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The Rajya Sabha (RS) or Council of States is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Membership is
limited to 250 members, 12 of whom are nominated by the President of India for their contributions to art,
literature, science, and social services. The remainder of the body is elected by the state and territorial
legislatures. Members sit for six-year terms, with one third of the members retiring every two years.
The nominated and state-wise listing given below lists the number of seats against each category (nominated vs
state-wise list) and the number of vacant seats (if any).[1]
Contents
1 Nominated
2 Andhra Pradesh
3 Arunachal Pradesh
4 Assam
5 Bihar
6 Chhattisgarh
7 Goa
8 Gujarat
9 Haryana
10 Himachal Pradesh
11 Jammu and Kashmir
12 Jharkhand
13 Karnataka
14 Kerala
15 Madhya Pradesh
16 Maharashtra
17 Manipur
18 Meghalaya (1)
19 Mizoram
20 Nagaland
21 National Capital Territory of Delhi
22 Odisha
23 Puducherry
24 Punjab
25 Rajasthan
26 Sikkim
27 Tamil Nadu
28 Telangana
29 Tripura
30 Uttar Pradesh
31 Uttarakhand
32 West Bengal
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33 See also
34 References
35 External links
Nominated
Name[2]
No
Party
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
Sport
25-Apr-2016
24-Apr-2022
Suresh Gopi
Art
25-Apr-2016
24-Apr-2022
Subramanian Swamy
Politics
25-Apr-2016
24-Apr-2022
Mary Kom
Sport
25-Apr-2016
24-Apr-2022
Bhanurekha Ganesan
Art
27-Apr-2012
26-Apr-2018
Sachin Tendulkar
Sport
27-Apr-2012
26-Apr-2018
Anu Aga
Business
27-Apr-2012
26-Apr-2018
K. Parasaran
Law
9-Jun-2012
28-Jun-2018
K. T. S. Tulsi
Law
25-Feb-2014
24-Feb-2020
10
Narendra Jadhav
Economics
25-Apr-2016
24-Apr-2022
11
Swapan Dasgupta
Journalism
25-Apr-2016
24-Apr-2022
12
Social work
07-Jun-2016
03-May-2022
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
Andhra Pradesh
No
Name[2]
Party
K. Keshava Rao
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Konidala Chiranjeevi
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Renuka Chowdary
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
Suresh Prabhu
22-Jun-2016
21-Jun-2022
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
T.Devender Goud
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
T G Venkatesh
22-Jun-2016
21-Jun-2022
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
10
Y. S. Chowdary
22-Jun-2016
21-Jun-2022
11
V. Vijaysai Reddy
22-Jun-2016
21-Jun-2022
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Arunachal Pradesh
Name[2]
No
1
Mukut Mithi
Party
Indian National Congress
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
24-Jun-2014
23-Jun-2020
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
Assam
There are 7 members from the state of Andhra Pradesh.[3]
Name[2]
No
Party
Ripun Bora
03-Apr-2016
02-Apr-2022
Biswajit Daimary
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Ranee Narah
03-Apr-2016
02-Apr-2022
Bhubaneswar Kalita
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Santiuse Kujur
15-Jun-2013
14-Jun-2019
Manmohan Singh
15-Jun-2013
14-Jun-2019
Sanjay Sinh
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Bihar
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Name[2]
No
Party
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
08-Jul-2016
07-Jul-2022
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
Kahkashan Perween
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Dharmendra Pradhan
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
10
08-Jul-2016
07-Jul-2022
11
R K Sinha
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
12
Dr. C. P. Thakur
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
13
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
14
Ram Jethmalani
08-Jul-2016
07-Jul-2022
15
Misa Bharti
08-Jul-2016
07-Jul-2022
16
Sharad Yadav
08-Jul-2016
07-Jul-2022
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
Chhattisgarh
Name[2]
No
Party
Ramvichar Netam
30-Jun-2016
29-Jun-2022
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
Chhaya Verma
30-Jun-2016
29-Jun-2022
Motilal Vora
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
29-Jul-2011
28-Jul-2017
Goa
Name[2]
No
1
Party
Indian National Congress
Gujarat
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Name[2]
No
Party
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
19-Aug-2011
18-Aug-2017
Arun Jaitley
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
Chunibhai K Gohel
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Madhusudan Mistry
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Ahmed Patel
19-Aug-2011
18-Aug-2017
Dilip Pandya
19-Aug-2011
18-Aug-2017
Mahant Shambhuprasadji
Tundiya
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Shankarbhai Vegad
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
Parsottambhai Rupala
03-Jun-2016
02-Apr-2018
10
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
11
Mansukh L. Mandaviya
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
Haryana
No
Name[2]
Party
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Selja Kumari
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
02-Aug-2016
01-Aug-2022
Subhash Chandra
Independent
02-Aug-2016
01-Aug-2022
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
Himachal Pradesh
No
Name[2]
Party
Anand Sharma
03-Apr-2016
02-Apr-2022
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
Viplove Thakur
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
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No
Name
Party
Date of
Appointment
Date of
Retirement
11-Feb-2015
10-Feb-2021
16-Feb-2015
15-Feb-2021
11-Feb-2015
10-Feb-2021
16-Feb-2015
15-Feb-2021
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
Jharkhand
Name[2]
No
Party
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Parimal Nathwani
Independent
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
08-Jul-2016
07-Jul-2022
04-May-2012
03-May-2018
Mahesh Poddar
08-Jul-2016
07-Jul-2022
Sanjiv Kumar
04-May-2012
03-May-2018
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
Karnataka
No
Name[2]
Party
B. K. Hariprasad
26-Jun-2014
25-Jun-2020
Rajeev Chandrasekhar
Independent
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
R Ramakrishna
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
Oscar Fernandes
01-Jul-2016
30-Jun-2022
K. Rahman Khan
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
26-Jun-2014
25-Jun-2020
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
Prabhakar Kore
26-Jun-2014
25-Jun-2020
Jairam Ramesh
01-Jul-2016
30-Jun-2022
10
Nirmala Sitharaman
01-Jul-2016
30-Jun-2022
11
D. Kupendra Reddy
26-Jun-2014
25-Jun-2020
12
K.C. Ramamurthy
01-Jul-2016
30-Jun-2022
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Kerala
No
Name[2]
Party
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
P V Abdul Wahab
22-Apr-2015
21-Apr-2021
A K Antony
03-Apr-2016
02-Apr-2022
C.P. Narayanan
02-Jul-2012
01-Jul-2018
P.J. Kurien
02-Jul-2012
01-Jul-2018
K. Somaprasad
03-Apr-2016
02-Apr-2022
K.K. Ragesh
22-Apr-2015
21-Apr-2021
Joy Abraham
02-Jul-2012
01-Jul-2018
Vayalar Ravi
22-Apr-2015
21-Apr-2021
M. P. Veerendra Kumar
03-Apr-2016
02-Apr-2022
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
Madhya Pradesh
No
Name[2]
Party
Prabhat Jha
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Prakash Javadekar
13-Jun-2014
02-Apr-2018
M. J. Akbar
30-Jun-2016
29-Jun-2022
Najma Heptulla
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
Vivek Tankha
30-Jun-2016
29-Jun-2022
Satyanarayan Jatiya
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Digvijaya Singh
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
30-Jun-2016
29-Jun-2022
10
Satyavrat Chaturvedi
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
11
Meghraj Jain
15-Sep-2014
02-Apr-2018
Maharashtra
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Name[2]
No
Party
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
Ramdas Athawale
03-Apr-2014
02-Apr-2020
Vandana Chavan
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
Husain Dalwai
03-Apr-2014
02-Apr-2020
P. Chidambaram
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
14-Mar-2015
02-Apr-2020
Anil Desai
Shiv Sena
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
Rajkumar Dhoot
Shiv Sena
03-Apr-2014
02-Apr-2020
Piyush Goyal
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
Vinay Sahasrabuddhe
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
10
Independent
03-Apr-2014
02-Apr-2020
11
Majeed Memon
03-Apr-2014
02-Apr-2020
12
Vikas Mahatme
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
13
Praful Patel
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
14
Rajani Patil
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
15
Sharad Pawar
03-Apr-2014
02-Apr-2020
16
Sanjay Raut
Shiv Sena
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
17
Ajay Sancheti
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
18
Rajeev Shukla
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
19
D.P.Tripathi
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
13-Apr-2014
12-Apr-2020
Manipur
Name[2]
No
1
Party
Indian National Congress
Meghalaya (1)
Name[2]
No
1
Wansuk Syiem
Party
Indian National Congress
Mizoram
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Name[2]
No
1
Party
Indian National Congress
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
19-Jul-2014
18-Jul-2020
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
03-Apr-2016
02-Apr-2022
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
Nagaland
Name[2]
No
1
K. G. Kenye
Party
Naga People's Front
No
Party
Janardan Dwivedi
28-Jan-2012
27-Jan-2018
Parvez Hashmi
28-Jan-2012
27-Jan-2018
28-Jan-2012
27-Jan-2018
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
Odisha
No
Name[2]
Party
Anubhav Mohanty
13-Jun-2014
02-Apr-2020
A U Singh Deo
26-Jun-2014
03-Apr-2018
A V Swamy
Independent
04-Apr-2012
03-Apr-2018
02-Jul-2016
01-Jul-2022
Prasanna Acharya
26-Jul-2016
01-Jul-2022
Dilip Tirkey
04-Apr-2012
03-Apr-2018
N. Bhaskar Rao
02-Jul-2016
01-Jul-2022
Ranjib Biswal
03-Apr-2014
02-Apr-2020
Sarojini Hembram
03-Apr-2014
02-Apr-2020
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07-Dec-2015
02-Apr-2020
Puducherry
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Name[2]
No
1
N GokulaKrishnan
Party
All India Anna Dravida
Munnetra Kazhagam
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
07-Oct-2015
06-Oct-2021
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
Punjab
Name[2]
No
Party
10-Apr-2016
09-Apr-2022
10-Apr-2016
09-Apr-2022
10-Apr-2016
09-Apr-2022
Naresh Gujral
10-Apr-2016
09-Apr-2022
Shwet Malik
10-Apr-2016
09-Apr-2022
Ambika Soni
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
Rajasthan
Name[2]
No
Party
Om Prakash Mathur
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
M. Venkaiah Naidu
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
Bhupender Yadav
04-Apr-2012
03-Apr-2018
Narendra Budania
04-Apr-2012
03-Apr-2018
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Ramnarayan Dudi
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Vijay Goel
10-Apr-2014
09-Apr-2020
Ramkumar Verma
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
10
Harshvardhan Singh
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
24-Feb-2012
23-Feb-2018
Sikkim
No
1
Name[2]
Hishey Lachungpa
Party
Sikkim Democratic Front
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Tamil Nadu
Name[2]
No
Party
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
S. R. Balasubramoniyan
30-Jun-2016
29-Jun-2022
V. Maitreyan
25-Jul-2013
24-Jul-2019
Sasikala Pushpa
03-Apr-2014
02-Apr-2020
A. Navaneethakrishnan
30-Jun-2016
29-Jun-2022
T. Rathinavel
25-Jul-2013
24-Jul-2019
R. S. Bharathi
30-Jun-2016
29-Jun-2022
Tiruchi Siva
03-Apr-2014
02-Apr-2020
Kanimozhi
25-Jul-2013
24-Jul-2019
Vijila Sathyananth
03-Apr-2014
02-Apr-2020
10
A. Vijayakumar
30-Jun-2016
29-Jun-2022
11
S. Muthukaruppan
03-Apr-2014
02-Apr-2020
12
R. Vaithilingam
30-Jun-2016
29-Jun-2022
13
D. Raja
25-Jul-2013
24-Jul-2019
14
T. K. S. Elangovan
30-Jun-2016
29-Jun-2022
15
T. K. Rangarajan
03-Apr-2014
02-Apr-2020
16
K. R. Arjunan
25-Jul-2013
24-Jul-2019
17
K. Selvaraj
03-Apr-2014
02-Apr-2020
18
R. Lakshmanan
25-Jul-2013
24-Jul-2019
Telangana
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Name[2]
No
Party
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
C. M. Ramesh
02-Jun-2014
02-Apr-2018
02-Jun-2014
09-Apr-2020
K. V. P. Ramachandra Rao
02-Jun-2014
09-Apr-2020
D. Srinivas
22-Jun-2016
21-Jun-2022
02-Jun-2014
02-Apr-2018
P. Govardhan Reddy
02-Jun-2014
02-Apr-2018
V. Lakshmikantha Rao
22-Jun-2016
21-Jun-2022
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
03-Apr-2016
02-Apr-2022
Tripura
No
1
Name[2]
Jharna Das
Party
Communist Party of India
(Marxist)
Uttar Pradesh
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Name[2]
No
Party
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
26-Nov-2014
25-Nov-2020
Samajwadi Party
Naresh Agrawal
Samajwadi Party
02-Apr-2018
Munquad Ali
02-Apr-2018
Amar Singh
Samajwadi Party
Jaya Bachchan
Samajwadi Party
Tazeen Fatma
Samajwadi Party
26-Nov-2014
25-Nov-2020
Samajwadi Party
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
P. L. Punia
26-Nov-2014
25-Nov-2020
Samajwadi Party
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
10
Vinay Katiyar
11
Neeraj Shekhar
Samajwadi Party
12
Mayawati
13
14
Kiranmay Nanda
Samajwadi Party
15
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
16
Samajwadi Party
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
17
Samajwadi Party
26-Nov-2014
25-Nov-2020
18
Manohar Parrikar
26-Nov-2014
25-Nov-2020
19
Samajwadi Party
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
20
Rajaram
26-Nov-2014
25-Nov-2020
21
Sanjay Seth
Samajwadi Party
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
22
Munvvar Saleem
Samajwadi Party
23
Kapil Sibal
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
24
Samajwadi Party
26-Nov-2014
25-Nov-2020
25
Surendra Nagar
Samajwadi Party
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
26
Ashok Siddharth
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
27
Veer Singh
26-Nov-2014
25-Nov-2020
28
Alok Tiwari
Samajwadi Party
02-Apr-2018
29
Pramod Tiwari
02-Apr-2018
30
Samajwadi Party
02-Apr-2018
31
Samajwadi Party
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
02-Apr-2018
02-Apr-2018
26-Nov-2014
25-Nov-2020
02-Apr-2018
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
02-Apr-2018
02-Apr-2018
26-Nov-2014
25-Nov-2020
Uttarakhand
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Name[2]
No
Party
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
03-Apr-2012
02-Apr-2018
Raj Babbar
14-Mar-2015
25-Nov-2020
Pradeep Tamta
05-Jul-2016
04-Jul-2022
Date of
Appointment[3]
Date of
Retirement[3]
West Bengal
Name[2]
No
Party
Ritabrata Banerjee
3 April 2014
2 April 2020
3 April 2012
2 April 2018
3 April 2014
2 April 2020
3 April 2014
2 April 2020
Vivek Gupta
3 April 2012
2 April 2018
Mukul Roy
3 April 2012
2 April 2018
19 August 2011
18 August 2017
3 April 2012
2 April 2018
Mithun Chakraborty
3 April 2014
2 April 2020
10
3 April 2014
2 April 2020
11
Sitaram Yechury
19 August 2011
18 August 2017
12
Derek O'Brien
19 August 2011
18 August 2017
13
Debabrata Bandyopadhyay
19 August 2011
18 August 2017
14
Pradip Bhattacharya
19 August 2011
18 August 2017
15
3 April 2014
2 April 2020
16
Dola Sen
14 March 2015
18 August 2017
See also
List of members of the 16th Lok Sabha, the Lower House of Parliament of India, (As of October 2015)
References
1. "State Position Summary". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved
2016-06-12.
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External links
Rajya Sabha (http://rajyasabha.nic.in/)
Rajya Sabha Secretariat (http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/membersstatewise.aspx)
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