Rajya Sabha is the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Membership is limited to 250 members, 12 of whom are chosen by the President of India for their expertise in specific fields of art, literature, science, and social services. These members are known as nominated members. The remainder of the body is elected by state and territorial legislatures.
The nominated and state-wise listing given below lists the number of seats against each category (nominated vs state-wise list) and the number of vacant seats (if any, in brackets).
Nominated - 12
Andhra Pradesh - 18
Arunachal Pradesh - 1
| No | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nabam Rebia | Indian National Congress |
Assam - 7
For a complete list of Rajya Sabha members from Assam, see Rajya Sabha members from Assam.
Current Members
| No | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birendra Prasad Baishya | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | Silvius Condpan | Indian National Congress |
| 3 | Biswajit Daimary | Bodoland People's Front |
| 4 | Kumar Deepak Das | Asom Gana Parishad |
| 5 | Bhubaneswar Kalita | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | Syeda Anwara Taimur | Indian National Congress |
| 7 | Manmohan Singh | Indian National Congress |
Bihar - 16
Chhattisgarh - 5
Goa - 1
| No | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shantaram Laxman Naik | Indian National Congress |
Gujarat - 11
Haryana - 5
Himachal Pradesh - 3
| No | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anand Sharma | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | Suresh Bhardwaj | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 3 | Viplove Thakur | Indian National Congress |
Jammu & Kashmir - 4
| No | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | G. N. Ratanpuri | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| 2 | Ghulam Nabi Azad | Indian National Congress |
| 3 | Mohammad Shafi Uri | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |
| 4 | Saif-ud-Din Soz | Indian National Congress |
Jharkhand - 6
Karnataka - 12
Kerala - 9
Madhya Pradesh - 11
Maharashtra - 19
Manipur - 1
| No | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rishang Keishing | Indian National Congress |
Meghalaya - 1
| No | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Kharshiing | Nationalist Congress Party |
Mizoram - 1
| No | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lalhming Liana | Mizo National Front |
Nagaland - 1
| No | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | T. R. Zeliang | Nagaland People's Front |
National Capital Territory of Delhi - 3
| No | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jai Parkash Aggarwal | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | Janardan Dwivedi | Indian National Congress |
| 3 | Karan Singh | Indian National Congress |
Orissa - 10
| No | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rama Chandra Khuntia | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | Bhagirathi Majhi | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 3 | Mangala Kisan | Biju Janata Dal |
| 4 | Pyarimohan Mohapatra | Biju Janata Dal |
| 5 | Radhakant Nayak | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | B. J. Panda | Biju Janata Dal |
| 7 | Rudra Narayan Pany | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 8 | Balbir Punj | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 9 | Renubala Pradhan | Biju Janata Dal |
| 10 | Sushila Tiriya | Indian National Congress |
Pondicherry - 1
| No | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | V. Narayanasamy | Indian National Congress |
Punjab - 7
Rajasthan - 10
Sikkim - 1
| No | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | O.T. Lepcha | Sikkim Democratic Front |
Tamil Nadu - 18
For a complete list of Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu, see Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu.
Current Members
| No | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | S. Anbalagan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 2 | N. Balaganga | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 3 | T.T.V. Dhinakaran | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 4 | A. Elavarasan | Indian National Congress |
| 5 | B.S. Gnanadesikan | Indian National Congress |
| 6 | N. R. Govindarajar | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 7 | A.A. Jinnah | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 8 | Kanimozhi | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 9 | Dr. V. Maitreyan | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 10 | K. Malaisamy | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 11 | Jayanthi Natarajan | Indian National Congress |
| 12 | E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan | Indian National Congress |
| 13 | D. Raja | Communist Party of India |
| 14 | Anbumani Ramadoss | Pattali Makkal Katchi |
| 15 | T.K. Rangarajan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| 16 | Tiruchi Siva | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 17 | Vasanthi Stanley | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 18 | G.K. Vasan | Indian National Congress |
Tripura - 1
| No | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Matilal Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Uttar Pradesh - 31 (1)
Uttarakhand - 3
| No | Name | Party |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyavrat Chaturvedi | Indian National Congress |
| 2 | Harish Rawat | Indian National Congress |
| 3 | Satish Kumar Sharma | Indian National Congress |
West Bengal - 16
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