2023 Rajya Sabha elections
July - September 2023
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The 2023 Rajya Sabha elections were held as part of a routine six-year cycle of the upper house of the Parliament of India on July and August 2023 to elect 10 of its 245 members, of which the states through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President.[1]
Results
| Alliance/ Party | Seats | +/– | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NDA | Bharatiya Janata Party | 6 | +2 | ||
| INDIA | All India Trinamool Congress | 6 | +1 | ||
| Indian National Congress | 0 | -1 | |||
| Total | 6 | 0 | |||
Elections
- Listed According To The Dates[1]
| State | Members retiring | Date of retirement |
|---|---|---|
| Goa | 1 | 28 July 2023 |
| Gujarat | 3 | 18 August 2023 |
| West Bengal | 6 |
Members retiring and elected
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vinay Tendulkar | BJP | 28-Jul-2023 | Sadanand Tanavade[2] | BJP | 29-Jul-2023 | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. Jaishankar | BJP | 18-Aug-2023 | S. Jaishankar[3] | BJP | 19-Aug-2023 | ||
| 2 | Jugalji Thakor | BJP | 18-Aug-2023 | Kesridevsinh Jhala[4] | BJP | 19-Aug-2023 | ||
| 3 | Dineshchandra Anavadiya | BJP | 18-Aug-2023 | Babubhai Desai | BJP | 19-Aug-2023 | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Term start | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Derek O'Brien | AITC | 18-Aug-2023 | Derek O'Brien | AITC | 19-Aug-2023 | ||
| 2 | Sukhendu Sekhar Roy | AITC | 18-Aug-2023 | Sukhendu Sekhar Roy | AITC | 19-Aug-2023 | ||
| 3 | Dola Sen | AITC | 18-Aug-2023 | Dola Sen | AITC | 19-Aug-2023 | ||
| 4 | Sushmita Dev | AITC | 18-Aug-2023 | Samirul Islam | AITC | 19-Aug-2023 | ||
| 5 | Shanta Chhetri | AITC | 18-Aug-2023 | Prakash Chik Baraik | AITC | 19-Aug-2023 | ||
| 6 | Pradip Bhattacharya | INC | 18-Aug-2023 | Anant Maharaj | BJP | 19-Aug-2023 | ||
By-elections
| # | Previous MP | Party | Date of vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luizinho Faleiro | TMC | 11 April 2023 | Saket Gokhale | TMC | 30 July 2023 | 2 April 2026 | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Date of vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hardwar Dubey | BJP | 26 June 2023 | Dinesh Sharma | BJP | 9 September 2023 | 25-Nov-2026 | ||
See also
Notes
- ^ Including 2 casual vacancies
- ^ excluding 12 nominated seats
- ^ out of 239 (excluding 6 vacancies and including 12 nominated seats)
- ^ excluding 5 nominated members
- ^ excluding 5 nominated members
- ^ excluding 10 nominated members
- ^ excluding 10 nominated members
References
- ^ "Statewise Retirement". rajyasabha.nic .in.
- ^ "BJP's Sadanand Shet Tanavade Elected Unopposed To Rajya Sabha From Goa". NDTV.com. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ Online |, E. T. (2023-08-22). "S Jaishankar re-elected to Rajya Sabha for a second term". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2023-10-28.
- ^ "S Jaishankar, Two Other BJP Candidates Elected Unopposed To Rajya Sabha From Gujarat". ABP News. 2023-07-17. Retrieved 2023-10-28.