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Members of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) or the upper house of Parliament of India are indirectly elected by the elected Members of the Legislative Assemblies of all the states of India and union territories having a State Legislative Assembly (Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir and Puducherry). Rajya Sabha members represent the states of India. Candidates who win the Rajya Sabha elections are called 'Member of Parliament' and hold their seats for six years. The house meets in the Rajya Sabha Chamber of the Parliament House in New Delhi, on matters relating to creation of new laws, removing or improving the existing laws that affect all citizens of India. Elections take place annually to elect 233 members for the Rajya Sabha, of which one third of the members retire in every two years.[1]
The first elections to the Rajya Sabha took place in 1952.
Rajya Sabha elections by year[edit | edit source]
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| 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
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| 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 |
1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 |
1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 |
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 |
1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 |
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 |
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 |
2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 |
See also[edit | edit source]
- Elections in India
- List of Indian presidential elections
- List of Indian vice presidential elections
- List of Indian general elections
- List of Indian state legislative assembly elections
- Government of India
- Parliament of India
- Rajya Sabha
- Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
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