2026 Rajya Sabha elections
March – November 2026
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The 2026 Rajya Sabha elections will be held as part of a routine six-year cycle of the upper house of the Parliament of India from 16 March to November 2026 to elect 72 of its 245 members, of which the states through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President.[1][2]
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. Candidates have to reach a specific quota of votes in order to win a seat.[3]
For a single-seat election, each ballot is valued at one. When multiple seats are filled, the ballot value is set to one hundred.[4]
A candidate is elected unopposed when the number of candidates matches the number of available seats after nominations and withdrawals period.[5]
Schedule
| Poll event | March election[2] |
|---|---|
| Date of Notification | 26 February 2026 |
| Last date for filing nomination | 5 March 2026 |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 6 March 2026 |
| Last date for withdrawal of nomination | 9 March 2026 |
| Date of Poll (if necessary) & Declaration of Result | 16 March 2026 |
Members Retiring and Elected
- March Election
Election were held in Bihar, Haryana & Odisha to elect its Rajya Sabha MPs on 16 March 2026. For rest of the states, MPs have won uncontested as number of candidates matched the number of available seats after nominations and withdrawals period.[6]
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhubaneshwar Kalita | BJP | 09-Apr-2026 | Jogen Mohan | BJP | ||
| 2 | Rameswar Teli | BJP | 09-Apr-2026 | Terash Gowalla | BJP | ||
| 3 | Ajit Kumar Bhuyan | AGM | 09-Apr-2026 | Pramod Boro | UPPL | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harivansh Narayan Singh | JD(U) | 09-Apr-2026 | Nitish Kumar | JD(U) | ||
| 2 | Ram Nath Thakur | JD(U) | 09-Apr-2026 | Ram Nath Thakur | JD(U) | ||
| 3 | Prem Chand Gupta | RJD | 09-Apr-2026 | Nitin Nabin | BJP | ||
| 4 | Amarendra Dhari Singh | RJD | 09-Apr-2026 | Shivesh Kumar | BJP | ||
| 5 | Upendra Kushwaha | RLM | 09-Apr-2026 | Upendra Kushwaha | RLM | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. T. S. Tulsi | INC | 09-Apr-2026 | Laxmi Verma | BJP | ||
| 2 | Phulo Devi Netam | INC | 09-Apr-2026 | Phulo Devi Netam | INC | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kiran Chaudhary | BJP | 09-Apr-2026 | Sanjay Bhatia | BJP | ||
| 2 | Ram Chander Jangra | BJP | 09-Apr-2026 | Karamveer Singh Boudh | INC | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indu Goswami | BJP | 09-Apr-2026 | Anurag Sharma | INC | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dhairyashil Patil | BJP | 02-Apr-2026 | Vinod Tawde | BJP | ||
| 2 | Bhagwat Karad | BJP | 02-Apr-2026 | Ramrao Wadkute | BJP | ||
| 3 | Rajani Patil | INC | 02-Apr-2026 | Maya Ivnate | BJP | ||
| 4 | Priyanka Chaturvedi | SS(UBT) | 02-Apr-2026 | Jyoti Waghmare | SHS | ||
| 5 | Ramdas Athawale | RPI(A) | 02-Apr-2026 | Ramdas Athawale | RPI(A) | ||
| 6 | Fouzia Khan | NCP-SP | 02-Apr-2026 | Parth Pawar | NCP | ||
| 7 | Sharad Pawar | NCP-SP | 02-Apr-2026 | Sharad Pawar | NCP-SP | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mamata Mohanta | BJP | 02-Apr-2026 | Manmohan Samal | BJP | ||
| 2 | Sujeet Kumar | BJP | 02-Apr-2026 | Sujeet Kumar | BJP | ||
| 3 | Munna Khan | BJD | 02-Apr-2026 | Santrupta Mishra | BJD | ||
| 4 | Niranjan Bishi | BJD | 02-Apr-2026 | Dilip Ray | IND | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tiruchi Siva | DMK | 02-Apr-2026 | Tiruchi Siva | DMK | ||
| 2 | N. R. Elango | DMK | 02-Apr-2026 | J. Constantine Ravindran | DMK | ||
| 3 | P. Selvarasu | DMK | 02-Apr-2026 | M. Christopher Tilak | INC | ||
| 4 | Kanimozhi N. V. N. Somu | DMK | 02-Apr-2026 | L. K. Sudhish | DMDK | ||
| 5 | M. Thambidurai | AIADMK | 02-Apr-2026 | M. Thambidurai | AIADMK | ||
| 6 | G. K. Vasan | TMC(M) | 02-Apr-2026 | Anbumani Ramadoss | PMK | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abhishek Manu Singhvi | INC | 09-Apr-2026 | Abhishek Manu Singhvi | INC | ||
| 2 | K. R. Suresh Reddy | BRS | 09-Apr-2026 | Vem Narender Reddy | INC | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subrata Bakshi | AITC | 02-Apr-2026 | Babul Supriyo | AITC | ||
| 2 | Ritabrata Banerjee | AITC | 02-Apr-2026 | Koel Mallick | AITC | ||
| 3 | Mausam Noor[f] | INC | 02-Apr-2026 | Menaka Guruswamy | AITC | ||
| 4 | Saket Gokhale | AITC | 02-Apr-2026 | Rajeev Kumar | AITC | ||
| 5 | Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya | CPI(M) | 02-Apr-2026 | Rahul Sinha | BJP | ||
- May Election
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sana Satish | TDP | 21-Jun-2026 | TDP | |||
| 2 | Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy | YSRCP | 21-Jun-2026 | TDP | |||
| 3 | Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose | YSRCP | 21-Jun-2026 | TDP | |||
| 4 | Parimal Nathwani | YSRCP | 21-Jun-2026 | JSP | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nabam Rebia | BJP | 23-Jun-2026 | BJP | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rambhai Mokariya | BJP | 21-Jun-2026 | BJP | |||
| 2 | Ramilaben Bara | BJP | 21-Jun-2026 | BJP | |||
| 3 | Narhari Amin | BJP | 21-Jun-2026 | BJP | |||
| 4 | Shaktisinh Gohil | INC | 21-Jun-2026 | BJP | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vacant (Shibu Soren) |
JMM | 21-Jun-2026 | JMM | |||
| 2 | Deepak Prakash | BJP | 21-Jun-2026 | JMM | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iranna B. Kadadi | BJP | 25-Jun-2026 | BJP | |||
| 2 | K. Narayan | BJP | 25-Jun-2026 | INC | |||
| 3 | Mallikarjun Kharge | INC | 25-Jun-2026 | INC | |||
| 4 | H. D. Deve Gowda | JD(S) | 25-Jun-2026 | INC | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George Kurian | BJP | 21-Jun-2026 | BJP | |||
| 2 | Sumer Singh Solanki | BJP | 21-Jun-2026 | BJP | |||
| 3 | Digvijaya Singh | INC | 21-Jun-2026 | INC | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leishemba Sanajaoba | BJP | 21-Jun-2026 | BJP | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wanweiroy Kharlukhi | NPP | 21-Jun-2026 | NPP | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. Vanlalvena | MNF | 19-Jul-2026 | ZPM | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rajendra Gehlot | BJP | 21-Jun-2026 | BJP | |||
| 2 | Ravneet Singh Bittu | BJP | 21-Jun-2026 | BJP | |||
| 3 | Neeraj Dangi | INC | 21-Jun-2026 | INC | |||
- November Election
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Naresh Bansal | BJP | 25-Nov-2026 | BJP | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hardeep Singh Puri | BJP | 25-Nov-2026 | BJP | |||
| 2 | Dinesh Sharma | BJP | 25-Nov-2026 | BJP | |||
| 3 | Seema Dwivedi | BJP | 25-Nov-2026 | BJP | |||
| 4 | Brij Lal | BJP | 25-Nov-2026 | BJP | |||
| 5 | Arun Singh | BJP | 25-Nov-2026 | BJP | |||
| 6 | Neeraj Shekhar | BJP | 25-Nov-2026 | BJP | |||
| 7 | Geeta Shakya | BJP | 25-Nov-2026 | BJP | |||
| 8 | B. L. Verma | BJP | 25-Nov-2026 | SP | |||
| 9 | Ram Gopal Yadav | SP | 25-Nov-2026 | SP | |||
| 10 | Ramji Gautam | BSP | 25-Nov-2026 | [g] | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Nominated MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranjan Gogoi | NOM | 16-Mar-2026 | ||||
Notes
- ^ excluding 12 nominated seats.
- ^ out of 245 (including 12 nominated seats.)
- ^ excluding 5 nominated members.
- ^ excluding 12 nominated members.
- ^ including the support of 12 nominated members
- ^ Defected from TMC to INC.[7]
- ^ Quota = 403 ÷ (10+1) + 1 = 37 votes. NDA with 291 MLAs could win seven seats and INDIA with 108 MLAs could win two seats; the remaining votes are NDA 35, INDIA 30 and Others 3. Since none reach 37, the result of the tenth seat depends on the stand of the three Other MLAs (JD(L)-2, BSP-1) and three by-elections.
References
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- ^ "Handbook for Returning Officers" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-02.
- ^ "Rajya Sabha polls: Tight contests loom in Bihar, Odisha, Haryana after 26 elected unopposed". Moneycontrol. 2026-03-16. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
- ^ "Ahead of Bengal polls, TMC Rajya Sabha MP Mausam Noor quits party, returns to Congress". The New Indian Express. 2026-01-04. Retrieved 2026-02-28.