2021 Swapan Dasgupta Nominated (BJP whip) 02-Jun-2021 24-Apr-2022
2 Raghunath Mohapatra Nominated (BJP whip) 9-May-2021 Mahesh Jethmalani 02-Jun-2021 13-Jul-2024

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Including 13 casual vacancies
  2. ↑ excluding 12 nominated seats
  3. ↑ out of 241 (excluding 4 vacancies and including 12 nominated seats)
  4. ↑ excluding 8 nominated members
  5. ↑ excluding 9 nominated members
  6. ↑ excluding 12 nominated members
  7. ↑ excluding 12 nominated members

References

  1. ↑ "Statewise Retirement". 164.100.47.5.
  2. ↑ "NDA likely to get majority in Rajya Sabha by 2021". The Economic Times. 27 May 2019.
  3. ↑ Arnimesh, Shanker (2 March 2020). "BJP's Rajya Sabha tally will marginally drop after March, but real worry will be after 2022".
  4. ↑ "Jammu and Kashmir set to lose representation in Rajya Sabha". The Tribune India. 8 February 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  5. ↑ "Kerala: V Sivadasan, John Brittas, PV Abdul Wahab elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed".
  6. ↑ "BJP nominates S Selvaganapathy for Puducherry Rajya Sabha elections".
  7. ↑ Choudhury, Ratnadip (22 November 2020). "Bodoland People's Front Lone MP Resigns From Rajya Sabha, To Join BJP". NDTV.com. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  8. ↑ "BJP names former BPF member Biswajit Daimary as its Rajya Sabha candidate from Assam". The Hindu. 15 February 2021.
  9. ↑ "Congress Veteran Ahmed Patel Dies at 71 After Battling Covid". ndtv.com. 25 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "Gujarat Rajya Sabha MP Abhay Bharadwaj passes away, PM Modi condoles his death". newsd.in. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Gujarat Rajya Sabha bypolls: Old-timer, OBC leader on BJP's list". 17 February 2021.
  12. ↑ "Jose K. Mani resigns from Rajya Sabha". The Hindu. 9 January 2021.
  13. ↑ "'Suffocated' Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi resigns from Rajya Sabha, praises PM Narendra Modi".
  14. ↑ "AIADMK MP Mohammedjan dies of sudden heart attack after round of hectic electioneering".
  15. ↑ "To fight for a better Bengal, says Swapan Dasgupta after quitting Rajya Sabha". 16 March 2021.
  16. ↑ "Rajya Sabha MP Raghunath Mohapatra dies of COVID-19, PM Modi expresses grief".
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