2026 Rajya Sabha elections

2026 Rajya Sabha elections
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72 of the 233 elected seats in the Rajya Sabha ; 123 total seats needed for a majority
Incumbent Majority; National Democratic Alliance ;	; ;

Last updated December 30, 2025

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 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]

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.^[2]

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

For a single-seat election, each ballot is valued at one. When multiple seats are filled, the ballot value is set to one hundred.^[3]

A candidate is elected unopposed when the number of candidates matches the number of available seats after nominations and withdrawals period.^[4]

Members Retiring and Elected

Andhra Pradesh

#	Previous MP		Term end
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	BJP
4	Parimal Nathwani	YSRCP	21-Jun-2026	JSP

Arunachal Pradesh

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Nabam Rebia		BJP	23-Jun-2026			BJP

Assam

#	Previous MP		Term end	Elected MP
1	Bhubaneshwar Kalita	BJP	09-Apr-2026	TBD
2	Rameswar Teli	BJP	09-Apr-2026
3	Ajit Kumar Bhuyan	AGM	09-Apr-2026

Bihar

#	Previous MP		Term end	Party
1	Harivansh Narayan Singh	JDU	09-Apr-2026		JDU
2	Ram Nath Thakur	JDU	09-Apr-2026		JDU
3	Prem Chand Gupta	RJD	09-Apr-2026		BJP
4	Amarendra Dhari Singh	RJD	09-Apr-2026		BJP
5	Upendra Kushwaha	RLM	09-Apr-2026	^[f]

Chhattisgarh

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	K. T. S. Tulsi		INC	09-Apr-2026			BJP
2	Phulo Devi Netam		INC	09-Apr-2026			INC

Gujarat

#	Previous MP		Term end
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

Haryana

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Kiran Chaudhary		BJP	09-Apr-2026			BJP
2	Ram Chander Jangra		BJP	09-Apr-2026			INC

Himachal Pradesh

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Indu Goswami		BJP	09-Apr-2026			INC

Jharkhand

#	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

Karnataka

#	Previous MP		Term end
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	JDS	25-Jun-2026	INC

Madhya Pradesh

#	Previous MP		Term end
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

Maharashtra

#	Previous MP		Term end	Party
1	Dhairyashil Patil	BJP	02-Apr-2026		BJP
2	Bhagwat Karad	BJP	02-Apr-2026		BJP
3	Fouzia Khan	NCP-SP	02-Apr-2026		BJP
4	Sharad Pawar	NCP-SP	02-Apr-2026		NCP
5	Priyanka Chaturvedi	SS(UBT)	02-Apr-2026		SHS
6	Ramdas Athawale	RPI(A)	02-Apr-2026		RPI(A)
7	Rajani Patil	INC	02-Apr-2026	^[g]

Manipur

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Leishemba Sanajaoba		BJP	21-Jun-2026			BJP

Meghalaya

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Wanweiroy Kharlukhi		NPP	21-Jun-2026			NPP

Mizoram

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	K. Vanlalvena		MNF	19-Jul-2026			ZPM

Odisha

#	Previous MP		Term end	Party
1	Mamata Mohanta	BJP	02-Apr-2026		BJP
2	Sujeet Kumar	BJP	02-Apr-2026		BJP
3	Munna Khan	BJD	02-Apr-2026		BJD
4	Niranjan Bishi	BJD	02-Apr-2026	^[h]

Rajasthan

#	Previous MP		Term end
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

Tamil Nadu

#	Previous MP		Term end	Elected MP
1	Tiruchi Siva	DMK	02-Apr-2026	TBD
2	N. R. Elango	DMK	02-Apr-2026
3	P. Selvarasu	DMK	02-Apr-2026
4	Kanimozhi NVN Somu	DMK	02-Apr-2026
5	M. Thambidurai	AIADMK	02-Apr-2026
6	G. K. Vasan	TMC(M)	02-Apr-2026

Telangana

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Abhishek Manu Singhvi		INC	09-Apr-2026			INC
2	K. R. Suresh Reddy		BRS	09-Apr-2026			INC

Uttarakhand

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Naresh Bansal		BJP	25-Nov-2026			BJP

Uttar Pradesh

#	Previous MP		Term end	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	^[i]

West Bengal

#	Previous MP		Term end	Elected MP
1	Subrata Bakshi	AITC	02-Apr-2026	TBD
2	Ritabrata Banerjee	AITC	02-Apr-2026
3	Mausam Noor	AITC	02-Apr-2026
4	Saket Gokhale	AITC	02-Apr-2026
5	Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya	CPI(M)	02-Apr-2026

Members Retiring and Nominated

Nominated

#	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
↑ Quota = 243 ÷ (5+1) + 1 = 41 votes. NDA with 202 MLAs could win four seats; remaining votes are NDA 38, MGB 35 and Others 6. Since none reach 41, the result of the fifth seat depends on the stand of the six Other MLAs (AIMIM-5, BSP-1).
↑ Quota = 288 ÷ (7+1) + 1 = 37 votes. MY with 236 MLAs could win six seats. MVA with 48 MLAs has enough votes to win the seventh seat.
↑ Quota = 147 ÷ (4+1) + 1 = 30 votes. NDA with 82 MLAs could win two seats, BJD with 50 MLAs could win one seat; remaining votes are NDA 22, BJD 20 and Others 15. Since none reach 30, the result of the fourth seat depends on the stand of the 15 Other MLAs (INC-14, CPI(M)-1).
↑ 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 32, INDIA 34 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 one by-election

References

↑ "Statewise Retirement". rajyasabha.nic.in.
↑ https://cms.rajyasabha.nic.in/UploadedFiles/Procedure/RajyaSabhaAtWork/English/30-85/CHAPTER3.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
↑ Dutta, Prabhash K. (2020-06-19). "Rajya Sabha election: How MPs are elected to the upper house". India Today. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
↑ https://ceodelhi.gov.in/WriteReadData/HandBooks/Handbook_For_Returning_Officers(Council_Elections).pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}

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[1] xcluding 12 nominated seats

[2] ut of 245 (including 12 nominated seats)

[3] xcluding 5 nominated members

[4] xcluding 12 nominated members

[5] uding the support of 12 nominated members

[10] Quota = 243 ÷ (5+1) + 1 = 41 votes. NDA with 202 MLAs could win four seats; remaining votes are NDA 38, MGB 35 and Others 6. Since none reach 41, the result of the fifth seat depends on the stand of the six Other MLAs (AIMIM-5, BSP-1).

[11] Quota = 288 ÷ (7+1) + 1 = 37 votes. MY with 236 MLAs could win six seats. MVA with 48 MLAs has enough votes to win the seventh seat.

[12] Quota = 147 ÷ (4+1) + 1 = 30 votes. NDA with 82 MLAs could win two seats, BJD with 50 MLAs could win one seat; remaining votes are NDA 22, BJD 20 and Others 15. Since none reach 30, the result of the fourth seat depends on the stand of the 15 Other MLAs (INC-14, CPI(M)-1).

[13] 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 32, INDIA 34 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 one by-election

[6] "Statewise Retirement". rajyasabha.nic.in.

[7] ttps://cms.rajyasabha.nic.in/UploadedFiles/Procedure/RajyaSabhaAtWork/English/30-85/CHAPTER3.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}

[8] Dutta, Prabhash K. (2020-06-19). "Rajya Sabha election: How MPs are elected to the upper house". India Today. Retrieved 2025-11-22.

[9] ttps://ceodelhi.gov.in/WriteReadData/HandBooks/Handbook_For_Returning_Officers(Council_Elections).pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}

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