Elections for the Upper House of Indian Parliament
2020 Rajya Sabha elections
2020 Rajya Sabha elections is the set of indirect elections by the members of State legislatures of India, to elect new members to fill vacancies in the Rajya Sabha – the upper house of the Parliament of India . The elections are held annually and throughout the year on an ad hoc basis. The elections in 2020 are for a total of 73 seats of which 55 of them were to be elected by March 26.[3] The remaining were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic . The Election Commission of India later announced all the elections for the remaining 24 Rajya Sabha seats were to be held on 19 June 2020.[4]
On 12 June 2020, Election commission of India declared unopposed victory over 4 seats of Karnataka and 1 seat of Arunachal Pradesh. Leaving behind 19 seats to go for elections on 19 June 2020.[5] [6]
On 2 November 2020, Election commission of India declared unopposed victory over 10 seats of Uttar Pradesh and 1 seat of Uttarakhand.[7] [8]
February Election [ ]
Note:
Listed According Date Of Retirement
Seat No.
Previous MP
Previous Party
Date of retirement
Nominated MP
Elected Party
Date of appointment
Reference
1
K. T. S. Tulsi
Nominated
25-Feb-2020
Ranjan Gogoi
Nominated
16-Mar-2020
[9]
April Election [ ]
Seat No.
Previous MP
Previous Party
Date of retirement
Elected MP
Elected Party
Reference
1
Sharad Pawar
Nationalist Congress Party
02-Apr-2020
Sharad Pawar
Nationalist Congress Party
[10]
2
Majeed Memon
Nationalist Congress Party
02-Apr-2020
Fouzia Khan
Nationalist Congress Party
3
Husain Dalwai
Indian National Congress
02-Apr-2020
Rajiv Satav
Indian National Congress
4
Rajkumar Dhoot
Shiv Sena
02-Apr-2020
Priyanka Chaturvedi
Shiv Sena
5
Ramdas Athawale
Republican Party of India (A)
02-Apr-2020
Ramdas Athawale
Republican Party of India (A)
6
Amar Shankar Sable
Bharatiya Janata Party
02-Apr-2020
Udayanraje Bhosale
Bharatiya Janata Party
7
Sanjay Kakade
Independent
02-Apr-2020
Bhagwat Karad
Bharatiya Janata Party
Odisha [ ]
Andhra Pradesh [ ]
Seat No.
Previous MP
Previous Party
Date of retirement
Elected MP
Elected Party
Reference
1
T. Subbarami Reddy
Indian National Congress
09-Apr-2020
Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy
YSR Congress Party
[14]
2
Mohd. Ali Khan
Indian National Congress
09-Apr-2020
Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose
YSR Congress Party
3
Thota Seetharama Lakshmi
Telugu Desam Party
09-Apr-2020
Mopidevi Venkataramana
YSR Congress Party
4
K. Keshava Rao
Telangana Rashtra Samithi
09-Apr-2020
Parimal Nathwani
YSR Congress Party
Assam [ ]
Bihar [ ]
Chhattisgarh [ ]
Seat No.
Previous MP
Previous Party
Date of retirement
Elected MP
Elected Party
Reference
1
Ranvijay Singh Judev
Bharatiya Janata Party
09-Apr-2020
K. T. S. Tulsi
Indian National Congress
[16]
2
Motilal Vora
Indian National Congress
09-Apr-2020
Phulo Devi Netam
Indian National Congress
Haryana [ ]
Seat No.
Previous MP
Previous Party
Date of retirement
Elected MP
Elected Party
Reference
1
Selja Kumari
Indian National Congress
09-Apr-2020
Deepender Singh Hooda
Indian National Congress
[18]
2
Vacant (Ram Kumar Kashyap )
09-Apr-2020
Ram Chander Jangra
Bharatiya Janata Party
Himachal Pradesh [ ]
Seat No.
Previous MP
Previous Party
Date of retirement
Elected MP
Elected Party
Reference
1
Viplove Thakur
Indian National Congress
09-Apr-2020
Indu Goswami
Bharatiya Janata Party
[19]
Seat No.
Previous MP
Previous Party
Date of retirement
Elected MP
Elected Party
Reference
1
Satyanarayan Jatiya
Bharatiya Janata Party
09-Apr-2020
Jyotiraditya Scindia
Bharatiya Janata Party
[21]
2
Prabhat Jha
Bharatiya Janata Party
09-Apr-2020
Sumer Singh Solanki
Bharatiya Janata Party
3
Digvijaya Singh
Indian National Congress
09-Apr-2020
Digvijaya Singh
Indian National Congress
Rajasthan [ ]
Seat No.
Previous MP
Previous Party
Date of retirement
Elected MP
Elected Party
Reference
1
Garikapati Mohan Rao
Bharatiya Janata Party
09-Apr-2020
K. Keshava Rao
Telangana Rashtra Samithi
[24]
2
K. V. P. Ramachandra Rao
Indian National Congress
09-Apr-2020
K. R. Suresh Reddy
Telangana Rashtra Samithi
June Election [ ]
Seat No.
Previous MP
Previous Party
Date of retirement
Elected MP
Elected Party
Reference
1
Mukut Mithi
Indian National Congress
23-Jun-2020
Nabam Rebia
Bharatiya Janata Party
[25]
Karnataka [ ]
Seat No.
Previous MP
Previous Party
Date of retirement
Elected MP
Elected Party
Reference
1
Prabhakar Kore
Bharatiya Janata Party
25-Jun-2020
Ashok Gasti
Bharatiya Janata Party
[26]
2
B. K. Hariprasad
Indian National Congress
25-Jun-2020
Eranna Kadadi
Bharatiya Janata Party
3
Rajeev Gowda
Indian National Congress
25-Jun-2020
Mallikarjun Kharge
Indian National Congress
4
D. Kupendra Reddy
Janata Dal (Secular)
25-Jun-2020
H. D. Deve Gowda
Janata Dal (Secular)
Seat No.
Previous MP
Previous Party
Date of retirement
Elected MP
Elected Party
Reference
1
Ronald Sapa Tlau
Indian National Congress
18-Jul-2020
K. Vanlalvena
Mizo National Front
[27]
November Election [ ]
Uttar Pradesh [ ]
Seat No.
Previous MP
Previous Party
Date of retirement
Elected MP
Elected Party
1
Ram Gopal Yadav
Samajwadi Party
25-Nov-2020
Ram Gopal Yadav
Samajwadi Party
2
Ravi Prakash Verma
Samajwadi Party
25-Nov-2020
Seema Dwivedi
Bharatiya Janata Party
3
Chandrapal Singh Yadav
Samajwadi Party
25-Nov-2020
Hardwar Dubey
Bharatiya Janata Party
4
Javed Ali Khan
Samajwadi Party
25-Nov-2020
Brij Lal
Bharatiya Janata Party
5
Hardeep Singh Puri
Bharatiya Janata Party
25-Nov-2020
Hardeep Singh Puri
Bharatiya Janata Party
6
Arun Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
25-Nov-2020
Arun Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
7
Neeraj Shekhar
Bharatiya Janata Party
25-Nov-2020
Neeraj Shekhar
Bharatiya Janata Party
8
P. L. Punia
Indian National Congress
25-Nov-2020
Geeta Shakya
Bharatiya Janata Party
9
Veer Singh
Bahujan Samaj Party
25-Nov-2020
B. L. Verma
Bharatiya Janata Party
10
Rajaram
Bahujan Samaj Party
25-Nov-2020
Ramji Gautam
Bahujan Samaj Party
Seat No.
Previous MP
Previous Party
Date of retirement
Elected MP
Elected Party
1
Raj Babbar
Indian National Congress
25-Nov-2020
Naresh Bansal
Bharatiya Janata Party
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.
Haryana [ ]
On 20 January 2020 Birender Singh Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Haryana [28]
S.No
Former MP
Party
Date of Vacancy
Elected MP
Party
Date of appointment
Date of retirement
1
Birender Singh
Bharatiya Janata Party
20 January 2020
Dushyant Kumar Gautam
Bharatiya Janata Party
16 March 2020
1 August 2022
Bihar [ ]
On 8 October 2020, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan died.[29]
S.No
Former MP
Party
Date of Vacancy
Elected MP
Party Name
Date of Appointment
Date of retirement
1
Ram Vilas Paswan
Lok Janshakti Party
8 October 2020
Sushil Kumar Modi
Bharatiya Janata Party
7 December 2020
2 April 2024
Uttar Pradesh [ ]
On 27 March 2020 Beni Prasad Verma died.
On 1 August 2020 Amar Singh died.
S.No
Former MP
Party
Date of Vacancy
Elected MP
Party
Date of appointment
Date of retirement
1
Beni Prasad Verma
Samajwadi Party
27 March 2020
Jai Prakash Nishad
Bharatiya Janata Party
17 August 2020
4 July 2022
2
Amar Singh
Independent
1 August 2020
Syed Zafar Islam
Bharatiya Janata Party
11 September 2020
4 July 2022
On 28 May 2020 Veerendra Kumar died.
S.No
Former MP
Party
Date of Vacancy
Elected MP
Party
Date of appointment
Date of retirement
1
M. P. Veerendra Kumar
Independent
28 May 2020
M. V. Shreyams Kumar
Loktantrik Janata Dal
24 August 2020
2 April 2022
Karnataka [ ]
On 17 September 2020 Ashok Gasti died.
S.No
Former MP
Party
Date of Vacancy
Elected MP
Party
Date of appointment
Date of retirement
1
Ashok Gasti
Bharatiya Janata Party
17 September 2020
K. Narayan
Bharatiya Janata Party
23 November 2020
25 June 2026
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Rajya Sabha
Presiding Officers and Parliamentary Functionaries Members Members by State or Union Territory Elections