2020 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

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.[4] 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.[5]

2020 Rajya Sabha elections
26 March 2020,
19 June 2020,
2 November 2020
73 seats to the Rajya Sabha
  First party Second party
 
Leader Thawar Chand Gehlot

Leader of the House

 Ghulam Nabi Azad

Leader of the Opposition

Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA UPA
Leader since 11 June 2019 8 June 2014
Leader's seat Madhya Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir
Seats before 83[1] 46[2]
Seats after 93[3] 37[3]
Seat change 10 9

On 12 June 2020, Election commission of India declared unopposed victory over 4 seats of Karnataka and 1 seat of Arunachal Pradesh. Leaving behind 19 seats to go for elections on 19 June 2020.[6][7]

On 2 November 2020, Election commission of India declared unopposed victory over 10 seats of Uttar Pradesh and 1 seat of Uttarakhand.[8][9]

February Election

Note:

  • Listed According Date Of Retirement

Nominated
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Nominated MP Elected Party Date of appointment Reference
1 K. T. S. Tulsi Nominated 25-Feb-2020 Ranjan Gogoi Nominated 16-Mar-2020 [10]

April Election

Maharashtra
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Sharad Pawar Nationalist Congress Party 02-Apr-2020 Sharad Pawar Nationalist Congress Party [11]
2 Majeed Memon Nationalist Congress Party 02-Apr-2020 Fouzia Khan Nationalist Congress Party
3 Husain Dalwai Indian National Congress 02-Apr-2020 Rajiv Satav Indian National Congress
4 Rajkumar Dhoot Shiv Sena 02-Apr-2020 Priyanka Chaturvedi Shiv Sena
5 Ramdas Athawale Republican Party of India (A) 02-Apr-2020 Ramdas Athawale Republican Party of India (A)
6 Amar Shankar Sable Bharatiya Janata Party 02-Apr-2020 Udayanraje Bhosale Bharatiya Janata Party
7 Sanjay Kakade Independent 02-Apr-2020 Bhagwat Karad Bharatiya Janata Party

Odisha
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Ranjib Biswal Indian National Congress 02-Apr-2020 Subhash Chandra Singh Biju Janata Dal [12]
2 Narendra Kumar Swain Biju Janata Dal 02-Apr-2020 Munna Khan Biju Janata Dal
3 Sarojini Hembram Biju Janata Dal 02-Apr-2020 Sujeet Kumar Biju Janata Dal
4 Vacant
(Anubhav Mohanty)		 02-Apr-2020 Mamata Mahanta Biju Janata Dal

Tamil Nadu
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Sasikala Pushpa Ramaswamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 02-Apr-2020 M. Thambidurai All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

[13]

2 Vijila Sathyananth All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 02-Apr-2020 K. P. Munusamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
3 S. Muthukaruppan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 02-Apr-2020 G. K. Vasan Tamil Maanila Congress
4 K. Selvaraj All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 02-Apr-2020 Anthiyur P. Selvaraj Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
5 Tiruchi Siva Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 02-Apr-2020 Tiruchi Siva Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
6 T. K. Rangarajan Communist Party of India (Marxist) 02-Apr-2020 N. R. Elango Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

West Bengal
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Ahmed Hassan Imran All India Trinamool Congress 02-Apr-2020 Dinesh Trivedi All India Trinamool Congress

[14]

2 Kanwar Deep Singh All India Trinamool Congress 02-Apr-2020 Arpita Ghosh All India Trinamool Congress
3 Jogen Chowdhury All India Trinamool Congress 02-Apr-2020 Mausam Noor All India Trinamool Congress
4 Manish Gupta All India Trinamool Congress 02-Apr-2020 Subrata Bakshi All India Trinamool Congress
5 Ritabrata Banerjee Independent 02-Apr-2020 Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Andhra Pradesh
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 T. Subbarami Reddy Indian National Congress 09-Apr-2020 Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy YSR Congress Party [15]
2 Mohd. Ali Khan Indian National Congress 09-Apr-2020 Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose YSR Congress Party
3 Thota Seetharama Lakshmi Telugu Desam Party 09-Apr-2020 Mopidevi Venkataramana YSR Congress Party
4 K. Keshava Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi 09-Apr-2020 Parimal Nathwani YSR Congress Party

Assam
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Biswajit Daimary Bodoland People's Front 09-Apr-2020 Biswajit Daimary Bodoland People's Front [16]
2

Vacant
(Bhubaneshwar Kalita)

 09-Apr-2020 Bhubaneshwar Kalita Bharatiya Janata Party
3 Vacant
(Sanjaya Sinh)		 09-Apr-2020 Ajit Kumar Bhuyan Independent

Bihar
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Harivansh Narayan Singh Janata Dal (United) 09-Apr-2020 Harivansh Narayan Singh Janata Dal (United) [16]
2 Ram Nath Thakur Janata Dal (United) 09-Apr-2020 Ram Nath Thakur Janata Dal (United)
3 Kahkashan Perween Janata Dal (United) 09-Apr-2020 Prem Chand Gupta Rashtriya Janata Dal
4 Ravindra Kishore Sinha Bharatiya Janata Party 09-Apr-2020 Amarendra Dhari Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
5 C. P. Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party 09-Apr-2020 Vivek Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party

Chhattisgarh
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Ranvijay Singh Judev Bharatiya Janata Party 09-Apr-2020 K. T. S. Tulsi Indian National Congress [17]
2 Motilal Vora Indian National Congress 09-Apr-2020 Phulo Devi Netam Indian National Congress

Gujarat
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Chunibhai K Gohel Bharatiya Janata Party 09-Apr-2020 Abhay Bhardwaj Bharatiya Janata Party [18]
2 Shambhuprasad Tundiya Bharatiya Janata Party 09-Apr-2020 Ramilaben Bara Bharatiya Janata Party
3 Lal Sinh Vadodia Bharatiya Janata Party 09-Apr-2020 Narhari Amin Bharatiya Janata Party
4 Madhusudan Mistry Indian National Congress 09-Apr-2020 Shaktisinh Gohil Indian National Congress

Haryana
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Selja Kumari Indian National Congress 09-Apr-2020 Deepender Singh Hooda Indian National Congress [19]
2 Vacant
(Ram Kumar Kashyap)		 09-Apr-2020 Ram Chander Jangra Bharatiya Janata Party

Himachal Pradesh
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Viplove Thakur Indian National Congress 09-Apr-2020 Indu Goswami Bharatiya Janata Party [20]

Jharkhand
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Prem Chand Gupta Rashtriya Janata Dal 09-Apr-2020 Shibu Soren Jharkhand Mukti Morcha [21]
2 Parimal Nathwani Independent 09-Apr-2020 Deepak Prakash Bharatiya Janata Party

Madhya Pradesh
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Satyanarayan Jatiya Bharatiya Janata Party 09-Apr-2020 Jyotiraditya Scindia Bharatiya Janata Party [22]
2 Prabhat Jha Bharatiya Janata Party 09-Apr-2020 Sumer Singh Solanki Bharatiya Janata Party
3 Digvijaya Singh Indian National Congress 09-Apr-2020 Digvijaya Singh Indian National Congress

Manipur
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Bhabananda Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 09-Apr-2020 Leishemba Sanajaoba Bharatiya Janata Party [23]

Rajasthan
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Narayan Lal Panchariya Bharatiya Janata Party 09-Apr-2020 Rajendra Gehlot Bharatiya Janata Party [24]
2 Ramnarayan Dudi Bharatiya Janata Party 09-Apr-2020 K. C. Venugopal Indian National Congress
3 Vijay Goel Bharatiya Janata Party 09-Apr-2020 Neeraj Dangi Indian National Congress

Telangana
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Garikapati Mohan Rao Bharatiya Janata Party 09-Apr-2020 K. Keshava Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi [25]
2 K. V. P. Ramachandra Rao Indian National Congress 09-Apr-2020 K. R. Suresh Reddy Telangana Rashtra Samithi

Meghalaya
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Wansuk Syiem Indian National Congress 12-Apr-2020 Wanweiroy Kharlukhi National People's Party [26]

June Election

Arunachal Pradesh
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Mukut Mithi Indian National Congress 23-Jun-2020 Nabam Rebia Bharatiya Janata Party [27]

Karnataka
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Prabhakar Kore Bharatiya Janata Party 25-Jun-2020 Ashok Gasti Bharatiya Janata Party [28]
2 B. K. Hariprasad Indian National Congress 25-Jun-2020 Eranna Kadadi Bharatiya Janata Party
3 Rajeev Gowda Indian National Congress 25-Jun-2020 Mallikarjun Kharge Indian National Congress
4 D. Kupendra Reddy Janata Dal (Secular) 25-Jun-2020 H. D. Deve Gowda Janata Dal (Secular)

Mizoram
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Ronald Sapa Tlau Indian National Congress 18-Jul-2020 K. Vanlalvena Mizo National Front [29]

November Election

Uttar Pradesh
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party
1 Ram Gopal Yadav Samajwadi Party 25-Nov-2020 Ram Gopal Yadav Samajwadi Party
2 Ravi Prakash Verma Samajwadi Party 25-Nov-2020 Seema Dwivedi Bharatiya Janata Party
3 Chandrapal Singh Yadav Samajwadi Party 25-Nov-2020 Hardwar Dubey Bharatiya Janata Party
4 Javed Ali Khan Samajwadi Party 25-Nov-2020 Brij Lal Bharatiya Janata Party
5 Hardeep Singh Puri Bharatiya Janata Party 25-Nov-2020 Hardeep Singh Puri Bharatiya Janata Party
6 Arun Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 25-Nov-2020 Arun Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
7 Neeraj Shekhar Bharatiya Janata Party 25-Nov-2020 Neeraj Shekhar Bharatiya Janata Party
8 P. L. Punia Indian National Congress 25-Nov-2020 Geeta Shakya Bharatiya Janata Party
9 Veer Singh Bahujan Samaj Party 25-Nov-2020 B. L. Verma Bharatiya Janata Party
10 Rajaram Bahujan Samaj Party 25-Nov-2020 Ramji Gautam Bahujan Samaj Party

Uttarakhand
Seat No. Previous MP Previous Party Date of retirement Elected MP Elected Party
1 Raj Babbar Indian National Congress 25-Nov-2020 Naresh Bansal Bharatiya Janata Party

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
  • On 20 January 2020 Birender Singh Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Haryana[30]
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement
1 Birender Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 20 January 2020 Dushyant Kumar Gautam Bharatiya Janata Party 16 March 2020 1 August 2022

Bihar
  • On 8 October 2020, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan died.[31]
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Name Date of Appointment Date of retirement
1 Ram Vilas Paswan Lok Janshakti Party 08 October 2020 Sushil Kumar Modi Bharatiya Janata Party 7 December 2020 2 April 2024

Uttar Pradesh
  • On 27 March 2020 Beni Prasad Verma died.
  • On 1 August 2020 Amar Singh died.
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement
1 Beni Prasad Verma Samajwadi Party 27 March 2020 Jai Prakash Nishad Bharatiya Janata Party 17 August 2020 4 July 2022
2 Amar Singh Independent 1 August 2020 Syed Zafar Islam Bharatiya Janata Party 11 September 2020 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
1 M. P. Veerendra Kumar Independent 28 May 2020 M. V. Shreyams Kumar Loktantrik Janata Dal 24 August 2020 2 April 2022

Karnataka
  • On 17 September 2020 Ashok Gasti died.
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement
1 Ashok Gasti Bharatiya Janata Party 17 September 2020 K. Narayan Bharatiya Janata Party 23 November 2020 25 June 2026

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