2020 Rajya Sabha elections were 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.[1] 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.[2]
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.[3][4]
On 2 November 2020, Election commission of India declared unopposed victory over 10 seats of Uttar Pradesh and 1 seat of Uttarakhand.[5][6]
Results
April Election
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[7] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sharad Pawar | NCP | 02-Apr-2020 | Sharad Pawar | NCP | ||
| 2 | Majeed Memon | 02-Apr-2020 | Fouzia Khan | ||||
| 3 | Husain Dalwai | INC | 02-Apr-2020 | Rajiv Satav | INC | ||
| 4 | Rajkumar Dhoot | SS | 02-Apr-2020 | Priyanka Chaturvedi | SS | ||
| 5 | Ramdas Athawale | RPI(A) | 02-Apr-2020 | Ramdas Athawale | RPI(A) | ||
| 6 | Amar Shankar Sable | BJP | 02-Apr-2020 | Udayanraje Bhosale | BJP | ||
| 7 | Sanjay Kakade | Ind | 02-Apr-2020 | Bhagwat Karad | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[8] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranjib Biswal | INC | 02-Apr-2020 | Subhash Chandra Singh | BJD | ||
| 2 | Narendra Kumar Swain | BJD | 02-Apr-2020 | Munna Khan | BJD | ||
| 3 | Sarojini Hembram | BJD | 02-Apr-2020 | Sujeet Kumar | BJD | ||
| 4 | Vacant (Anubhav Mohanty) |
02-Apr-2020 | Mamata Mahanta | BJD | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[9] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sasikala Pushpa | AIADMK | 02-Apr-2020 | M. Thambidurai | AIADMK | ||
| 2 | Vijila Sathyananth | 02-Apr-2020 | K. P. Munusamy | ||||
| 3 | S. Muthukaruppan | 02-Apr-2020 | G. K. Vasan | TMC | |||
| 4 | K. Selvaraj | 02-Apr-2020 | Anthiyur P. Selvaraj | DMK | |||
| 5 | Tiruchi Siva | DMK | 02-Apr-2020 | Tiruchi Siva | |||
| 6 | T. K. Rangarajan | CPM | 02-Apr-2020 | N. R. Elango | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[10] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ahmed Hassan Imran | TMC | 02-Apr-2020 | Dinesh Trivedi | TMC | ||
| 2 | Kanwar Deep Singh | TMC | 02-Apr-2020 | Arpita Ghosh | TMC | ||
| 3 | Jogen Chowdhury | TMC | 02-Apr-2020 | Mausam Noor | TMC | ||
| 4 | Manish Gupta | TMC | 02-Apr-2020 | Subrata Bakshi | TMC | ||
| 5 | Ritabrata Banerjee | Ind | 02-Apr-2020 | Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya | CPM | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[11] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | T. Subbarami Reddy | INC | 09-Apr-2020 | Alla Ayodhya Rami Reddy | YSRCP | ||
| 2 | Mohd. Ali Khan | 09-Apr-2020 | Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose | ||||
| 3 | Thota Seetharama Lakshmi | TDP | 09-Apr-2020 | Mopidevi Venkataramana | |||
| 4 | K. Keshava Rao | TRS | 09-Apr-2020 | Parimal Nathwani | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[12] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biswajit Daimary | BPF | 09-Apr-2020 | Biswajit Daimary | BPF | ||
| 2 |
Vacant |
09-Apr-2020 | Bhubaneshwar Kalita | BJP | |||
| 3 | Vacant (Sanjaya Sinh) |
09-Apr-2020 | Ajit Kumar Bhuyan | Ind | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[12] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harivansh Narayan Singh | JDU | 09-Apr-2020 | Harivansh Narayan Singh | JDU | ||
| 2 | Ram Nath Thakur | 09-Apr-2020 | Ram Nath Thakur | ||||
| 3 | Kahkashan Perween | 09-Apr-2020 | Prem Chand Gupta | RJD | |||
| 4 | Ravindra Kishore Sinha | BJP | 09-Apr-2020 | Amarendra Dhari Singh | |||
| 5 | C. P. Thakur | 09-Apr-2020 | Vivek Thakur | BJP | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[13] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ranvijay Singh Judev | BJP | 09-Apr-2020 | K. T. S. Tulsi | INC | ||
| 2 | Motilal Vora | INC | 09-Apr-2020 | Phulo Devi Netam | INC | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[14] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chunibhai K Gohel | BJP | 09-Apr-2020 | Abhay Bhardwaj | BJP | ||
| 2 | Shambhuprasad Tundiya | BJP | 09-Apr-2020 | Ramilaben Bara | BJP | ||
| 3 | Lal Sinh Vadodia | BJP | 09-Apr-2020 | Narhari Amin | BJP | ||
| 4 | Madhusudan Mistry | INC | 09-Apr-2020 | Shaktisinh Gohil | INC | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[15] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Selja Kumari | INC | 09-Apr-2020 | Deepender Singh Hooda | INC | ||
| 2 | Vacant (Ram Kumar Kashyap) |
09-Apr-2020 | Ram Chander Jangra | BJP | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[16] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viplove Thakur | INC | 09-Apr-2020 | Indu Goswami | BJP | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[17] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prem Chand Gupta | RJD | 09-Apr-2020 | Shibu Soren | JMM | ||
| 2 | Parimal Nathwani | Ind | 09-Apr-2020 | Deepak Prakash | BJP | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[18] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Satyanarayan Jatiya | BJP | 09-Apr-2020 | Jyotiraditya Scindia | BJP | ||
| 2 | Prabhat Jha | BJP | 09-Apr-2020 | Sumer Singh Solanki | BJP | ||
| 3 | Digvijaya Singh | INC | 09-Apr-2020 | Digvijaya Singh | INC | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[19] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bhabananda Singh | BJP | 09-Apr-2020 | Leishemba Sanajaoba | BJP | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[20] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Narayan Lal Panchariya | BJP | 09-Apr-2020 | Rajendra Gehlot | BJP | ||
| 2 | Ramnarayan Dudi | 09-Apr-2020 | K. C. Venugopal | INC | |||
| 3 | Vijay Goel | 09-Apr-2020 | Neeraj Dangi | ||||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[21] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garikapati Mohan Rao | BJP | 09-Apr-2020 | K. Keshava Rao | BRS | ||
| 2 | K. V. P. Ramachandra Rao | INC | 09-Apr-2020 | K. R. Suresh Reddy | BRS | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wansuk Syiem | INC | 12-Apr-2020 | Wanweiroy Kharlukhi | NPP | ||
June Election
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[22] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mukut Mithi | INC | 23-Jun-2020 | Nabam Rebia | BJP | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[23] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prabhakar Kore | BJP | 25-Jun-2020 | Ashok Gasti | BJP | ||
| 2 | B. K. Hariprasad | INC | 25-Jun-2020 | Eranna Kadadi | |||
| 3 | Rajeev Gowda | 25-Jun-2020 | Mallikarjun Kharge | INC | |||
| 4 | D. Kupendra Reddy | JDS | 25-Jun-2020 | H. D. Deve Gowda | JDS | ||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP[24] | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ronald Sapa Tlau | INC | 18-Jul-2020 | K. Vanlalvena | MNF | ||
November Election
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ram Gopal Yadav | SP | 25-Nov-2020 | Ram Gopal Yadav | SP | ||
| 2 | Ravi Prakash Verma | 25-Nov-2020 | Seema Dwivedi | BJP | |||
| 3 | Chandrapal Singh Yadav | 25-Nov-2020 | Hardwar Dubey | ||||
| 4 | Javed Ali Khan | 25-Nov-2020 | Brij Lal | ||||
| 5 | Hardeep Singh Puri | BJP | 25-Nov-2020 | Hardeep Singh Puri | |||
| 6 | Arun Singh | 25-Nov-2020 | Arun Singh | ||||
| 7 | Neeraj Shekhar | 25-Nov-2020 | Neeraj Shekhar | ||||
| 8 | P. L. Punia | INC | 25-Nov-2020 | Geeta Shakya | |||
| 9 | Veer Singh | BSP | 25-Nov-2020 | B. L. Verma | |||
| 10 | Rajaram | 25-Nov-2020 | Ramji Gautam | BSP | |||
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Raj Babbar | INC | 25-Nov-2020 | Naresh Bansal | BJP | ||
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.
| # | Former MP | Party | Date of Vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birender Singh | BJP | 20-Jan-2020 | Dushyant Kumar Gautam | BJP | 16-Mar-2020 | 01-Aug-2022 | ||
- On 8 October 2020, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan died.[26]
| # | Former MP | Party | Date of Vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ram Vilas Paswan | LJP | 08-Oct-2020 | Sushil Kumar Modi | BJP | 07-Dec-2020 | 02-Apr-2024 | ||
- On 27 March 2020 Beni Prasad Verma died.
- On 1 August 2020 Amar Singh died.
| # | Former MP | Party | Date of Vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beni Prasad Verma | SP | 27-Mar-2020 | Jai Prakash Nishad | BJP | 17-Aug-2020 | 04-Jul-2022 | ||
| 2 | Amar Singh | Ind | 01-Aug-2020 | Syed Zafar Islam | BJP | 11-Sep-2020 | 04-Jul-2022 | ||
- On 28 May 2020 Veerendra Kumar died.
| # | Former MP | Party | Date of Vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. P. Veerendra Kumar | Ind | 28-May-2020 | M. V. Shreyams Kumar | LJD | 24-Aug-2020 | 02-Apr-2022 | ||
- On 17 September 2020 Ashok Gasti died.
| # | Former MP | Party | Date of Vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Term start | Term end | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ashok Gasti | BJP | 17-Sep-2020 | K. Narayan | BJP | 24-Nov-2020 | 25-Jun-2026 | ||
Nominations
Note:
- Listed According Date Of Retirement
| # | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Nominated MP | Party | Term start | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | K. T. S. Tulsi | Nominated | 25-Feb-2020 | Ranjan Gogoi | Nominated | 16-Mar-2020 | [27] | ||
Notes
- ^ Including 6 casual vacancies
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