2024 Rajya Sabha elections
January - December 2024
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The 2024 Rajya Sabha elections were held as part of a routine six-year cycle of the upper house of the Parliament of India from January to December 2024, to elect 65 of its 245 members and 19 bye elections, of which the states through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President.[1][2][3][4][5]
National Democratic Alliance secured majority in the Rajya Sabha for the first time since it assumed office in 2014, after winning 11 of the 12 bypolls held in August 2024.[6][7]
Electoral system
MPs are elected through indirect election by the members of the State legislative assemblies using the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote. Each voter (MLA) ranks candidates in the order of preference (marking 1, 2, 3 and so on) under an open ballot system. Candidate have to reach a specific quota of votes in order to win a seat.[8]
For a single-seat election, each ballot is valued at one. When multiple seats are filled, the ballot value is set to one hundred.[9]
A candidate is elected unopposed when the number of candidates matches the number of available seats after nominations and withdrawals period.[10]
Results
| Alliance/ Party | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDA | Bharatiya Janata Party | 44 | +7 | ||
| Nationalist Congress Party | 3 | +2 | |||
| Telugu Desam Party | 2 | +1 | |||
| Janata Dal (United) | 1 | -1 | |||
| Rashtriya Lok Morcha | 1 | +1 | |||
| Shiv Sena | 1 | +1 | |||
| Total | 52 | +11 | |||
| INDIA | Indian National Congress | 10 | -3 | ||
| All India Trinamool Congress | 5 | 0 | |||
| Aam Aadmi Party | 3 | 0 | |||
| Indian Union Muslim League | 2 | +1 | |||
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 2 | -1 | |||
| Samajwadi Party | 2 | +1 | |||
| Communist Party of India | 1 | 0 | |||
| Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 1 | +1 | |||
| Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) | 0 | -1 | |||
| Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar | 0 | -1 | |||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 0 | -1 | |||
| Total | 26 | -4 | |||
| Others | Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party | 3 | -1 | ||
| Biju Janata Dal | 2 | -2 | |||
| Bharat Rashtra Samithi | 1 | -3 | |||
| Sikkim Democratic Front | 0 | -1 | |||
Members retiring and elected
January Election
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[11] | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanjay Singh | AAP | 27-Jan-2024 | Sanjay Singh | AAP | 28-Jan-2024 | ||
| 2 | N. D. Gupta | N. D. Gupta | ||||||
| 3 | Sushil Gupta | Swati Maliwal | ||||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hishey Lachungpa | SDF | 23-Feb-2024 | Dorjee Tshering Lepcha | BJP | 24-Feb-2024 | ||
March Election
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy | YSRCP | 02-Apr-2024 | Y. V. Subba Reddy | YSRCP | 03-Apr-2024 | ||
| 2 | C. M. Ramesh | BJP | Meda Raghunath Reddy | |||||
| 3 | Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar | TDP | Golla Baburao | |||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sushil Modi | BJP | 02-Apr-2024 | Dharamshila Gupta | BJP | 03-Apr-2024 | ||
| 2 | Anil Hegde | JD(U) | Bhim Singh | |||||
| 3 | Bashistha Narain Singh | Sanjay Kumar Jha | JD(U) | |||||
| 4 | Akhilesh Prasad Singh | INC | Akhilesh Prasad Singh | INC | ||||
| 5 | Ashfaque Karim | RJD | Sanjay Yadav | RJD | ||||
| 6 | Manoj Jha | Manoj Jha | ||||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saroj Pandey | BJP | 02-Apr-2024 | Devendra Pratap Singh | BJP | 03-Apr-2024 | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parshottam Rupala | BJP | 02-Apr-2024 | J. P. Nadda | BJP | 03-Apr-2024 | ||
| 2 | Mansukh Mandaviya | Govind Dholakia | ||||||
| 3 | Amee Yajnik | INC | Mayankbhai Nayak | |||||
| 4 | Naranbhai Rathwa | Jasvantsinh Parmar | ||||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | D. P. Vats | BJP | 02-Apr-2024 | Subhash Barala | BJP | 03-Apr-2024 | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | J. P. Nadda | BJP | 02-Apr-2024 | Harsh Mahajan | BJP | 03-Apr-2024 | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Syed Naseer Hussain | INC | 02-Apr-2024 | Syed Naseer Hussain | INC | 03-Apr-2024 | ||
| 2 | L. Hanumanthaiah | Ajay Maken | ||||||
| 3 | G. C. Chandrasekhar | G. C. Chandrasekhar | ||||||
| 4 | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | BJP | Narayana Bhandage | BJP | ||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L. Murugan | BJP | 02-Apr-2024 | L. Murugan | BJP | 03-Apr-2024 | ||
| 2 | Dharmendra Pradhan | Umesh Nath Maharaj | ||||||
| 3 | Kailash Soni | Maya Naroliya | ||||||
| 4 | Ajay Pratap Singh | Bansilal Gurjar | ||||||
| 5 | Rajmani Patel | INC | Ashok Singh | INC | ||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prakash Javadekar | BJP | 02-Apr-2024 | Medha Kulkarni | BJP | 03-Apr-2024 | ||
| 2 | Narayan Rane | Ajit Gopchade | ||||||
| 3 | V. Muraleedharan | Ashok Chavan | ||||||
| 4 | Anil Desai | SS(UBT) | Milind Deora | SHS | ||||
| 5 | Vandana Chavan | NCP(SP) | Praful Patel | NCP | ||||
| 6 | Kumar Ketkar | INC | Chandrakant Handore | INC | ||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Badulgula Lingaiah Yadav | BRS | 02-Apr-2024 | Renuka Chowdhury | INC | 03-Apr-2024 | ||
| 2 | Joginapally Santosh Kumar | M. Anil Kumar Yadav | ||||||
| 3 | Vaddiraju Ravichandra | Vaddiraju Ravichandra | BRS | |||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sudhanshu Trivedi | BJP | 02-Apr-2024 | Sudhanshu Trivedi | BJP | 03-Apr-2024 | ||
| 2 | Kanta Kardam | Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh | ||||||
| 3 | Ashok Bajpai | Chaudhary Tejveer Singh | ||||||
| 4 | Harnath Singh Yadav | Sadhana Singh | ||||||
| 5 | Anil Agrawal | Amarpal Maurya | ||||||
| 6 | Sakal Deep Rajbhar | Sangeeta Balwant | ||||||
| 7 | Anil Jain | Naveen Jain | ||||||
| 8 | G. V. L. Narasimha Rao | Sanjay Seth | ||||||
| 9 | Vijaypal Singh Tomar | Ramji Lal Suman | SP | |||||
| 10 | Jaya Bachchan | SP | Jaya Bachchan | |||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anil Baluni | BJP | 02-Apr-2024 | Mahendra Bhatt | BJP | 03-Apr-2024 | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP [12] | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nadimul Haque | TMC | 02-Apr-2024 | Nadimul Haque | TMC | 03-Apr-2024 | ||
| 2 | Subhasish Chakraborty | Mamata Bala Thakur | ||||||
| 3 | Abir Biswas | Sagarika Ghose | ||||||
| 4 | Santunu Sen | Sushmita Dev | ||||||
| 5 | Abhishek Singhvi | INC | Samik Bhattacharya | BJP | ||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amar Patnaik | BJD | 03-Apr-2024 | Debashish Samantaray | BJD | 04-Apr-2024 | ||
| 2 | Prashanta Nanda | Subhashish Khuntia | ||||||
| 3 | Ashwini Vaishnaw | BJP | Ashwini Vaishnaw | BJP | ||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manmohan Singh | INC | 03-Apr-2024 | Sonia Gandhi[13] | INC | 04-Apr-2024 | ||
| 2 | Bhupender Yadav | BJP | Chunnilal Garasiya[13] | BJP | ||||
| 3 | Vacant (Kirodi Lal Meena) |
Madan Rathore[13] | ||||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sameer Oraon | BJP | 03-May-2024 | Pradeep Verma | BJP | 04-May-2024 | ||
| 2 | Dhiraj Prasad Sahu | INC | Sarfaraz Ahmad | JMM | ||||
June election
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Binoy Viswam | CPI | 01-Jul-2024 | P. P. Suneer | CPI | 02-Jul-2024 | ||
| 2 | Jose K. Mani | KCM | 01-Jul-2024 | Jose K. Mani | KCM | 02-Jul-2024 | ||
| 3 | Elamaram Kareem | CPI(M) | 01-Jul-2024 | Haris Beeran | IUML | 02-Jul-2024 | ||
| # | Nominated MP | Affiliation | Field | Term start | Nominated by | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satnam Singh Sandhu | BJP | Education | 31-Jan-2024 | Droupadi Murmu | |
| 2 | Sudha Murty | NOM | Social work and Education | 08-Mar-2024 | ||
By-elections
| # | Previous MP | Party | Vacancy date | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | Reason for Vacancy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mopidevi Venkataramana | YSRCP | 29-Aug-2024 | Sana Satish | TDP | 13-Dec-2024 | 21-Jun-2026 | Resignation | ||
| 2 | R. Krishnaiah | R. Krishnaiah | BJP | 21-Jun-2028 | Resignation | |||||
| 2 | Beeda Masthan Rao | Beeda Masthan Rao | TDP | Resignation | ||||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Vacancy date | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | Reason for Vacancy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kamakhya Prasad Tasa | BJP | 05-Jun-2024 | Mission Ranjan Das | BJP | 28-Aug-2024 | 14-Jun-2025 | Elected to 18th Lok Sabha | ||
| 2 | Sarbananda Sonowal | Rameswar Teli | 09-Apr-2026 | Elected to 18th Lok Sabha | ||||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Vacancy date | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | Reason for Vacancy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vivek Thakur | BJP | 05-Jun-2024 | Upendra Kushwaha | RLM | 28-Aug-2024 | 09-Apr-2026 | Elected to 18th Lok Sabha | ||
| 2 | Misa Bharti | RJD | Manan Kumar Mishra | BJP | 07-Jul-2028 | Elected to 18th Lok Sabha | ||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Vacancy date | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | Reason for Vacancy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Deepender Singh Hooda | INC | 05-Jun-2024 | Kiran Chaudhary | BJP | 28-Aug-2024 | 09-Apr-2026 | Elected to 18th Lok Sabha | ||
| 2 | Krishan Lal Panwar | BJP | 15-Oct-2024 | Rekha Sharma | 13-Dec-2024 | 01-Aug-2028 | Elected to 15th Haryana Assembly | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Vacancy date | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | Reason for Vacancy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jyotiraditya Scindia | BJP | 05-Jun-2024 | George Kurian | BJP | 28-Aug-2024 | 21-Jun-2026 | Elected to 18th Lok Sabha | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Vacancy date | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | Reason for Vacancy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Praful Patel | NCP | 27-Feb-2024 | Sunetra Pawar | NCP | 21-Jun-2024 | 04-Jul-2028 | Resignation | ||
| 2 | Udayanraje Bhosale | BJP | 05-Jun-2024 | Dhairyashil Patil | BJP | 28-Aug-2024 | 02-Apr-2026 | Elected to 18th Lok Sabha | ||
| 3 | Piyush Goyal | BJP | Nitin Patil | NCP | 04-Jul-2028 | Elected to 18th Lok Sabha | ||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Vacancy date | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | Reason for Vacancy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mamata Mohanta | BJD | 31-Jul-2024 | Mamata Mohanta | BJP | 28-Aug-2024 | 02-Apr-2026 | Resignation | ||
| 2 | Sujeet Kumar | 06-Sep-2024 | Sujeet Kumar | 13-Dec-2024 | Resignation | |||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Vacancy date | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | Reason for Vacancy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. C. Venugopal | INC | 05-Jun-2024 | Ravneet Singh Bittu | BJP | 28-Aug-2024 | 21-Jun-2026 | Elected to 18th Lok Sabha | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Vacancy date | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | Reason for Vacancy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. Keshava Rao | BRS | 05-Jul-2024 | Abhishek Manu Singhvi | INC | 28-Aug-2024 | 09-Apr-2026 | Resignation | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Vacancy date | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | Reason for Vacancy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biplab Kumar Deb | BJP | 05-Jun-2024 | Rajib Bhattacharjee | BJP | 27-Aug-2024 | 02-Apr-2028 | Elected to 18th Lok Sabha | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Vacancy date | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | Reason for Vacancy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jawhar Sircar | AITC | 08-Sep-2024 | Ritabrata Banerjee | AITC | 13-Dec-2024 | 02-Apr-2026 | Resignation | ||
See also
Notes
- ^ Including 19 casual vacancies
- ^ excluding 12 nominated seats
- ^ out of 237 (excluding 8 vacancies and including 12 nominated seats)
- ^ excluding 5 nominated members
- ^ excluding 2 nominated members
- ^ excluding 10 nominated members
- ^ excluding 8 nominated members
- ^ including the support of 8 nominated members
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