2022 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections is to be held throughout 2022, to elect the retiring members of the Rajya Sabha, the Indian Parliament's upper house.^[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 has been dissolved.^[4]

List of elections by states[edit]

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	9 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[edit]

Note:

Listed according to date of retirement

Assam[edit]

No	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Ripun Bora		INC	02-Apr-2022	Rwngwra Narzary		UPPL
2	Ranee Narah		INC	02-Apr-2022	Pabitra Margherita		BJP

Himachal Pradesh[edit]

No	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Anand Sharma		INC	02-Apr-2022	Sikander Kumar		BJP^[5]

Kerala[edit]

No	Previous MP		Term end	Elected MP
1	A. K. Antony	INC	02-Apr-2022	Jebi Mather	INC
2	K. Somaprasad	CPI(M)	02-Apr-2022	A. A. Rahim	CPI(M)
3	M. V. Shreyams Kumar	LJD	02-Apr-2022	P. Santhosh Kumar	CPI

Nagaland[edit]

No	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	K. G. Kenye		NPF	02-Apr-2022	S. Phangnon Konyak		BJP

Tripura[edit]

No	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Jharna Das		CPI(M)	02-Apr-2022	Manik Saha		BJP

Punjab[edit]

No	Previous MP		Term end	Elected MP
1	Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa	SAD	09-Apr-2022	Harbhajan Singh	AAP
2	Vacant (Pratap Singh Bajwa)			Raghav Chadha	AAP
3	Shwait Malik	BJP		Sandeep Pathak	AAP
4	Naresh Gujral	SAD		Ashok Mittal	AAP
5	Shamsher Singh Dullo	INC		Sanjeev Arora	AAP
6	Ambika Soni	INC	04-Jul-2022	TBD	AAP
7	Balwinder Singh Bhunder	SAD	04-Jul-2022	TBD	AAP

Nominated[edit]

No	Previous MP		Term end	Nominated MP		Date of appointment
1	Narendra Jadhav	Nominated	24-Apr-2022	TBD	Nominated (BJP)	TBD
2	Mary Kom	Nominated	24-Apr-2022	TBD	Nominated (BJP)	TBD
3	Roopa Ganguly	Nominated (BJP)	24-Apr-2022	TBD	Nominated (BJP)	TBD
4	Swapan Dasgupta	Nominated (BJP)	24-Apr-2022	TBD	Nominated (BJP)	TBD
5	Suresh Gopi	Nominated (BJP)	24-Apr-2022	TBD	Nominated (BJP)	TBD
6	Subramanian Swamy	Nominated (BJP)	24-Apr-2022	TBD	Nominated (BJP)	TBD
7	Sambhaji Raje	Nominated (BJP)	03-May-2022	TBD	Nominated (BJP)	TBD

Andhra Pradesh[edit]

No	Previous MP		Term end	Elected MP
1	V. Vijayasai Reddy	YSRCP	21-Jun-2022	TBD	YSRCP
2	Suresh Prabhu	BJP	21-Jun-2022	TBD	YSRCP
3	Y. S. Chowdary	BJP	21-Jun-2022	TBD	YSRCP
4	T. G. Venkatesh	BJP	21-Jun-2022	TBD	YSRCP

Telangana[edit]

No	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	V. Lakshmikantha Rao		TRS	21-Jun-2022	TBD		TRS
2	D. Srinivas		TRS	21-Jun-2022	TBD		TRS

Chhattisgarh[edit]

No	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Ramvichar Netam		BJP	29-Jun-2022	TBD		INC
2	Chhaya Verma		INC	29-Jun-2022	TBD		INC

Madhya Pradesh[edit]

No	Previous MP		Term end	Elected MP
1	M. J. Akbar	BJP	29-Jun-2022	TBD	BJP
2	Sampatiya Uike	BJP	29-Jun-2022	TBD	BJP
3	Vivek Tankha	INC	29-Jun-2022	TBD	INC

Tamil Nadu[edit]

No	Previous MP		Term end	Elected MP
1	R. S. Bharathi	DMK	29-Jun-2022	TBD	DMK
2	T. K. S. Elangovan	DMK	29-Jun-2022	TBD	DMK
3	K. R. N. Rajeshkumar	DMK	29-Jun-2022	TBD	DMK
4	A. Navaneethakrishnan	AIADMK	29-Jun-2022	TBD	DMK
5	S. R. Balasubramoniyan	AIADMK	29-Jun-2022	TBD	AIADMK
6	A. Vijayakumar	AIADMK	29-Jun-2022	TBD	AIADMK

Karnataka[edit]

No	Previous MP		Term end	Elected MP
1	Nirmala Sitharaman	BJP	30-Jun-2022	TBD	BJP
2	K. C. Ramamurthy	BJP	30-Jun-2022	TBD	BJP
3	Jairam Ramesh	INC	30-Jun-2022	TBD	INC
4	Vacant (Oscar Fernandes)		30-Jun-2022	TBD	TBD

Odisha[edit]

No	Previous MP		Term end	Elected MP
1	Sasmit Patra	BJD	01-Jul-2022	TBD	BJD
2	Prasanna Acharya	BJD	01-Jul-2022	TBD	BJD
3	N. Bhaskar Rao	BJD	01-Jul-2022	TBD	BJD

Maharashtra[edit]

No	Previous MP		Term end	Elected MP
1	Sanjay Raut	SS	04-Jul-2022	TBD	NCP
2	Praful Patel	NCP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	NCP
3	P. Chidambaram	INC	04-Jul-2022	TBD	INC
4	Vikas Mahatme	BJP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	BJP
5	Piyush Goyal	BJP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	BJP
6	Vinay Sahasrabuddhe	BJP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	TBD

Rajasthan[edit]

No	Previous MP		Term end	Elected MP
1	Om Prakash Mathur	BJP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	INC
2	Ram Kumar Verma	BJP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	INC
3	Harshvardhan Singh	BJP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	BJP
4	Alphons Kannanthanam	BJP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	TBD

Uttar Pradesh[edit]

No	Previous MP		Term end	Elected MP
1	Shiv Pratap Shukla	BJP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	BJP
2	Surendra Singh Nagar	BJP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	BJP
3	Sanjay Seth	BJP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	BJP
4	Jai Prakash Nishad	BJP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	BJP
5	Syed Zafar Islam	BJP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	BJP
6	Ashok Siddharth	BSP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	BJP
7	Satish Chandra Mishra	BSP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	BJP
8	Kapil Sibal	INC	04-Jul-2022	TBD	BJP
9	Rewati Raman Singh	SP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	SP
10	Sukhram Singh Yadav	SP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	SP
11	Vishambhar Prasad Nishad	SP	04-Jul-2022	TBD	SP

Uttarakhand[edit]

No	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party		Ref(s)
1	Pradeep Tamta		INC	04-Jul-2022	TBD		BJP

Bihar[edit]

No	Previous MP		Term end	Elected MP
1	Gopal Narayan Singh	BJP	07-Jul-2022	TBD	BJP
2	Satish Chandra Dubey	BJP	07-Jul-2022	TBD	BJP
3	Ramchandra Prasad Singh	JDU	07-Jul-2022	TBD	JDU
4	Misa Bharti	RJD	07-Jul-2022	TBD	RJD
5	Vacant (Sharad Yadav)		07-Jul-2022	TBD	TBD

Jharkhand[edit]

No	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi		BJP	07-Jul-2022	TBD		BJP
2	Mahesh Poddar		BJP	07-Jul-2022	TBD		JMM

Haryana[edit]

No	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Dushyant Kumar Gautam		BJP	01-Aug-2022	TBD		BJP
2	Subhash Chandra		IND	01-Aug-2022	TBD		INC

By-elections[edit]

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[edit]

On 26 December 2021, Mahendra Prasad died

No	Former MP	Party		Date of vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of appointment	Date of retirement
1	Mahendra Prasad		JDU	26 December 2021	TBD		JDU	TBD	2 April 2024

Telangana[edit]

On 4 December 2021, Banda Prakash resigned

No	Former MP	Party		Date of vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of appointment	Date of retirement
1	Banda Prakash		TRS	4 December 2021	TBD		TRS	TBD	2 April 2024

Odisha[edit]

On 27 April 2022, Subash Singh resigned

No	Former MP	Party		Date of vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of appointment	Date of retirement
1	Subhash Chandra Singh		BJD	27 April 2022	TBD		BJD	TBD	02 April 2026

Rajya Sabha Tally (State Wise) after this Elections[edit]

State and Union Territory	Seats	L P	Vac ant	NDA					UPA					Others 12/31
				21/31		7/31			11/31		5/31
				BJP		Oth			INC		Oth
Andhra Pradesh^[6]	11	9			1										YSRCP	9
Andhra Pradesh^[6]	11	9			1										TDP	1
Arunachal Pradesh	1	1			1
Assam	7	4			4		Asom Gana Parishad	1				AGM	1
Assam	7	4			4		UPPL	1				AGM	1
Bihar	16	6			4		JD(U)	5		1					RJD	6
Chhattisgarh	5	4			1					4
Goa	1	1			1
Gujarat	11	8			8					3
Haryana	5	4			4					1
Himachal Pradesh	3	3			3
Jammu and Kashmir	4	4	4
Jharkhand	6	3			3					1		JMM	2
Karnataka	12	6			6					5					Janata Dal	1
Kerala	9	4								1		IUML	1		CPI (M)	4
															CPI	2
															KC(M)	1
Madhya Pradesh	11	8			8					3
Maharashtra(President's rule)	19	8			8		RPI(A)	1		3		NCP	4		SHS	3
Manipur	1	1			1
Meghalaya	1	1					NPP	1
Mizoram	1	1					MNF	1
Nagaland	1	1			1
NCT Of Delhi	3	3													AAP	3
Odisha	10	9			1										BJD	9
Puducherry	1	1			1
Punjab	7	7								1					AAP	7
Rajasthan	10	5			5					5
Sikkim	1	1													Sikkim Democratic Front	1
Tamil Nadu	18	11					AIADMK	4				DMK	11
							PMK	1				MDMK	1
							TMC(M)	1				MDMK	1
Telangana^[6]	7	7													TRS	7
Tripura	1	1			1
Uttar Pradesh	31	25			25										SP	5
Uttar Pradesh	31	25			25										BSP	1
Uttarakhand	3	3			3
West Bengal	16	13								2					AITC	13
West Bengal	16	13								2					CPI (M)	1
Presidential nominees	12	9			9		NOM	3
Total	245	100	4	98		19			30		20			74
Total	245	100	4	NDA			117		UPA			50		74

References[edit]

↑ "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".
↑ BJP [@BJP4India] (18 March 2022). "भारतीय जनता पार्टी की केंद्रीय चुनाव समिति ने असम, हिमाचल प्रदेश, नागालैंड एवं त्रिपुरा में होने वाले आगामी राज्य सभा द्विवार्षिक चुनाव 2022 के लिए निम्नलिखित नामों पर अपनी स्वीकृति प्रदान की है। t.co/CmUEur2mK5" (Tweet) (in हिन्दी). Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022 – via Twitter.
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 "Rajya Sabha members allotted to Telangana, Andhra Pradesh". The Economic Times. 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

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[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".

[:0-5] BJP [@BJP4India] (18 March 2022). "भारतीय जनता पार्टी की केंद्रीय चुनाव समिति ने असम, हिमाचल प्रदेश, नागालैंड एवं त्रिपुरा में होने वाले आगामी राज्य सभा द्विवार्षिक चुनाव 2022 के लिए निम्नलिखित नामों पर अपनी स्वीकृति प्रदान की है। t.co/CmUEur2mK5" (Tweet) (in हिन्दी). Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022 – via Twitter.

[et-news-6] 6.0 ^6.1 "Rajya Sabha members allotted to Telangana, Andhra Pradesh". The Economic Times. 30 May 2014. Archived from the original on 9 February 2014. Retrieved 21 October 2015.

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Members	Alphabetical List Nominated Members Oldest Members Current Members Bharatiya Janata Party
Members by State or Union Territory	Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal
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List of elections by states[edit]

Members retiring[edit]

Assam[edit]

Himachal Pradesh[edit]

Kerala[edit]

Nagaland[edit]

Tripura[edit]

Punjab[edit]

Nominated[edit]

Andhra Pradesh[edit]

Telangana[edit]

Chhattisgarh[edit]

Madhya Pradesh[edit]

Tamil Nadu[edit]

Karnataka[edit]

Odisha[edit]

Maharashtra[edit]

Rajasthan[edit]

Uttar Pradesh[edit]

Uttarakhand[edit]

Bihar[edit]

Jharkhand[edit]

Haryana[edit]

By-elections[edit]

Bihar[edit]

Telangana[edit]

Odisha[edit]

Rajya Sabha Tally (State Wise) after this Elections[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]