2023 Rajya Sabha elections

2023 Rajya Sabha elections

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12 [a] of the 233 [b] elected seats in the Rajya Sabha 120 [c] total seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader Piyush Goyal Mallikarjun Kharge Party BJP INC Alliance NDA INDIA Leader since 14 July 2021 16 February 2021 Seats before 87 [d] 31 Seats after 89 [e] 30 Seat change 2 1 Alliance seats before 100 [f] 96 Alliance seats after 102 [g] 96 Seat change 2
Majority before election None Majority after election None

The 2023 Rajya Sabha elections were held as part of a routine six-year cycle of the upper house of the Parliament of India on July and August 2023 to elect 10 of its 245 members, of which the states through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President. ^[1]

Results

Alliance/ Party				Seats	+/–
					NDA		Bharatiya Janata Party	6	+2
	INDIA		All India Trinamool Congress	6	+1
			Indian National Congress	0	-1
		Total		6	0

Elections

• Listed According To The Dates ^[1]

State	Members retiring	Date of retirement
Goa	1	28 July 2023
Gujarat	3	18 August 2023
West Bengal	6

Members retiring and elected

Goa

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party		Term start
1	Vinay Tendulkar		BJP	28-Jul-2023	Sadanand Tanavade [2]		BJP	29-Jul-2023

Gujarat

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party		Term start
1	S. Jaishankar		BJP	18-Aug-2023	S. Jaishankar [3]		BJP	19-Aug-2023
2	Jugalji Thakor		BJP	18-Aug-2023	Kesridevsinh Jhala [4]		BJP	19-Aug-2023
3	Dineshchandra Anavadiya		BJP	18-Aug-2023	Babubhai Desai		BJP	19-Aug-2023

West Bengal

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party		Term start
1	Derek O'Brien		AITC	18-Aug-2023	Derek O'Brien		AITC	19-Aug-2023
2	Sukhendu Sekhar Roy		AITC	18-Aug-2023	Sukhendu Sekhar Roy		AITC	19-Aug-2023
3	Dola Sen		AITC	18-Aug-2023	Dola Sen		AITC	19-Aug-2023
4	Sushmita Dev		AITC	18-Aug-2023	Samirul Islam		AITC	19-Aug-2023
5	Shanta Chhetri		AITC	18-Aug-2023	Prakash Chik Baraik		AITC	19-Aug-2023
6	Pradip Bhattacharya		INC	18-Aug-2023	Anant Maharaj		BJP	19-Aug-2023

By-elections

West Bengal

#	Previous MP	Party		Date of vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of appointment	Date of retirement
1	Luizinho Faleiro		TMC	11 April 2023	Saket Gokhale		TMC	30 July 2023	2 April 2026

Uttar Pradesh

#	Previous MP	Party		Date of vacancy	Elected MP	Party		Date of appointment	Date of retirement
1	Hardwar Dubey		BJP	26 June 2023	Dinesh Sharma		BJP	9 September 2023	25-Nov-2026

See also

• 2023 elections in India
• List of current members of the Rajya Sabha

Notes

1. Including 2 casual vacancies
2. excluding 12 nominated seats
3. out of 239 (excluding 6 vacancies and including 12 nominated seats)
4. excluding 5 nominated members
5. excluding 5 nominated members
6. excluding 10 nominated members
7. excluding 10 nominated members

References

1. "Statewise Retirement". rajyasabha.nic .in.
2. "BJP's Sadanand Shet Tanavade Elected Unopposed To Rajya Sabha From Goa". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
3. Online |, E. T. (2023-08-22). "S Jaishankar re-elected to Rajya Sabha for a second term". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
4. "S Jaishankar, Two Other BJP Candidates Elected Unopposed To Rajya Sabha From Gujarat". ABP News . 2023-07-17. Retrieved 2023-10-28.