2020 Rajya Sabha elections
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2020 Rajya Sabha elections is the set of indirect elections by the members of State legislatures of India, to elect new members to fill vacancies in the Rajya Sabha – the upper house of the Parliament of India. The elections are held annually and throughout the year on an ad hoc basis. The elections in 2020 are for a total of 73 seats of which 55 of them were to be elected by March 26.[3] The remaining were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Election Commission of India later announced all the elections for the remaining 24 Rajya Sabha seats were to be held on 19 June 2020.[4]
On 12 June 2020, Election commission of India declared unopposed victory over 4 seats of Karnataka and 1 seat of Arunachal Pradesh.Leaving behind only 19 seats to go for elections on 19 June 2020.[5][6]
Elections
- Seats which were going for election on 26th March 2020 consists of 55 regular seats which are going to be vacant on or before 12th April 2020, 1 Vacant seat in Haryana for By-elections and 1 Nominated seat for Law, a total of 57 seats.
- Listed According To The Dates
State | Members retiring | Date of retirement |
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Uttar Pradesh | 10 | 25 November 2020 |
Uttarakhand | 1 | 25 November 2020 |
Members retiring
Note:
- Listed According Date Of Retirement
Nominated
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Nominated MP | Elected Party | Date of appointment | Reference | ||
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1 | K. T. S. Tulsi | Nominated | 25-Feb-2020 | Ranjan Gogoi | Nominated | 16-Mar-2020 | [7] |
Maharashtra
Odisha
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
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1 | Ranjib Biswal | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | Indian National Congress | 02-Apr-2020 | Subash Singh | bgcolor="Template:Biju Janata Dal/meta/color"| | Biju Janata Dal | [9] |
2 | Narendra Kumar Swain | bgcolor="Template:Biju Janata Dal/meta/color"| | Biju Janata Dal | 02-Apr-2020 | Munna Khan | bgcolor="Template:Biju Janata Dal/meta/color"| | Biju Janata Dal | |
3 | Sarojini Hembram | bgcolor="Template:Biju Janata Dal/meta/color"| | Biju Janata Dal | 02-Apr-2020 | Sujeet Kumar | bgcolor="Template:Biju Janata Dal/meta/color"| | Biju Janata Dal | |
4 | Vacant (Anubhav Mohanty) |
02-Apr-2020 | Mamata Mahanta | bgcolor="Template:Biju Janata Dal/meta/color"| | Biju Janata Dal |
Tamil Nadu
West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
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1 | T. Subbarami Reddy | bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Indian National Congress | 09-Apr-2020 | Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy | bgcolor="Template:YSR Congress Party/meta/color" | | YSR Congress Party | [12] |
2 | Mohd. Ali Khan | bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Indian National Congress | 09-Apr-2020 | Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose | bgcolor="Template:YSR Congress Party/meta/color" | | YSR Congress Party | |
3 | Thota Seetharama Lakshmi | bgcolor="Template:Telugu Desam Party/meta/color" rowspan=1| | Telugu Desam Party | 09-Apr-2020 | Mopidevi Venkataramana | bgcolor="Template:YSR Congress Party/meta/color" | | YSR Congress Party | |
4 | K. Keshava Rao | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Telangana Rashtra Samithi/meta/color"| | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | 09-Apr-2020 | Parimal Nathwani | bgcolor="Template:YSR Congress Party/meta/color" | | YSR Congress Party |
Assam
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
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1 | Biswajit Daimary | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Bodoland People's Front/meta/color"| | Bodoland People's Front | 09-Apr-2020 | Biswajit Daimary | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Bodoland People's Front/meta/color"| | Bodoland People's Front | [13] |
2 |
Vacant |
09-Apr-2020 | Bhubaneshwar Kalita | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
3 | Vacant (Sanjaya Sinh) |
09-Apr-2020 | Ajit Kumar Bhuyan | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color"| | Independent |
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
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1 | Ranvijay Singh Judev | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 09-Apr-2020 | K. T. S. Tulsi | bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | Indian National Congress | [14] |
2 | Motilal Vora | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | Indian National Congress | 09-Apr-2020 | Phulo Devi Netam | bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | Indian National Congress |
Gujarat
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
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1 | Chunibhai K Gohel | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 09-Apr-2020 | Abhay Bhardwaj | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | Bharatiya Janata Party | [15] |
2 | Shambhuprasad Tundiya | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 09-Apr-2020 | Ramilaben Bara | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
3 | Lal Sinh Vadodia | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | Bharatiya Janata Party | 09-Apr-2020 | Narhari Amin | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
4 | Madhusudan Mistry | bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | Indian National Congress | 09-Apr-2020 | Shaktisinh Gohil | bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | Indian National Congress |
Haryana
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
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1 | Selja Kumari | bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Indian National Congress | 09-Apr-2020 | Deepender Singh Hooda | bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Indian National Congress | [16] |
2 | Vacant (Ram Kumar Kashyap) |
09-Apr-2020 | Ram Chander Jangar | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Himachal Pradesh
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
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1 | Viplove Thakur | bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Indian National Congress | 09-Apr-2020 | Indu Goswami | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | [17] |
Jharkhand
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
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1 | Prem Chand Gupta | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color" | | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 09-Apr-2020 | Shibu Soren | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Jharkhand Mukti Morcha/meta/color"| | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | [18] |
2 | Parimal Nathwani | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Independent/meta/color" | | Independent | 09-Apr-2020 | Deepak Prakash | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Madhya Pradesh
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
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1 | Satyanarayan Jatiya | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 09-Apr-2020 | Jyotiraditya Scindia | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | Bharatiya Janata Party | [19] |
2 | Prabhat Jha | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 09-Apr-2020 | Sumer Singh Solanki | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
3 | Digvijaya Singh | bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Indian National Congress | 09-Apr-2020 | Digvijaya Singh | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | Indian National Congress |
Manipur
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
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1 | Bhabananda Singh | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 09-Apr-2020 | Leishemba Sanajaoba | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | [20] |
Rajasthan
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
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1 | Narayan Lal Panchariya | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 09-Apr-2020 | Rajendra Gehlot | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | [21] |
2 | Ramnarayan Dudi | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 09-Apr-2020 | K. C. Venugopal | bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Indian National Congress | |
3 | Vijay Goel | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 09-Apr-2020 | Neeraj Dangi | bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Indian National Congress |
Telangana
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
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1 | Garikapati Mohan Rao | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 09-Apr-2020 | K. Keshava Rao | bgcolor="Template:Telangana Rashtra Samithi/meta/color" | | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | [22] |
2 | K. V. P. Ramachandra Rao | bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Indian National Congress | 09-Apr-2020 | K. R. Suresh Reddy | bgcolor="Template:Telangana Rashtra Samithi/meta/color" | | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
Meghalaya
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
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1 | Wansuk Syiem | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Indian National Congress | 12-Apr-2020 | Wanweiroy Kharlukhi | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:National People's Party (India)/meta/color" | | National People's Party | [23] |
Arunachal Pradesh
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
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1 | Mukut Mithi | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Indian National Congress | 23-Jun-2020 | Nabam Rebia | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | [24] |
Karnataka
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
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1 | Prabhakar Kore | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 25-Jun-2020 | Ashok Gasti | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | [25] |
2 | B. K. Hariprasad | bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Indian National Congress | 25-Jun-2020 | Eranna Kadadi | bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | |
3 | Rajeev Gowda | bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Indian National Congress | 25-Jun-2020 | Mallikarjun Kharge | bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Indian National Congress | |
4 | D. Kupendra Reddy | bgcolor="Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color" | | Janata Dal (Secular) | 25-Jun-2020 | H. D. Deve Gowda | bgcolor="Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color" | | Janata Dal (Secular) |
Mizoram
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
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1 | Ronald Sapa Tlau | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Indian National Congress | 18-Jul-2020 | K. Vanlalvena | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Mizo National Front/meta/color"| | Mizo National Front | [26] |
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
Seat No. | Previous MP | Previous Party | Date of retirement | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | |
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1 | Raj Babbar | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | Indian National Congress | 25-Nov-2020 | TBD |
By-elections
Aside from automatic elections, unforeseen vacancies caused by members' resignation, death or disqualification, are unless a few months before the expected natural expiry of the term of tenure, filled via by-elections, which for the Rajya Sabha often take some months to organise.
Haryana
S.No | Former MP | Party | Date of Vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | ||
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1 | Birender Singh | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 20 January 2020 | Dushyant Kumar Gautam | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color" | | Bharatiya Janata Party | 16 March 2020 | 1 August 2022 |
Bihar
- On 4 December, 2017 Sharad Yadav had been disqualified [28]
S.No | Former MP | Party | Date of Vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | |
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1 | Sharad Yadav | rowspan="1" width="1" bgcolor="Template:Janata Dal (United)/meta/color" | | Janata Dal (United) | 4 December 2017 | TBD | 7 July 2022 |
Uttar Pradesh
- On 27 March 2020 Beni Prasad Verma died.
S.No | Former MP | Party | Date of Vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | |
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1 | Beni Prasad Verma | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Samajwadi Party/meta/color" | | Samajwadi Party | 27 March 2020 | TBD | 4 July 2022 |
Kerala
- On 28 May 2020 Veerendra Kumar died.
S.No | Former MP | Party | Date of Vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | |
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1 | M. P. Veerendra Kumar | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Independent politician/meta/color" | | Independent | 28 May 2020 | TBD | 2 April 2022 |
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