2025 Rajya Sabha elections

2025 Rajya Sabha elections

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14 [a] of the 233 [b] elected seats in the Rajya Sabha 123 [c] total seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader J. P. Nadda Mallikarjun Kharge Party BJP INC Alliance NDA INDIA Leader since 24 June 2024 16 February 2021 Seats before 96 [d] 27 Seats after 98 [e] 27 Seat change 2 Alliance seats before 119 [f] 77 Alliance seats after 121 [g] 80 Seat change 2 3
Majority before election National Democratic Alliance [h] Majority after election National Democratic Alliance [i]

The 2025 Rajya Sabha elections were held as part of a routine six-year cycle of the upper house of the Parliament of India from 19 June to 24 October 2025 to elect 14 of its 245 members (including 2 by-elections), of which the states through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

The ruling National Democratic Alliance retained its majority in the house.

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. ^[4]

${\displaystyle {\text{Quota}}=\left({\frac {\text{Total valid votes}}{{\text{Vacancies}}+1}}\right)+1}$

For a single-seat election, each ballot is valued at one. When multiple seats are filled, the ballot value is set to one hundred. ^[5]

A candidate is elected unopposed when the number of candidates matches the number of available seats after nominations and withdrawals period. ^[6]

Results

Alliance/ Party				Seats	+/–
	NDA		Bharatiya Janata Party	3	+2
			All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	2	+1
			Asom Gana Parishad	1	0
		Total		6	+3
	INDIA		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	3	0
			Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	3	+3
			Makkal Needhi Maiam	1	+1
			Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	0	-1
		Total		7	+3
	Others		Aam Aadmi Party	1	0
			Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party	0	-1

Members retiring and elected

June election

Assam

#	Previous MP			Term end	Elected MP	Party		Term start
1	Mission Ranjan Das		BJP	14-Jun-2025	Kanad Purkayastha [7]		BJP	15-Jun-2025
2	Birendra Prasad Baishya		AGP		Birendra Prasad Baishya [7]		AGP

Tamil Nadu

#	Previous MP	Previous Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party		Term start
1	N. Chandrasegharan		AIADMK	24 July 2025	M. Dhanapal [8]		AIADMK	25 July 2025
2	Anbumani Ramadoss		PMK		I. S. Inbadurai [8]
3	M. M. Abdulla		DMK		Salma [8]		DMK
4	M. Shanmugam				S. R. Sivalingam [8]
5	P. Wilson				P. Wilson [8]
6	Vaiko		MDMK		Kamal Haasan [8]		MNM

October election

Jammu and Kashmir

#	Previous MP	Party		Vacancy date	Elected MP	Party		Term start
1	Vacant (Shamsheer Singh Manhas)			10-Feb-2021	Chowdhary Mohammad Ramzan [9]		JKNC	25-Oct-2025
2	Vacant (Fayaz Ahmad Mir)				Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo [9]
3	Vacant (Nazir Ahmad Laway)			15-Feb-2021	Gurvinder Singh Oberoi [9]
4	Vacant (Ghulam Nabi Azad)				Sat Paul Sharma [9]		BJP

By-elections

Andhra Pradesh

#	Previous MP	Party		Vacancy date	Elected MP	Party		Term start	Term end	Reason for Vacancy
1	V. Vijayasai Reddy		YSRCP	25-Jan-2025	P. Venkata Satyanarayana [10]		BJP	9-May-2025	21-Jun-2028	Resignation

Punjab

#	Previous MP	Party		Vacancy date	Elected MP	Party		Term start	Term end	Reason for Vacancy
1	Sanjeev Arora		AAP	1-July-2025	Rajinder Gupta [11]		AAP	17-Oct-2025	09-Apr-2028	Elected to 16th Punjab Assembly

Nominations

#	Nominated MP	Affiliation		Field	Term start	Nominated by	Reference
1	Meenakshi Jain		NOM	Literature and Education	13-July-2025	Droupadi Murmu	[12]
2	Harsh Vardhan Shringla		BJP	Diplomacy
3	Ujjwal Nikam			Law
4	C. Sadanandan Master			Social work

Notes

1. Including two casual vacancies
2. excluding 12 nominated seats
3. out of 244 (excluding one vacancy and including 12 nominated seats)
4. excluding two nominated members
5. excluding 5 nominated members
6. excluding 8 nominated members
7. excluding 12 nominated members
8. including the support of 8 nominated members
9. including the support of 12 nominated members

References

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2. "Elections to 8 Rajya Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu, Assam on June 19". The Economic Times. 2025-05-26. ISSN   0013-0389. Archived from the original on 2025-07-11. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
3. "Election Commission announces polls for 4 Rajya Sabha seats of Jammu and Kashmir on October 24". India TV News. 2025-09-24. Archived from the original on 2025-10-01. Retrieved 2025-11-04.
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6. "Handbook for Returning Officers" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-08-02.
7. "Assam: BJP's Kanad Purkayastha, AGP's Birendra Prasad Baishya elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". The Economic Times. 2025-06-13. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 2025-11-23.
8. "Kamal Haasan, five others declared elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed". The New Indian Express. 2025-06-13. Retrieved 2025-11-23.
9. "National Conference wins three Rajya Sabha seats in J&K; 'cross-voting' gives BJP one". The Hindu. 2025-10-24. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2025-11-23.
10. "BJP's P Venkata Satyanarayana wins Andhra Pradesh Rajya Sabha seat unopposed". India Today. 2025-05-06. Retrieved 2025-11-23.
11. "AAP's Rajinder Gupta elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". The Times of India. 2025-10-17. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2025-11-23.
12. "Former Foreign Secretary Shringla, Ujjwal Nikam, C. Sadanandan Master, and Meenakshi Jain nominated to Rajya Sabha". The Hindu. 2025-07-13. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2025-07-13.