2022 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

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2022 Rajya Sabha elections
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70 seats of the Rajya Sabha
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Leader Piyush Goyal

Leader of the House 		Mallikarjun Kharge

Leader of the Opposition
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA United Progressive Alliance
Leader since 14 July 2021 12 February 2021
Leader's seat Maharashtra Karnataka
Seats before 97 33
Seats after 98 29
Seat change Increase 1 Decrease 4

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 Party Term end Elected MP Party
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 Party Term end Elected MP Party
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 TBD AAP

Nominated[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Nominated MP Party 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 Party Term end Elected MP Party
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 Party Term end Elected MP Party
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 Party Term end Elected MP Party
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 Party Term end Elected MP Party
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 Party Term end Elected MP Party
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 Party Term end Elected MP Party
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 Party Term end Elected MP Party
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 Party Term end Elected MP Party
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 Party Term end Elected MP Party
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
TDP 1
Arunachal Pradesh 1 1 1
Assam 7 4 4 Asom Gana Parishad 1 AGM 1
UPPL 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
Telangana[6] 7 7 TRS 7
Tripura 1 1 1
Uttar Pradesh 31 25 25 SP 5
BSP 1
Uttarakhand 3 3 3
West Bengal 16 13 2 AITC 13
CPI (M) 1
Presidential nominees 12 9 9 NOM 3
Total 245 100 4 98 19 30 20 74
NDA 117 UPA 50

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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".
  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.
  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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