2026 Rajya Sabha elections

2026 Rajya Sabha elections

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72 of the 233 [a] elected seats in the Rajya Sabha 123 [b] total seats needed for a majority
Leader J. P. Nadda Mallikarjun Kharge Party BJP INC Alliance NDA INDIA Leader since 24 June 2024 16 February 2021 Current seats 98 [c] 27 Current Alliance seats 121 [d] 80
Incumbent Majority National Democratic Alliance [e]

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]

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

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

Maharashtra

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

Odisha

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

Tamil Nadu

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

West Bengal

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

Assam

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

Bihar

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

Chhattisgarh

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

Haryana

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

Himachal Pradesh

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

Telangana

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

Andhra Pradesh

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Sana Satish		TDP	21-Jun-2026	TBD		NDA
2	Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy		YSRCP	21-Jun-2026
3	Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose			21-Jun-2026
4	Parimal Nathwani			21-Jun-2026

Gujarat

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Rambhai Mokariya		BJP	21-Jun-2026	TBD		BJP
2	Ramilaben Bara			21-Jun-2026
3	Narhari Amin			21-Jun-2026
4	Shaktisinh Gohil		INC	21-Jun-2026

Jharkhand

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Vacant			21-Jun-2026	TBD		JMM
2	Deepak Prakash		BJP	21-Jun-2026

Madhya Pradesh

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	George Kurian		BJP	21-Jun-2026	TBD		BJP
2	Sumer Singh Solanki			21-Jun-2026
3	Digvijaya Singh		INC	21-Jun-2026	TBD		INC

Manipur

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

Meghalaya

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

Rajasthan

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Rajendra Gehlot		BJP	21-Jun-2026	TBD		BJP
2	Ravneet Singh Bittu			21-Jun-2026
3	Neeraj Dangi		INC	21-Jun-2026	TBD		INC

Arunachal Pradesh

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

Karnataka

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Iranna B Kadadi		BJP	25-Jun-2026	TBD		BJP
2	K. Narayan			25-Jun-2026	TBD		INC
3	Mallikarjun Kharge		INC	25-Jun-2026
4	H. D. Deve Gowda		JDS	25-Jun-2026

Mizoram

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

Uttar Pradesh

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Elected MP	Party
1	Hardeep Singh Puri		BJP	25-Nov-2026	TBD		BJP
2	Dinesh Sharma			25-Nov-2026
3	Seema Dwivedi			25-Nov-2026
4	Brij Lal			25-Nov-2026
5	Arun Singh			25-Nov-2026
6	Neeraj Shekhar			25-Nov-2026
7	Geeta Shakya			25-Nov-2026
8	B. L. Verma			25-Nov-2026			SP
9	Ram Gopal Yadav		SP	25-Nov-2026
10	Ramji Gautam		BSP	25-Nov-2026		TBD [i]

Uttarakhand

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

Members Retiring and Nominated

Nominated

#	Previous MP	Party		Term end	Nominated MP	Party
1	Ranjan Gogoi		NOM	16-Mar-2026	TBD		NOM

Notes

1. excluding 12 nominated seats
2. out of 245 (including 12 nominated seats)
3. excluding 5 nominated members
4. excluding 12 nominated members
5. including the support of 12 nominated members
6. 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.
7. 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).
8. 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).
9. 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

1. "Statewise Retirement". rajyasabha.nic.in.
2. https://cms.rajyasabha.nic.in/UploadedFiles/Procedure/RajyaSabhaAtWork/English/30-85/CHAPTER3.pdf
3. Dutta, Prabhash K. (2020-06-19). "Rajya Sabha election: How MPs are elected to the upper house". India Today. Retrieved 2025-11-22.
4. https://ceodelhi.gov.in/WriteReadData/HandBooks/Handbook_For_Returning_Officers(Council_Elections).pdf
5. Bureau, The Hindu (2025-06-01). "AIADMK names its candidates for Rajya Sabha poll; to allot seat for DMDK in 2026 RS election". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 2025-11-17.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)