2021 Rajya Sabha elections

2021 Rajya Sabha elections

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17 [a] of the 233 [b] elected seats in the Rajya Sabha 121 [c] total seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Piyush Goyal Mallikarjun Kharge Party BJP INC Alliance NDA UPA Leader since 14 July 2021 16 February 2021 Seats before 84 [d] 35 Seats after 88 [e] 34 Seat change 4 1 Alliance seats before 107 [f] 50 Alliance seats after 107 [g] 52 Seat change 2
Majority before election None Majority after election None

Rajya Sabha elections were held throughout 2021, to elect new members to fill vacancies in the Rajya Sabha, the Indian Parliament's upper chamber. Members sit for staggered terms lasting six years, with elections every year but almost a third of the 233 designates up for election every two years. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Elections to the 4 vacant seats from Jammu and Kashmir were not held in February as the union territory is under President's rule and the assembly had been dissolved. These were held later in 2025. ^[4]

Results

Alliance/ Party				Seats	+/–
					NDA		Bharatiya Janata Party	6	+4
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	0	-4
Total		6	0
	UPA		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	3	+3
			Indian National Congress	1	-1
			Indian Union Muslim League	1	0
			Kerala Congress (M)	1	0
		Total		6	+2
	Others		All India Trinamool Congress	3	0
			Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	+1

Members retiring & Elected

Kerala

Seat No.	Previous MP	Previous Party		Date of retirement	Elected MP	Party		Appointing date	Ref.
1	K. K. Ragesh		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	21-Apr-2021	John Brittas		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	24-Apr-2021	[5]
2	Vayalar Ravi		Indian National Congress	21-Apr-2021	V. Sivadasan			24-Apr-2021
3	P. V. Abdul Wahab		Indian Union Muslim League	21-Apr-2021	P. V. Abdul Wahab		Indian Union Muslim League	24-Apr-2021

Puducherry

Seat No.	Previous MP	Previous Party		Date of retirement	Elected MP	Party		Appointing date	Ref.
1	N Gokulakrishnan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	06-Oct-2021	S Selvaganapathy		Bharatiya Janata Party	7 October 2021	[6]

By-elections

Aside from automatic elections, unforeseen vacancies caused by members' resignation, death or disqualification, are unless a few months before the expected natural expiry of the term of tenure, filled via by-elections, which for the Rajya Sabha often take some months to organise.

Assam

• On 21 November 2020 Biswajit Daimary resigned. ^[7]
• Biswajit Daimary Elected As MLA.

S.No	Former MP	Party		Date of Vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of Appointment	Date of retirement
1	Biswajit Daimary		Bodoland People's Front	21 November 2020	Biswajit Daimary [8]		Bharatiya Janata Party	22 February 2021	9 April 2026
2			Bharatiya Janata Party	12 May 2021	Sarbananda Sonowal			27 September 2021

Gujarat

• On 25 November 2020 Ahmed Patel died. ^[9]
• On 1 December 2020 Abhay Bharadwaj died. ^[10]

S.No	Former MP	Party		Date of Vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of Appointment	Date of retirement
1	Ahmed Patel		Indian National Congress	25 November 2020	Dineshchandra Anavadiya [11]		Bharatiya Janata Party	23 February 2021	18 August 2023
2	Abhay Bharadwaj		Bharatiya Janata Party	1 December 2020	Rambhai Mokariya [11]			23 February 2021	21 June 2026

Kerala

• On 9 January 2021 Jose K. Mani resigned. ^[12]

S.No	Former MP	Party		Date of Vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of Appointment	Date of retirement
1	Jose K. Mani		Kerala Congress (M)	9 January 2021	Jose K. Mani		Kerala Congress (M)	24-Nov-2021	01-Jul-2024

West Bengal

• On 12 February 2021, Dinesh Trivedi resigned. ^[13]
• Manas Bhunia Elected As MLA.
• On 15 September 2021, Arpita Ghosh resigned.

S.No	Former MP	Party		Date of Vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of Appointment	Date of retirement
1	Dinesh Trivedi		All India Trinamool Congress	12-Feb-2021	Jawhar Sircar		All India Trinamool Congress	03-Aug-2021	02-Apr-2026
2	Manas Bhunia			9-May-2021	Sushmita Dev			27-Sep-2021	18-Aug-2023
3	Arpita Ghosh			15-Sept-2021	Luizinho Faleiro			24-Nov-2021	02-Apr-2026

Tamil Nadu

• On 24 March 2021, A. Mohammedjan died. ^[14]
• On 10 May 2021, K. P. Munusamy Resigned Due To Election As MLA.
• On 10 May 2021, R. Vaithilingam Resigned Due To Election As MLA.

S.No	Former MP	Party		Date of Vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of Appointment	Date of retirement
1	A. Mohammedjan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	24-Mar-2021	M. M. Abdulla		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	06-Sept-2021	24-Jul-2025
2	K. P. Munusamy			10-May-2021	Kanimozhi NVN Somu			27-Sep-2021	02-Apr-2026
3	R. Vaithilingam			10-May-2021	K. R. N. Rajeshkumar			27-Sep-2021	29-Jun-2022

Maharashtra

• On 16 May 2021, Rajeev Satav died.

S.No	Former MP	Party		Date of Vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of Appointment	Date of retirement
1	Rajeev Satav		Indian National Congress	16 May 2021	Rajani Patil		Indian National Congress	27-Sep-2021	02-Apr-2026

Madhya Pradesh

• On 7 July 2021, Thawar Chand Gehlot resigned due to his appointment as Governor of Karnataka.

S.No	Former MP	Party		Date of Vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of Appointment	Date of retirement
1	Thawar Chand Gehlot		Bharatiya Janata Party	07-Jul-2021	L. Murugan		Bharatiya Janata Party	27-Sep-2021	02-Apr-2024

Nominations

Nominated members

• On 16 March 2021, Swapan Dasgupta resigned. ^[15]
• On 9 May 2021, Raghunath Mohapatra died ^[16]

S.No	Former MP	Party		Date of Vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of Appointment	Date of retirement
1	Swapan Dasgupta		Nominated	16-Mar-2021	Swapan Dasgupta		Nominated (BJP whip)	02-Jun-2021	24-Apr-2022
2	Raghunath Mohapatra		Nominated (BJP whip)	9-May-2021	Mahesh Jethmalani			02-Jun-2021	13-Jul-2024

See also

• List of current members of the Rajya Sabha
• Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)
• List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha
• 2021 elections in India
• 2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
• 2021 Legislative Council elections

Notes

1. Including 13 casual vacancies
2. excluding 12 nominated seats
3. out of 241 (excluding 4 vacancies and including 12 nominated seats)
4. excluding 8 nominated members
5. excluding 9 nominated members
6. excluding 12 nominated members
7. excluding 12 nominated members

References

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8. "BJP names former BPF member Biswajit Daimary as its Rajya Sabha candidate from Assam". The Hindu. 15 February 2021.
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14. "AIADMK MP Mohammedjan dies of sudden heart attack after round of hectic electioneering".
15. "To fight for a better Bengal, says Swapan Dasgupta after quitting Rajya Sabha". 16 March 2021.
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