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{{Use Indian English|date=January 2018}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2017 Rajya Sabha elections
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| party_colour =
| previous_election = 2016 Rajya Sabha elections
| previous_year = 2016
| next_election = 2018 Rajya Sabha elections
| next_year = 2018
| election_date = 21 July and 8 August 2017
| seats_for_election = 10 seats to the [[Rajya Sabha]]
| map = [[File:Rajya Sabha election, 2017.svg|300px]]

| image1 = [[File:The official photograph of the Defence Minister, Shri Arun Jaitley (cropped).jpg|160x150px]]
| leader1 = [[Arun Jaitley]]
| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| leader_since1 = 2 June 2014
| leaders_seat1 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat|Gujarat]]
| alliance1 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| seats_before1 = 56
| seats_after1 = 58
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 2

| image2 = [[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad-cropped.JPG|160x150px]]
| leader2 = [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| leader_since2 = 8 June 2014
| leaders_seat2 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]]
| alliance2 = United Progressive Alliance
| seats_before2 = 60
| seats_after2 = 58
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 2

| image4 = [[File:Derek O Brien - Kolkata 2016-01-31 9376.JPG|160x150px]]
| leader4 = [[Derek O'Brien (politician)|Derek O'Brien]]
| party4 = All India Trinamool Congress
| leader_since4 = 19 August 2011
| leaders_seat4 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal|West Bengal]]
| alliance4 = Federal Front
| seats_before4 = 12
| seats_after4 = 13
| seat_change4 = {{increase}} 1

| image5 = [[File:Yechuri 1.JPG|160x150px]]
| leader5 = [[Sitaram Yechury]]
| party5 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| leader_since5 = August 2005
| leaders_seat5 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal|West Bengal]]
| alliance5 = [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]]
| seats_before5 = 8
| seats_after5 = 7
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 1
}}

Elections were held in [[India]] on 21 July and 8 August 2017 as nomination contests by state legislators routinely for ten [[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|members]] of the [[Rajya Sabha]] across three states, replacing those who retired in July and August 2017.<ref name=term>{{cite web|title=Statewise Retirement|url=http://164.100.47.5/NewMembers/RetLMemState.aspx|website=164.100.47.5|access-date=2016-06-12}}</ref> The State Legislatures which contribute in this six-year minor elections/nomination cycle are [[Goa]], [[Gujarat]] and [[West Bengal]]. The mechanism is the [[single transferable vote]] (STV) among legislators, meaning nominations may be unopposed contests (commonly in states with an absolute majority for a particular party in its legislative, public elections). The open ballot is used rather than secret ballot, allowing public scrutiny.

The year also saw five by-elections one of which saw a state's co-representative change, owing to a change in the make-up of the relevant legislature in the intervening three years.

The 2017 six-yearly cycle is of great importance to Goa, where its sole Rajya Sabha member is chosen by its current legislators; 3 of 11 members for Gujarat and 6 of 16 members are also so elected (see cross-party nomination contests) in this cycle.

The outcome in party terms, which tends to reflect the current popular political make-up of the relevant legislatures, was primarily no change (12 of the 15 seats involved in 2017). The other three seats to reflect state political changes were two intervening sufficient mathematical state gains in support for the VJP at state elections, at the expense of the INC entitling two VJP nominations rather than INC and one state gain in support (sufficient proportional representation swing) for the AITC which had cost the Communist Party of India (Marxist), specifically in [[West Bengal]].

==Members retiring==
The following members retired in 2017.
{| class="wikitable"
! State
! Retiring MP
! colspan=2| Party
! Date of retirement
! Reference
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan=1| [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Goa|Goa]]
| [[Shantaram Naik]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| 28 July 2017
| rowspan=10| <ref name=term />
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan=3| [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat|Gujarat]]
| [[Ahmed Patel]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| rowspan=9| 18 August 2017
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Smriti Irani]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Dilip Pandya]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan=6| [[List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal|West Bengal]]
| [[Sukhendu Sekhar Roy]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" rowspan=4|
| rowspan=4| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Derek O'Brien (politician)|Derek O'Brien]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Debabrata Bandyopadhyay]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Dola Sen]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Sitaram Yechury]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[Pradip Bhattacharya]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|}

==Members elected==

===[[Goa]]===
[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Goa|Goa]]'s main party in its legislature saw its nomination contest for Goa's sole seat on July 21, 2017.<ref name="july">{{cite web|title=Biennial Election to the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) from Goa|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN52_28062017.pdf|publisher= ECI New Delhi|access-date=1 September 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Former MP
! colspan=2| Former Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Shantaram Naik]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| [[Vinay Dinu Tendulkar|Vinay Tendulkar]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=1| <ref>{{cite news|last1=Kamat|first1=prakash|title=Vinay Tendulkar wins Goa RS seat|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/vinay-tendulkar-wins-goa-rs-seat/article19327055.ece|access-date=8 August 2017|publisher=The Hindu|date=July 21, 2017}}</ref>
|-
|}

===[[Gujarat]]===
[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat|Gujarat]] had an election for 3 Rajya Sabha seats on August 8, 2017.<ref name="aug">{{cite web|title=Biennial Elections to the Council of States from the States of Gujarat and West Bengal and bye election to Council of States from Madhya Pradesh|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN59_14112017.pdf|publisher=ECI, New Delhi|access-date=1 September 2017}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Former MP
! colspan=2| Former Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Smriti Irani]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| [[Smriti Irani]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=2|
| rowspan=2| [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan=3|
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Dilip Pandya]]
| [[Amit Shah]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| [[Ahmed Patel]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| [[Ahmed Patel]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|}

===[[West Bengal]]===
[[List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal|West Bengal]] had elected the 6 Rajya Sabha seat unopposed.<ref name="aug"/>
{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Former MP
! colspan=2| Former Party
! Elected MP
! colspan=2| Elected Party
! Reference
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[Derek O'Brien (politician)|Derek O'Brien]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" rowspan=4|
| rowspan=4| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| [[Derek O'Brien (politician)|Derek O'Brien]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" rowspan=5|
| rowspan=5| [[All India Trinamool Congress|AITC]]
| rowspan=6| <ref>{{cite web|title=Ten Rajya Sabha seats up for grabs in Gujarat, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh: Who are the candidates?|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/ten-rajya-sabha-seats-up-for-grabs-in-gujarat-west-bengal-madhya-pradesh-who-are-the-candidates-3888445.html|website=First Post|access-date=8 August 2017}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Dola Sen]]
| [[Dola Sen]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| [[Sukhendu Sekhar Roy]]
| [[Sukhendu Sekhar Roy]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4
| [[Debabrata Bandyopadhyay]]
| [[Manas Bhunia]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5
| [[Sitaram Yechury]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| [[Shanta Chhetri]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 6
| [[Pradip Bhattacharya]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| [[Pradip Bhattacharya]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|-
|}

==By-elections==
In addition to scheduled elections, unforeseen vacancies, caused by members' resignation or death, may also be filled via [[By-election]]s.

===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal|West Bengal]]===

* On 29 December 2016, [[Mithun Chakraborty]], a [[All India Trinamool Congress|Trinamool Congress]] member from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal|West Bengal]], resigned his seat, citing health reasons.<ref>{{cite news|date=26 December 2016|title=Mithun Chakraborty Resigns From Rajya Sabha Citing Health Reasons|url=http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/mithun-chakraborty-resigns-from-rajya-sabha-citing-health-reasons-1641987|newspaper=[[NDTV]]|access-date=2016-12-31}}</ref>
{| 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
| [[Mithun Chakraborty]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| 29 Dec 2016
| [[Manish Gupta (politician)|Manish Gupta]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}"|
| [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| 2 March 2017
| 3 April 2020

|}

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

* On 21 March 2017, [[Bishnu Charan Das]] of [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha|Odisha]] resigned after he was appointed as Deputy Chairman of Odisha State Planning Board.<ref name="hindustantimes.com">{{cite news|date=3 May 2017|title=Rajya Sabha bypoll in Manipur, Odisha on May 25|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/rajya-sabha-bypoll-in-manipur-odisha-on-may-25/story-WXgCgmQjgsyK5ztpK5o2MI.html|newspaper=[[Hindustan Times]]|location=[[New Delhi]]|access-date=2017-05-12}}</ref>
{| 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
| [[Bishnu Charan Das]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}"|
| [[Biju Janata Dal]]
| 21 March 2017
| [[Pratap Keshari Deb]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}"|
| [[Biju Janata Dal]]
| 18 May 2017
| 1 July 2022

|}

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

* On 28 February 2017, [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Manipur|Manipur]] representative [[Haji Abdul Salam]] died.<ref name="hindustantimes.com"/>
{| 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
| [[Haji Abdul Salam]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 28 February 2017
| [[Bhabananda Singh]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 25 May 2017
| 9 April 2020

|}

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

* On 18 May 2017, [[Anil Madhav Dave]], a [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] member from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]] died.<ref>{{cite news|date=18 May 2017|title=Environment Minister Anil Madhav Dave passes away|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/anil-madhav-dave-environment-minister-no-more/article18478789.ece|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=2017-06-02}}</ref>
{| 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
| [[Anil Madhav Dave]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 30 June 2016
| [[Sampatiya Uike]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 1 August 2017
| 29 June 2022

|}

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

* On 10 August 2017, [[Venkaiah Naidu]]'s resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan|Rajasthan]], due to his [[2017 Indian vice-presidential election|election]] as the [[Vice President of India]].<ref name=naidu>{{cite news|title=When Venkaiah Naidu wanted to quit Rajya Sabha, BJP but Amit Shah stopped him|url=http://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/when-venkaiah-naidu-wanted-to-quit-rajya-sabha-bjp-but-amit-shah-stopped-him/801108/|access-date=11 August 2017}}</ref>

{| 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
| | [[Venkaiah Naidu]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 10 August 2017
| [[Alphons Kannanthanam]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 9 November 2017
| 4 July 2022

|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajya Sabha}}
{{Indian Rajya Sabha elections 2017}}

[[Category:2017 elections in India]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India|2017]]

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Ajay Kumar at 06:02, 18 August 2023