The 2024 Rajya Sabha elections were held as part of a routine six-year cycle of the upper house of the Parliament of India from January to December 2024, to elect 65 of its 245 members and 19 bye elections, of which the states through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President.
National Democratic Alliance secured majority in the Rajya Sabha for the first time since it assumed office in 2014, after winning 11 of the 12 bypolls held in August 2024.
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.
For a single-seat election, each ballot is valued at one. When multiple seats are filled, the ballot value is set to one hundred.
A candidate is elected unopposed when the number of candidates matches the number of available seats after nominations and withdrawals period.
Results Alliance/ Party Seats +/–rowspan=7 NDABharatiya Janata Party44Nationalist Congress Party3Telugu Desam Party2Janata Dal (United)1Rashtriya Lok Morcha1Shiv Sena1Total52rowspan=12 INDIAIndian National Congress10All India Trinamool Congress50Aam Aadmi Party30Indian Union Muslim League2Rashtriya Janata Dal2Samajwadi Party2Communist Party of India10Jharkhand Mukti Morcha1Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)0Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar0Communist Party of India (Marxist)0Total26rowspan=4 OthersYuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party3Biju Janata Dal2Bharat Rashtra Samithi1Sikkim Democratic Front0
Members retiring and elected
January Election
Delhi #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1 Sanjay Singh AAP27-Jan-2024 Sanjay Singh AAP28-Jan-2024 2 N. D. Gupta N. D. Gupta 3 Sushil Gupta Swati Maliwal
Sikkim #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1 Hishey Lachungpa SDF23-Feb-2024 Dorjee Tshering Lepcha BJP24-Feb-2024
March Election
Andhra Pradesh #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy YSRCP02-Apr-2024Y. V. Subba Reddy YSRCP03-Apr-2024 2 C. M. Ramesh BJPMeda Raghunadha Reddy 3 Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar TDPGolla Babu Rao
Bihar #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1 Sushil ModiBJP02-Apr-2024 Dharamshila Gupta BJP03-Apr-2024 2 Anil Hegde JD(U) Bhim Singh 3 Bashistha Narain Singh Sanjay Kumar Jha JD(U) 4 Akhilesh Prasad Singh INC Akhilesh Prasad Singh INC 5 Ashfaque Karim RJD Sanjay Yadav RJD 6Manoj JhaManoj Jha
Chhattisgarh #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1Saroj Pandey BJP02-Apr-2024 Devendra Pratap Singh BJP03-Apr-2024
Gujarat #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1Parshottam Rupala BJP02-Apr-2024J. P. Nadda BJP03-Apr-2024 2Mansukh MandaviyaGovind Dholakia 3Amee Yajnik INCMayankbhai Nayak 4Naranbhai RathwaJasvantsinh Parmar
Haryana #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1 D. P. Vats BJP02-Apr-2024 Subhash Barala BJP03-Apr-2024
Himachal Pradesh #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1 J. P. Nadda BJP02-Apr-2024 Harsh Mahajan BJP03-Apr-2024
Karnataka #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1 Syed Naseer Hussain INC02-Apr-2024 Syed Naseer Hussain INC03-Apr-2024 2 L. Hanumanthaiah Ajay Maken 3 G. C. Chandrasekhar G. C. Chandrasekhar 4 Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJPNarayana Bhandage BJP
Madhya Pradesh #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1 L. Murugan BJP02-Apr-2024 L. Murugan BJP03-Apr-2024 2 Dharmendra Pradhan Umesh Nath Maharaj 3 Kailash Soni Maya Naroliya 4 Ajay Pratap Singh Bansilal Gurjar 5 Rajmani Patel INC Ashok Singh INC
Maharashtra #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1 Prakash Javadekar BJP02-Apr-2024 Medha Kulkarni BJP03-Apr-2024 2 Narayan Rane Ajit Gopchade 3 V. Muraleedharan Ashok Chavan 4 Anil Desai SS(UBT) Milind Deora SHS 5 Vandana Chavan NCP(SP) Praful Patel NCP 6 Kumar Ketkar INC Chandrakant Handore INC
Telangana #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1 Badulgula Lingaiah Yadav TRS02-Apr-2024 Renuka Chowdhury INC03-Apr-2024 2 Joginapally Santosh Kumar M. Anil Kumar Yadav 3 Vaddiraju Ravi Chandra Vaddiraju Ravi ChandraBRS
Uttar Pradesh #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1 Sudhanshu Trivedi BJP02-Apr-2024 Sudhanshu Trivedi BJP03-Apr-2024 2 Kanta Kardam Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh 3 Ashok Bajpai Chaudhary Tejveer Singh 4 Harnath Singh Yadav Sadhana Singh 5 Anil Agrawal Amarpal Maurya 6 Sakal Deep Rajbhar Sangeeta Balwant 7 Anil Jain Naveen Jain 8 G. V. L. Narasimha RaoSanjay Seth 9 Vijaypal Singh Tomar Ramji Lal SumanSP 10 Jaya Bachchan SP Jaya Bachchan
Uttarakhand #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1 Anil Baluni BJP02-Apr-2024 Mahendra Bhatt BJP03-Apr-2024
West Bengal #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MP PartyTerm start 1 Nadimul Haque TMC02-Apr-2024 Nadimul Haque TMC03-Apr-2024 2 Subhasish Chakraborty Mamata Bala Thakur 3 Abir Biswas Sagarika Ghose 4 Santunu Sen Sushmita Dev 5 Abhishek SinghviINC Samik BhattacharyaBJP
Odisha #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1 Amar Patnaik BJD03-Apr-2024 Debashish Samantaray BJD04-Apr-2024 2 Prashanta Nanda Subhashish Khuntia 3 Ashwini Vaishnaw BJP Ashwini Vaishnaw BJP
Rajasthan #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1 Manmohan Singh INC03-Apr-2024 Sonia Gandhi INC04-Apr-2024 2 Bhupender Yadav BJP Chunnilal Garasiya BJP 3Vacant (Kirodi Lal Meena) Madan Rathore
Jharkhand #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1 Sameer Oraon BJP03-May-2024 Pradeep Verma BJP04-May-2024 2 Dhiraj Prasad Sahu INCSarfaraz Ahmad JMM
June election
Kerala #Previous MPPartyTerm end Elected MPPartyTerm start 1 Binoy Viswam CPI01-Jul-2024 P. P. Suneer CPI02-Jul-2024 2 Jose K. Mani KCM01-Jul-2024 Jose K. Mani KCM02-Jul-2024 3 Elamaram Kareem CPI(M)01-Jul-2024 Haris Beeran IUML02-Jul-2024
Nominations #Nominated MPAffiliationFieldTerm startNominated by 1Satnam Singh SandhuBJPEducation31-Jan-2024Droupadi Murmu2Sudha MurtyNOMSocial work and Education08-Mar-2024
By-elections Andhra Pradesh #Previous MPPartyVacancy date Elected MPPartyTerm startTerm endReason for Vacancy1Mopidevi VenkataramanaYSRCP29-Aug-2024Sana Satish TDP13-Dec-202421-Jun-2026Resignation2R. KrishnaiahR. Krishnaiah BJP 21-Jun-2028Resignation2Beeda Masthan Rao Beeda Masthan Rao TDPResignation
Assam #Previous MPPartyVacancy date Elected MPPartyTerm startTerm endReason for Vacancy1Kamakhya Prasad Tasa BJP05-Jun-2024Mission Ranjan Das BJP28-Aug-202414-Jun-2025Elected to 18th Lok Sabha2Sarbananda SonowalRameswar Teli09-Apr-2026Elected to 18th Lok Sabha
Bihar #Previous MPPartyVacancy date Elected MPPartyTerm startTerm endReason for Vacancy1Vivek Thakur05-Jun-2024Upendra Kushwaha28-Aug-202409-Apr-2026Elected to 18th Lok Sabha2Misa BhartiManan Kumar Mishra07-Jul-2028Elected to 18th Lok Sabha
Haryana #Previous MPPartyVacancy date Elected MPPartyTerm startTerm endReason for Vacancy1Deepender Singh Hooda05-Jun-2024Kiran Chaudhary28-Aug-202409-Apr-2026Elected to 18th Lok Sabha2Krishan Lal Panwar15-Oct-2024Rekha Sharma13-Dec-202401-Aug-2028Elected to 15th Haryana Assembly
Madhya Pradesh #Previous MPPartyVacancy date Elected MPPartyTerm startTerm endReason for Vacancy1Jyotiraditya Scindia05-Jun-2024George Kurian28-Aug-202421-Jun-2026Elected to 18th Lok Sabha
Maharashtra #Previous MPPartyVacancy date Elected MPPartyTerm startTerm endReason for Vacancy1Praful Patel27-Feb-2024Sunetra Pawar21-Jun-202404-Jul-2028Resignation2Udayanraje Bhosale05-Jun-2024Dhairyashil Patil28-Aug-202402-Apr-2026Elected to 18th Lok Sabha3Piyush GoyalNitin Patil04-Jul-2028Elected to 18th Lok Sabha
Odisha #Previous MPPartyVacancy date Elected MPPartyTerm startTerm endReason for Vacancy1Mamata MohantaBJD31-Jul-2024Mamata Mohanta28-Aug-202402-Apr-2026Resignation2Sujeet Kumar06-Sep-2024Sujeet Kumar13-Dec-2024Resignation
Rajasthan #Previous MPPartyVacancy date Elected MPPartyTerm startTerm endReason for Vacancy1K. C. Venugopal05-Jun-2024Ravneet Singh Bittu28-Aug-202421-Jun-2026Elected to 18th Lok Sabha
Telangana #Previous MPPartyVacancy date Elected MPPartyTerm startTerm endReason for Vacancy1K. Keshava Rao05-Jul-2024Abhishek Manu Singhvi28-Aug-202409-Apr-2026Resignation
Tripura #Previous MPPartyVacancy date Elected MPPartyTerm startTerm endReason for Vacancy1Biplab Kumar Deb05-Jun-2024Rajib Bhattacharjee27-Aug-202402-Apr-2028Elected to 18th Lok Sabha
West Bengal #Previous MPPartyVacancy date Elected MPPartyTerm startTerm endReason for Vacancy1Jawhar Sircar08-Sep-2024Ritabrata Banerjee13-Dec-202402-Apr-2026Resignation
See also
List of current members of the Rajya Sabha 2024 elections in India 2024 Indian general election
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