Members of parliament in the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) from Tamil Nadu are not directly elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of the state but by the members of the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly. Candidates who win the Rajya Sabha elections are called "Members of Parliament" and hold their seats for six years. The house meets in the Rajya Sabha Chamber of the Sansad Bhavan in New Delhi on matters relating to the creation of new laws or removing or improving the existing laws that affect all citizens of India. Elections take place to elect 18 members from Tamil Nadu.
Current members Source: Digital Sansad (8) (4) (3) (1) (1) (1)NamePolitical partyAllianceDate ofTotal TermAppointmentRetirement1M. Thambi DuraiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNDA3 April 20262 April 203222L. K. SudhishDesiya Murpokku Dravida KazhagamNone3 April 20262 April 203213Tiruchi SivaDravida Munnetra KazhagamNone3 April 20262 April 203254Constandine RavindranDravida Munnetra KazhagamNone3 April 20262 April 203215Christopher ManickamIndian National CongressINDIA3 April 20262 April 203216Anbumani RamadossPattali Makkal KatchiNDA3 April 20262 April 203237I. S. InbaduraiAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNDA25 July 202524 July 203118M. DhanapalAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNDA25 July 202524 July 203119P. WilsonDravida Munnetra KazhagamNone25 July 202524 July 2031210RajathiDravida Munnetra KazhagamNone25 July 202524 July 2031111S. R. SivalingamDravida Munnetra KazhagamNone25 July 202524 July 2031112Kamal HaasanMakkal Needhi MaiamNone25 July 202524 July 2031113Praveen ChakravarthyIndian National CongressINDIA11 June 202629 June 2028114R. DharmarAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamNDA30 June 202229 June 2028115K. R. N. RajeshkumarDravida Munnetra KazhagamNone30 June 202229 June 2028216R. GirirajanDravida Munnetra KazhagamNone30 June 202229 June 2028117S. KalyanasundaramDravida Munnetra KazhagamNone30 June 202229 June 2028118P. ChidambaramIndian National CongressINDIA30 June 202229 June 20282
Chronological list of all members