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{{short description|Elections to the upper house of the Indian Parliament}}
{{Update|date=January 2020}}
{{Update|date=January 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Infobox election
{{Infobox election
| country = India
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|election_name = 2019 Rajya Sabha elections
|country = India
| type = parliamentary
|type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
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| previous_election = 2018 Rajya Sabha elections
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|ongoing = yes
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| previous_year = 2018
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|previous_election = 2018 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
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| next_election = 2020 Rajya Sabha elections
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|previous_year = 2018
| next_year =2020
|next_election = 2020 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
|next_year = 2020
| election_date = 31 May – 5 December 2019
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| seats_for_election = 22 seats in the [[Rajya Sabha]]<br/>
|election_date = 7 June, 5 July and 18 July 2019
Including 14 [[Casual vacancy|casual vacancies]]
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|seats_for_election = 8 seats to the [[Rajya Sabha]]

|map = [[File:Rajya Sabha election, 2019.svg|300px]]
| image1 =
<!-- BJP -->
| party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
|image1 = File:Thaawar Chand Gehlot addressing at the presentation of the Awards to the winners of ‘Short Film Competition on Divyangjan Shashaktikaran-2017’.jpg
|leader1 = [[Thawar Chand Gehlot]]
| leader1 = [[Thawar Chand Gehlot]]
|party1 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| seats1 = 11
| last_election1 = 5
|leader_since1 = 11 June 2019

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|leaders_seat1 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh|Madhya Pradesh]]
| party2 = All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|alliance1 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| seats_before1 = 73
| leader2 = [[A. Navaneethakrishnan]]
| seats_after1 = 83
| seats2 = 2
| last_election2 = 4
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 10

<!-- INC -->
| party3 = Biju Janata Dal
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|image2 = [[File:Ghulam Nabi Azad-cropped.JPG|125x115px]]
|leader2 = [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
| leader3 = [[Sasmit Patra]]
|party2 = Indian National Congress
| seats3 = 2
| last_election3 = 3
|leader_since2 = 8 June 2014

|leaders_seat2 = [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir|Jammu and Kashmir]]
|alliance2 = United Progressive Alliance
| party4 = Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
|seats_before2 = 50
| leader4 = [[Tiruchi Siva]]
|seats_after2 = 48
| seats4 = 2
| last_election4 = 1
|seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 2

| party5 = Asom Gana Parishad
| leader5 = -
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| seats5 = 1
| last_election5 = 0

| party6 = Indian National Congress
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| leader6 = [[Ghulam Nabi Azad]]
| seats6 = 1
| last_election6 = 3

| party7 = Lok Janshakti Party
| leader7 = -
| seats7 = 1
| last_election7 = 0

| party8 = Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
| leader8 = -
| seats8 = 1
| last_election8 = 0

| party9 = Pattali Makkal Katchi
| leader9 = -
| seats9 = 1
| last_election9 = 0
}}
}}


Rajya Sabha elections were held on 7 June, 5 July and 18 July 2019, to elect the retiring members of the [[Rajya Sabha]], [[Parliament of India|Indian Parliament's]] [[upper chamber]]. The elections held to elect 2 members from [[Assam]] on 7 June 2019 and 6 members from [[Tamil Nadu]] in 5 July 2019.
'''2019 Rajya Sabha elections''' were held throughout 2019, to fill the vacancies in the [[Rajya Sabha]], the [[Parliament of India|Indian Parliament's]] [[upper chamber]]. The elections were held to elect 2 members from [[Assam]] as well as 6 members from [[Tamil Nadu]]. By-elections were held for 14 seats among various states.

The elections resulted in the ruling [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] maintaining and increasing their majority with a net gain of 6 seats.


==Elections==
==Results==
===[[Rajya Sabha members from Assam|Assam]] ===
===Elections===
====[[Rajya Sabha members from Assam|Assam]]====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
! Seat No
! Seat No
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! 1
! 1
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
| [[Manmohan Singh]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| [[Kamakhya Prasad Tasa]]
| [[Kamakhya Prasad Tasa]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan=1|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan=2 |<ref name=ibt>{{cite news |date=May 31, 2019 |title=Nominees of BJP, AGP elected unopposed to two RS seats in Assam|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/nominees-of-bjp-agp-elected-unopposed-to-two-rs-seats-in-assam-119053101369_1.html|newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |location= |access-date=14 July 2019 }}</ref>
| rowspan=2 |<ref name=ibt>{{cite news |date=31 May 2019 |title=Nominees of BJP, AGP elected unopposed to two RS seats in Assam|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/nominees-of-bjp-agp-elected-unopposed-to-two-rs-seats-in-assam-119053101369_1.html|newspaper=[[Business Standard]] |access-date=14 July 2019 }}</ref>


|- style="text-align:center;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! 2
! 2
| [[Santiuse Kujur]]
| [[Santiuse Kujur]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan=1|
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| [[Birendra Prasad Baishya]]
| [[Birendra Prasad Baishya]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{Asom Gana Parishad/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Asom Gana Parishad]]
| [[Asom Gana Parishad]]


|}
|}


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


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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! 1
! 1
| [[R. Lakshmanan]]
| [[R. Lakshmanan]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| [[A. Mohammedjan]]
| [[A. Mohammedjan]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| rowspan=6 |<ref name="term">{{cite web|title=Six candidates elected unopposed as Rajya Sabha MPs|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/vaiko-anbumani-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha-from-tamil-nadu/article28382319.ece|publisher=[[The Hindu]]|accessdate=14 July 2019}}</ref>
| rowspan=6 |<ref name="term">{{cite news|title=Six candidates elected unopposed as Rajya Sabha MPs|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/vaiko-anbumani-elected-unopposed-to-rajya-sabha-from-tamil-nadu/article28382319.ece|date=11 July 2019|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=8 February 2020}}</ref>
|-
|-


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! 2
! 2
| [[V. Maitreyan]]
| [[V. Maitreyan]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| N. Chandrasekaran
| N. Chandrasekaran
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
|-
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! 3
! 3
| [[K. R. Arjunan]]
| [[K. R. Arjunan]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| [[Anbumani Ramadoss]]
| [[Anbumani Ramadoss]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{Pattali Makkal Katchi/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Pattali Makkal Katchi}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
| [[Pattali Makkal Katchi]]
|-
|-
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! 4
! 4
| [[T. Rathinavel]]
| [[T. Rathinavel]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| [[M. Shanmugam]]
| [[M. Shanmugam]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
|-
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! 5
! 5
| [[Kanimozhi]]
| [[Kanimozhi]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| [[P. Wilson]]
| [[P. Wilson]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-

|- style="text-align:center;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! 6
! 6
| [[D. Raja]]
| [[D. Raja]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| [[Vaiko]]
| [[Vaiko]]
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|width="1px" bgcolor="{{party color|Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" rowspan=1|
| [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
| [[Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
|-


|}
|}

==By-elections==
===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.
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 Bihar|Bihar]]===


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====[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Bihar|Bihar]]====
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* On 23 May 2019 Ravi Shankar Prasad Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Bihar|Bihar]] due to his election as the member of Lok Sabha From [[Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)| Patna Sahib]]


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* On 23 May 2019 Ravi Shankar Prasad Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Bihar|Bihar]] due to his election as the member of Lok Sabha From [[Patna Sahib (Lok Sabha constituency)|Patna Sahib]]
* On 8 September 2019 Ram Jethmalani Had Died
* On 8 September 2019 Ram Jethmalani Had Died


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! 1
! 1
| [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]
| [[Ravi Shankar Prasad]]
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 23 May 2019
| 23 May 2019
|[[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
|[[Ram Vilas Paswan]]
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Lok Janshakti Party/meta/color}}" rowspan="1" |
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Lok Janshakti Party}}" rowspan="1" |
|[[Lok Janshakti Party]]
|[[Lok Janshakti Party]]
| 28 June 2019
| 28 June 2019
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! 2
! 2
|[[Ram Jethmalani]]
|[[Ram Jethmalani]]
|width="1" bgcolor="{{Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan="1" |
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" rowspan="1" |
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|8 September 2019
|8 September 2019
|[[Satish Chandra Dubey]]
|[[Satish Chandra Dubey]]
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|9 October 2019
|9 October 2019
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|}
|}


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


* On 23 May 2019 Amit Shah Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat|Gujarat]] due to his election as the member of Lok Sabha From [[Gandhinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gandhinagar]]
* On 23 May 2019 Amit Shah Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat|Gujarat]] due to his election as the member of Lok Sabha From [[Gandhinagar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gandhinagar]]

* On 24 May 2019 Smriti Irani Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat|Gujarat]] due to her election as the member of Lok Sabha From [[Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amethi]]
* On 24 May 2019 Smriti Irani Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat|Gujarat]] due to her election as the member of Lok Sabha From [[Amethi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Amethi]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
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|- style="text-align:center;"
|- style="text-align:center;"
! 1
! 1
| [[ Amit Shah]]
| [[Amit Shah]]
|width="1" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|23 May 2019
|23 May 2019
| [[ S. Jaishankar]]
| [[S. Jaishankar]]
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 5 July 2019
| 5 July 2019
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! 2
! 2
| [[Smriti Irani]]
| [[Smriti Irani]]
|width="1" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 24 May 2019
| 24 May 2019
| [[Jugalji Mathurji Thakor|Jugalji Thakore]]
| [[Jugalji Mathurji Thakor|Jugalji Thakore]]
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 5 July 2019
| 5 July 2019
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|}
|}


===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha|Odisha]]===
====[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha|Odisha]]====
* On 24 May 2019 Achyuta Samanta Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha|Odisha]] due to his election as the member of Lok Sabha From [[Kandhamal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kandhamal]]
* On 24 May 2019 Achyuta Samanta Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha|Odisha]] due to his election as the member of Lok Sabha From [[Kandhamal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kandhamal]]
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* On 6 June 2019 Soumya Ranjan Patnaik Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha|Odisha]] due to his election as the member of [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] From [[Khandapada (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khandapada]]

* On 06 June 2019 Soumya Ranjan Patnaik Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha|Odisha]] due to his election as the member of [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] From [[Khandapada (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Khandapada]]
* On 6 June 2019 Pratap Keshari Deb Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha|Odisha]] due to his election as the member of [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] From [[Aul (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Aul]]

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* On 06 June 2019 Pratap Keshari Deb Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha|Odisha]] due to his election as the member of [[Odisha Legislative Assembly]] From [[Aul (Odisha Vidhan Sabha constituency)|Aul]]


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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! 1
| [[Achyuta Samanta]]
| [[Achyuta Samanta]]
|width="1" bgcolor="{{Biju Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}" |
|[[Biju Janata Dal]]
|[[Biju Janata Dal]]
|24 May 2019
|24 May 2019
|[[Sasmit Patra]]
|[[Ashwini Vaishnaw]]
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Biju Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan="1" |
|[[Biju Janata Dal]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 28 June 2019
| 28 June 2019
| 3 April 2024
| 3 April 2024
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! 2
| [[Soumya Ranjan Patnaik]]
| [[Soumya Ranjan Patnaik]]
|width="1" bgcolor="{{Biju Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}" |
|[[Biju Janata Dal]]
|[[Biju Janata Dal]]
| 6 June 2019
| 6 June 2019
|[[Amar Patnaik]]
|[[Amar Patnaik]]
|width="1" bgcolor="{{Biju Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}" |
|[[Biju Janata Dal]]
|[[Biju Janata Dal]]
|28 June 2019
|28 June 2019
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! 3
! 3
| [[Pratap Keshari Deb]]
| [[Pratap Keshari Deb]]
|width="1" bgcolor="{{Biju Janata Dal/meta/color}}" |
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}" |
|[[Biju Janata Dal]]
|[[Biju Janata Dal]]
| 9 June 2019
| 9 June 2019
|[[Ashwini Baishnab]]
|[[Sasmit Patra]]
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan="1" |
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Biju Janata Dal}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Biju Janata Dal]]
|28 June 2019
|28 June 2019
| 1 July 2022
| 1 July 2022
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|}
|}


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


* 24 June 2019 Madan Lal Saini Had Died
* 24 June 2019 Madan Lal Saini Had Died
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! 1
! 1
| [[Madan Lal Saini]]
| [[Madan Lal Saini]]
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 24 June 2019
| 24 June 2019
|[[Manmohan Singh]]
|[[Manmohan Singh]]
|width="1" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan="1" |
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" rowspan="1" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|26 August 2019
|26 August 2019
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|}
|}


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


* On 15 July 2019 Neeraj Sekhar Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] And Membership Of [[Samajwadi Party]] And Joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* On 15 July 2019 Neeraj Sekhar Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] And Membership Of [[Samajwadi Party]] And Joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* On 2 August 2019 Surendra Singh Nagar Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] And Membership Of [[Samajwadi Party]] And Joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* On 2 August 2019 [[Surendra Singh Nagar]] Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] And Membership Of [[Samajwadi Party]] And Joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* On 5 August 2019 [[Sanjay Seth]] Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] And Membership Of [[Samajwadi Party]] And Joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* On 5 August 2019 [[Sanjay Seth (Uttar Pradesh politician)|Sanjay Seth]] Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] And Membership Of [[Samajwadi Party]] And Joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* On 24 August 2019 Arun Jaitley Had Died
* On 24 August 2019 [[Arun Jaitley]] Had Died
*On 24 October 2019 Tazeen Fatma Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] due to her election as the member of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] On 21st October by-poll From [[Rampur (Assembly constituency)|Rampur]]
*On 24 October 2019 Tazeen Fatma Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh|Uttar Pradesh]] due to her election as the member of [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly]] On 21 October by-poll From [[Rampur (Assembly constituency)|Rampur]]


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{| class="wikitable sortable"
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! 1
|[[Neeraj Shekhar]]
|[[Neeraj Shekhar]]
| width="1" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Party/meta/color}}" |
| width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
| 15 July 2019
| 15 July 2019
|[[Neeraj Shekhar]]
|[[Neeraj Shekhar]]
|width="1" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan="1" |
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" rowspan="1" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|26 August 2019
|26 August 2019
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! 2
! 2
|[[Surendra Singh Nagar]]
|[[Surendra Singh Nagar]]
|width="1" bgcolor="{{Samajwadi Party/meta/color}}" |
|width="1" bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|2 August 2019
|2 August 2019
|[[Surendra Singh Nagar]]
|[[Surendra Singh Nagar]]
|width="1" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan="1" |
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|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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|5 August 2019
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|[[Arun Jaitley]]
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|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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|24 August 2019
|24 August 2019
|[[Sudhanshu Trivedi]]
|[[Sudhanshu Trivedi]]
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|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|24 October 2019
|24 October 2019
|[[Arun Singh (politician, born 1965)|Arun Singh]]
|[[Arun Singh (politician, born 1965)|Arun Singh]]
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===[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka|Karnataka]]===
====[[List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka|Karnataka]]====
* On 16 October 2019 K. C. Ramamurthy Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka|Karnataka]] And Membership of [[Indian National Congress]] And Joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* On 16 October 2019 K. C. Ramamurthy Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from [[List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka|Karnataka]] And Membership of [[Indian National Congress]] And Joined [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
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|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| 16 October 2019
| 16 October 2019
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|[[K. C. Ramamurthy]]
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==See also==
==See also==
* [[2019 Indian general election]]
* [[2019 Indian general election]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 18:34, 5 March 2024

2019 Rajya Sabha elections
← 2018 31 May – 5 December 2019 2020 →
22 seats in the Rajya Sabha
Including 14 casual vacancies
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Thawar Chand Gehlot A. Navaneethakrishnan Sasmit Patra
Party BJP AIADMK BJD
Last election 5 4 3
Seats won 11 2 2
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Tiruchi Siva - Ghulam Nabi Azad
Party DMK AGP INC
Last election 1 0 3
Seats won 2 1 1
  Seventh party Eighth party Ninth party
 
Leader - - -
Party LJP MDMK PMK
Last election 0 0 0
Seats won 1 1 1

2019 Rajya Sabha elections were held throughout 2019, to fill the vacancies in the Rajya Sabha, the Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held to elect 2 members from Assam as well as 6 members from Tamil Nadu. By-elections were held for 14 seats among various states.

The elections resulted in the ruling BJP maintaining and increasing their majority with a net gain of 6 seats.

Results

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Elections

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Assam

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Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress Kamakhya Prasad Tasa Bharatiya Janata Party [1]
2 Santiuse Kujur Indian National Congress Birendra Prasad Baishya Asom Gana Parishad

Tamil Nadu

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Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference
1 R. Lakshmanan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. Mohammedjan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam [2]
2 V. Maitreyan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. Chandrasekaran All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
3 K. R. Arjunan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Anbumani Ramadoss Pattali Makkal Katchi
4 T. Rathinavel All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. Shanmugam Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
5 Kanimozhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Wilson Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
6 D. Raja Communist Party of India Vaiko Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

By-elections

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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

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  • On 23 May 2019 Ravi Shankar Prasad Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Bihar due to his election as the member of Lok Sabha From Patna Sahib
  • On 8 September 2019 Ram Jethmalani Had Died
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement
1 Ravi Shankar Prasad Bharatiya Janata Party 23 May 2019 Ram Vilas Paswan Lok Janshakti Party 28 June 2019 2 April 2024
2 Ram Jethmalani Rashtriya Janata Dal 8 September 2019 Satish Chandra Dubey Bharatiya Janata Party 9 October 2019 7 July 2022

Gujarat

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  • On 23 May 2019 Amit Shah Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat due to his election as the member of Lok Sabha From Gandhinagar
  • On 24 May 2019 Smriti Irani Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat due to her election as the member of Lok Sabha From Amethi
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement
1 Amit Shah Bharatiya Janata Party 23 May 2019 S. Jaishankar Bharatiya Janata Party 5 July 2019 18 August 2023
2 Smriti Irani Bharatiya Janata Party 24 May 2019 Jugalji Thakore Bharatiya Janata Party 5 July 2019 18 August 2023

Odisha

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  • On 24 May 2019 Achyuta Samanta Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Odisha due to his election as the member of Lok Sabha From Kandhamal
  • On 6 June 2019 Soumya Ranjan Patnaik Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Odisha due to his election as the member of Odisha Legislative Assembly From Khandapada
  • On 6 June 2019 Pratap Keshari Deb Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Odisha due to his election as the member of Odisha Legislative Assembly From Aul
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement
1 Achyuta Samanta Biju Janata Dal 24 May 2019 Ashwini Vaishnaw Bharatiya Janata Party 28 June 2019 3 April 2024
2 Soumya Ranjan Patnaik Biju Janata Dal 6 June 2019 Amar Patnaik Biju Janata Dal 28 June 2019 3 April 2024
3 Pratap Keshari Deb Biju Janata Dal 9 June 2019 Sasmit Patra Biju Janata Dal 28 June 2019 1 July 2022

Rajasthan

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  • 24 June 2019 Madan Lal Saini Had Died
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement
1 Madan Lal Saini Bharatiya Janata Party 24 June 2019 Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress 26 August 2019 3 April 2024

Uttar Pradesh

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S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement
1 Neeraj Shekhar Samajwadi Party 15 July 2019 Neeraj Shekhar Bharatiya Janata Party 26 August 2019 25 November 2020
2 Surendra Singh Nagar Samajwadi Party 2 August 2019 Surendra Singh Nagar Bharatiya Janata Party 16 September 2019 4 July 2022
3 Sanjay Seth Samajwadi Party 5 August 2019 Sanjay Seth Bharatiya Janata Party 16 September 2019 4 July 2022
4 Arun Jaitley Bharatiya Janata Party 24 August 2019 Sudhanshu Trivedi Bharatiya Janata Party 9 October 2019 2 April 2024
5 Tazeen Fatma Samajwadi Party 24 October 2019 Arun Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 5 December 2019 25 November 2020

Karnataka

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S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement
1 K. C. Ramamurthy Indian National Congress 16 October 2019 K. C. Ramamurthy Bharatiya Janata Party 5 December 2019 30 June 2022

See also

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Notes

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References

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  1. ^ "Nominees of BJP, AGP elected unopposed to two RS seats in Assam". Business Standard. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 14 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Six candidates elected unopposed as Rajya Sabha MPs". The Hindu. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
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