Rajya Sabha elections were held in 2018 to elect the 65 retiring members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. There were, as routine, three such elections held among relevant State and Union Territory legislators by single transferable vote (STV) and Open Ballot: on 16 January to elect 3 members from Delhi and 1 member from Sikkim; on 23 March to elect 58 members from 16 States; and lastly on 21 June to elect 3 members from Kerala. Being even-numbered, 2018 was a year in which about 30% of the State Legislature-elected 233-seat component of the body is elected. The other 12 seats of the body are appointed by the President.
Not as part of a six-yearly cycle, a by-election was held to elect 1 member from Kerala in March, which proved to be a re-election but as an independent member, of M. P. Veerendra Kumar, the only by-election of the year.[1]
Elections
The elections were held to elect 3 members from National Capital Territory of Delhi and 1 member from Sikkim. 3 members from the National Capital Territory of Delhi retired on 27 January 2018 and 1 member from Sikkim retired on 23 February 2018. Elections for 58 seats and a by-election for 1 seat were held on 23 March 2018. The election was held for 3 seats of Kerala on 21 June 2018.
| State | Members retiring | Date of retirement |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi | 3 | 27 January 2018 |
| Sikkim | 1 | 23 February 2018 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 2 April 2018 |
| Bihar | 6 | 2 April 2018 |
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 2 April 2018 |
| Gujarat | 4 | 2 April 2018 |
| Haryana | 1 | 2 April 2018 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 April 2018 |
| Karnataka | 4 | 2 April 2018 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 5 | 2 April 2018 |
| Maharashtra | 6 | 2 April 2018 |
| Telangana | 3 | 2 April 2018 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 10 | 2 April 2018 |
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 2 April 2018 |
| West Bengal | 5 | 2 April 2018 |
| Odisha | 3 | 3 April 2018 |
| Rajasthan | 3 | 3 April 2018 |
| Jharkhand | 2 | 3 May 2018 |
| Kerala | 3 | 1 July 2018 |
| Nominated | 4 | 14 July 2018 |
Members Elected
Delhi had an election for 3 Rajya Sabha seats on 16 January 2018 to replace members retiring on 27 January 2018.
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karan Singh | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=3| | INC | Sanjay Singh | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=3| | AAP | [2] |
| 2 | Parvez Hashmi | Sushil Gupta | |||||
| 3 | Janardan Dwivedi | N. D. Gupta | |||||
Sikkim had an election for 1 Rajya Sabha seat on 16 January 2018 to replace member retiring on 23 February 2018.
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hishey Lachungpa | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | SDF | Hishey Lachungpa | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | SDF | |
From Andhra Pradesh State, 3 members are elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018.[3]
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tulla Devender Goud | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | TDP | C. M. Ramesh | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2| | TDP | [3] |
| 2 | Renuka Chowdhury | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2| | INC | Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar | |||
| 3 | Chiranjeevi | Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | YSRCP | |||
From Bihar State, 6 members are elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018.[4]
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ravi Shankar Prasad | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2| | BJP | Ravi Shankar Prasad | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | BJP | [4] |
| 2 | Dharmendra Pradhan | Akhilesh Prasad Singh | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | INC | |||
| 3 | Mahendra Prasad | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=4| | JD(U) | Mahendra Prasad | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2| | JD(U) | |
| 4 | Bashistha Narain Singh | Bashistha Narain Singh | |||||
| 5 | Anil Kumar Sahani | Ashfaque Karim | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2| | RJD | |||
| 6 | Vacant (Ali Anwar) | Manoj Jha | |||||
From Chhattisgarh State, 1 member is elected for the Rajya Sabha seat on 23 March 2018, to replace member retiring on 2 April 2018.[5]
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhushan Lal Jangde | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | BJP | Saroj Pandey | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | BJP | [6][5] |
From Gujarat State, 4 members are elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018.[7]
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parshottam Rupala | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=4| | BJP | Parshottam Rupala | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2| | BJP | [7] |
| 2 | Mansukh L. Mandaviya | Mansukh L. Mandaviya | |||||
| 3 | Arun Jaitley | Naranbhai Rathwa | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2| | INC | |||
| 4 | Shankarbhai Vegad | Amee Yajnik | |||||
From Haryana State, 1 member is elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace member retiring on 2 April 2018.[8]
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shadi Lal Batra | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | INC | D.P. Vats | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | BJP | [8] |
From Himachal Pradesh State, 1 member is elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace member retiring on 2 April 2018.[9]
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jagat Prakash Nadda | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | BJP | Jagat Prakash Nadda | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | BJP | [9][8] |
From Jharkhand State, 2 members are elected for the Rajya Sabha seats on 23 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 3 May 2018.[10]
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanjiv Kumar | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | JMM | Sameer Oraon | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | BJP | [10][6] |
| 2 | Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | INC | Dhiraj Prasad Sahu | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | INC | |
From Karnataka State, 4 members are elected for the Rajya Sabha seats on 23 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018.[11]
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | R Ramakrishna | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2| | BJP | Syed Naseer Hussain | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=3| | INC | [6][11] |
| 2 | Basavaraj Patil Sedam | L. Hanumanthaiah | |||||
| 3 | K. Rahman Khan | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | INC | G C Chandrasekhar | |||
| 4 | Vacant (Rajeev Chandrasekhar) | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | Independent | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | BJP | |
From Madhya Pradesh State, 5 members are elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018.[12]
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyavrat Chaturvedi | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | INC | Rajmani Patel | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | INC | [12] |
| 2 | Meghraj Jain | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=4| | BJP | Dharmendra Pradhan | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=4| | BJP | |
| 3 | Prakash Javadekar | Kailash Soni | |||||
| 4 | La Ganesan | Ajay Pratap Singh | |||||
| 5 | Thawar Chand Gehlot | Thawar Chand Gehlot | |||||
From Maharashtra State, 6 members are elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018.[13]
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ajay Sancheti | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | BJP | Prakash Javadekar | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=3| | BJP | [13] |
| 2 | D. P. Tripathi | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | NCP | Narayan Rane | |||
| 3 | Rajeev Shukla | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2| | INC | V. Muraleedharan | |||
| 4 | Rajni Patil | Kumar Ketkar | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | INC | |||
| 5 | Vandana Chavan | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | NCP | Vandana Chavan | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | NCP | |
| 6 | Anil Desai | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | SS | Anil Desai | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | SS | |
From Odisha State, 3 members are elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 3 April 2018.[14]
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ananga Udaya Singh Deo | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2| | BJD | Prashanta Nanda | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=3| | BJD | [14] |
| 2 | Dilip Tirkey | Achyuta Samanta | |||||
| 3 | A V Swamy | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | Independent | Soumya Ranjan Patnaik | |||
From Rajasthan State, 3 members are elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 3 April 2018.[15]
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abhishek Singhvi | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2| | INC | Kirodi Lal Meena | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=3| | BJP | [15] |
| 2 | Narendra Budania | Madan Lal Saini | |||||
| 3 | Bhupender Yadav | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | BJP | Bhupender Yadav | |||
From Telangana State, 3 members are elected for the Rajya Sabha seats on 23 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018.[16]
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C. M. Ramesh | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | TDP | Joginapally Santosh Kumar | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=3| | TRS | [6][16] |
| 2 | Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2| | INC | Badulgula Lingaiah Yadav | |||
| 3 | Vacant (P. Govardhan Reddy) | Banda Prakash | |||||
From Uttarakhand State, 1 member is elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace member retiring on 2 April 2018.[17]
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mahendra Singh Mahra | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | INC | Anil Baluni | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | BJP | [17] |
From Uttar Pradesh State, 10 members are elected for the Rajya Sabha seats on 23 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018.[18]
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jaya Bachchan | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=6| | SP | Jaya Bachchan | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | SP | [6][18] |
| 2 | Naresh Chandra Agrawal | Arun Jaitley | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=9| | BJP | |||
| 3 | Alok Tiwari | Anil Jain | |||||
| 4 | Munvvar Saleem | Ashok Bajpai | |||||
| 5 | Darshan Singh Yadav | Harnath Singh Yadav | |||||
| 6 | Kiranmay Nanda | Anil Agrawal | |||||
| 7 | Munquad Ali | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=2| | BSP | Sakal Deep Rajbhar | |||
| 8 | Vacant (Mayawati) | Kanta Kardam | |||||
| 9 | Pramod Tiwari | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | INC | G. V. L. Narasimha Rao | |||
| 10 | Vinay Katiyar | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | BJP | Vijaypal Singh Tomar | |||
From West Bengal State, 5 members are elected for the Rajya Sabha seats on 23 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tapan Kumar Sen | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | CPI(M) | Abhishek Singhvi | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | INC | [6] |
| 2 | Nadimul Haque | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=4| | AITC | Nadimul Haque | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=4| | AITC | |
| 3 | Vivek Gupta | Abir Biswas | |||||
| 4 | Kunal Kumar Ghosh | Santunu Sen | |||||
| 5 | Vacant (Mukul Roy) | Subhasish Chakraborty | |||||
From Kerala State, 3 members are elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 14 June 2018, to replace members retiring on 1 July 2018.
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C.P. Narayanan | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | CPI(M) | Elamaram Kareem | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | CPI(M) | [19] |
| 2 | P. J. Kurien | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | INC | Binoy Viswam | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | CPI | |
| 3 | Joy Abraham | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | KC(M) | Jose K. Mani | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | KC(M) | |
| Seat No | Former MP | Former Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anu Aga | Nominated | Raghunath Mohapatra | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | BJP | [20] | |
| 2 | K. Parasaran | Nominated | Sonal Mansingh | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | BJP | ||
| 3 | Rekha | Nominated | Ram Shakal | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | BJP | ||
| 4 | Sachin Tendulkar | Nominated | Rakesh Sinha | bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | BJP | ||
By-elections
In addition to scheduled elections, unforeseen vacancies, caused by members' resignation, death or disqualification, may also be filled via By-elections.
- On 2 September 2017, Manohar Parrikar resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, due to his election as the member of Goa Legislative Assembly on 23 August by-poll.[21]
| S.No | Former MP | Party | Date of Vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manohar Parrikar | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | BJP | 2 September 2017 | Hardeep Singh Puri | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | BJP | 9 January 2018 | 25 November 2020 |
- On 20 December 2017, M. P. Veerendra Kumar resigned from Rajya Sabha due to disqualification of Sharad Yadav.
| S.No | Former MP | Party | Date of Vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. P. Veerendra Kumar | width="1" bgcolor="Template:Party color" | | Janata Dal (United) | 20 December 2017 | M. P. Veerendra Kumar | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | IND | 24 March 2018 | 2 April 2022 |
Notes
References
- ↑ Archived copy. eci.nic.in. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ↑ Billionaire, chartered accountant, party loyalist: Meet AAP's 3 nominees for RS(4 January 2018).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Rajya Sabha polls: Two from TDP, one from YSR Congress get elected. The Times of India(15 March 2018). Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Six including Ravi Shankar Prasad elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed(15 March 2018). Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rajya Sabha Polls: BSP's MLA Votes in Favour of BJP's Saroj Pandey, Ensures Win(24 March 2018). Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 6.5 All you need to know about Rajya Sabha election 2018. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Rajya Sabha Polls: All four candidates from Gujarat elected unopposed(15 March 2018). Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 BJP's Vats makes Rajya Sabha debut, J P Nadda begins 2nd innings. The Times of India(16 March 2018). Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 JP Nadda Elected Unopposed to Rajya Sabha Seat From Himachal Pradesh. India.com News Desk(15 March 2018). Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Convicted MLA's vote puts Congress Rajya Sabha nominee's victory in Jharkhand under cloud; BJP to move high court. The New Indian Express. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Amid high drama, Congress wins 3 Rajya Sabha seats in Karnataka. The Times of India(24 March 2018). Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Four BJP leaders, a Congress veteran elected unopposed to RS from MP. The Times of India(15 March 2018). Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 RS polls now a formality as 7th nominee opts out of race. The Times of India(16 March 2018). Retrieved 16 March 2018.
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Achyuta, Prashanta, Soumya Ranjan elected to Rajya Sabha from Odisha(15 March 2018). Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 All three BJP Rajya Sabha candidates from Rajasthan elected unopposed(15 March 2018). Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Rajya Sabha polls: Three TRS candidates declared winners, Congress's P Balram loses(23 March 2018). Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 अनिल बलूनी राज्यसभा के लिए निर्विरोध निर्वाचित, मिला सर्टिफ़िकेट(15 March 2018). Retrieved 15 March 2018.
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 Rajya Sabha Elections Results: BJP Wins 9 Seats in Uttar Pradesh, BSP's BR Ambedkar Loses. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
- ↑ Kerala Rajya Sabha election 2018: Two LDF candidates, one from elected unopposed(14 June 2018).
- ↑ RSS thinker Rakesh Sinha, Dalit leader Ram Shakal among 4 nominated to Rajya Sabha. India Today.
- ↑ Parrikar, Rane take oath as newly-elected MLAs. Retrieved 9 September 2017.