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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2016 Rajya Sabha elections
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = 2015 Rajya Sabha elections
| previous_year = 2015
| next_election = 2017 Rajya Sabha elections
| next_year = 2017
| seats_for_election = 72 seats to the [[Rajya Sabha]]{{efn|Including 2 [[Casual vacancy|casual vacancies]]}}
| election_date = March 14 and June 11, 2016

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Ghulam Nabi Azad at Healthcare Skill Summit 2013 (cropped).jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=04}}
| leader1 = [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| leader_since1 = June 8, 2014
| leaders_seat1 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| alliance1 = United Progressive Alliance
| seats_before1 = 66
| seats1 = 60 (including incumbents)
| seat_change1 = {{down}} 6

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Arun Jaitley 2017.jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=04}}
| leader2 = [[Arun Jaitley]]
| party2 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| leader_since2 = June 3, 2009
| leaders_seat2 = [[Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat|Gujarat]]
| alliance2 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| seats_before2 = 48
| seats2 = 55 (including incumbents)
| seat_change2 = {{up}} 7
| map_image = Rajya Sabha election, 2016.svg
| map_size = 300px
}}

The 2016 '''Rajya Sabha elections''' were held as part of a routine six-year cycle among certain of the State Legislatures in [[India]] on March 14 and June 11, 2016, to elect 13 and 57 of its 245 members, of which the states through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President.<ref name= two>[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4202-biennial-elections-to-the-council-of-states-to-fill-the-seats-of-members-retiring-in-april-2016english-हिंदी/?do=download&r=9972&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=25d997b70a4c008f42e02efc7559a493]{{dead link|date=June 2020}}</ref><ref name= one>[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4242-biennial-elections-to-the-council-of-states-to-fill-the-seats-of-members-retiring-in-june-august-2016-english-हिंदी/?do=download&r=10087&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=25d997b70a4c008f42e02efc7559a493]{{dead link|date=June 2020}}</ref> Being even-numbered, 2016 was a year in which about 30% of the State Legislature-elected 233-seat component of the body is elected.

There were also two by-elections, which are held if the incumbent resigns, dies, or is otherwise disqualified from serving.

==March elections==
The election of March 14, 2016 was held to elect 13 members for duration of 6 years from 6 states to the [[Rajya Sabha]]. The seats in following states were up for election with terms of sitting members ending as: [[Assam]] - 2 seats, [[Himachal Pradesh]] - 1 seat, [[Kerala]] - 3 seats, [[Tripura]] - 1 seat all term ending on 2 April 201; [[Nagaland]] - 1 seat with term ending on 2 April 2016 but vacant since 26 November 2015 and [[Punjab, India|Punjab]] - 5 seats with term ending on 9 April 2016.<ref name=two />

===[[Rajya Sabha members from Assam|Assam]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Naznin Faruque]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="2"|[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[Ranee Narah]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="2"|[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| rowspan=2 |<ref name=ibt>{{cite news |date=March 22, 2016 |title=Congress wins 2 Rajya Sabha seats in poll-bound Assam |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/congress-wins-2-rajya-sabha-seats-poll-bound-assam-671662 |newspaper=[[International Business Times]] |access-date=11 December 2016 }}</ref>

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Pankaj Bora]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Ripun Bora]]
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
|}

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh|Himachal Pradesh]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Bimla Kashyap Sood]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Anand Sharma]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| rowspan=1 |<ref name=fp>{{cite news |date=April 25, 2016 |title=Anand Sharma, eight other members take oath in Rajya Sabha |url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/anand-sharma-eight-other-members-take-oath-in-rajya-sabha-2747654.html |newspaper=[[Firstpost]] |access-date= 11 December 2016}}</ref>

|}

===[[Rajya Sabha members from Kerala|Kerala]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[A. K. Antony]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[A. K. Antony]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| rowspan=3 |<ref name="term">{{cite web|title=Statewise Retirement|url=http://164.100.47.5/NewMembers/RetLMemState.aspx|website=164.100.47.5|access-date=12 June 2016}}</ref>

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[K.N. Balagopal]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="2"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| [[M. P. Veerendra Kumar]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
|[[T N Seema]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" rowspan=1|
| [[K. Somaprasad]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]

|}

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Nagaland|Nagaland]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Khekiho Zhimomi]] <br /> ''Vacant''
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Naga People's Front}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Naga People's Front|NPF]]
| [[K. G. Kenye]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Naga People's Front}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Naga People's Front|NPF]]
| rowspan=1 |<ref name="term" />

|}

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Tripura|Tripura]] ===
{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
|| [[Jharna Das]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| [[Jharna Das]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| rowspan=1 |<ref>{{cite news |date=March 21, 2016 |title=CPI-M's Jharna Das Baidya re-elected to Rajya Sabha from Tripura |url= http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/cpi-m-s-jharna-das-baidya-re-elected-to-rajya-sabha-from-tripura-116032100845_1.html |newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |access-date=11 December 2016 }}</ref>
|}

=== [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Punjab|Punjab]]===

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
|[[M S Gill]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="2"|[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[Pratap Singh Bajwa]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| rowspan=5 |{{cn|date=March 2023}}

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Ashwini Kumar]]
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Shamsher Singh Dullo]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
|[[Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}" rowspan=1|
| rowspan="2"|[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
| [[Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}" rowspan=1|
|rowspan="2" |[[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4
|[[Naresh Gujral]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Naresh Gujral]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}" rowspan=1|

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5
|[[Avinash Rai Khanna]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Shwet Malik]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]

|}

==June elections==
The election of June 11, 2016 was held to elect 57 members from 15 states to the [[Rajya Sabha]]. The seats in following states were up for election:<ref name=one />

===[[Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh|Andhra Pradesh]] ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Nirmala Sitaraman]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Suresh Prabhu]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=4 |<ref name="term" />

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Sujana Chowdary]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
| [[Sujana Chowdary]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan="2" |[[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| [[Jairam Ramesh]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[T G Venkatesh]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4
| [[Jesudasu Seelam]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[V. Vijaysai Reddy]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|YSR Congress Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[YSR Congress Party|YSRCP]]

|}

===[[Rajya Sabha members from Bihar|Bihar]] ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Sharad Yadav]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| [[Sharad Yadav]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan="2" |[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| rowspan=5 |<ref name="term" />

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Ramchandra Prasad Singh]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| [[Ramchandra Prasad Singh]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| [[K. C. Tyagi]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| [[Ram Jethmalani]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan="2" |[[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4
| [[Gulam Rasool Balyawi]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| [[Misa Bharti]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5
| [[Pavan Kumar Varma]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
| [[Gopal Narayan Singh]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]

|}

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Chhattisgarh|Chhattisgarh]] ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Nand Kumar Sai]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Ramvichar Netam]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=1 |<ref name="term" />

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Mohsina Kidwai]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[Chhaya Verma]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| rowspan=1 |<ref name="term" />

|}

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Haryana|Haryana]] ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Birender Singh (politician, born 1946)|Birender Singh]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Birender Singh (politician, born 1946)|Birender Singh]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=1 |<ref name="term" />

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Suresh Prabhu]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Subhash Chandra]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| rowspan=1 |<ref name="term" />

|}

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Jharkhand|Jharkhand]] ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[M J Akbar]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=1 |<ref name="term" />

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Dhiraj Prasad Sahu]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[Mahesh Poddar]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=1 |<ref name="term" />

|}

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka|Karnataka]] ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Oscar Fernandes]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[Oscar Fernandes]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| rowspan=4 |<ref name="term" />

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Aayanur Manjunath]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Jairam Ramesh]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| Dr [[Vijay Mallya]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Independent politician|Independent]]
| [[K. C. Ramamurthy]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4
| [[M. Venkaiah Naidu]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Nirmala Sitharaman]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]

|}

===[[Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Anil Madhav Dave]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Anil Madhav Dave]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=3 |<ref name="term" />

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Chandan Mitra]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[M. J. Akbar]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| Dr [[Vijayalaxmi Sadho]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[Vivek Tankha]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]

|}

===[[Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra|Maharashtra]] ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Piyush Goyal]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Piyush Goyal]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan="3" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=6 |<ref name="term" />

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Ishwarlal Jain]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
| [[Vinay Sahasrabuddhe]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| [[Avinash Pande]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[Vikas Mahatme]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4
| [[Vijay J. Darda]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[P. Chidambaram]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5
| [[Praful Patel]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
| [[Praful Patel]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 6
| [[Sanjay Raut]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Shiv Sena}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Shiv Sena|SHS]]
| [[Sanjay Raut]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Shiv Sena}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Shiv Sena|SHS]]

|}

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha|Odisha]] ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Baishnab Charan Parida]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
| [[N. Bhaskar Rao]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
| rowspan=3 |<ref name="term" />

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Pyarimohan Mohapatra]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
| [[Prasanna Acharya]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| [[Bhupinder Singh (politician)|Bhupinder Singh]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]
| [[Bishnu Charan Das]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Biju Janata Dal|BJD]]

|}

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Punjab|Punjab]] ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Ambika Soni]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[Ambika Soni]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| rowspan=1 |<ref name="term" />

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Balwinder Singh Bhunder]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
| [[Balwinder Singh Bhunder]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Shiromani Akali Dal|SAD]]
| rowspan=1 |<ref name="term" />

|}

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan|Rajasthan]] ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Ashk Ali Tak]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[Om Prakash Mathur]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=4|
| rowspan="4" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=4 |<ref name="term" />

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Ram Jethmalani]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[M. Venkaiah Naidu]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| [[Vijayendrapal Singh]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Ram Kumar Verma]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4
| [[Anand Sharma]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[Harshvardhan Singh]]

|}

===[[Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[K. P. Ramalingam]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| [[R. S. Bharathi]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| rowspan=6 |<ref name="term" />
|-

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[S. Thangavelu]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| [[T. K. S. Elangovan]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| [[A. Navaneethakrishnan]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|ADMK]]
| [[A. Navaneethakrishnan]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|ADMK]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4
| [[P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|ADMK]]
| [[S. R. Balasubramoniyan]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|ADMK]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5
| [[A. W. Rabi Bernard]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|ADMK]]
| [[A. Vijayakumar]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|ADMK]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 6
| [[E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[R. Vaithilingam]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|ADMK]]

|-

|}

===[[Rajya Sabha members from Telangana|Telangana]] ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Gundu Sudha Rani]]
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Telugu Desam Party|TDP]]
| [[D. Srinivas (politician)|D. Srinivas]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
| rowspan=1 |<ref name="term" />
|-

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[V. Hanumantha Rao]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[V. Lakshmikantha Rao]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Telangana Rashtra Samithi}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Telangana Rashtra Samithi|TRS]]
| rowspan=1 |<ref name="term" />
|-
|}

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Shiv Pratap Shukla]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=11 |<ref name="term" />

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Vishambhar Prasad Nishad]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
| [[Vishambhar Prasad Nishad]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| Smt [[Kanak Lata Singh]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
| [[Amar Singh (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Amar Singh]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Independent}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Independent Politician|Independent]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4
| [[Arvind Kumar Singh (Samajwadi Party politician)|Arvind Kumar Singh]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]
| [[Surendra Singh Nagar|Surendra Nagar]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5
| [[Satish Sharma]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| [[Kapil Sibal]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 6
| [[Jugal Kishore (UP politician)|Jugal Kishore]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
| [[Sanjay Seth (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Sanjay Seth]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 7
| [[Narendra Kumar Kashyap]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
| [[Sukhram Singh Yadav]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 8
| [[Salim Ansari]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
| [[Rewati Raman Singh]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 9
| [[Rajpal Singh Saini]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
| [[Beni Prasad Verma]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Samajwadi Party|SP]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 10
| [[Satish Chandra Mishra]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
| [[Satish Chandra Mishra]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 11
| [[Ambeth Rajan]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]
| [[Ashok Siddharth]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party|BSP]]

|-
|}

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttarakhand|Uttarakhand]] ===

{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Tarun Vijay]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Pradeep Tamta]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
| rowspan=1 |<ref name="term" />
|-
|}

==By-elections==
===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat|Gujarat]]===
* A [[bye election]] was held on June 11, to fill the vacancy caused by death of [[Praveen Rashtrapal]], who represented [[Gujarat]].<ref name=gj-bye>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN47_19052016.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=eci.nic.in |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160527191206/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN47_19052016.pdf |archive-date=27 May 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Parsottambhai Rupala]] was elected unopposed on June 3, for the vacancy with the term till 2 April 2018.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! S.No
! Former MP
! colspan=2| Party
! Date of Vacancy
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Party
! Date of appointment
! Date of retirement

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Praveen Rashtrapal]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 12 May 2016
| [[Parshottam Rupala]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 11 June 2016
| 2 April 2018

|}

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]]===
* [[Najma Heptullah]], who represented [[Madhya Pradesh]], and resigned after being appointed [[Governor of Manipur]].<ref name=mp-bye>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN57_19092016.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=eci.nic.in |access-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161019094408/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN57_19092016.pdf |archive-date=19 October 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> [[La Ganesan]] was elected in this bye-election unopposed on October 6, with the term till 2 April 2018.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! S.No
! Former MP
! colspan=2| Party
! Date of Vacancy
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Party
! Date of appointment
! Date of retirement

|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Najma Heptullah]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 20 August
| [[La Ganesan]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 7 October 2016
| 2 April 2018

|}

==Notes==
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==References==
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