List of Rajya Sabha members from Bihar

The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Bihar state elects 16 members since 2002 biennial elections . Earlier, Bihar State elected 21 seats since April 1952 and 22 seats since 1956 and 16 members after the Bihar Reorganisation Act 2000 and creation of new Jharkhand state on 15 November 2000. They are indirectly elected by the State Legislators of Bihar State. Members are elected for six years and 1/3 of members are retired after every two years. 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]

Members are listed in the list of current members of the Rajya Sabha#Bihar – 16.

Current Members (2020)

Keys: JD(U) (5) RJD (5) BJP (4) INC (1) Vacant (1)

No	Name[2]		Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement
1	Harivansh Narayan Singh	Janata Dal (United)	10-Apr-2020	09-Apr-2026
2	Ram Nath Thakur	Janata Dal (United)	10-Apr-2020	09-Apr-2026
3	Mahendra Prasad	Janata Dal (United)	03-Apr-2018	02-Apr-2024
4	Bashistha Narain Singh	Janata Dal (United)	03-Apr-2018	02-Apr-2024
5	Ramchandra Prasad Singh	Janata Dal (United)	08-Jul-2016	07-Jul-2022
6	Prem Chand Gupta	Rashtriya Janata Dal	10-Apr-2020	09-Apr-2026
7	Amarendra Dhari Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal	10-Apr-2020	09-Apr-2026
8	Manoj Jha	Rashtriya Janata Dal	03-Apr-2018	02-Apr-2024
9	Ahmad Ashfaque Karim	Rashtriya Janata Dal	03-Apr-2018	02-Apr-2024
10	Misa Bharti	Rashtriya Janata Dal	08-Jul-2016	07-Jul-2022
11	Vivek Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party	10-Apr-2020	09-Apr-2026
12	Sushil Kumar Modi	Bharatiya Janata Party	07-Dec-2020	02-Apr-2024
13	Gopal Narayan Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	08-Jul-2016	07-Jul-2022
14	Satish Chandra Dubey	Bharatiya Janata Party	09-Oct-2019	07-Jul-2022
15	Akhilesh Prasad Singh	Indian National Congress	03-Apr-2018	02-Apr-2024
16	Vacant Since 04-December-2017			07-Jul-2022

Alphabetical list of all members from Bihar

This is the term wise list of former Rajya Sabha members from Bihar, arranged alphabetically by Last name of the member.
Source: Parliament of India (Rajya Sabha)[3]

The list is incomplete.

Keys: Bharatiya Janata Party Jan Sangh Janata Dal United Samta Party Indian National Congress Lok Janashakti Party Rashtriya Janata Dal Janata Dal Janata Party Socialist Party Jharkhand Party Samyukta Socialist Party Swatantra Party Praja Socialist Party Communist Party of India Independent Nominated

Name (Alphabetical Last Name)	Party	Date of Appointment	Date of Retirement	Term	Notes
Mohammad Aas	Janata Dal United	03/04/1994	02/04/2000	1
Ram Gopal Agarwala	Janata Dal United	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1
Ram Gopal Agarwala	Janata Dal United	03/04/1956	02/04/1962	2
Parmeshwar Kumar Agarwalla	Bharatiya Janata Party	08/07/1992	07/07/1998	1
S. S. Ahluwalia	Indian National Congress	07/07/1986	06/07/1992	1
S. S. Ahluwalia	Indian National Congress	08/07/1992	07/07/1998	2	Jharkhand 2000-12
Rafique Alam	Indian National Congress	03/04/1982	02/04/1988	1
Rafique Alam	Indian National Congress	03/04/1988	02/04/1994	2
Dr. Ejaz Ali	Janata Dal United	20/03/2008	07/07/2010	1	Bye death of Motiur Rehman
Sabir Ali	Janata Dal United	16/12/2011	09/04/2014	2	Bye-2011
Sabir Ali	Lok Janashakti Party	10/04/2008	15/11/2011	1	Resigned
Angelina Tiga	Jharkhand Party	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1
Abdul Qaiyum Ansari	Indian National Congress	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	1	Res.19/03/1972
Jalaludin Ansari	Communist Party of India	03/04/1994	02/04/2000	1
Ali Anwar Ansari	Janata Dal United	03/04/2006	02/04/2012	1
Ali Anwar Ansari	Janata Dal United	03/04/2012	02/04/2018	2	Disqualified 04/12/2017
Chandan K Bagchi	Indian National Congress	12/04/1983	09/04/1984	1
Ram Deo Bhandary	Janata Dal	08/07/1992	22/06/1998	1	Resigned on 22/06/1998
Ram Deo Bhandary	Rashtriya Janata Dal	11/06/1998	09/04/2002	2	bye 1998
Ram Deo Bhandary	Rashtriya Janata Dal	10/04/2002	09/04/2008	3rd
Ramchandra Bharadwaj	Indian National Congress	07/07/1980	06/07/1986	1
Misa Bharti	Rashtriya Janata Dal	08/07/2016	07/07/2022	1	*
Gulam Rasool Balyawi	Rashtriya Janata Dal	23/06/2014	07/07/2016	1	bye 2014
Theodore Bodra	Jharkhand Party	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	1
Anand Chand	Indian National Congress	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	1
Anand Chand	Indian National Congress	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	2
Pranab Chatterjee	Janata Party	10/04/1978	09/04/1984	1	Death-02/06/1979
Dr. Chandramanilal Chowdhary	Indian National Congress	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	1	Death-08/02/1979
Mahabir Dass	Indian National Congress	03/04/1962	02/04/1968	1
Mahabir Dass	Indian National Congress	03/04/1968	02/04/1974	2
Ven'ble Dhammaviriyo	Rashtriya Janata Dal	29/03/2000	14/11/2000	1	bye 2000 to Jharkhand 2000-2002
R. K. Dhawan	Indian National Congress	08/07/2004	07/07/2010	2	Andhra Pradesh 1990-1996
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar	Indian National Congress	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar	Indian National Congress	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	2
Ramdhari Singh Dinkar	Indian National Congress	03/04/1960	02/04/1964	3rd	Resigned in 26/01/1964
Bindeshwari Dubey	Indian National Congress	03/04/1988	02/04/1994	1	Death- 20/01/1993
Saroj Dubey	Rashtriya Janata Dal	08/07/1998	07/07/2004	1
Satish Chandra Dubey	Bharatiya Janata Party	09/10/2019	07/07/2022	1	* Bye-election 09/10/2019 due to death of Ram Jethmalani[4]
George Fernandes	Janata Dal United	04/08/2009	07/07/2010	1	Bye election Sharad Yadav
Voladi Ganapathi Gopal	Indian National Congress	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1
Inder Kumar Gujral	Janata Dal	08/07/1992	07/07/1998	3	Resigned in 02/03/1998 (Punjab 1964-76)
Balkrishna Gupta	Socialist Party	03/04/1968	02/04/1974	1	Death-10/09/1972
Prem Chand Gupta	Janata Dal	10/04/1996	09/04/2002	1
Prem Chand Gupta	Rashtriya Janata Dal	10/04/2002	09/04/2008	2
Prem Chand Gupta	Rashtriya Janata Dal	10/04/2008	09/04/2014	3	Res.12/02/14 JH 2014-20
Prem Chand Gupta	Rashtriya Janata Dal	10/04/2020	09/04/2026	5	* JH 2014-20
Ram Lakhan Prasad Gupta	Bharatiya Janata Party	10/04/1978	09/04/1984	1
Shyamlal Gupta	Indian National Congress	10/04/1972	09/04/1978	1
Gyan Ranjan	Indian National Congress	10/04/1996	09/04/2002	1	Death-22/04/1998
Shamim Hashmi	Janata Dal	03/04/1988	02/04/1994	1	Resigned in 28/07/1989
Shamim Hashmi	Indian National Congress	25/09/1989	02/04/1994	2	bye 1989
Jabir Husain	Rashtriya Janata Dal	03/04/2006	02/04/2012	1	Resigned in 04/01/2013
Aziza Imam	Indian National Congress	20/03/1973	02/04/1976	1	bye 1973
Aziza Imam	Indian National Congress	03/04/1976	02/04/1982	2nd
Jafar Imam	Indian National Congress	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1
Khawaja Inaitullah	Indian National Congress	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1
Dharamchand Jain	Indian National Congress	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	1
Dharamchand Jain	Indian National Congress	03/04/1976	02/04/1982	2
Durga Prasad Jamuda	Indian National Congress	10/04/1984	09/04/1990	1
Ram Jethmalani	Rashtriya Janata Dal	08/07/2016	07/07/2022	6	Death-08/09/2019,[5] Raj 2010-16, nominated 2006-09 Mah 1994 - 2006, Kar 1988-94
Lakshmi Kant Jha	Indian National Congress	07/07/1986	06/07/1992	1	Death-16/01/1988
Kamalnath Jha	Indian National Congress	20/03/1973	02/04/1974	1	bye 1973
Kamalnath Jha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	2	Resigned in 09/01/1980 Elected to Lok Sabha
Manoj Jha	Rashtriya Janata Dal	03/04/2018	02/04/2024	1	*
Rudra Narain Jha	Samyukta Socialist Party	03/04/1968	02/04/1974	1	Death-10/05/1971
Shiva Chandra Jha	Bharatiya Janata Party	10/04/1978	09/04/1984	1
Michael John	Indian National Congress	03/04/1956	02/04/1962	1
Kamta Singh	Swatantra Party	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	1
Kailash Bihari Lall	Indian National Congress	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1
Kailash Bihari Lall	Indian National Congress	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	2	Death- 19/03/1960
Ashfaque Karim	Rashtriya Janata Dal	03/04/2018	02/04/2024	1	*
Ahmad Hussain Kazi	Indian National Congress	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1
Ahmad Hussain Kazi	Indian National Congress	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	2	Death- 29/07/1961
Sitaram Kesari	Indian National Congress	02/07/1971	02/04/1974	1
Sitaram Kesari	Indian National Congress	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	2nd
Sitaram Kesari	Indian National Congress	07/07/1980	06/07/1986	3rd
Sitaram Kesari	Indian National Congress	03/04/1988	02/04/1994	4th
Sitaram Kesari	Indian National Congress	03/04/1994	02/04/2000 [6]	5
Raghunath Prasad Khaitan	Indian National Congress	03/04/1966	02/04/1972	1
Anil Kumar	Janata Dal	08/07/1992	07/07/1998	1
Anil Kumar	Janata Dal	08/07/1998	07/07/2004	2
Ashwani Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	07/07/1980	06/07/1986	1
Ashwani Kumar	Bharatiya Janata Party	07/07/1986	06/07/1992	2
Shishir Kumar	Praja Socialist Party	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	1
Shishir Kumar	Praja Socialist Party	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	2
Upendra Kushwaha	Janata Dal United	08/07/2010	07/07/2016	1	Resigned in 04/01/2013[7]
Dr Mahabir Prasad	Bharatiya Janata Party	03/04/1982	02/04/1988	1	Res.19/01/1985
Sri Narayan Mahtha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1	Death-06/10/1956
Bandhu Mahto	Indian National Congress	10/04/1984	09/04/1990	1
Dhirendra Chandra Mallik	Indian National Congress	03/04/1962	02/04/1968	1
Jagdambi Mandal	Janata Dal	10/04/1996	09/04/2002[6]	1	Death-13/01/2000[6]
Bhupendra Narayan Mandal	Samyukta Socialist Party	03/04/1966	02/04/1972	1
Bhupendra Narayan Mandal	Samyukta Socialist Party	10/04/1972	09/04/1978	2	Death-30/05/1975
Mangani Lal Mandal	Rashtriya Janata Dal	23/06/2004	09/04/2008	1	Bye-2004
Mazhar Imam Syed	Indian National Congress	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1
Mazhar Imam Syed	Indian National Congress	03/04/1956	02/04/1962	2
Lakshmi N. Menon	Indian National Congress	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1
Lakshmi N. Menon	Indian National Congress	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	2
Lakshmi N. Menon	Indian National Congress	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	3
Chaturanan Mishra	Communist Party of India	10/04/1984	09/04/1990	1
Chaturanan Mishra	Communist Party of India	10/04/1990	09/04/1996	2
Kailashpati Mishra	Bharatiya Janata Party	10/04/1984	09/04/1990	1
Dr. Jagannath Mishra	Indian National Congress	03/04/1988	02/04/1994	1	Res 16/03/1990
Dr. Jagannath Mishra	Indian National Congress	03/04/1994	02/04/2000 [6]	2
Lalit Narayan Mishra	Indian National Congress	18/02/1964	02/04/1966	1	bye 1964
Lalit Narayan Mishra	Indian National Congress	03/04/1966	02/04/1972	2	Resigned 02/02/1972 Elected 5th Lok Sabha
Mahendra Mohan Mishra	Indian National Congress	03/04/1976	02/04/1982	1
Mahendra Mohan Mishra	Indian National Congress	03/04/1982	02/04/1988	2
Shrikant Mishra	Jan Sangh	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	1	Death-01/10/1970
Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra	Indian National Congress	04/12/1962	02/04/1966	1	bye 1962
Shyam Nandan Prasad Mishra	Indian National Congress	03/04/1966	02/04/1972	2	Res. 11/03/1971 Elected to 5 LS
Pratul Chandra Mitra	Indian National Congress	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	1
Pratul Chandra Mitra	Indian National Congress	03/04/1966	02/04/1972	2
Dr. Puran Chanda Mitra	Indian National Congress	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1
Dr. Puran Chanda Mitra	Indian National Congress	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	2	Death 23/08/1959
Mohammad Chaudhary	Indian National Congress	22/09/1961	02/04/1964	1	bye 1961
Mohammad Chaudhary	Indian National Congress	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	2
Mohammad Chaudhary A	Indian National Congress	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	3	Death - 07/02/1973
Bhaiya Ram Munda	Indian National Congress	10/04/1972	09/04/1978	1
Nagmani	Janata Dal	03/04/1994	02/04/2000	1	Resigned 07/10/1999 Elected to 13th Lok Sabha
Jai Narain Prasad Nishad	Bharatiya Janata Party	08/07/2004	07/07/2010	1	Disqualified 26/03/2008
Vidya Sagar Nishad	Rashtriya Janata Dal	23/06/2004	02/04/2006	1	Bye-2004
Nagendra Nath Ojha	Communist Party of India	10/04/1996	09/04/2002	1
Manorama Pandey	Indian National Congress	07/07/1980	06/07/1986	1
Manorama Pandey	Indian National Congress	07/07/1986	06/07/1992	2nd
Brahmadev Anand Paswan	Janata Dal	01/06/1993	02/04/1994	1	bye 1993
Kameshwar Paswan	Bharatiya Janata Party	10/04/1990	09/04/1996	1
Ram Bhagat Paswan	Indian National Congress	07/07/1980	06/07/1986	1
Ram Vilas Paswan	Lok Janashakti Party	08/07/2010	07/07/2016	1	Resigned - 16/05/2014 Elected 16 LS, Hajipur
Ram Vilas Paswan	Lok Janashakti Party	29/06/2019	02/04/2024	2	* Bye-election 28/06/2019 due to res. of Ravi Shankar Prasad
Kahkashan Perween	Janata Dal United	10/04/2014	09/04/2020	1
Rajendra Kumar Poddar	Independent	03/04/1968	02/04/1974	1
Rajendra Kumar Poddar	Independent	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	2
Dharmendra Pradhan	Bharatiya Janata Party	03/04/2012	02/04/2018	1
Bhola Prasad	Communist Party of India	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	1
Bhola Prasad	Communist Party of India	03/04/1976	02/04/1982	2
Dr Mahendra Prasad	Janata Dal United	03/04/2018	02/04/2024	7	*
Dr Mahendra Prasad	Janata Dal United	03/04/2012	02/04/2018	6
Dr Mahendra Prasad	Janata Dal United	03/04/2006	02/04/2012	5
Dr Mahendra Prasad	Nominated	03/04/2000	02/04/2006	4	Nominated 1993-1994
Dr Mahendra Prasad	Nominated	07/07/1986	06/07/1992	2	Nominated 1993-1994
Dr Mahendra Prasad	Nominated	31/01/1985	06/07/1986	1	Bye -1985
Rajniti Prasad	Rashtriya Janata Dal	03/04/2006	02/04/2012	1
Ravi Shankar Prasad	Bharatiya Janata Party	03/04/2000	02/04/2006	1
Ravi Shankar Prasad	Bharatiya Janata Party	03/04/2006	02/04/2012	2
Ravi Shankar Prasad	Bharatiya Janata Party	03/04/2012	02/04/2018	3
Ravi Shankar Prasad	Bharatiya Janata Party	03/04/2018	02/04/2024	4	Resigned 23/05/2019 Elected to 17th Lok Sabha
Suraj Prasad	Communist Party of India	03/04/1968	02/04/1974	1
Suraj Prasad	Communist Party of India	03/04/1982	02/04/1988	2
Dr Faguni Ram	Indian National Congress	11/02/1985	02/04/1988	1	bye 1985
Dr Faguni Ram	Indian National Congress	03/04/1988	02/04/1994	2
Dr Faguni Ram	Indian National Congress	03/04/2000	02/04/2006	3
Kishori Ram	Indian National CongressINC	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1
Kishori Ram	Indian National Congress	03/04/1956	02/04/1962	2
Motiur Rahman	Rashtriya Janata Dal	08/07/2004	07/07/2010	1	Death-18/12/2007
Kum Kum Rai	Rashtriya Janata Dal	03/04/2000	02/04/2006	1
Kunj Biharilal Rathi	Jan Sangh	03/04/1966	02/04/1972	1	dea 13/07/1968
Rajiv Pratap Rudy	Bharatiya Janata Party	04/07/2008	07/07/2010	1	Bye Nishad
Rajiv Pratap Rudy	Bharatiya Janata Party	08/07/2010	07/07/2016	2	Resigned 16/05/2014 Election 16th Lok Sabha
Dr Anil Kumar Sahani	Janata Dal United	04/01/2010	02/04/2012	1	Bye 2010
Dr Anil Kumar Sahani	Janata Dal United	03/04/2012	02/04/2018	2
Mahendra Sahani	Janata Dal United	03/04/2006	02/04/2012	1	Death-06/11/2009
Rajni Ranjan Sahu	Indian National Congress	10/04/1984	09/04/1990	1
Rajni Ranjan Sahu	Indian National Congress	10/04/1990	09/04/1996	2
Dayanand Sahay	Janata Dal	04/10/1978	04/09/1984	1
Dayanand Sahay	Indian National Congress	03/04/1988	04/02/1994	2nd	Jhakhand 2001-2002
Mahesh Saran	Indian National Congress	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	1
Mahesh Saran	Indian National Congress	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	2	Death-29/11/1965
Syed Shahabuddin	Janata Party	25/07/1979	09/04/1984	1	bye 1979
Anant Prasad Sharma	Indian National Congress	03/04/1968	02/04/1974	1	Res.11/03/1971
Anant Prasad Sharma	Indian National Congress	10/04/1978	09/04/1984	2	Res. 19/02/1983
Anant Prasad Sharma	Indian National Congress	22/08/1984	02/04/1988	3	bye 1984
Yogendra Sharma	Communist Party of India	10/04/1972	09/04/1978	1
Yogendra Sharma	Communist Party of India	10/04/1978	09/04/1984	2
Bhola Paswan Shastri	Indian National Congress	31/05/1972	02/04/1976	1	bye 1972
Bhola Paswan Shastri	Indian National Congress	03/04/1976	02/04/1982	2
Brahmdeo Ram Shastri	Bharatiya Janata Party	25/07/1979	02/04/1980	1	bye 1979
Kapil Sibal	Indian National Congress	08/07/1998	07/07/2004	1	resigned in 13/05/2004 elected to 14th Lok Sabha
Akhilesh Prasad Singh	Indian National Congress	03/04/2018	02/04/2024	1	*
Amarendra Dhari Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal	10/04/2020	09/04/2026	1	*
Bashistha Narain Singh	Samta Party	10/04/2002	09/04/2008	1
Bashistha Narain Singh	Janata Dal United	03/04/2012	02/04/2018	2
Bashistha Narain Singh	Janata Dal United	03/04/2018	02/04/2024	3	*
Bhishma Narain Singh	Indian National Congress	03/04/1976	02/04/1982	1
Bhishma Narain Singh	Indian National Congress	03/04/1982	02/04/1988	2	Res 15/04/1984
Bindeshwari Prasad Singh	Indian National Congress	17/06/1971	02/04/1974	1	bye 1971
D P Singh	Indian National Congress	17/06/1971	02/04/1972	1	bye 1971
D P Singh	Indian National Congress	10/04/1972	09/04/1978	2	Died - 21/03/1988
Devendra Prasad Singh	Praja Socialist Party	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	1
Digvijay Singh	Janata Dal	10/04/1990	09/04/1996	1	JH 2005-09
Gaya Singh	Communist Party of India	08/07/1992	07/07/1998	1
Gaya Singh	Communist Party of India	08/07/1998	07/07/2004	2
Gopal Narayan Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	08/07/2016	07/07/2022	1	*
Harivansh Narayan Singh	Janata Dal United	10/04/2014	09/04/2020	1
Harivansh Narayan Singh	Janata Dal United	10/04/2020	09/04/2026	2	*
J. K. P. N. Singh	Indian National Congress	03/04/1962	02/04/1968	1
J. K. P. N. Singh	Indian National Congress	10/04/1978	09/04/1984	2
Jahanara Jaipal Singh	Indian National Congress	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	1
Jahanara Jaipal Singh	Indian National Congress	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	2
Jahanara Jaipal Singh	Indian National Congress	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	3
Thakur Kamakhya Prasad Singh	Indian National Congress	10/04/1984	09/04/1990	1
Kameshwar Singh	Independent	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1
Kameshwar Singh	Independent	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	2	Death-01/10/1962
Kameshwar Singh	Indian National Congress	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	1
N. K. Singh	Janata Dal United	10/04/2008	09/04/2014	1
Pratibha Singh	Indian National Congress	31/12/1970	02/04/1976	1
Pratibha Singh	Indian National Congress	03/04/1976	02/04/1982	2
Pratibha Singh	Indian National Congress	03/04/1982	02/04/1988	3
Pratibha Singh	Indian National Congress	03/04/1988	02/04/1994	4	06/07/1992
Lalan Singh Lalan	Samta Party	03/04/2000	02/04/2006	1	Res.13/05/2004 15 LS, Munger
Ram Awadhesh Singh	Lok Dal	07/07/1986	06/07/1992	1
Ramchandra Prasad Singh	Janata Dal United	08/07/2010	07/07/2016	1
Ramchandra Prasad Singh	Janata Dal United	08/07/2016	07/07/2022	2	*
Shankar Dayal Singh	Janata Dal	10/04/1990	09/04/1996	1	Death-26/11/1995
Sitaram Singh	Samyukta Socialist Party	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	1
Awadeshwar Prasad Sinha	Indian National Congress	10/12/1956	02/04/1958	1	bye-1956
Awadeshwar Prasad Sinha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	2
Awadeshwar Prasad Sinha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	3
Awadeshwar Prasad Sinha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	4
Braja Kishore Prasad Sinha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1
Braja Kishore Prasad Sinha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	2
Braja Kishore Prasad Sinha	Independent	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	3
Ganga Sharan Sinha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1956	02/04/1962	1
Ganga Sharan Sinha	Nominated	03/04/1962	02/04/1968	2nd	NOM 1968-74
Indradeep Sinha	Communist Party of India	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	1
Indradeep Sinha	Communist Party of India	03/04/1980	02/04/1986	2
Kamala Sinha	Janata Dal	19/04/1990	02/04/1994	1	bye 1990
Kamala Sinha	Janata Dal	03/04/1994	02/04/2000 [6]	2
Krishna Mohan Pyare Sinha	Indian National Congress	10/12/1956	02/04/1958	1	bye 1956
Maheshwar Prasad Narain Sinha	Socialist Party	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1
Ram Kripal Sinha	Jan Sangh	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	1
Rajendra Pratap Sinha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1
Rajendra Pratap Sinha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	2
Rajendra Pratap Sinha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	3
Rajendra Pratap Sinha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1966	02/04/1972	4
Rajeshwar Prasad Narain Sinha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1
Rajeshwar Prasad Narain Sinha	Indian National Congress	12/10/1959	02/04/1960	2	bye 1959
Rajeshwar Prasad Narain Sinha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	3
Rama Bahadur Sinha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1
Rama Bahadur Sinha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	2
Rama Bahadur Sinha	Indian National Congress	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	3
Ravindra Kishore Sinha	Bharatiya Janata Party	10/04/2014	09/04/2020	1
Rewati Kant Sinha	Samyukta Socialist Party	07/04/1967	02/04/1970	1	bye 1967
Shatrughan Sinha	Bharatiya Janata Party	10/04/1996	09/04/2002	1
Shatrughan Sinha	Bharatiya Janata Party	10/04/2002	09/04/2008	2nd
Yashwant Sinha	Janata Dal	03/04/1988	02/04/1994	1	Resigned in 14/11/1993 Jharkhand 2004-2009
Shibu Soren	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	08/07/1998	14/11/2000	1	to Jharkhand 2000-2001
Dr. Mahmud Syed	Indian National Congress	03/04/1962	02/04/1968	1
Tajamul Husain	Indian National Congress	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1
Tajamul Husain	Indian National Congress	03/04/1956	02/04/1962	2
Shivanand Tiwari	Janata Dal United	10/04/2008	09/04/2014	1
Dr. C. P. Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party	10/04/2008	09/04/2014	1
Dr. C. P. Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party	10/04/2014	09/04/2020	2
Prof Chandesh P Thakur	Indian National Congress	07/07/1986	06/07/1992	1
Gunanand Thakur	Indian National Congress	10/04/1972	09/04/1978	1
Ram Nath Thakur	Janata Dal United	10/04/2014	09/04/2020	1
Ram Nath Thakur	Janata Dal United	10/04/2020	09/04/2026	2	*
Rameshwar Thakur	Indian National Congress	10/04/1984	09/04/1990	1
Rameshwar Thakur	Indian National Congress	10/04/1990	09/04/1996	2
Vivek Thakur	Bharatiya Janata Party	10/04/2020	09/04/2026	1	*
K. C. Tyagi	Janata Dal United	07/02/2013	07/07/2016	1	*Res of U Kushwaha[7]
Shah Mohamad Umair	Indian National Congress	03/04/1956	02/04/1962	1
Bipin Bihari Varma	Indian National Congress	03/04/1962	02/04/1968	1	2nd LS
Pavan Kumar Varma	Janata Dal United	23/07/2014	07/07/2016	1	Bye 2014
Kunwarani Vijaya Raje	Jan Sangh	03/04/1952	20/03/1957	1	Res.20/03/1957 Died 21/12/1995
Hukmdev Narayan Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party	07/07/1980	06/07/1986	1
Jagdambi Prasad Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party	03/04/1968	02/04/1974	1
Jagdambi Prasad Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party	03/04/1982	02/04/1988	2
Janardan Yadav	Bharatiya Janata Party	10/04/1994	09/04/2000	1
Lalu Prasad Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal	10/04/2002	09/04/2008	1	Res.-13/05/2004 Elected 14 LS Chhapra
Naresh Rajeshwar Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal	03/04/1994	02/04/2000	1
Ram Kripal Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal	08/07/2010	07/07/2016	1	Resigned elected to 16th Lok Sabha
Ramanand Yadav	Indian National Congress	03/04/1976	02/04/1982	1
Ramanand Yadav	Indian National Congress	03/04/1982	02/04/1988	2
Dr. Ramendra Kumar Yadav Ravi	Janata Dal	08/07/1992	07/07/1998	1
Dr. Ramendra Kumar Yadav Ravi	Rashtriya Janata Dal	08/07/1998	07/07/2004	2
Ranjan Prasad Yadav	Janata Dal	10/04/1990	09/04/1996	1
Ranjan Prasad Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal	10/04/1996	09/04/2002	2
Sharad Yadav	Janata Dal United	08/07/2004	07/07/2010	2	Res-09 LS UP- RS-86-89
Sharad Yadav	Janata Dal United	13/06/2014	07/07/2016	3	Bye-2014
Sharad Yadav	Janata Dal United	08/07/2016	07/07/2022	4	Disq 04/12/2017
Subhash Prasad Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal	08/07/2004	07/07/2010	1
Vijay Singh Yadav	Rashtriya Janata Dal	03/04/2000	02/04/2006	1
Sheel Bhadra Yajee	Indian National Congress	27/04/1957	02/04/1958	1	bye 1957
Sheel Bhadra Yajee	Indian National Congress	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	2
Sheel Bhadra Yajee	Indian National Congress	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	3
Hussain Zawar	Indian National Congress	20/12/1975	09/04/1978	1	bye 1975

References

"Composition of Rajya Sabha - Rajya Sabha At Work" (PDF). rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
"Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
Alphabetical list of former members of Rajya Sabha Archived 2010-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
"BJP's Satish Chandra Dubey bags Rajya Sabha seat in Bihar". Money Control. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
"Veteran lawyer and former Union minister Ram Jethmalani passes away at 95". India Today. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.
"Jethmalani, Kesri's RS term ends on April 2, 2000". rediff.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
"Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist Rajani Patil takes oath as Rajya Sabha member". Indian Express. PTI. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

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[RSat-work-1] "Composition of Rajya Sabha - Rajya Sabha At Work" (PDF). rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2015.

[members-2] "Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.

[3] Alphabetical list of former members of Rajya Sabha Archived 2010-01-09 at the Wayback Machine

[4] "BJP's Satish Chandra Dubey bags Rajya Sabha seat in Bihar". Money Control. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

[5] "Veteran lawyer and former Union minister Ram Jethmalani passes away at 95". India Today. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.

[r2000-6] "Jethmalani, Kesri's RS term ends on April 2, 2000". rediff.com. Archived from the original on 2 August 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.

[IE-21Feb-7] "Nehru-Gandhi family loyalist Rajani Patil takes oath as Rajya Sabha member". Indian Express. PTI. Retrieved 30 December 2015.

Rajya Sabha
Presiding Officers and Parliamentary Functionaries	Chairman List Deputy Chairman Pro tem Chairman Panel of Chairmen Leader of the House Leader of the Opposition Chairmen of Parliamentary Committees Whips Secretariat Secretary General Rajya Sabha TV
Members	Alphabetical List Nominated Members Oldest Members Current Members Bharatiya Janata Party
Members by State or Union Territory	Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal
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