List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal

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The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India. West Bengal elects 16 seats and they are indirectly elected by the state legislators of West Bengal. The number of seats, allocated to the party, are determined by the number of seats a party possesses during nomination and the party nominates a member to be voted on. Elections within the state legislatures are held using Single transferable vote with proportional representation. [1]

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Current members

Keys:  AITC (12)  BJP (2)  CPI(M) (1)  Vacant (1)

#Name [2] PartyTerm Start [3] Term End [3]
1 Sagarika Ghose AITC 03-Apr-202402-Apr-2030
2 Mamata Bala Thakur 03-Apr-202402-Apr-2030
3 Nadimul Haque 03-Apr-202402-Apr-2030
4 Sushmita Dev 03-Apr-202402-Apr-2030
5 Derek O'Brien 19-Aug-202318-Aug-2029
6 Sukhendu Shekhar Roy 19-Aug-202318-Aug-2029
7 Dola Sen 19-Aug-202318-Aug-2029
8 Samirul Islam 19-Aug-202318-Aug-2029
9 Prakash Chik Baraik 19-Aug-202318-Aug-2029
10 Subrata Bakshi 03-Apr-202002-Apr-2026
11 Mausam Noor 03-Apr-202002-Apr-2026
12 Saket Gokhale 30-Jul-202302-Apr-2026
13 Samik Bhattacharya BJP 03-Apr-202402-Apr-2030
14 Ananta Maharaj 19-Aug-202318-Aug-2029
15 Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya CPI(M) 03-Apr-202002-Apr-2026
16Vacant Since 08-Sept-2024 [4] 02-Apr-2026

Chronological list of all Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal state

*  represents current members

NamePartyTerm startTerm endTerm(s)Notes
Nadimul Haque Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-202402-Apr-20303 [5]
Mamata Bala Thakur Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-202402-Apr-20301
Sagarika Ghose Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-202402-Apr-20301
Sushmita Dev Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-202402-Apr-20302
Samik Bhattacharya Bharatiya Janata Party 03-Apr-202402-Apr-20301
Derek O'Brien Trinamool Congress 19-Aug-202318-Aug-20293
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy Trinamool Congress 19-Aug-202318-Aug-20293
Dola Sen Trinamool Congress 19-Aug-202318-Aug-20293
Samirul Islam Trinamool Congress 19-Aug-202318-Aug-20291
Prakash Chik Baraik Trinamool Congress 19-Aug-202318-Aug-20291
Anant Maharaj Bharatiya Janata Party 19-Aug-202318-Aug-20291
Saket Gokhale Trinamool Congress 18-Jul-202302-Apr-20261bye - resignation of Luizinho Faleiro [6]
Luizinho Faleiro Trinamool Congress 24-Nov-202111-Apr-20231resigned [7]

bye - resignation of Arpita Ghosh [8]

Sushmita Dev Trinamool Congress 27-Sep-202118-Aug-20231bye - resignation of Manas Bhunia [9]
Jawhar Sircar Trinamool Congress 03-Aug-202108-Sep-20241resigned
Dinesh Trivedi Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-202012-Feb-20212resigned [10]
Arpita Ghosh Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-202015-Sep-20211resigned [11]
Mausam Noor Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-202002-Apr-20261 [12]
Subrata Bakshi Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-202002-Apr-20261
Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-202002-Apr-20261
Nadimul Haque Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-201802-Apr-20242
Abir Biswas Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-201802-Apr-20241
Santunu Sen Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-201802-Apr-20241
Subhasish Chakraborty Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-201802-Apr-20241
Abhishek Singhvi Indian National Congress 03-Apr-201802-Apr-20241
Derek O'Brien Trinamool Congress 19-Aug-201718-Aug-20232
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy Trinamool Congress 19-Aug-201718-Aug-20232
Dola Sen Trinamool Congress 19-Aug-201718-Aug-20232
Shanta Chhetri Trinamool Congress 19-Aug-201718-Aug-20231
Manas Bhunia Trinamool Congress 19-Aug-201702-May-20211elected to Sabang Assembly
Pradip Bhattacharya Indian National Congress 19-Aug-201718-Aug-20232
Manish Gupta Trinamool Congress 14-Mar-201702-Apr-20201bye - resignation of Mithun Chakraborty
Dola Sen Trinamool Congress 14-Mar-201518-Aug-20171bye - resignation of Srinjoy Bose
Mithun Chakraborty Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-201426-Dec-20161resigned [13]
Jogen Chowdhury Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-201402-Apr-20201 [14]
Ahmed Hassan Imran Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-201402-Apr-20201
Kanwar Deep Singh Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-201402-Apr-20201
Ritabrata Banerjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-201402-Apr-20201
Kunal Ghosh Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-201202-Apr-20181
Vivek Gupta Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-201202-Apr-20181
Nadimul Haque Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-201202-Apr-20181
Mukul Roy Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-201211-Oct-20172resigned [15]
Tapan Kumar Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-201202-Apr-20182
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy Trinamool Congress 19-Aug-201118-Aug-20171
Derek O'Brien Trinamool Congress 19-Aug-201118-Aug-20171
Debabrata Bandyopadhyay Trinamool Congress 19-Aug-201118-Aug-20171
Srinjoy Bose Trinamool Congress 19-Aug-201105-Feb-20151resigned [16]
Pradip Bhattacharya Indian National Congress 19-Aug-201118-Aug-20171
Sitaram Yechury Communist Party of India (Marxist) 19-Aug-201118-Aug-20172
Barun Mukherji All India Forward Bloc 18-Nov-200802-Apr-20142bye - resignation of Debabrata Biswas
Shyamal Chakraborty Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-200802-Apr-20141
Prasanta Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-200802-Apr-20142
Tarini Kanta Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-200802-Apr-20142
Debabrata Biswas All India Forward Bloc 03-Apr-200823-Sep-20084resigned
Ahmed Saeed Malihabadi Independent politician 03-Apr-200802-Apr-20141
R. C. Singh Communist Party of India 25-Jun-200802-Apr-20121bye - resignation of Barun Mukherji
Mohammed Amin Communist Party of India (Marxist) 17-May-200718-Aug-20112bye - death of Chittabrata Majumdar
Moinul Hassan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-200602-Apr-20121
Saman Pathak Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-200602-Apr-20121
Tapan Kumar Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-200602-Apr-20121
Barun Mukherji All India Forward Bloc 03-Apr-200606-May-20081resigned
Mukul Roy Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-200602-Apr-20121
Brinda Karat Communist Party of India (Marxist) 19-Aug-200518-Aug-20111
Sitaram Yechury Communist Party of India (Marxist) 19-Aug-200518-Aug-20111
Chittabrata Majumdar Communist Party of India (Marxist) 19-Aug-200520-Feb-20072expired [17]
Abani Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) 19-Aug-200518-Aug-20113
Arjun Kumar Sengupta Independent politician 19-Aug-200526-Sep-20101expired [18]
Swapan Sadhan Bose Trinamool Congress 19-Aug-200518-Aug-20111
Chittabrata Majumdar Communist Party of India (Marxist) 30-Jun-200418-Aug-20051bye - resignation of Pranab Mukherjee
Sheikh Khabir Uddin Ahmed Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-200202-Apr-20081
Prasanta Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-200202-Apr-20081
Tarini Kanta Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-200202-Apr-20081
Debabrata Biswas All India Forward Bloc 03-Apr-200202-Apr-20083
Dinesh Trivedi Trinamool Congress 03-Apr-200202-Apr-20081
Biplab Dasgupta Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-200017-Jul-20052expired
Nilotpal Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-200002-Apr-20062
Dipankar Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-200002-Apr-20062
Manoj Bhattacharya Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) 03-Apr-200002-Apr-20061
Jayanta Bhattacharya Independent politician 03-Apr-200002-Apr-20061
Sarla Maheshwari Communist Party of India (Marxist) 19-Aug-199918-Aug-20052
Chandrakala Pandey Communist Party of India (Marxist) 19-Aug-199918-Aug-20052
Jibon Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) 19-Aug-199918-Aug-20052
Abani Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) 19-Aug-199918-Aug-20052
Shankar Roychowdhury Independent politician 19-Aug-199918-Aug-20051
Pranab Mukherjee Indian National Congress 19-Aug-199913-May-20044elected to Jangipur Lok Sabha
Abani Roy Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) 24-Mar-199818-Aug-19991bye - death of Tridib Chaudhuri
Bharati Ray Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-199602-Apr-20021
Dawa Lama Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-199602-Apr-20021
Mohammed Salim Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-199610-May-20012elected to Entally Assembly
Bratin Sengupta Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-199602-Apr-20021
Debabrata Biswas All India Forward Bloc 03-Apr-199602-Apr-20022
Nilotpal Basu Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-199402-Apr-20001
Biplab Dasgupta Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-199402-Apr-20001
Dipankar Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-199402-Apr-20001
Gurudas Dasgupta Communist Party of India 03-Apr-199402-Apr-20003
Joyanta Ray All India Forward Bloc 03-Apr-199402-Apr-20001
Ram Narayan Goswami Communist Party of India (Marxist) 19-Aug-199318-Aug-19993
Ashok Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist) 19-Aug-199318-Aug-19991
Chandrakala Pandey Communist Party of India (Marxist) 19-Aug-199318-Aug-19991
Jibon Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) 19-Aug-199318-Aug-19991
Tridib Chaudhuri Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) 19-Aug-199321-Dec-19972expired
Pranab Mukherjee Indian National Congress 19-Aug-199318-Aug-19993
Sarla Maheshwari Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-199002-Apr-19961
Ratna Bahadur Rai Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-199002-Apr-19962
Mohammed Salim Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-199002-Apr-19961
Debabrata Biswas All India Forward Bloc 03-Apr-199002-Apr-19961
Ashoke Kumar Sen Janata Dal 03-Apr-199002-Apr-19961
Ratna Bahadur Rai Communist Party of India (Marxist) 23-Mar-198902-Apr-19901bye - death of T. S. Gurung
Mohammed Amin Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-198802-Apr-19941
Ashis Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-198802-Apr-19941
Sukomal Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-198802-Apr-19942
Gurudas Dasgupta Communist Party of India 03-Apr-198802-Apr-19942
Saurin Bhattacharjee Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) 03-Apr-198802-Apr-19942
Ram Narayan Goswami Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10-Jul-198709-Jul-19932
Samar Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10-Jul-198709-Jul-19932
Ramendra Kumar Podder Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10-Jul-198709-Jul-19932
Sunil Basuray Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10-Jul-198709-Jul-19931
Dipen Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10-Jul-198709-Jul-19932
Tridib Chaudhuri Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) 10-Jul-198709-Jul-19931
Samar Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 29-Dec-198609-Jul-19871bye -
Ram Narayan Goswami Communist Party of India (Marxist) 22-Oct-198609-Jul-19871bye - death of Sankar Prasad Mitra
T. S. Gurung Communist Party of India (Marxist) 14-Mar-198613-Jan-19891expired

bye - resignation of Badri Narayan Pradhan

Chitta Basu All India Forward Bloc 02-Dec-198527-Nov-19892elected to Barasat Lok Sabha

bye - death of Amar Prasad Chakraborty

Gurudas Dasgupta Communist Party of India 12-Mar-198502-Apr-19881bye - death of Kalyan Roy
Ramendra Kumar Podder Communist Party of India (Marxist) 12-Mar-198509-Jul-19871bye - death of Arabinda Ghosh
Shantimoy Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 18-Sep-198409-Jul-19871bye - death of Santosh Mitra
Kanak Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-198402-Apr-19902
Mostafa Bin Qausem Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-198402-Apr-19901
Badri Narayan Pradhan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-198422-Jan-19861resigned
Amar Prasad Chakraborty All India Forward Bloc 03-Apr-198427-Oct-19852expired
Deba Prasad Ray Indian National Congress 03-Apr-198402-Apr-19901
Nepaldev Bhattacharjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-198202-Apr-19882
Nirmal Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-198202-Apr-19881
Sukomal Sen Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-198202-Apr-19881
Kalyan Roy Communist Party of India 03-Apr-198231-Jan-19853expired
Ramkrishna Mazumder All India Forward Bloc 03-Apr-198202-Apr-19881
Nepaldev Bhattacharjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 28-Sep-198102-Apr-19821bye - resignation of Bhupesh Gupta
Debendra Nath Barman Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10-Jul-198109-Jul-19871
Arabinda Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10-Jul-198117-Jan-19851expired
Santosh Mitra Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10-Jul-198123-Apr-19841expired
Dipen Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10-Jul-198109-Jul-19871
Makhan Paul Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) 10-Jul-198109-Jul-19871
Sankar Prasad Mitra Independent politician 10-Jul-198109-Aug-19861expired
Sangdopal Lepcha Communist Party of India (Marxist) 11-Mar-198002-Apr-19841bye - resignation of Ananda Pathak
Ananda Pathak Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-197809-Jan-19802elected to Darjeeling Lok Sabha
Syed Shahedullah Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-197802-Apr-19841
Kanak Mukherjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-197802-Apr-19841
Saurin Bhattacharjee Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) 03-Apr-197802-Apr-19841
Amar Prasad Chakraborty All India Forward Bloc 03-Apr-197802-Apr-19841
Ananda Pathak Communist Party of India (Marxist) 13-Jul-197702-Apr-19781bye - resignation of Krishna Bahadur Chhetri
Sankar Ghose Indian National Congress 03-Apr-197602-Apr-19821
Prasenjit Barman Indian National Congress 03-Apr-197602-Apr-19821
Phanindra Nath Hansda Indian National Congress 03-Apr-197602-Apr-19821
Purabi Mukhopadhyay Indian National Congress 03-Apr-197602-Apr-19822
Bhupesh Gupta Communist Party of India 03-Apr-197606-Aug-19815expired
Pranab Mukherjee Indian National Congress 10-Jul-197509-Jul-19812
Jaharlal Banerjee Indian National Congress 10-Jul-197509-Jul-19811
Pratima Bose Indian National Congress 10-Jul-197509-Jul-19811
D. P. Chattopadhyaya Indian National Congress 10-Jul-197509-Jul-19812
Ahmad Hossain Mondal Indian National Congress 10-Jul-197509-Jul-19811
Kalyan Roy Communist Party of India 10-Jul-197509-Jul-19812
Sardar Amjad Ali Indian National Congress 03-Apr-197202-Apr-19781
Rajat Kumar Chakrabarti Indian National Congress 03-Apr-197202-Apr-19781
Krishna Bahadur Chhetri Indian National Congress 03-Apr-197222-Mar-19771elected to Darjeeling Lok Sabha
Kali Mukherjee Indian National Congress 03-Apr-197202-Apr-19781
Sanat Kumar Raha Communist Party of India 03-Apr-197202-Apr-19781
Salil Kumar Ganguli Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-197002-Apr-19761
Sasankasekhar Sanyal Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-197002-Apr-19761
Dwijendralal Sen Gupta Independent politician 03-Apr-197002-Apr-19762
Bhupesh Gupta Communist Party of India 03-Apr-197002-Apr-19764
Purabi Mukhopadhyay Indian National Congress 03-Apr-197002-Apr-19761
Monoranjan Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10-Jul-196909-Jul-19751
Niren Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 10-Jul-196909-Jul-19752
Kalyan Roy Communist Party of India 10-Jul-196909-Jul-19751
Suhrid Mullick Chowdhury All India Forward Bloc 10-Jul-196909-Jul-19751
D. P. Chattopadhyaya Indian National Congress 10-Jul-196909-Jul-19751
Pranab Mukherjee Indian National Congress 10-Jul-196909-Jul-19751
Mriganka Mohan Sur Indian National Congress 03-Apr-196602-Apr-19723
Biren Roy Indian National Congress 03-Apr-196602-Apr-19722
Rajpat Singh Doogar Indian National Congress 03-Apr-196602-Apr-19724
Chitta Basu All India Forward Bloc 03-Apr-196602-Apr-19721
Arun Prakash Chatterjee Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-196602-Apr-19721
Debabrata Mookerjee Indian National Congress 04-Nov-196502-Apr-19681bye - resignation of Niharranjan Ray
Phulrenu Guha Indian National Congress 03-Apr-196402-Apr-19701
Muhammad Ishaque Indian National Congress 03-Apr-196402-Apr-19702
Satyendra Prosad Ray Indian National Congress 03-Apr-196402-Apr-19703
Dwijendralal Sen Gupta Independent politician 03-Apr-196402-Apr-19701
Bhupesh Gupta Communist Party of India 03-Apr-196402-Apr-19703
Ram Kumar Bhuwalka Indian National Congress 09-Sep-196302-Apr-19681bye - death of Pannalal Saraogi
Nikunja Behari Maiti Indian National Congress 25-Apr-196202-Apr-19661bye - resignation of Abha Maiti
Ram Prasanna Ray Indian National Congress 03-Apr-196202-Apr-19681
Niharranjan Ray Indian National Congress 03-Apr-196201-Jun-19652resigned
Pannalal Saraogi Indian National Congress 03-Apr-196213-Aug-19631expired
Surendra Mohan Ghose Indian National Congress 03-Apr-196202-Apr-19682
Niren Ghosh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 03-Apr-196202-Apr-19681
Syed Nausher Ali Communist Party of India 03-Apr-196202-Apr-19682
Muhammad Ishaque Indian National Congress 29-Dec-196102-Apr-19641
Sudhir Ghosh Indian National Congress 03-Apr-196002-Apr-19661
Abha Maiti Indian National Congress 03-Apr-196004-Mar-19621elected to West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Rajpat Singh Doogar Indian National Congress 03-Apr-196002-Apr-19663
Mriganka Mohan Sur Indian National Congress 03-Apr-196002-Apr-19662
Biren Roy Indian National Congress 03-Apr-196002-Apr-19661
Ansaruddin Ahmed Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195802-Apr-19641
Santosh Kumar Basu Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195802-Apr-19642
Maya Devi Chettry Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195802-Apr-19642
Bhupesh Gupta Communist Party of India 03-Apr-195802-Apr-19642
Atindra Nath Bose Praja Socialist Party 03-Apr-195827-Nov-19611expired
Surendra Mohan Ghose Indian National Congress 13-Dec-195602-Apr-19621
Mehr Chand Khanna Indian National Congress 15-Dec-195626-Feb-19621elected to New Delhi Lok Sabha
Prabhu Dayal Himatsingka Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195602-Apr-19621
Humayun Kabir Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195602-Apr-19621
Satyendra Prosad Ray Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195602-Apr-19622
Satyapriya Banerjee All India Forward Bloc 03-Apr-195623-Mar-19572expired
Charu Chandra Biswas Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195402-Apr-19602
Nalinaksha Dutt Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195402-Apr-19602
Rajpat Singh Doogar Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195402-Apr-19602
Suresh Chandra Majumdar Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195412-Aug-19542expired
Abdur Rezzak Khan Communist Party of India 03-Apr-195402-Apr-19601
Niharranjan Ray Indian National Congress 03-May-195702-Apr-19621
Santosh Kumar Basu Indian National Congress 03-May-195702-Apr-19581
Sitaram Daga Indian National Congress 03-May-195702-Apr-19581
Mriganka Mohan Sur Indian National Congress 13-Sep-195402-Apr-19601
Charu Chandra Biswas Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195202-Apr-19541
Nalinaksha Dutt Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195202-Apr-19541
Rajpat Singh Doogar Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195202-Apr-19541
Suresh Chandra Majumdar Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195202-Apr-19541
Debaprasad Ghosh Bharatiya Jana Sangh 03-Apr-195202-Apr-19541
Syed Nausher Ali Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195202-Apr-19561
Satyendra Prosad Ray Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195202-Apr-19561
Indra Bhushan Beed Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195202-Apr-19561
Satyapriya Banerjee All India Forward Bloc 03-Apr-195202-Apr-19561
Beni Prasad Agarwal Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195202-Apr-19581
Maya Devi Chettry Indian National Congress 03-Apr-195202-Apr-19581
Bimal Comar Ghosh Praja Socialist Party 03-Apr-195221-Mar-19571elected to Barrackpore Lok Sabha
Satyendra Mazumdar Communist Party of India 03-Apr-195205-Apr-19571
Bhupesh Gupta Communist Party of India 03-Apr-195202-Apr-19581

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Rajya Sabha elections were held throughout 2021, to elect new members to fill vacancies in the Rajya Sabha, the Indian Parliament's upper chamber. Members sit for staggered terms lasting six years, with elections every year but almost a third of the 233 designates up for election every two years.

Rajya Sabha elections were held throughout 2022, to elect the retiring members of the Rajya Sabha, the Indian Parliament's upper house.

The 2024 elections in India includes the general election and elections to the Rajya Sabha, to state legislative assemblies, to Panchayats and urban local bodies.

Prakash Baraik is an Indian politician belonging to the Trinamool Congress. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha the upper house of the Indian Parliament unopposed from West Bengal.

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