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{{Short description|Elections for the upper house of Indian Parliament}}
{{Infobox election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2024 Rajya Sabha elections
| previous_year = 2024
| next_election = 2026 Rajya Sabha elections
| next_year = 2026
| election_date = June - October 2025
| seats_for_election = 14{{efn|Including two [[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 = 123{{efn|out of 244 (excluding one vacancy and including 12 [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|nominated seats]])}} total

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=Jagat_Prakash_Nadda_2023.jpg|bSize=110|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=10|oTop=04}}
| leader1 = [[J. P. Nadda]]
| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| leader_since1 = 24 June 2024
| leaders_seat1 =
| alliance1 = [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| seats_before1 = 96{{efn|excluding two [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|nominated members]]}}
| seats_after1 = '''98'''{{efn|excluding 5 [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|nominated members]]}}
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 2
| 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 = [[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|INDIA]]
| seats_before2 = 27
| seats_after2 = 27
| seat_change2 = {{steady}}
| 1blank = Alliance seats before
| 1data1 = 119{{efn|excluding 8 [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|nominated members]]}}
| 1data2 = 77
| 2blank = Alliance seats after
| 2data1 = '''121'''{{efn|excluding 12 [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|nominated members]]}}
| 2data2 = 80
| 3blank = Seat change
| 3data1 = {{increase}} 2
| 3data2 = {{increase}} 3

| title = Majority
| posttitle = Majority after election
| before_election = [[National Democratic Alliance]]{{efn|including the support of 8 [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|nominated members]]}}
| before_party =
| after_election = [[National Democratic Alliance]]{{efn|including the support of 12 [[List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha|nominated members]]}}
| after_party =
}}

The 2025 '''Rajya Sabha elections''' were held as part of a routine six-year cycle of the upper house of the [[Parliament of India]] from 19 June to 24 October 2025 to elect 14 of its 245 members (including 2 by-elections), of which the states through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://rajyasabha.nic.in/rsnew/member_site/RetLMemState.aspx|title=Statewise Retirement|website=rajyasabha.nic.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-05-26 |title=Elections to 8 Rajya Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu, Assam on June 19 |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/biennial-polls-to-eight-rajya-sabha-seats-on-june-19/articleshow/121410120.cms |access-date=2025-11-04 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389 |archive-date=2025-07-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250711100424/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/biennial-polls-to-eight-rajya-sabha-seats-on-june-19/articleshow/121410120.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-24 |title=Election Commission announces polls for 4 Rajya Sabha seats of Jammu and Kashmir on October 24 |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/election-commission-announces-polls-for-5-rajya-sabha-seats-of-jammu-and-kashmir-punjab-on-october-24-latest-updates-2025-09-24-1009786 |access-date=2025-11-04 |website=India TV News |language=en |archive-date=2025-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251001214029/https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/election-commission-announces-polls-for-5-rajya-sabha-seats-of-jammu-and-kashmir-punjab-on-october-24-latest-updates-2025-09-24-1009786 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The ruling [[National Democratic Alliance]] retained its majority in the house.

== Electoral system ==
[[Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha|MPs]] are elected through [[indirect election]] by the members of the [[State legislative assemblies of India|State legislative assemblies]] using the system of [[proportional representation]] by means of the [[single transferable vote]]. Each voter (MLA) ranks candidates in the order of preference (marking 1, 2, 3 and so on) under an [[open ballot system]]. Candidate have to reach a specific quota of votes in order to win a seat.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Membership of Rajya Sabha |url=https://cms.rajyasabha.nic.in/UploadedFiles/Procedure/RajyaSabhaAtWork/English/30-85/CHAPTER3.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251121163132/https://cms.rajyasabha.nic.in/UploadedFiles/Procedure/RajyaSabhaAtWork/English/30-85/CHAPTER3.pdf |archive-date=2025-11-21}}</ref>

<math>
\text{Quota} = \left( \frac{\text{Total valid votes}}{\text{Vacancies} + 1} \right) + 1
</math>

For a single-seat election, each ballot is valued at one. When multiple seats are filled, the ballot value is set to one hundred.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dutta |first=Prabhash K. |date=2020-06-19 |title=Rajya Sabha election: How MPs are elected to the upper house |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/rajya-sabha-election-how-mps-are-elected-to-the-upper-house-1690564-2020-06-19 |access-date=2025-11-22 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>

A candidate is elected unopposed when the number of candidates matches the number of available seats after nominations and withdrawals period.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Handbook for Returning Officers |url=https://ceodelhi.gov.in/WriteReadData/HandBooks/Handbook_For_Returning_Officers(Council_Elections).pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160802035728/https://ceodelhi.gov.in/WriteReadData/HandBooks/Handbook_For_Returning_Officers(Council_Elections).pdf |archive-date=2016-08-02}}</ref>

==Results==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!colspan="4" rowspan="1"|Alliance/ Party
! Seats
! +/–
|-
|rowspan=4 {{party color cell|National Democratic Alliance}}
|rowspan=4 style="text-align:center;"|[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|{{party color cell|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|{{color|green|+2}}
|-
|{{party color cell|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|style="text-align:center;"|2
|{{color|green|+1}}
|-
|{{party color cell|Asom Gana Parishad}}
|[[Asom Gana Parishad]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|0
|-
|colspan="2"style="background:#FEE4CB"|Total
|style="color:inherit;background:#FEE4CB;text-align:center;"|6
|style="color:inherit;background:#FEE4CB"|{{color|green|+3}}
|-
|rowspan=5 {{party color cell|Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance}}
|rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;"|[[Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance|INDIA]]
|{{party color cell|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|0
|-
|{{party color cell|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}
|[[Jammu & Kashmir National Conference]]
|style="text-align:center;"|3
|{{color|green|+3}}
|-
|{{party color cell|Makkal Needhi Maiam}}
|[[Makkal Needhi Maiam]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|{{color|green|+1}}
|-
|{{party color cell|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
|[[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|style="text-align:center;"|0
|{{color|red|-1}}
|-
|colspan="2"style="background:#D7F6FF"|Total
|style="color:inherit;background:#D7F6FF;text-align:center;"|7
|style="color:inherit;background:#D7F6FF"|{{color|green|+3}}
|-
|rowspan=2 {{party color cell|Others}}
|rowspan=2 style="text-align:center;"|Others
|{{party color cell|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|[[Aam Aadmi Party]]
|style="text-align:center;"|1
|0
|-
|{{party color cell|YSR Congress Party}}
|[[Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party]]
|style="text-align:center;"|0
|{{color|red|-1}}
|-
|}

==Members retiring and elected==

=== June election ===

==== [[Rajya Sabha members from Assam|Assam]] ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! #
! colspan="3" | Previous MP
!Term end
!Elected MP
!colspan="2" | Party
!Term start
|-
| 1
| [[Mission Ranjan Das]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}" rowspan=1|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan="2" |14-Jun-2025
| [[Kanad Purkayastha]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2025-06-13 |title=Assam: BJP’s Kanad Purkayastha, AGP's Birendra Prasad Baishya elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/assam-bjps-kanad-purkayastha-agps-birendra-prasad-baishya-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha/articleshow/121830464.cms |access-date=2025-11-23 |work=The Economic Times |issn=0013-0389}}</ref>
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|BJP}}" rowspan=1|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
| rowspan="2" |15-Jun-2025
|-
| 2
| [[Birendra Prasad Baishya]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
| [[Birendra Prasad Baishya]]<ref name=":1" />
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}" rowspan=1|
|[[Asom Gana Parishad|AGP]]
|}

==== [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu|Tamil Nadu]] ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! #
! Previous MP
! colspan=2| Previous Party
!Term end
! Elected MP
! colspan="2" |Party
!Term start
|-
| 1
| [[N. Chandrasegharan]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
| rowspan="6" |24 July 2025
| [[M. Dhanapal]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |date=2025-06-13 |title=Kamal Haasan, five others declared elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-nadu/2025/Jun/13/kamal-haasan-five-others-declared-elected-to-rajya-sabha-unopposed |access-date=2025-11-23 |website=The New Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan="2" |
| rowspan="2" |[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]]
| rowspan="6" |25 July 2025
|-
|2
| [[Anbumani Ramadoss]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Pattali Makkal Katchi|PMK]]
| [[I. S. Inbadurai]]<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 3
| [[M. M. Abdulla]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=3|
| rowspan="3" |[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
| [[Salma (writer)|Salma]]<ref name=":0" />
| width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan="3" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]]
|-
|4
| [[M. Shanmugam]]
| [[S. R. Sivalingam]]<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 5
| [[P. Wilson]]
| [[P. Wilson]]<ref name=":0" />
|-
| 6
| [[Vaiko]]
|{{party color cell|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}
| [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|MDMK]]
| [[Kamal Haasan]]<ref name=":0" />
|{{party color cell|Makkal Needhi Maiam}}
|[[Makkal Needhi Maiam|MNM]]
|}

=== October election ===

==== [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]] ====
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!#
!Previous MP
! colspan="2" |Party
!Vacancy date
!Elected MP
! colspan="2" |Party
!Term start
|-
|1
| colspan="3" |'''Vacant''' ([[Shamsheer Singh Manhas]])
|rowspan="2" |10-Feb-2021
|[[Chowdry Mohammad Ramzan]]<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |date=2025-10-24 |title=National Conference wins three Rajya Sabha seats in J&K; ‘cross-voting’ gives BJP one |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jammu-and-kashmir/nc-wins-three-rajya-sabha-seats-in-jk-bjp-victorious-in-one/article70198254.ece |access-date=2025-11-23 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|{{Party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference|rowspan=3}}
|rowspan="4" |25-Oct-2025
|-
|2
| colspan="3" |'''Vacant''' ([[Fayaz Ahmad Mir]])
|[[Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo]]<ref name=":2" />
|-
|3
| colspan="3" |'''Vacant''' ([[Nazir Ahmad Laway]])
|rowspan="2" |15-Feb-2021
|[[Gurwinder Singh Oberoi]]<ref name=":2" />
|-
|4
| colspan="3" |'''Vacant''' ([[Ghulam Nabi Azad]])
|[[Sat Paul Sharma]]<ref name=":2" />
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

== By-elections ==

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

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
!#
!Previous MP
! colspan="2" |Party
!Vacancy date
! Elected MP
! colspan="2" |Party
!Term start
!Term end
!Reason for Vacancy
|-
|1
|[[V. Vijayasai Reddy]]
|{{Party name with color|YSR Congress Party}}
|25-Jan-2025
|[[P. Venkata Satyanarayana]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-05-06 |title=BJP’s P Venkata Satyanarayana wins Andhra Pradesh Rajya Sabha seat unopposed |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/andhra-pradesh/story/p-venkata-satyanarayana-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha-from-andhra-pradesh-2720240-2025-05-06 |access-date=2025-11-23 |website=India Today |language=en}}</ref>
|{{Party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|9-May-2025
|21-Jun-2028
|Resignation
|}

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

{| class="wikitable"
!#
!Previous MP
! colspan="2" |Party
!Vacancy date
!Elected MP
! colspan="2" |Party
!Term start
!Term end
!Reason for Vacancy
|-
|1
|[[Sanjeev Arora (politician)|Sanjeev Arora]]
|{{party name with colour|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|1-July-2025
|[[Rajinder Gupta]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-10-17 |title=AAP’s Rajinder Gupta elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/aaps-rajinder-gupta-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha/articleshow/124614915.cms |access-date=2025-11-23 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>
|{{party name with colour|Aam Aadmi Party}}
|17-Oct-2025
|09-Apr-2028
|Elected to [[16th Punjab Assembly]]
|}

==Nominations==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!#
!Nominated MP
! colspan=2|Affiliation
!Field
!Term start
!Nominated by
!Reference
|-
|1
|[[Meenakshi Jain]]
| bgcolor="#000000" |
|[[Nominated|NOM]]
|[[Literature]] and [[Education]]
| rowspan="4" |13-July-2025
| rowspan="4" |[[Droupadi Murmu]]
| rowspan="4" |<ref>{{Cite news |date=2025-07-13 |title=Former Foreign Secretary Shringla, Ujjwal Nikam, C. Sadanandan Master, and Meenakshi Jain nominated to Rajya Sabha |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/former-foreign-secretary-shringla-ujjwal-nikam-c-sadanandan-master-and-meenakshi-jain-nominated-to-rajya-sabha/article69806580.ece |access-date=2025-07-13 |work=The Hindu |language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|-
|2
|[[Harsh Vardhan Shringla]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor={{party color|BJP}}|
| rowspan="3"|[[BJP]]
|[[Diplomacy]]
|-
|3
|[[Ujjwal Nikam]]
|[[Law]]
|-
|4
|[[C. Sadanandan Master]]
|[[Social work]]
|}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

{{Rajya Sabha}}

[[Category:2025 elections in India|Rajya Sabha]]
[[Category:Rajya Sabha elections in India]]

2025 Rajya Sabha elections - Revision history

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