2026 Rajya Sabha elections explained

Country:India
Previous Election:2025
Next Election:2027
Election Date:2026
Seats For Election:79 seats in the Rajya Sabha
Ongoing:no
Nopercentage:yes
Party1:Bharatiya Janata Party
Party2:Indian National Congress
Leader2:Mallikarjun Kharge

The 2026 Rajya Sabha elections will be held as part of a routine six-year cycle among certain of the State Legislatures in India to elect 75 of its 245 members, of which the states through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President.[1]

Members Retiring and Elected

Previous MPPartyTerm endElected MPParty
1Udayanraje BhosaleBJP02-Apr-2026Rowspan=7 colspan=3 align=middle TBD
2Bhagwat Karad02-Apr-2026
3Sharad Pawar02-Apr-2026
4Fouzia Khan02-Apr-2026
5Rajani PatilINC02-Apr-2026
6Priyanka ChaturvediSS(UBT)02-Apr-2026
7Ramdas AthawaleRPI(A)02-Apr-2026
Previous MPPartyTerm endElected MPParty
1Mamata MahantaRowspan=1 bgcolor=""Rowspan=1BJP02-Apr-2026Rowspan=2TBDRowspan=2 bgcolor=""Rowspan=2BJP
2Munna KhanRowspan=3 bgcolor=""Rowspan=3BJD02-Apr-2026
3Sujeet Kumar02-Apr-2026Rowspan=2TBDRowspan=2 bgcolor=""Rowspan=2BJD
4Niranjan Bishi02-Apr-2026
Previous MPPartyTerm endElected MPParty
1Tiruchi SivaDMK02-Apr-2026Rowspan=4TBDDMK
2N. R. Elango02-Apr-2026
3Anthiyur P. Selvaraj02-Apr-2026
4Kanimozhi NVN Somu02-Apr-2026
5M. ThambiduraiAIADMK02-Apr-2026Rowspan=2TBDAIADMK
6G. K. VasanTMC02-Apr-2026
Previous MPPartyTerm endElected MPParty
1Subrata BakshiAITC02-Apr-2026TBD AITC
2Arpita Ghosh02-Apr-2026
3Mausam Noor02-Apr-2026
4Saket Gokhale02-Apr-2026
5Bikash Ranjan BhattacharyaCPM02-Apr-2026TBDBJP
Previous MPPartyTerm endElected MPParty
1Bhubaneshwar KalitaRowspan=2BJP09-Apr-2026TBDRowspan=2BJP
2Rameswar Teli09-Apr-2026
3Ajit Kumar BhuyanInd09-Apr-2026TBDINC
Previous MPPartyTerm endElected MPParty
1Harivansh Narayan SinghJDU09-Apr-2026Rowspan=6 Colspan=3TBD
2Ram Nath Thakur09-Apr-2026
3Prem Chand GuptaRJD09-Apr-2026
4Amarendra Dhari Singh09-Apr-2026
5Upendra KushwahaRLM09-Apr-2026
Previous MPPartyTerm endElected MPParty
1K. T. S. TulsiINC09-Apr-2026TBDINC
2Phulo Devi NetamINC09-Apr-2026TBDBJP
Previous MPPartyTerm endElected MPParty
1Kiran Chaudhary BJP09-Apr-2026Rowspan=2 Colspan=3TBD
2Ram Chander JangraBJP09-Apr-2026

Telangana

Previous MPPartyTerm endElected MPParty
1Abhishek Manu SinghviINC09-Apr-2026TBDINC
2K. R. Suresh ReddyBRS09-Apr-2026TBDINC
Previous MPPartyTerm endElected MPParty
1Alla Ayodhya Rami ReddyYSRCP21-Jun-2026TBDTDP
2Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose21-Jun-2026
3Mopidevi Venkataramana21-Jun-2026
4Parimal Nathwani21-Jun-2026TBDJSP
Previous MPPartyTerm endElected MPParty
1Abhay BhardwajBJP21-Jun-2026TBDBJP
2Ramilaben Bara21-Jun-2026
3Narhari Amin21-Jun-2026
4Shaktisinh GohilINC21-Jun-2026

Jharkhand

Previous MPPartyTerm endElected MPParty
1Shibu SorenJMM21-Jun-2026Colspan=3 Rowspan=2TBD
2Deepak PrakashBJP21-Jun-2026

Madhya Pradesh

Previous MPPartyTerm endElected MPParty
1George KurianBJP21-Jun-2026TBDBJP
2Sumer Singh Solanki21-Jun-2026
3Digvijaya SinghINC21-Jun-2026TBDINC

Rajasthan

Previous MPPartyTerm endElected MPParty
1Rajendra GehlotBJP21-Jun-2026TBDBJP
2Ravneet Singh Bittu21-Jun-2026
3Neeraj DangiINC21-Jun-2026TBDINC

Karnataka

Previous MPPartyTerm endElected MPParty
1Ashok GastiBJP25-Jun-2026Rowspan=1TBDBJP
2K. Narayan25-Jun-2026Rowspan=3TBDINC
3Mallikarjun KhargeINC25-Jun-2026
4H. D. Deve GowdaJDS25-Jun-2026

Uttar Pradesh

Previous MPPartyTerm endElected MPParty
1Hardeep Singh PuriBJP25-Nov-2026TBDBJP
2Dinesh Sharma25-Nov-2026
3Seema Dwivedi25-Nov-2026
4Brij Lal25-Nov-2026
5Arun Singh25-Nov-2026
6Neeraj Shekhar25-Nov-2026
7Geeta Shakya25-Nov-2026
8B. L. Verma25-Nov-2026
9Ram Gopal YadavSP25-Nov-2026TBDSP
10Ramji GautamBSP25-Nov-2026

Uttarakhand

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Statewise Retirement. rajyasabha.nic.in.