2022 Rajya Sabha elections

What links here Related changes Page information
Created by FrancescaToscano
Last edited April 5, 2026



Template:Infobox election

Rajya Sabha elections were held throughout 2022, to elect new members to replace those retiring from the Rajya Sabha, the Indian Parliament's upper house.[1][2][3]

Results

Alliance/ Party Seats +/–
rowspan=8 Template:Party color cell NDA Template:Party color cell Bharatiya Janata Party 27 0
Template:Party color cell All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 Template:Color
Template:Party color cell United People's Party Liberal 1 Template:Color
Template:Party color cell Independent (Kartikeya Sharma) 1 Template:Color
Template:Party color cell Naga People's Front 0 Template:Color
Template:Party color cell Shiromani Akali Dal (Sanyukt) 0 Template:Color
Template:Party color cell Independent (Subhash Chandra) 0 Template:Color
Total 31 Template:Color
rowspan=7 Template:Party color cell UPA Template:Party color cell Indian National Congress 10 Template:Color
Template:Party color cell Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3 0
Template:Party color cell Rashtriya Janata Dal 2 Template:Color
Template:Party color cell Janata Dal (United) 2 0
Template:Party color cell Nationalist Congress Party 1 0
Template:Party color cell Jharkhand Mukti Morcha 1 Template:Color
Total 19 Template:Color
rowspan=13 Template:Party color cell Others Template:Party color cell Aam Aadmi Party 7 Template:Color
Template:Party color cell Biju Janata Dal 4 0
Template:Party color cell Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party 4 Template:Color
Template:Party color cell Telangana Rashtra Samithi 3 0
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1 Template:Color
Template:Party color cell Communist Party of India 1 Template:Color
Template:Party color cell Rashtriya Lok Dal 1 Template:Color
Template:Party color cell Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) 1 0
Template:Party color cell Samajwadi Party 1 Template:Color
Template:Party color cell Independent (Kapil Sibal) 1 Template:Color
Template:Party color cell Loktantrik Janata Dal 0 Template:Color
Template:Party color cell Shiromani Akali Dal 0 Template:Color
Template:Party color cell Bahujan Samaj Party 0 Template:Color

Members retiring and elected

Note:

  • Listed according to date of retirement

Assam

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 Ripun Bora Template:Party name with color 02-Apr-2022 Rwngwra Narzary Template:Party name with color [4]
2 Ranee Narah Template:Party name with color 02-Apr-2022 Pabitra Margherita Template:Party name with color

Himachal Pradesh

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 Anand Sharma Template:Party name with color 02-Apr-2022 Sikander Kumar Template:Party name with color [5]

Kerala

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 A. K. Antony Template:Party name with color 02-Apr-2022 Jebi Mather Template:Party name with color [6]
2 K. Somaprasad Template:Party name with color 02-Apr-2022 A. A. Rahim Template:Party name with color
3 M. V. Shreyams Kumar Template:Party name with color 02-Apr-2022 P. Santhosh Kumar Template:Party name with color

Nagaland

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 K. G. Kenye Template:Party name with color 02-Apr-2022 Phangnon Konyak Template:Party name with color [7]

Tripura

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 Jharna Das Template:Party name with color 02-Apr-2022 Manik Saha Template:Party name with color [8]

Punjab

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa Template:Party name with color 9 April 2022 Harbhajan Singh Template:Party name with color [9]
2 Naresh Gujral Template:Party name with color Raghav Chadha
3 Pratap Singh Bajwa Template:Party name with color Sandeep Pathak
4 Shamsher Singh Dullo Ashok Mittal
5 Shwait Malik Template:Party name with color Sanjeev Arora
6 Balwinder Singh Bhunder Template:Party name with color 4 July 2022 Balbir Singh Seechewal
7 Ambika Soni Template:Party name with color Vikramjit Singh Sahney

Andhra Pradesh

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 V. Vijayasai Reddy Template:Party name with color 21 June 2022 V. Vijayasai Reddy Template:Party name with color [10]
2 Suresh Prabhu Template:Party name with color 21 June 2022 R. Krishnaiah
3 Sujana Chowdary 21 June 2022 S. Niranjan Reddy
4 T. G. Venkatesh 21 June 2022 Beeda Masthan Rao

Telangana

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 V. Lakshmikantha Rao Template:Party name with color 21 June 2022 B. Parthasaradhi Reddy Template:Party name with color [11]
2 D. Srinivas 21 June 2022 D. Damodar Rao

Chhattisgarh

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 Ramvichar Netam Template:Party name with color 29-Jun-2022 Rajeev Shukla Template:Party name with color [12]
2 Chhaya Verma Template:Party name with color 29-Jun-2022 Ranjeet Ranjan

Madhya Pradesh

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 M. J. Akbar Template:Party name with color 29-Jun-2022 Kavita Patidar Template:Party name with color [13]
2 Sampatiya Uikey 29-Jun-2022 Sumitra Valmiki
3 Vivek Tankha Template:Party name with color 29-Jun-2022 Vivek Tankha Template:Party name with color

Tamil Nadu

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 R. S. Bharathi Template:Party name with color 29-Jun-2022 R. Girirajan Template:Party name with color [14]
2 T. K. S. Elangovan 29-Jun-2022 S. Kalyanasundaram
3 K. R. N. Rajeshkumar 29-Jun-2022 K. R. N. Rajeshkumar
4 A. Navaneethakrishnan Template:Party name with color 29-Jun-2022 P. Chidambaram Template:Party name with color
5 S. R. Balasubramoniyan 29-Jun-2022 C. V. Shanmugam Template:Party name with color
6 A. Vijayakumar 29-Jun-2022 R. Dharmar

Karnataka

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 Nirmala Sitharaman Template:Party name with color 30-Jun-2022 Nirmala Sitharaman Template:Party name with color [15]
2 K. C. Ramamurthy 30-Jun-2022 Jaggesh
3 Vacant
(Oscar Fernandes) 		Lehar Singh Siroya
4 Jairam Ramesh Template:Party name with color 30-Jun-2022 Jairam Ramesh Template:Party name with color

Odisha

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 Sasmit Patra Template:Party name with color 1 July 2022 Sasmit Patra Template:Party name with color [16]
2 Prasanna Acharya Manas Ranjan Mangaraj
3 N. Bhaskar Rao Sulata Deo

Maharashtra

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 Piyush Goyal Template:Party name with color 04-Jul-2022 Piyush Goyal Template:Party name with color [17]
2 Vinay Sahasrabuddhe 04-Jul-2022 Anil Sukhdevrao Bonde
3 Vikas Mahatme 04-Jul-2022 Dhananjay Mahadik
4 Praful Patel Template:Party name with color 04-Jul-2022 Praful Patel Template:Party name with color
5 P. Chidambaram Template:Party name with color 04-Jul-2022 Imran Pratapgarhi Template:Party name with color
6 Sanjay Raut Template:Party name with color 04-Jul-2022 Sanjay Raut Template:Party name with color

Rajasthan

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 Om Prakash Mathur Template:Party name with color 04-Jul-2022 Randeep Surjewala Template:Party name with color [18]
2 Ram Kumar Verma 04-Jul-2022 Mukul Wasnik
3 Harshvardhan Singh Dungarpur 04-Jul-2022 Pramod Tiwari
4 Alphons Kannanthanam 04-Jul-2022 Ghanshyam Tiwari Template:Party name with color

Uttar Pradesh

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 Surendra Singh Nagar Template:Party name with color 04-Jul-2022 Surendra Singh Nagar Template:Party name with color [19]
2 Shiv Pratap Shukla 04-Jul-2022 Laxmikant Bajpai
3 Sanjay Seth 04-Jul-2022 Radha Mohan Das Agarwal
4 Jai Prakash Nishad 04-Jul-2022 Baburam Nishad
5 Syed Zafar Islam 04-Jul-2022 Sangeeta Yadav
6 Rewati Raman Singh Template:Party name with color 04-Jul-2022 Darshana Singh
7 Sukhram Singh Yadav 04-Jul-2022 Mithlesh Kumar
8 Vishambhar Prasad Nishad 04-Jul-2022 K. Laxman
9 Satish Chandra Mishra Template:Party name with color 04-Jul-2022 Jayant Chaudhary Template:Party name with color
10 Ashok Siddharth 04-Jul-2022 Javed Ali Khan Template:Party name with color
11 Kapil Sibal Template:Party name with color 04-Jul-2022 Kapil Sibal width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| IND

Uttarakhand

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 Pradeep Tamta Template:Party name with color 04-Jul-2022 Kalpana Saini Template:Party name with color [20]

Bihar

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 Gopal Narayan Singh Template:Party name with color 07-Jul-2022 Shambhu Sharan Patel Template:Party name with color [21]
2 Satish Chandra Dubey 07-Jul-2022 Satish Chandra Dubey
3 Ramchandra Prasad Singh Template:Party name with color 07-Jul-2022 Khiru Mahto Template:Party name with color
4 Vacant
(Sharad Yadav) 		Faiyaz Ahmad Template:Party name with color
5 Misa Bharti Template:Party name with color 07-Jul-2022 Misa Bharti

Jharkhand

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi Template:Party name with color 07-Jul-2022 Aditya Sahu Template:Party name with color [22]
2 Mahesh Poddar Template:Party name with color 07-Jul-2022 Mahua Maji Template:Party name with color

Haryana

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref.
1 Dushyant Kumar Gautam Template:Party name with color 01-Aug-2022 Krishan Lal Panwar Template:Party name with color [23]
2 Subhash Chandra width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| IND 01-Aug-2022 Kartikeya Sharma width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| IND

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-elections, which for the Rajya Sabha often take some months to organise.

Bihar

  • On 26 December 2021, Mahendra Prasad died
No Former MP Party Date of vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement Ref.
1 Mahendra Prasad Template:Party name with color 26 December 2021 Anil Hegde Template:Party name with color 30 May 2022 2 April 2024 [24]

Telangana

  • On 4 December 2021, Banda Prakash resigned
No Former MP Party Date of vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement Ref.
1 Banda Prakash Template:Party name with color 4 December 2021 Vaddiraju Ravichandra Template:Party name with color 25 May 2022 2 April 2024 [25]

Odisha

  • On 27 April 2022, Subhash Chandra Singh was elected the Mayor of Cuttack.
No Former MP Party Date of vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement Ref.
1 Subhash Chandra Singh Template:Party name with color 27 April 2022 Niranjan Bishi Template:Party name with color 13 June 2022 2 April 2026 [26]

Tripura

  • On 26 June 2022 Manik Saha was elected to the Tripura Legislative Assembly.
No Former MP Party Date of vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement Ref.
1 Manik Saha Template:Party name with color 26 June 2022 Biplab Deb Template:Party name with color 22 September 2022 2 April 2028 [27]

Nominations

Nominated members

No Previous MP Party Term end Nominated MP Party Date of appointment Ref.
1 Narendra Jadhav Nominated 24-Apr-2022 Ilaiyaraaja Nominated 06-Jul-2022 [28]
2 Mary Kom Nominated 24-Apr-2022 P. T. Usha Nominated 06-Jul-2022
3 Roopa Ganguly Nominated (BJP) 24-Apr-2022 V. Vijayendra Prasad Nominated 06-Jul-2022
4 Swapan Dasgupta Nominated (BJP) 24-Apr-2022 Veerendra Heggade Nominated 06-Jul-2022
5 Suresh Gopi Nominated (BJP) 24-Apr-2022 Ghulam Ali Khatana Nominated (BJP) 10-Sep-2022 [29]

See also

Notes

Template:Notelist

References

  1. ↑ Statewise Retirement. 164.100.47.5.
  2. ↑ NDA likely to get majority in Rajya Sabha by 2021. The Economic Times(May 27, 2019).
  3. ↑ BJP's Rajya Sabha tally will marginally drop after March, but real worry will be after 2022(2 March 2020).
  4. ↑ Team BJP wins both Rajya Sabha seats in Assam as Opposition unity crumbles. Hindustan Times(2022-04-01). Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  5. ↑ Dr. Sikandar Kumar becomes Rajya Sabha MP from Himachal - HIMACHAL HEADLINES(2022-03-24). Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  6. ↑ A A Rahim, Jebi Mather and P Santhosh Kumar elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha. English.Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  7. ↑ Phangnon Konyak elected unopposed as Nagaland's first woman RS MP. MorungExpress. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  8. ↑ Tripura BJP gets first Rajya Sabha member as state president wins lone seat. The Indian Express(2022-03-31). Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  9. ↑ AAP nominees Seechewal, Sahney elected unopposed to RS from Punjab. Hindustan Times(2022-06-03). Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  10. ↑ Andhra Pradesh: Four YSRCP nominees elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed. The Hindu(2022-06-03). Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  11. ↑ TRS candidates Damodar Rao, B Parthasaradhi Reddy elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha. newsonair.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  12. ↑ Cong candidates Rajeev Shukla, Ranjeet Ranjan elected unopposed to RS from Chhattisgarh. The Indian Express(2022-06-03). Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  13. ↑ All three from Madhya Pradesh elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha, Gupta, Suchanda. The Times of India(June 4, 2022). Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  14. ↑ Six Rajya Sabha candidates from Tamil Nadu elected unopposed. newsonair.gov.in. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  15. ↑ Karnataka Rajya Sabha: 3 Seats For BJP, 1 For Congress, None For Deve Gowda's JDS. NDTV.com. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  16. ↑ Three BJD candidates elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha. Pragativadi(2022-06-03). Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  17. ↑ Maharashtra: BJP wins 3 of 6 Rajya Sabha seats in major setback to ruling Sena-NCP-Congress alliance | India News - Times of India. The Times of India(Jun 11, 2022). Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  18. ↑ Congress bags 3 Rajya Sabha seats in Rajasthan, BJP manages 1. India Today. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  19. ↑ 11 Rajya Sabha candidates in UP, including 8 from BJP elected unopposed. Business Standard India(2022-06-04). Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  20. ↑ Bjp's Kalpana Saini Elected To Rajya Sabha | Dehradun News - Times of India. The Times of India(Jun 4, 2022). Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  21. ↑ All Rajya Sabha nominees from Bihar elected unopposed. Business Standard India(2016-06-03). Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  22. ↑ Sahu, Majhi gets elected to RS unopposed. The Pioneer. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  23. ↑ Rajya Sabha polls: BJP's Krishan Lal Panwar, Independent candidate Kartikeya Sharma elected from Haryana; Cong's Ajay Makan loses. Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  24. ↑ JD(U) Leader Anil Hegde Elected Unopposed To Rajya Sabha. NDTV.com. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  25. ↑ TRS nominee elected uncontested to Rajya Sabha. www.newsdrum.in. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  26. ↑ BJD candidate Niranjan Bishi elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha - Dinalipi. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  27. ↑ Former Tripura chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb elected as Rajya Sabha MP. Hindustan Times(2022-09-22). Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  28. ↑ Ilaiyaraaja, P T Usha, Veerendra Heggade and Vijayendra Prasad nominated as RS members. The Indian Express(2022-07-06). Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  29. ↑ Gulam Ali, a Gurjar Muslim from J&K, nominated to RS. Kashmir Convener(2022-09-11). Retrieved 2023-01-20.

Template:Rajya Sabha

Retrieved from "https://indianpedia.org/index.php?title=2022_Rajya_Sabha_elections&oldid=482945"
Discover more