List of Rajya Sabha members from Punjab

The list of current and past Rajya Sabha members from the Punjab. The state elects 7 members for a term of 6 years. The members are indirectly elected by the state legislators, as done since 1952.^[1]

Current members[edit | edit source]

#	Name^[2]	Party		Term start	Term end
1	Vikramjit Singh Sahney		AAP	05-Jul-2022	04-Jul-2028
2	Balbir Singh Seechewal	05-Jul-2022	04-Jul-2028
3	Raghav Chadha	10-Apr-2022	09-Apr-2028
4	Sandeep Pathak	10-Apr-2022	09-Apr-2028
5	Harbhajan Singh	10-Apr-2022	09-Apr-2028
6	Ashok Mittal	10-Apr-2022	09-Apr-2028
7	Rajinder Gupta	24-Oct-2025	09-Apr-2028

List of former members of the Rajya Sabha from Punjab (since 1952)[edit | edit source]

Source: ^[3]

^ - Incumbent Member of Parliament

Name	Term start	Left office^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Statutory end of term^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Party		Reason for leaving office
Anup Singh	3 April 1952	2 April 1954		Template:Full party name with colour
	3 April 1954	2 April 1960
	3 April 1962	22 November 1962	2 April 1964	Disqualified
	3 April 1964	28 January 1969	2 April 1970	Death
Diwan Chaman Lall	3 April 1952	2 April 1956		Template:Full party name with colour
	3 April 1956	2 April 1962
	3 April 1962	2 April 1968
Darshan Singh Pheruman	3 April 1952	2 April 1956		Template:Full party name with colour
	3 April 1956	2 April 1958
	3 April 1958	2 April 1964		Template:Full party name with colour
Guraj Singh Dhillon	3 April 1952	2 April 1956		Template:Full party name with colour
Hans Raj Raizada	3 April 1952	29 August 1952	2 April 1954	Template:Full party name with colour	Resigned
Hans Raj Raizada	3 April 1953	2 April 1958
Mukund Lal Puri	3 April 1952	11 January 1953	2 April 1954	Template:Full party name with colour	Death
M. H. S. Singh	3 April 1952	2 April 1954		Template:Full party name with colour
M. H. S. Singh	3 April 1954	2 April 1960
Swaran Singh	7 October 1952	18 March 1957	6 October 1958	Template:Full party name with colour	Elected to Lok Sabha
Udham Singh Nagoke	3 April 1952	2 April 1954		Template:Full party name with colour
Udham Singh Nagoke	3 April 1954	2 April 1960
Zail Singh	3 April 1956	10 March 1962	2 April 1962	Template:Full party name with colour	Resigned after being elected to Punjab legislative assembly
Amrit Kaur	20 April 1957	2 April 1958		Template:Full party name with colour
Amrit Kaur	3 April 1958	6 February 1964	2 April 1964	Death
Jagan Nath Kaushal	3 April 1958	2 April 1964		Template:Full party name with colour
Jugal Kishore	20 April 1957	2 April 1962		Template:Full party name with colour
Madho Ram Sharma	3 April 1958	2 April 1964		Template:Full party name with colour
Bansi Lal	3 April 1960	2 April 1966		Template:Full party name with colour
Bansi Lal	3 April 1976	7 January 1980	2 April 1982		Independent	Elected to Lok Sabha
Mohan Singh	3 April 1960	2 April 1966		Template:Full party name with colour
Mohan Singh	10 April 1972	April 1968
Neki Ram	3 April 1960	2 April 1966		Template:Full party name with colour
Raghbir Singh Panjhazari	3 April 1960	2 April 1966		Template:Full party name with colour
Raghbir Singh Panjhazari	3 April 1966	2 April 1972
Abdul Ghani Dar	23 November 1962	23 February 1967	22 November 1968		Independent	Elected to Lok Sabha
Surjit Singh Atwal	3 April 1962	2 April 1968		Template:Full party name with colour
Inder Kumar Gujral	3 April 1964	2 April 1970		Template:Full party name with colour
Inder Kumar Gujral	3 April 1970	2 April 1976
Mohinder Kaur	3 April 1964	24 February 1967	2 April 1970	Template:Full party name with colour	Elected to Lok Sabha
Uttam Singh Dugal	3 April 1964	20 April 1968	2 April 1970		Independent	Death
Narinder Singh Brar	3 April 1966	2 April 1972		Template:Full party name with colour
Salig Ram	3 April 1966	19 March 1972	2 April 1972	Template:Full party name with colour	Resigned after being elected to Himachal Pradesh legislative assembly
Bhupinder Singh Brar	3 April 1967	2 April 1970			Independent
Gurmukh Singh Musafir	3 April 1968	2 April 1974		Template:Full party name with colour
Gurmukh Singh Musafir	3 April 1974	18 January 1976	2 April 1980	Death
Rattan Lal Jain	3 April 1968	2 April 1974		Template:Full party name with colour
Gurcharan Singh Tohra	28 March 1969	April 1970		Template:Full party name with colour
	3 April 1970	2 April 1976
	3 April 1980	2 April 1982
	3 April 1982	2 April 1988
	10 April 1998	1 April 2004	9 April 2004	Death
Harcharan Singh Duggal	28 March 1969	2 April 1970			Independent
Bhupinder Singh	3 April 1970	2 April 1976		Template:Full party name with colour
Bhupinder Singh	13 October 1976	9 April 1978		Template:Full party name with colour
Sita Devi	10 April 1972	23 March 1974	9 April 1978	Template:Full party name with colour	Death
Jagjit Singh Anand	3 April 1974	2 April 1980		Template:Full party name with colour
Niranjan Singh Talib	16 July 1974	28 May 1976	9 April 1978	Template:Full party name with colour	Death
Ambika Soni	30 March 1976	2 April 1980		Template:Full party name with colour
	5 July 2004	4 July 2010
	5 July 2010	4 July 2016
	5 July 2016	4 July 2022

Name		Term start	Term end	Term	Notes
Rajinder Gupta	AAP	17-Oct-2025	09-Apr-2028	1	bye-election due to resignation of Sanjeev Arora^[4]
Vikramjit Singh Sahney	AAP	05-Jul-2022	04-Jul-2028	1
Balbir Singh Seechewal	AAP	05-Jul-2022	04-Jul-2028	1
Raghav Chadha	AAP	10-Apr-2022	09-Apr-2028	1	^[5]
Ashok Mittal	AAP	10-Apr-2022	09-Apr-2028	1
Sanjeev Arora	AAP	10-Apr-2022	01-Jul-2025	1	elected to Ludhiana West Assembly^[6]
Sandeep Pathak	AAP	10-Apr-2022	09-Apr-2028	1
Harbhajan Singh	AAP	10-Apr-2022	09-Apr-2028	1
Balwinder Singh Bhunder	SAD	05-Jul-2016	04-Jul-2022	3
Ambika Soni	INC	05-Jul-2016	04-Jul-2022	4
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa	SAD	10-Apr-2016	09-Apr-2022	3
Naresh Gujral	SAD	10-Apr-2016	09-Apr-2022	3
Shwait Malik	BJP	10-Apr-2016	09-Apr-2022	1
Partap Singh Bajwa	INC	10-Apr-2016	09-Apr-2022	1
Shamsher Singh Dullo	INC	10-Apr-2016	09-Apr-2022	1
Balwinder Singh Bhunder	SAD	05-Jul-2010	04-Jul-2016	2
Ambika Soni	INC	05-Jul-2010	04-Jul-2016	3
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa	SAD	10-Apr-2010	09-Apr-2016	2
Naresh Gujral	SAD	10-Apr-2010	09-Apr-2016	2
Avinash Rai Khanna	BJP	10-Apr-2010	09-Apr-2016	1
Ashwani Kumar	INC	10-Apr-2010	09-Apr-2016	3
M. S. Gill	INC	10-Apr-2010	09-Apr-2016	1
Naresh Gujral	SAD	22-Mar-2007	09-Apr-2010	1	bye-election due to death of Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder
Ambika Soni	INC	05-Jul-2004	04-Jul-2010	2
Raj Mohinder Singh Majitha	SAD	05-Jul-2004	04-Jul-2010	2
M. S. Gill	INC	10-Apr-2004	09-Apr-2010	1
Dharam Pal Sabharwal	INC	10-Apr-2004	09-Apr-2010	1
Ashwani Kumar	INC	10-Apr-2004	09-Apr-2010	2
Sukhbans Kaur Bhinder	INC	10-Apr-2004	15-Dec-2006	1	death^[7]
Varinder Singh Bajwa	SAD	10-Apr-2004	09-Apr-2010	1
Ashwani Kumar	INC	21-May-2002	09-Apr-2004	1	bye-election due to resignation of Balwinder Singh Bhunder
Gurcharan Kaur	BJP	07-Jun-2001	04-Jul-2004	1	bye-election due to resignation of Raj Mohinder Singh Majitha^[8]
Sukhbir Singh Badal	SAD	26-Feb-2001	09-Apr-2004		bye-election due to disqualification of Barjinder Singh Hamdard^[9]
Sukhdev Singh Libra	SAD	05-Jul-1998	13-May-2004	1	elected to Ropar Lok Sabha
Raj Mohinder Singh Majitha	SAD	05-Jul-1998	01-Mar-2001	1	elected to Majitha Assembly
Gurcharan Singh Tohra	SAD	10-Apr-1998	09-Apr-2004	5
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa	SAD	10-Apr-1998	09-Apr-2004	1
Balwinder Singh Bhunder	SAD	10-Apr-1998	07-Mar-2002	1	elected to Sardulgarh Assembly
Lajpat Rai	BJP	10-Apr-1998	09-Apr-2004	1
Barjinder Singh Hamdard	Ind	10-Apr-1998	21-Dec-2000	1	disqualified^[10]
Mohinder Singh Kalyan	INC	05-Jul-1992	04-Jul-1998	1
Virendra Kataria	INC	05-Jul-1992	04-Jul-1998	1
Balbir Singh	INC	10-Apr-1992	09-Apr-1998	1
Iqbal Singh	INC	10-Apr-1992	09-Apr-1998	1
Jagir Singh	INC	10-Apr-1992	09-Apr-1998	1
Venod Sharma	INC	10-Apr-1992	09-Apr-1998	1
Surinder Kumar Singla	INC	10-Apr-1992	09-Apr-1998	1
Jagjit Singh Aurora	SAD	05-Jul-1986	04-Jul-1992	1
Harvendra Singh Hanspal	INC	05-Jul-1986	04-Jul-1992	2
Pawan Kumar Bansal	INC	10-Apr-1984	09-Apr-1990	1
Darbara Singh	INC	10-Apr-1984	11-Mar-1990	1	death
Amarjit Kaur	INC	03-Apr-1982	02-Apr-1988	2
Sat Pal Mittal	INC	03-Apr-1982	02-Apr-1988	2
Gurcharan Singh Tohra	SAD	03-Apr-1982	02-Apr-1988	4
Harvendra Singh Hanspal	INC	05-Jul-1980	04-Jul-1986	1
Jagdev Singh Talwandi	SAD	05-Jul-1980	04-Jul-1986	1
Gurcharan Singh Tohra	SAD	09-May-1980	02-Apr-1982	3	bye-election due to resignation of Bansi Lal
Rajinder Kaur	SAD	10-Apr-1978	09-Apr-1984	1
Harkishan Singh Surjeet	CPM	10-Apr-1978	09-Apr-1984	1
Sat Pal Mittal	INC	03-Apr-1976	02-Apr-1982	1
Amarjit Kaur	INC	03-Apr-1976	02-Apr-1982	1
Bansi Lal	INC	03-Apr-1976	07-Jan-1980	1	elected to Bhiwani Lok Sabha
Raghbir Singh Gill	INC	03-Apr-1976	09-May-1980	1	disqualified

Amrit Kaur	INC	20-Apr-1957	02-Apr-1958	1	bye - resignation of Swaran Singh
Raghbir Singh Panjhazari	INC	01-Nov-1956	02-Apr-1960	1	RS member of PEPSU till 01-Nov-1956
Joginder Singh Mann	INC	01-Nov-1956	02-Apr-1958	1	RS member of PEPSU till 01-Nov-1956
Hans Raj Raizada	INC	17-Mar-1953	02-Apr-1958	1	bye - death of Mukund Lal Puri
Swaran Singh	INC	03-Apr-1952	18-Mar-1957	1	elected to Jalandhar Lok Sabha
Mukund Lal Puri	INC	03-Apr-1952	11-Jan-1953	1	death
Guraj Singh Dhillon	SAD	03-Apr-1952	02-April-1958	1
Diwan Chaman Lall	INC	03-Apr-1952	02-April-1956	1
Darshan Singh Pheruman	INC	03-Apr-1952	02-April-1956	1
Udham Singh Nagoke	INC	03-Apr-1952	02-Apr-1954	1
M.H.S. Nihal Singh	INC	03-Apr-1952	02-Apr-1954	1
Anup Singh	INC	03-Apr-1952	02-Apr-1954	1

List of members of the Rajya Sabha from the Patiala and East Punjab States Union (1952-1956)[edit | edit source]

Name		Term start	Term end	Term	Notes
Raghbir Singh Panjhazari	INC	03-Apr-1954	01-Nov-1956	1	RS member of Punjab from 01-Nov-1956 onwards
Jagan Nath Kaushal	INC	03-Apr-1952	02-April-1958	1
Joginder Singh Mann	INC	03-Apr-1952	01-Nov-1956	1	RS member of Punjab from 01-Nov-1956 onwards
Kartar Singh	INC	03-Apr-1952	02-Oct-1953	1	death

Notes[edit | edit source]

↑ The date when the legislator left office, whether due to the expiration of their term or any other reason.
↑ The date on which their term of office did or would have expired if serving their full term.

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Rajya Sabha At Work". rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Sansad Bhawan, New Delhi.
↑ "Members of Rajya Sabha (State Wise List)". rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Sansad Bhawan, New Delhi.
↑ "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Sansad Bhawan, New Delhi.
↑ "Punjab: Industrialist Rajinder Gupta elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". Hindustan Times. 17 October 2025.
↑ "All five AAP nominees from Punjab elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed - www.lokmattimes.com". Lokmat Times. 25 March 2022.
↑ "AAP's Sanjeev Arora Resigns From Rajya Sabha After Being Elected Ludhiana West MLA". NDTV. 1 July 2025.
↑ "RS mourns death of Sukhbans Kaur". Oneindia. 18 December 2006.
↑ "Gurcharan Kaur BJP nominee for RS seat". Tribuneindia.
↑ "Sukhbir files papers for RS seat". www.tribuneindia.com.
↑ "NDA going slow on Hamdard". Tribune India.

External links[edit | edit source]

Official Website of Rajya Sabha

[4] The date when the legislator left office, whether due to the expiration of their term or any other reason.

[5] The date on which their term of office did or would have expired if serving their full term.

[Rajya_Sabha_At_Work-1] "Rajya Sabha At Work". rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Sansad Bhawan, New Delhi.

[Current_RS_List-2] "Members of Rajya Sabha (State Wise List)". rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Sansad Bhawan, New Delhi.

[Former_RS_List-3] "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, Sansad Bhawan, New Delhi.

[6] "Punjab: Industrialist Rajinder Gupta elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". Hindustan Times. 17 October 2025.

[7] "All five AAP nominees from Punjab elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed - www.lokmattimes.com". Lokmat Times. 25 March 2022.

[8] "AAP's Sanjeev Arora Resigns From Rajya Sabha After Being Elected Ludhiana West MLA". NDTV. 1 July 2025.

[9] "RS mourns death of Sukhbans Kaur". Oneindia. 18 December 2006.

[10] "Gurcharan Kaur BJP nominee for RS seat". Tribuneindia.

[11] "Sukhbir files papers for RS seat". www.tribuneindia.com.

[12] "NDA going slow on Hamdard". Tribune India.

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