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.[1][2][3]
The ruling National Democratic Alliance retained its majority in the house.
Electoral system
MPs are elected through indirect election by the members of the 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.[4]
<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.[5]
A candidate is elected unopposed when the number of candidates matches the number of available seats after nominations and withdrawals period.[6]
Results
Members retiring and elected
June election
| # | Previous MP | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mission Ranjan Das | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | BJP | 14-Jun-2025 | Kanad Purkayastha[7] | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | BJP | 15-Jun-2025 |
| 2 | Birendra Prasad Baishya | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | AGP | Birendra Prasad Baishya[7] | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | AGP | ||
| # | Previous MP | Previous Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | N. Chandrasegharan | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | AIADMK | 24 July 2025 | M. Dhanapal[8] | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan="2" | | AIADMK | 25 July 2025 |
| 2 | Anbumani Ramadoss | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=1| | PMK | I. S. Inbadurai[8] | ||||
| 3 | M. M. Abdulla | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan=3| | DMK | Salma[8] | width="1px" bgcolor="Template:Party color" rowspan="3" | | DMK | ||
| 4 | M. Shanmugam | S. R. Sivalingam[8] | ||||||
| 5 | P. Wilson | P. Wilson[8] | ||||||
| 6 | Vaiko | Template:Party color cell | MDMK | Kamal Haasan[8] | Template:Party color cell | MNM | ||
October election
| # | Previous MP | Party | Vacancy date | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vacant (Shamsheer Singh Manhas) | 10-Feb-2021 | Chowdry Mohammad Ramzan[9] | Template:Party name with color | 25-Oct-2025 | |||
| 2 | Vacant (Fayaz Ahmad Mir) | Sajjad Ahmad Kichloo[9] | ||||||
| 3 | Vacant (Nazir Ahmad Laway) | 15-Feb-2021 | Gurwinder Singh Oberoi[9] | |||||
| 4 | Vacant (Ghulam Nabi Azad) | Sat Paul Sharma[9] | Template:Party name with color | |||||
By-elections
| # | Previous MP | Party | Vacancy date | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | Reason for Vacancy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V. Vijayasai Reddy | Template:Party name with color | 25-Jan-2025 | P. Venkata Satyanarayana[10] | Template:Party name with color | 9-May-2025 | 21-Jun-2028 | Resignation | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Vacancy date | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | Reason for Vacancy | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanjeev Arora | Template:Party name with colour | 1-July-2025 | Rajinder Gupta[11] | Template:Party name with colour | 17-Oct-2025 | 09-Apr-2028 | Elected to 16th Punjab Assembly | ||
Nominations
| # | Nominated MP | Affiliation | Field | Term start | Nominated by | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meenakshi Jain | NOM | Literature and Education | 13-July-2025 | Droupadi Murmu | [12] | |
| 2 | Harsh Vardhan Shringla | rowspan="3" bgcolor=Template:Party color| | BJP | Diplomacy | |||
| 3 | Ujjwal Nikam | Law | |||||
| 4 | C. Sadanandan Master | Social work | |||||
Notes
References
- ↑ Statewise Retirement. rajyasabha.nic.in.
- ↑ Elections to 8 Rajya Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu, Assam on June 19. The Economic Times(2025-05-26). Retrieved 2025-11-04.
- ↑ Election Commission announces polls for 4 Rajya Sabha seats of Jammu and Kashmir on October 24. India TV News(2025-09-24). Retrieved 2025-11-04.
- ↑ Membership of Rajya Sabha.
- ↑ Rajya Sabha election: How MPs are elected to the upper house, Dutta, Prabhash K.. India Today(2020-06-19). Retrieved 2025-11-22.
- ↑ Handbook for Returning Officers.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Assam: BJP’s Kanad Purkayastha, AGP's Birendra Prasad Baishya elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha. The Economic Times(2025-06-13). Retrieved 2025-11-23.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 Kamal Haasan, five others declared elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed. The New Indian Express(2025-06-13). Retrieved 2025-11-23.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 National Conference wins three Rajya Sabha seats in J&K; ‘cross-voting’ gives BJP one. The Hindu(2025-10-24). Retrieved 2025-11-23.
- ↑ BJP’s P Venkata Satyanarayana wins Andhra Pradesh Rajya Sabha seat unopposed. India Today(2025-05-06). Retrieved 2025-11-23.
- ↑ AAP’s Rajinder Gupta elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha. The Times of India(2025-10-17). Retrieved 2025-11-23.
- ↑ Former Foreign Secretary Shringla, Ujjwal Nikam, C. Sadanandan Master, and Meenakshi Jain nominated to Rajya Sabha. The Hindu(2025-07-13). Retrieved 2025-07-13.