No | Name [1] | Party affiliation | Date of Appointment | Date of Retirement | |
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1 | Manas Ranjan Mangaraj | Biju Janata Dal | 02-Jul-2022 | 01-Jul-2028 | |
2 | Vacant | 02-Apr-2026 | |||
3 | Muzibulla Khan | Biju Janata Dal | 03-Apr-2020 | 02-Apr-2026 | |
4 | Mamata Mohanta | Bharatiya Janata Party | 28-Aug-2024 | 02-Apr-2026 | |
5 | Subhasish Khuntia | Biju Janata Dal | 04-Apr-2024 | 03-Apr-2030 | |
6 | Debashish Samantaray | Biju Janata Dal | 04-Apr-2024 | 03-Apr-2030 | |
7 | Sasmit Patra | Biju Janata Dal | 02-Jul-2022 | 01-Jul-2028 | |
8 | Sulata Deo | Biju Janata Dal | 02-Jul-2022 | 01-Jul-2028 | |
9 | Niranjan Bishi | Biju Janata Dal | 07-Jun-2022 | 02-Apr-2026 | |
10 | Ashwini Vaishnaw | Bharatiya Janata Party | 04-Apr-2024 | 03-Apr-2030 |
Name | Party | Term | Date of Appointment | Date of Retirement | Notes | |
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Abhimanyu Rath | Others | 1 | 03/04/56 | 02/04/62 | ||
Achyuta Samanta | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 15/03/18 | 26/05/19 | elected to 17th Lok Sabha from Kandhamal | |
Akshay Panda | Indian National Congress | 1 | 02/07/80 | 01/07/86 | ||
Amar Patnaik | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 29/06/19 | 02/04/24 | * | |
Ananta Sethi | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/96 | 02/04/02 | ||
Anubhav Mohanty | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 13/06/14 | 22/05/19 | Elected to 17th Lok Sabha from Kendrapara | |
Ashwini Vaishnaw | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 29/06/19 | 02/04/24 | * | |
Baidyanath Rath | Communist Party of India | 1 | 03/04/52 | 02/04/54 | ||
Baijayant Panda | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 04/04/00 | 03/04/06 | ||
Baijayant Panda | Biju Janata Dal | 2 | 04/04/06 | 03/04/12 | ||
Baikunatha Nath Sahu | Indian National Congress | 1 | 07/10/88 | 02/04/90 | ||
Bairagi Dwibedy | Others | 1 | 03/04/60 | 02/04/66 | ||
Baishnab Charan Parida | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 02/07/10 | 01/07/16 | ||
Balbir Punj | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 03/04/08 | 02/04/14 | ||
Banamali Babu | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/82 | 02/04/88 | ||
Banka Behary Das | Others | 1 | 03/04/66 | 02/04/72 | ||
Basant Kumar Das | Janata Dal | 1 | 03/04/90 | 02/04/96 | ||
Basudeb Mohapatra | Indian National Congress | 1 | 02/07/86 | 01/07/92 | ||
Bhabani Charan Pattanayak | Indian National Congress | 1 | 29/08/61 | 02/04/66 | ||
Bhabani Charan Pattanayak | Indian National Congress | 2 | 03/04/66 | 02/04/72 | ||
Bhabani Charan Pattanayak | Indian National Congress | 3 | 03/04/78 | 02/04/84 | ||
Bhagaban Majhi | Janata Dal | 1 | 03/04/94 | 02/04/00 | ||
Bhagirathi Mahapatra | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/56 | 02/04/62 | ||
Bhagirathi Majhi | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 24/03/06 | 01/07/10 | ||
Bhairab Chandra Mahanti | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/74 | 02/04/80 | ||
Bhubanananda Das | Others | 1 | 27/04/57 | 23/02/58 | ||
Bibudhendra Misra | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/58 | 02/04/64 | ||
Biju Patnaik | Janata Dal | 1 | 13/05/71 | 06/10/71 | ||
Binoy Kumar Mahanti | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/64 | 02/04/70 | ||
Binoy Kumar Mahanti | Indian National Congress | 2 | 03/04/70 | 02/04/76 | ||
Bira Kesari Deo | Others | 1 | 19/04/67 | 02/04/70 | ||
Bira Kesari Deo | Others | 2 | 03/04/70 | 02/04/76 | ||
Bishnu Charan Das | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 02/07/16 | 21/03/17 | resigned after being appointed as deputy chairman of Odisha State Planning Board | |
Bishwanath Das | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/54 | 02/04/60 | ||
Bishwanath Das | Indian National Congress | 2 | 03/04/60 | 02/04/66 | ||
Brahmananda Panda | Others | 1 | 30/11/67 | 02/04/72 | ||
Brahmananda Panda | Others | 2 | 03/04/72 | 02/04/78 | ||
Chaitanya Prasad Majhi | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/72 | 02/04/78 | ||
Chhatrapal Singh Lodha | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 02/07/04 | 18/12/05 | ||
Debananda Amat | Indian National Congress | 1 | 06/03/73 | 02/04/74 | ||
Dhananjoy Mohanty | Indian National Congress | 1 | 22/08/61 | 02/04/64 | ||
Dhaneswar Majhi | JAN | 1 | 03/04/78 | 02/04/84 | ||
Dibakar Patnaik | Others | 1 | 03/04/58 | 02/04/64 | ||
Dilip Ray | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 03/04/96 | 02/04/02 | ||
Dilip Ray | Independent | 2 | 03/04/02 | 02/04/08 | ||
Dilip Tirkey | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 04/04/12 | 03/04/18 | ||
Frida Topno | Indian National Congress | 1 | 07/04/98 | 02/04/02 | ||
Ganeshwar Kusum | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/84 | 02/04/90 | ||
Gaya Chand Bhuyan | JAN | 1 | 03/04/82 | 02/04/88 | ||
Ghasiram Sandil | Others | 1 | 05/05/59 | 02/04/60 | ||
Govind Chandra Misra | Indian National Congress | 1 | 06/12/56 | 02/04/60 | ||
Haneef Mahammed | Others | 1 | 03/04/66 | 02/04/72 | ||
Harekrushna Mallick | Janata Dal | 1 | 03/04/78 | 02/04/84 | ||
Harihar Patel | Others | 1 | 03/04/58 | 02/04/64 | ||
Ila Panda | Janata Dal | 1 | 02/07/92 | 01/07/98 | ||
Jagadish Jani | Indian National Congress | 1 | 02/07/80 | 01/07/86 | ||
Jagadish Jani | Indian National Congress | 2 | 02/07/86 | 01/07/92 | ||
Jagannath Das | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/52 | 02/04/56 | ||
Jayanti Patnaik | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/96 | 02/04/02 [2] | ||
K. Vasudeva Panicker | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/84 | 02/04/90 | ||
Kalpataru Das | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 03/04/14 | 25/07/15 | Passed Away on 25/07/15 | |
Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo | Others | 1 | 28/01/72 | 02/04/76 | ||
Kanhu Charan Lenka | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/88 | 02/04/94 | ||
Kishore Kumar Mohanty | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 06/08/09 | 03/04/12 | ||
Krishna Chandra Panda | Others | 1 | 03/04/68 | 02/04/74 | ||
Lakshmana Mahapatro | Communist Party of India | 1 | 03/04/74 | 02/04/80 | ||
Lingaraj Mishra | Indian National Congress | 1 | 27/04/57 | 19/12/57 | ||
Lokanath Misra | Others | 1 | 03/04/60 | 02/04/66 | ||
Lokanath Misra | Others | 2 | 03/04/66 | 02/04/72 | ||
Lokanath Misra | JAN | 3 | 03/04/72 | 02/04/78 | ||
M.N. Das | Indian National Congress | 1 | 02/07/98 | 01/07/04 | ||
Maheshwar Naik | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/56 | 02/04/62 | ||
Man Mohan Samal | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 04/04/00 | 03/04/06 | ||
Mangala Kisan | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 03/04/08 | 02/04/14 | ||
Manmathnath Misra | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/62 | 02/04/68 | ||
Manmohan Mathur | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/88 | 02/04/94 | ||
Maurice Kujur | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/96 | 02/04/02 | ||
Mira Das | Janata Dal | 1 | 03/04/90 | 02/04/96 | ||
N. Bhaskar Rao | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 02/07/16 | 01/07/22 | * | |
Nanda Kishore Das | Others | 1 | 03/04/60 | 02/04/66 | ||
Nandini Satpathy | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/62 | 02/04/68 | ||
Nandini Satpathy | Indian National Congress | 2 | 03/04/68 | 02/04/74 | ||
Narasingha Prasad Nanda | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/76 | 02/04/82 | ||
Narayan Patra | Others | 1 | 03/04/64 | 02/04/70 | ||
Narendra Pradhan | Janata Dal | 1 | 02/07/92 | 01/07/98 | ||
Narendra Kumar Swain | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 07/12/15 | 02/04/20 | * by election due to death of Kalpataru Das | |
Nilamani Routray | JAN | 1 | 03/04/76 | 02/04/82 | ||
P.D. Himatsingka | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/56 | 02/04/62 | ||
Patitpaban Pradhan | LD | 1 | 13/07/77 | 02/04/82 | ||
Prafulla Chandra Bhanj Deo | Others | 1 | 03/04/52 | 02/04/54 | ||
Prafulla Chandra Bhanj Deo | Others | 2 | 03/04/54 | 02/04/60 | ||
Pramila Bohidar | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 03/04/02 | 02/04/08 | ||
Prasanna Acharya | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 26/07/16 | 01/07/22 | * | |
Prashanta Nanda | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 24/04/18 | 03/04/24 | * | |
Pratap Keshari Deb | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 18/05/17 | 26/05/19 | Elected to Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Pravat Kumar Samantaray | Janata Dal | 1 | 03/04/90 | 02/04/96 | ||
Pyarimohan Mohapatra | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 02/07/04 | 01/07/10 | ||
Pyarimohan Mohapatra | Biju Janata Dal | 2 | 02/07/10 | 01/07/16 | ||
R.P. Dube | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/52 | 02/04/60 | ||
Rabi Ray | LD | 1 | 03/04/74 | 02/04/80 | ||
Rabinarayan Mohapatra | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 04/04/12 | 03/04/18 | ||
Radhakant Nayak | Indian National Congress | 1 | 02/07/04 | 01/07/10 | ||
Radhakrishna Biswasroy | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/52 | 02/04/58 | ||
Rahasbihari Barik | Janata Dal | 1 | 03/04/94 | 02/04/00 | ||
R.C. Khuntia | Indian National Congress | 1 | 02/07/98 | 01/07/04 | ||
R.C. Khuntia | Indian National Congress | 2 | 03/04/08 | 02/04/14 | ||
Ranganath Misra | Indian National Congress | 1 | 02/07/98 | 01/07/04 | ||
Ranjib Biswal | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/14 | 02/04/20 | * | |
Renubala Pradhan | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 03/04/08 | 02/04/14 | ||
Rudra Narayan Pany | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 24/06/04 | 03/04/06 | ||
Rudra Narayan Pany | Bharatiya Janata Party | 2 | 04/04/06 | 03/04/12 | ||
S. R. Bommai | Janata Dal | 1 | 02/07/92 | 01/07/98 | Resigned on 2 April 1998 | |
Sanatan Bisi | Janata Dal | 1 | 03/04/94 | 02/04/00 | ||
Santosh Kumar Sahu | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/76 | 02/04/82 | ||
Santosh Kumar Sahu | Indian National Congress | 2 | 03/04/82 | 02/04/88 | ||
Santosh Kumar Sahu | Indian National Congress | 3 | 03/04/88 | 02/04/94 | ||
Sarada Mohanty | Janata Dal | 1 | 03/04/90 | 02/04/96 | ||
Saraswati Pradhan | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/72 | 02/04/78 | ||
Sarojini Hembram | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 03/04/14 | 02/04/20 | * | |
Sasmit Patra | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 29/06/19 | 02/04/22 | * | |
Satyanand Mishra | Indian National Congress | 1 | 07/04/62 | 02/04/64 | ||
Shankar Pratap Singh Deb | Others | 1 | 03/04/64 | 02/04/70 | ||
Shashi Bhusan Behera | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 02/07/10 | 01/07/16 | ||
Shoila Bala Das | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/52 | 02/04/54 | ||
Shyam Sundar Mohapatra | Independent | 1 | 02/07/80 | 01/07/86 | ||
Soumya Ranjan Patnaik | Biju Janata Dal | 1 | 04/04/18 | 26/05/19 | Elected to Odisha Legislative Assembly | |
Subas Mohanty | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/84 | 02/04/90 | ||
Sundarmani Patel | Others | 1 | 03/04/62 | 02/04/68 | ||
Sundarmani Patel | Others | 2 | 03/04/68 | 02/04/74 | ||
Sunder Mohan Hemrom | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/52 | 02/04/56 | ||
Sunil Kumar Pattnaik | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/84 | 02/04/90 | ||
Surajmal Saha | Others | 1 | 03/04/70 | 02/04/76 | ||
Surendra Lath | Bharatiya Janata Party | 1 | 03/04/02 | 02/04/08 | ||
Surendra Mohanty | Others | 1 | 03/04/52 | 02/04/58 | ||
Surendra Mohanty | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/78 | 02/04/84 | ||
Surendranath Dwivedy | Others | 1 | 03/04/52 | 02/04/56 | ||
Sushila Tiriya | Indian National Congress | 1 | 02/07/86 | 01/07/92 | ||
Sushila Tiriya | Indian National Congress | 2 | 04/04/06 | 03/04/12 | ||
Swapnananda Panigrahi | Indian National Congress | 1 | 03/04/54 | 02/04/60 |
The Rajya Sabha, also known as the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. As of 2023, it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using single transferable votes through open ballots, while the president can appoint 12 members for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social service. The total allowed capacity is 250 according to article 80 of the Indian Constitution. The current potential seating capacity of the Rajya Sabha is 245, after the Jammu and Kashmir (Reorganisation) Act. The maximum seats of 250 members can be filled up at the discretion and requirements of the house of Rajya Sabha.
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