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{{short description|Elections for the Upper House of Indian Parliament}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}

{{Infobox election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2020 Rajya Sabha elections
| previous_year = 2020
| next_election = 2022 Rajya Sabha elections
| next_year = 2022
| election_date = February - November 2021
| seats_for_election = 17{{efn|Including 13 [[Casual vacancy|casual vacancies]]}} of the 233{{efn|excluding 12 [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|nominated seats]]}} elected seats in the [[Rajya Sabha]]
| majority_seats = 121{{efn|out of 241 (excluding 4 vacancies and including 12 [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|nominated seats)]]}} total

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Piyush_Goyal_crop.jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=04}}
| leader1 = [[Piyush Goyal]]
| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| leader_since1 = 14 July 2021
| leaders_seat1 =
| alliance1 = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| seats_before1 = 84{{efn|excluding 8 [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|nominated members]]}}
| seats_after1 = '''88'''{{efn|excluding 9 [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|nominated member]]s}}
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 4
| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Mallikarjun_Kharge_briefing_the_media_after_presenting_the_Interim_Railway_Budget_2014-15_in_New_Delhi_(cropped).jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=04}}
| leader2 = [[Mallikarjun Kharge]]
| party2 = Indian National Congress
| leader_since2 = 16 February 2021
| leaders_seat2 =
| alliance2 = [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
| seats_before2 = 35
| seats_after2 = 34
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 1
| 1blank = Alliance seats before
| 1data1 = 107{{efn|excluding 12 [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|nominated member]]s}}
| 1data2 = 50
| 2blank = Alliance seats after
| 2data1 = 107{{efn|excluding 12 [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|nominated members]]}}
| 2data2 = 52
| 3blank = Seat change
| 3data1 = {{steady}}
| 3data2 = {{increase}} 2

| title = Majority
| posttitle = Majority after<br/>election
| before_election = ''None''
| before_party =
| after_election = ''None''
| after_party =
}}

'''Rajya Sabha elections''' were held throughout 2021, to elect new members to fill vacancies in the [[Rajya Sabha]], the [[Parliament of India|Indian Parliament's]] [[upper chamber]]. Members sit for [[Staggered elections|staggered terms]] lasting six years, with elections every year but almost a third of the 233 designates up for election every two years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://164.100.47.5/NewMembers/RetLMemState.aspx|title=Statewise Retirement|website=164.100.47.5}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/nda-likely-to-get-majority-in-rajya-sabha-by-2021/articleshow/69527636.cms?from=mdr|title=NDA likely to get majority in Rajya Sabha by 2021|date=May 27, 2019|newspaper=The Economic Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/politics/bjps-rajya-sabha-tally-will-marginally-drop-after-march-but-real-worry-will-be-after-2022/372061/|title=BJP's Rajya Sabha tally will marginally drop after March, but real worry will be after 2022|first=Shanker|last=Arnimesh|date=March 2, 2020}}</ref>

Elections to the 4 vacant seats from [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]] were not held in February as the union territory is under [[President's rule]] and the assembly had been dissolved. These were held later in [[2025 Rajya Sabha elections#Jammu and Kashmir|2025]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/j-k/jammu-and-kashmir-set-to-lose-representation-in-rajya-sabha-209157 |title=Jammu and Kashmir set to lose representation in Rajya Sabha |newspaper=The Tribune India |date=8 February 2021 |access-date= 31 May 2021}}</ref>

==Results==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan="4" rowspan="2"|Alliance/ Party
! Seats
! +/–
|-
|rowspan=3 {{party color cell|National Democratic Alliance}}
|rowspan=3 style="text-align:center;"|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="text-align:center;"|6
|{{color|green|+4}}
|-
|{{party color cell|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|style="text-align:center;"|0
|{{color|red|-4}}
|-
|colspan="2"style="background:#FEE4CB"|Total
|style="color:inherit;background:#FEE4CB;text-align:center;"|6
|style="color:inherit;background:#FEE4CB"|0
|-
|rowspan=5 {{party color cell|United Progressive Alliance}}
|rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;"|[[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
| {{party color cell|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| style="text-align:center;"|3
| {{color|green|+3}}
|-
|{{party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|{{color|red|-1}}
|-
|{{party color cell|Indian Union Muslim League}}
|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|0
|-
|{{party color cell|Kerala Congress (M)}}
|[[Kerala Congress (M)]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|0
|-
|colspan="2"style="background:#D8F5FF"|Total
|style="color:inherit;background:#D8F5FF;text-align:center;"|6
|style="color:inherit;background:#D8F5FF"|{{color|green|+2}}
|-
|rowspan=2 {{party color cell|Others}}
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|Others
|{{party color cell|All India Trinamool Congress}}
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|0
|-
|{{party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|{{color|green|+1}}
|-
|}

==Members retiring & Elected==

=== [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Kerala|Kerala]] ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Seat No.
!Previous MP
! colspan="2" |Previous Party
!Date of retirement
! Elected MP
! colspan="2" | Party
!Appointing date
! Ref.
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[K. K. Ragesh]]
| bgcolor=#FF0000|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 21-Apr-2021
| [[John Brittas]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#FF0000" |
| rowspan="2" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|24-Apr-2021
|Rowspan=3|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kerala-v-sivadasan-john-brittas-pv-abdul-wahab-elected-to-rajya-sabha-unopposed-1794876-2021-04-25|title = Kerala: V Sivadasan, John Brittas, PV Abdul Wahab elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 2
| [[Vayalar Ravi]]
| bgcolor="#00BFFF"|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 21-Apr-2021
| [[V. Sivadasan]]
|24-Apr-2021
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 3
| [[P. V. Abdul Wahab]]
| bgcolor=#008500|
| [[Indian Union Muslim League]]
| 21-Apr-2021
| [[P. V. Abdul Wahab]]
| bgcolor=#008500|
| [[Indian Union Muslim League]]
|24-Apr-2021

|}

=== [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Puducherry|Puducherry]] ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!Seat No.
!Previous MP
! colspan="2" |Previous Party
!Date of retirement
! Elected MP
! colspan="2" |Party
!Appointing date
! Ref.
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1
| [[N Gokulakrishnan]]
| bgcolor=#007500|
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| 06-Oct-2021
| [[S Selvaganapathy]]
| bgcolor=#FF9933|
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 7 October 2021
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2021/sep/21/bjp-nominates-s-selvaganapathy-for-puducherry-rajya-sabha-elections-2361891.html|title = BJP nominates S Selvaganapathy for Puducherry Rajya Sabha elections}}</ref>
|}

===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-election]]s, which for the Rajya Sabha often take some months to organise.

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

* On 21 November 2020 Biswajit Daimary resigned.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Choudhury |first1=Ratnadip |title=Bodoland People's Front Lone MP Resigns From Rajya Sabha, To Join BJP |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/bodoland-peoples-front-lone-mp-biswajit-daimary-resigns-from-rajya-sabha-to-join-bjp-2328489 |access-date=22 November 2020 |work=NDTV.com |date=22 November 2020}}</ref>
*Biswajit Daimary Elected As MLA.
{| 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
| rowspan="2" |[[Biswajit Daimary]]
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bodoland People's Front}}" |
|[[Bodoland People's Front]]
| 21 November 2020
|[[Biswajit Daimary]]<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/bjp-names-former-bpf-member-its-rajya-sabha-candidate-from-assam/article33841888.ece|title = BJP names former BPF member Biswajit Daimary as its Rajya Sabha candidate from Assam|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 15 February 2021}}</ref>
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 22 February 2021
| rowspan="2" | 9 April 2026
|- style="text-align:center;"
!2
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 12 May 2021
|[[Sarbananda Sonowal]]
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| 27 September 2021
|}

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

* On 25 November 2020 Ahmed Patel died.<ref name="ahmedPatel">{{cite web |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ahmed-patel-senior-congress-leader-dies-at-71-2329787 |title=Congress Veteran Ahmed Patel Dies at 71 After Battling Covid |website=ndtv.com |date=25 November 2020 }}</ref>
* On 1 December 2020 Abhay Bharadwaj died.<ref name="abhayBhardwaj">{{cite web |url=https://newsd.in/gujarat-rajya-sabha-mp-abhay-bharadwaj-passes-away-pm-modi-condoles-his-death/ |title=Gujarat Rajya Sabha MP Abhay Bharadwaj passes away, PM Modi condoles his death |website=newsd.in |date=1 December 2020 |access-date= 14 January 2021}}</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
|[[Ahmed Patel]]
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| 25 November 2020
|[[Dineshchandra Anavadiya]]<ref name="hindustantimes.com">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/gujarat-rajya-sabha-bypolls-old-timer-obc-leader-on-bjp-s-list-101613513496891.html|title = Gujarat Rajya Sabha bypolls: Old-timer, OBC leader on BJP's list|date = 17 February 2021}}</ref>
| rowspan="2" width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 23 February 2021
| 18 August 2023
|- style="text-align:center;"
!2
|[[Abhay Bharadwaj]]
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 1 December 2020
|[[Rambhai Mokariya]]<ref name="hindustantimes.com" />
| 23 February 2021
| 21 June 2026
|}

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

* On 9 January 2021 Jose K. Mani resigned.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/jose-k-mani-resigns-from-rajya-sabha/article33535384.ece|title = Jose K. Mani resigns from Rajya Sabha|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 9 January 2021}}</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
|[[Jose K. Mani]]
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Kerala Congress (M)}}" |
|[[Kerala Congress (M)]]
| 9 January 2021
|[[Jose K. Mani]]
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Kerala Congress (M)}}" |
|[[Kerala Congress (M)]]
| 24-Nov-2021
| 01-Jul-2024
|- style="text-align:center;"
|}

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

* On 12 February 2021, Dinesh Trivedi resigned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/west-bengal/article/dinesh-trivedi-quits-as-rajya-sabha-mp-says-feeling-suffocated-in-trinamool-congress/719400|title = 'Suffocated' Trinamool Congress MP Dinesh Trivedi resigns from Rajya Sabha, praises PM Narendra Modi}}</ref>
*Manas Bhunia Elected As MLA.
* On 15 September 2021, Arpita Ghosh resigned.
{| 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
|[[Dinesh Trivedi]]
| rowspan="3" width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
| rowspan="3" |[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| 12-Feb-2021
|[[Jawhar Sircar]]
| rowspan="3" width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
| rowspan="3" |[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| 03-Aug-2021
| 02-Apr-2026
|- style="text-align:center;"
!2
|[[Manas Bhunia]]
| 9-May-2021
|[[Sushmita Dev]]
| 27-Sep-2021
| 18-Aug-2023
|- style="text-align:center;"
!3
|[[Arpita Ghosh]]
|15-Sept-2021
|[[Luizinho Faleiro]]
| 24-Nov-2021
| 02-Apr-2026
|- style="text-align:center;"
|}

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

* On 24 March 2021, A. Mohammedjan died.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2021/mar/23/aiadmk-mp-mohammedjan-dies-of-sudden-heart-attack-after-round-of-hectic-electioneering-2280475.html|title = AIADMK MP Mohammedjan dies of sudden heart attack after round of hectic electioneering}}</ref>
*On 10 May 2021, K. P. Munusamy Resigned Due To Election As MLA.
*On 10 May 2021, R. Vaithilingam Resigned Due To Election As MLA.
{| 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
|[[A. Mohammedjan]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="#007500" |
| rowspan="3" | [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| 24-Mar-2021
| [[M. M. Abdulla]]
| rowspan="3" width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| 06-Sept-2021
| 24-Jul-2025
|- style="text-align:center;"
!2
|[[K. P. Munusamy]]
| 10-May-2021
| [[Kanimozhi NVN Somu]]
| 27-Sep-2021
| 02-Apr-2026
|- style="text-align:center;"
!3
|[[R. Vaithilingam]]
| 10-May-2021
| [[K. R. N. Rajeshkumar]]
| 27-Sep-2021
| 29-Jun-2022
|- style="text-align:center;"
|}

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

* On 16 May 2021, Rajeev Satav died.

{| 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
|[[Rajeev Satav]]
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| 16 May 2021
|[[Rajani Patil]]
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|27-Sep-2021
|02-Apr-2026
|}

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

* On 7 July 2021, Thawar Chand Gehlot resigned due to his appointment as Governor of Karnataka.

{| 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
|[[Thawar Chand Gehlot]]
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|07-Jul-2021
|[[L. Murugan]]
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|27-Sep-2021
|02-Apr-2024
|}

== Nominations ==
=== [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|Nominated]] members ===

* On 16 March 2021, Swapan Dasgupta resigned.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/to-fight-for-a-better-bengal-says-swapan-dasgupta-after-quitting-rajya-sabha-101615878314115.html|title=To fight for a better Bengal, says Swapan Dasgupta after quitting Rajya Sabha|date=16 March 2021}}</ref>
* On 9 May 2021, Raghunath Mohapatra died <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/rajya-sabha-mp-raghunath-mohapatra-dies-of-covid-19-pm-modi-expresses-grief20210509191332|title=Rajya Sabha MP Raghunath Mohapatra dies of COVID-19, PM Modi expresses grief}}</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
|[[Swapan Dasgupta]]
| bgcolor=#000000|
|Nominated
| 16-Mar-2021
|[[Swapan Dasgupta]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="#Ff9933" |
| rowspan="2" |Nominated (BJP whip)
|02-Jun-2021
| 24-Apr-2022
|- style="text-align:center;"
!2
|[[Raghunath Mohapatra]]
| bgcolor=#Ff9933|
|Nominated (BJP whip)
| 9-May-2021
|[[Mahesh Jethmalani]]
|02-Jun-2021
|13-Jul-2024
|- style="text-align:center;"
|}

== See also ==
*[[List of current members of the Rajya Sabha]]
*[[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)]]
*[[List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha]]
*[[2021 elections in India]]
*[[2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election]]
*[[2021 Legislative Council elections]]

==Notes==
{{noteslist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajya Sabha}}

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