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{{Infobox election
|election_name = 2010 Rajya Sabha elections
|country = India
|type = parliamentary
|previous_election = 2009 Rajya Sabha elections
|previous_year = 2009
|election_date =
|next_election = 2011 Rajya Sabha elections
|next_year = 2011
|seats_for_election = (of 228 seats) to the [[Rajya Sabha]]
|image2 = File:The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley (cropped).jpg
|leader2 = [[Arun Jaitley]]
|party2 = [[BJP]]
|image1 = File:IBSA-leaders Manmohan Singh.jpg
|leader1 = [[Manmohan Singh]]
|party1 = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
}}'''Rajya Sabha elections''' were held on various dates in 2010, to elect members of the [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Indian Parliament]]'s [[upper chamber]]. The elections were held to elect respectively 13 members from 6 states,<ref name="mar">{{cite web|title=Biennial Elections to the Council of States to fill the seats of members retiring in April, 2010 |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/7PN22022010.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160515155144/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/7PN22022010.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 15 May 2016 |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> 49 members from 12 states,<ref name="june">{{cite web|title= Biennial and Bye-Elections to the Council of States. |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press_Note-14.pdf |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160515155221/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press_Note-14.pdf |url-status= dead |archive-date= 15 May 2016 |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> six members from Andhra Pradesh<ref name="ap">{{cite web|title=Biennial Election to the Council of States from the State of Andhra Pradesh |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press_Note_15.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515095003/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/Press_Note_15.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 May 2016 |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> and two members from Haryana for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.<ref name="hy">{{cite web|title=Biennial Election to the Council of States from the State of Haryana|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN19090610.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160515123306/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN19090610.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 May 2016 |publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref>

==Elections==
Elections were held to elect members from various states.
===Members elected===
The following members are elected in the elections held in 2010.
''The list is incomplete.''

State - Member - Party
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Rajya Sabha members for term 2010-2016
! State !! Member Name !! Party !! Remark
|-

|-
| AS || [[Naznin Faruque ]] || INC || R
|-
| AS || [[Silvius Condpan]] || INC || dea 10/10/2011
|--

|-
| HP || [[Bimla Kashyap Sood]] || BJP ||
|-

|-
| KL || [[A. K. Antony]] || INC ||
|-
| KL || [[K.N. Balagopal]] || CPM
|-
| KL || [[T N Seema]] || CPM

|-
| NG || [[K. G. Kenye]] || NPF ||

|-
| TR || [[Jharna Das]] || CPM ||

|-
| PB || [[M S Gill]] || INC ||
|-
| PB || [[Ashwini Kumar]] || INC
|-
| PB || [[Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa]] || SAD
|-
| PB || [[Naresh Gujral]] || SAD
|-
| PB || [[Avinash Rai Khanna]] || BJP

|-
| AP || [[Nirmala Sitaraman]] || BJP ||
|-
| AP || [[Y. S. Chowdary]] || TDP
|-
| AP || [[Jairam Ramesh]] || INC
|-
| AP || [[Jesudasu Seelam]] || INC
|-
| AP || [[N. Janardhana Reddy]] || INC || dea 09/05/2014
|-

|-
| BR || [[Sharad Yadav]] || JDU ||
|-
| BR || [[Ramchandra Prasad Singh]] || JDU
|-
| BR || [[K. C. Tyagi]] || JDU
|-
| BR || [[Gulam Rasool Balyawi]] || JDU
|-
| BR || [[Pavan Kumar Varma]] || JDU

|-
| CT || [[Mohsina Kidwai]] || INC ||
|-
| CT || [[Nand Kumar Sai]] || BJP

|-
| HR || [[Birender Singh (politician, born 1946)|Birender Singh]] || INC ||
|-
| HR || [[Suresh Prabhu]] || BJP ||

|-
| JH || [[Dhiraj Prasad Sahu]] || INC ||
|-
| JH || [[M J Akbar]] || BJP

|-
| KA || [[Oscar Fernandes]] || INC ||
|-
| KA || [[M. Venkaiah Naidu]] || BJP
|-
| KA || [[Aayanur Manjunath]] || BJP
|-
| KA || [[Vijay Mallya]] || IND.

|-
| MP || [[Anil Madhav Dave]] || BJP ||
|-
| MP || [[Chandan Mitra]] || BJP
|-
| MP || [[Vijayalaxmi Sadho]] || INC

|-
| MH || [[Piyush Goyal]] || BJP ||
|-
| MH || [[Ishwarlal Jain]] || BJP
|-
| MH || [[Avinash Pande]] || INC
|-
| MH || [[Vijay J. Darda]] || INC
|-
| MH || [[Sanjay Raut]] || SS
|-
| MH || [[Praful Patel]] || NCP

|-
|OR || [[Baishnab Charan Parida]] || BJD ||
|-
|OR || [[Pyarimohan Mohapatra]] || BJD
|-
|OR || [[Bhupinder Singh (politician)|Bhupinder Singh]] || BJD

|-
| PB || [[Ambika Soni]] || INC ||
|-
| PB || [[Balwinder Singh Bhunder]] || SAD

|-
| RJ || [[Ashk Ali Tak]] || BJP ||
|-
| RJ || [[Ram Jethmalani]] || BJP
|-
| RJ || [[Vijayendrapal Singh]] || BJP
|-
| RJ || [[Anand Sharma]] || INC

|-
| TN || [[K. P. Ramalingam]] || DMK ||
|-
| TN || [[S. Thangavelu]] || DMK
|-
| TN || [[A. Navaneethakrishnan]] || ADMK
|-
| TN || [[P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian]] || ADMK
|-
| TN || [[A. W. Rabi Bernard]] || ADMK
|-
| TN || [[E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan]] || INC ||

|-
| TG || [[Gundu Sudha Rani]] || TRS ||
|-
| TG || [[V. Hanumantha Rao]] || INC

|-
| UP || [[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]] || BJP ||
|-
| UP || [[Vishambhar Prasad Nishad]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Kanak Lata Singh]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Arvind Kumar Singh]] || SP
|-
| UP || [[Rasheed Masood]] || SP || res 09/03/2012
|-
| UP || [[Satish Sharma]] || INC
|-
| UP || [[Jugal Kishore (UP politician)|Jugal Kishore]] || BSP
|-
| UP || [[Narendra Kumar Kashyap]] || BSP
|-
| UP || [[Salim Ansari]] || BSP
|-
| UP || [[Rajpal Singh Saini]] || BSP
|-
| UP || [[Satish Chandra Mishra]] || BSP
|-
| UP || [[Ambeth Rajan]] || BSP

|-
| UK || [[Tarun Vijay]] || BJP ||

|-
|}

==Bye-elections==
The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Gujarat,<ref name="bye-ap">{{cite web|title=Bye-Election to the Council of States |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN29012010.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160515164448/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN29012010.pdf|url-status= dead|archive-date= 15 May 2016| publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi|access-date=18 August 2017}}</ref> Rajashthan,<ref name="june"/> Uttar Pradesh.<ref name="bye-up">{{cite web|title=Bye-Election to the Council of States |url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn14062010.pdf|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160515161034/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/pn14062010.pdf|url-status= dead|archive-date= 15 May 2016| publisher=Election Commission of India, New Delhi| access-date= 18 August 2017}}</ref>

* Bye-elections were held on 25 February 2010 for vacancy from Gujarat due to death of seating member [[Suryakantbhai Acharya]] on 21/04/2010 with term ending on 18/08/2011. [[Pravin Naik]] of BJP got elected.

* Bye-elections were held on 17 June 2010 for vacancy from Rajasthan due to death of seating member [[Krishan Lal Balmiki]] of BJP on 21/04/2010 with term ending on 02/04/2012. [[Narendra Budania]] of INC became the member.

* Bye-elections were held on 15 July 2010 for vacancy from Uttar Pradesh due to death of seating member [[Virendra Bhatia]] of SP on 21/04/2010 with term ending on 02/04/2012. [[Pramod Kureel]] of BSP became the member.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajya Sabha}}

[[Category:2010 elections in India]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India|2010]]

2010 Rajya Sabha elections - Revision history

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