Rajya Sabha elections is to be held throughout 2021, to elect new members to fill vacancies in the
Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha, constitutionally the Council of States, is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of India. , it has a maximum membership of 245, of which 233 are elected by the legislatures of the states and union territories using si ...
, the
Indian Parliament's upper chamber
An upper house is one of two chambers of a bicameral legislature, the other chamber being the lower house.''Bicameralism'' (1997) by George Tsebelis The house formally designated as the upper house is usually smaller and often has more restri ...
. Members sit for
staggered terms lasting six years, with elections every year but almost a third of the 233 designates up for election every two years.
Elections to the 4 vacant seats from
Jammu and Kashmir were not held in February as the union territory is under
President's rule and the assembly has been dissolved.
Elections
Members retiring & Elected
Jammu And Kashmir
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
Puducherry Puducherry or Pondicherry may refer to:
* Puducherry (union territory), a union territory of India
** Pondicherry, capital of the union territory of Puducherry
** Puducherry district, a district of the union territory of Puducherry
** Puducherry t ...
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
A by-election, also known as a special election in the United States and the Philippines, a bye-election in Ireland, a bypoll in India, or a Zimni election (Urdu: ضمنی انتخاب, supplementary election) in Pakistan, is an election used to f ...
s, which for the Rajya Sabha often take some months to organise.
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...
* On 21 November 2020 Biswajit Daimary resigned.
*Biswajit Daimary Elected As MLA.
Gujarat
Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...
* On 25 November 2020 Ahmed Patel died.
* On 1 December 2020 Abhay Bharadwaj died.
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
* On 9 January 2021 Jose K. Mani resigned.
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...
* On 12 February 2021, Dinesh Trivedi resigned.
*Manas Bhunia Elected As MLA.
* On 15 September 2021, Arpita Ghosh resigned.
Nominated
A candidate, or nominee, is the prospective recipient of an award or honor, or a person seeking or being considered for some kind of position; for example:
* to be elected to an office — in this case a candidate selection procedure occurs.
* ...
* On 16 March 2021, Swapan Dasgupta resigned.
* On 9 May 2021, Raghunath Mohapatra died
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (; , TN) is a state in southern India. It is the tenth largest Indian state by area and the sixth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu is the home of the Tamil people, whose Tamil language ...
* On 24 March 2021, A. Mohammedjan died.
*On 10 May 2021, K. P. Munusamy Resigned Due To Election As MLA.
*On 10 May 2021, R. Vaithilingam Resigned Due To Election As MLA.
Maharashtra
* On 16 May 2021, Rajeev Satav died.
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...
* On 7 July 2021, Thawar Chand Gehlot resigned due to his appointment as Governor of Karnataka.
See also
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List of current members of the Rajya Sabha
The Rajya Sabha or Council of States is the Upper House of the Parliament of India. Membership is limited to 250 members, and the present Rajya Sabha has 245 members. 233 members are elected by the Vidhan Sabha members and 12 are nominated by t ...
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Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)
A Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district (constituency) to the legislature of State government in the Indian system of government. From each constituency, the people elect o ...
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List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha
This is a List of members of the 17th Lok Sabha (17 June 2019 – 16 June 2024) arranged by state-wise & union territory-wise representation in Lok Sabha. These members of the Lower house of the Indian Parliament were elected in the 2019 Ind ...
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2021 elections in India
Elections in India in 2021 include by-elections to the Lok Sabha, elections to the Rajya Sabha, elections to legislative assemblies of 4 states and 1 union territory, and other by-elections to state legislative assemblies, councils and local bo ...
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2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Punjab on 20 February 2022 to elect the 117 members of the 16th Assembly of the Punjab Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.
The Aam Aadmi P ...
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2021 Legislative Council elections
References
2021 elections in India
2021
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