List of Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is one of the two major parties in the political system of Republic of India, the other being the Indian National Congress (INC).[1] As of 2015, it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the Lok Sabha (House of the People),[2] and is the world's largest political party in terms of primary membership.[3] Established in 1980, the BJP's platform is generally considered as the right-wing of the political spectrum.[4]

The Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of the Parliament of India.[5] As of February 2020, 252 BJP leaders have been a member of the Rajya Sabha,[6] out of which 82 are sitting members.[7] Members of the Rajya Sabha are indirectly elected by state and territorial legislatures using single transferable votes, while twelve members are appointed by the President of India for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services.[5][8] According to the Constitution of India, the Rajya Sabha has certain special powers being a federal chamber.[8] The Rajya Sabha is not subjected to dissolution unlike the Lok Sabha, and the term of its member is six years.[8]

Seventeen of the Rajya Sabha members from the BJP are women,[6] out of which six are sitting members – Roopa Ganguly, Kanta Kardam, Sonal Mansingh, Nirmala Sitharaman, and Saroj Pandey.[9] Eleven of the sitting members from the BJP are members of the Union Council of Ministers of India.[10] Jaswant Singh represented Rajasthan for four terms which amounted to a total tenure length of 7398 days, the longest for any Rajya Sabha member from the BJP.[11][12] The only other BJP members to serve four terms as a Rajya Sabha member are Arun Jaitley, Pramod Mahajan, Venkaiah Naidu, and Ravi Shankar Prasad.[11] Among the sitting members, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has the longest total tenure length of 7406 days.[12]

BJP members have represented 21 states and union territories in the Rajya Sabha. Out of these, Uttar Pradesh has contributed the highest number of members (44).[6] It is followed by Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat with 36 and 34 members respectively.[6]

Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party

Key
  • *  – Sitting member
  • † – Resigned
  • ‡ – Died during the term
  • # – Elected to Lok Sabha during the term
  • § – Disqualified
  • ↑ – Seat declared vacant
Name Portrait Term(s) Total tenure length (days) Tenure(s) description
Nabam Rebia 24 June 2020 – 23 June 2026
Suryakant Acharya 1 1585 19 August 2005 – 21 December 2009‡
(1585)
Gujarat
Lal Krishna Advani[a] 2 2794 3 April 1982 – 2 April 1988
(2191)
Madhya Pradesh
3 April 1988 – 27 November 1989#
(603)
Madhya Pradesh
Lakhiram Agrawal 3 4380 10 April 1990 – 9 April 1996
(2191)
Madhya Pradesh
10 April 1996 – 31 October 2000
(1665)
Madhya Pradesh
1 November 2000 – 9 April 2002
(524)
Chhattisgarh
Ramdas Agarwal 3 6572 10 April 1990 – 9 April 1996
(2191)
Rajasthan
10 April 1996 – 9 April 2002
(2190)
Rajasthan
4 April 2006 – 3 April 2012
(2191)
Rajasthan
Satish Chandra Agarwal – 1 1256 3 April 1994 – 10 September 1997‡
(1256)
Rajasthan
Parmeshwar Kumar Agarwalla 3 4380 8 July 1992 – 7 July 1998
(2190)
Bihar
8 July 1998 – 14 November 2000
(860)
Bihar
15 November 2000 – 7 July 2004
(1330)
Jharkhand
Anil Agrawal* 1 2401 3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Uttar Pradesh
S. S. Ahluwalia[b] 3 4380 3 April 2000 – 14 November 2000
(225)
Bihar
15 November 2000 – 2 April 2006
(2190)
Jharkhand
3 April 2006 – 2 April 2012
(2191)
Jharkhand
M. J. Akbar* 2 3393 3 July 2015 – 17 June 2016†
(350)
Jharkhand
30 June 2016 – present
(3043)
Madhya Pradesh
Narhari Amin* – 1 1590 22 June 2020 – present
(1590)
Gujarat
Balavant Apte 2 4381 3 April 2000 – 27 April 2006
(2190)
Maharashtra
3 April 2006 – 2 April 2012
(2191)
Maharashtra
Devdas Apte 1 2108 2 July 2002 – 9 April 2008
(2108)
Maharashtra
Lekhraj Bachani – 1 2190 3 April 2000 – 2 April 2006
(2190)
Gujarat
Ashok Bajpai* 1 2401 3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Uttar Pradesh
Sikander Bakht – 2 4381 10 April 1990 – 9 April 1996
(2191)
Madhya Pradesh
10 April 1996 – 9 April 2002
(2190)
Madhya Pradesh
Krishan Lal Balmiki – 1 1478 4 April 2006 – 21 April 2010‡
(1478)
Rajasthan
Anil Baluni* – 1 2401 3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Uttarakhand
Ramilaben Bara* – 1 1590 22 June 2020 – present
(1590)
Gujarat
Jayantilal Barot – 1 2191 10 April 2002 – 9 April 2008
(2191)
Gujarat
Hari Shankar Bhabhra – 1 2191 10 April 1978 – 9 April 1984
(2191)
Rajasthan
Sunder Singh Bhandari[c] – 1 2121 5 July 1992 – 26 April 1998†
(2121)
Uttar Pradesh
Abhay Bhardwaj* – 1 1590 22 June 2020 – present
(1590)
Gujarat
Suresh Bhardwaj – 1 2100 10 April 2002 – 9 January 2008†
(2100)
Himachal Pradesh
Udyanraje Bhosale* – 1 1670 3 April 2020 – present
(1670)
Maharashtra
Indramoni Bora – 1 2159 15 June 2001 – 14 May 2007
(2159)
Assam
Rajeev Chandrasekhar*[d] 1 2401 3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Karnataka
Shivprasad Chanpuria – 1 2191 10 April 1990 – 9 April 1996
(2191)
Madhya Pradesh
Lalit Kishore Chaturvedi – 1 2190 5 July 2004 – 4 July 2010
(2190)
Rajasthan
T. N. Chaturvedi 2 3697 5 July 1992 – 4 July 1998
(2190)
Uttar Pradesh
5 July 1998 – 20 August 2002†
(1507)
Uttar Pradesh
Chunni Lal Chaudhary – 1 1468 26 November 1996 – 3 December 2000‡
(1468)
Uttar Pradesh
Y. S. Chowdary*[e] 1 1958 20 June 2019 – present
(1958)
Andhra Pradesh
Anant Dave – 2 4381 10 April 1990 – 9 April 1996
(2191)
Gujarat
10 April 1996 – 9 April 2002
(2190)
Gujarat
Anil Madhav Dave 3 2842 4 August 2009 – 29 June 2010
(329)
Madhya Pradesh
30 June 2010 – 29 June 2016
(2191)
Madhya Pradesh
30 June 2016 – 18 May 2017‡
(322)
Madhya Pradesh
Manohar Kant Dhyani – 2 2920 26 November 1996 – 8 November 2000
(1443)
Uttar Pradesh
9 November 2000 – 25 November 2004
(1477)
Uttarakhand
Satish Chandra Dubey* – 1 1847 9 October 2019 – present
(1847)
Bihar
Ramnarayan Dudi 1 2191 10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020
(2191)
Rajasthan
Harshvardhan Singh Dungarpur* – 1 3038 5 July 2016 – present
(3038)
Rajasthan
La Ganesan 1 542 7 October 2016 – 2 April 2018
(542)
Madhya Pradesh
Roopa Ganguly* 1 2947 4 October 2016 – present
(2947)
Nominated
Ashok Gasti* – 1 1586 26 June 2020 – present
(1586)
Karnataka
Dushyant Gautam* – 1 1685 19 March 2020 – present
(1685)
Haryana
Sangh Priya Gautam – 3 4381 3 April 1990 – 2 April 1996
(2191)
Uttar Pradesh
5 July 1998 – 8 November 2000
(857)
Uttar Pradesh
9 November 2000 – 4 July 2004
(1333)
Uttarakhand
Rajendra Gehlot* – 1 1590 22 June 2020 – present
(1590)
Rajasthan
Thawar Chand Gehlot* 2 4591 3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018
(2190)
Madhya Pradesh
3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Madhya Pradesh
Vijay Goel 1 2191 10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020
(2191)
Rajasthan
Chunibhai K Gohel – 1 2191 10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020
(2191)
Gujarat
Suresh Gopi* 1 3109 25 April 2016 – present
(3109)
Nominated
Prafull Goradia – 1 726 7 April 1998 – 2 April 2000
(726)
Gujarat
Indu Goswami* – 1 1663 10 April 2020 – present
(1663)
Himachal Pradesh
Piyush Goyal* 1 5229 5 July 2010 – 4 July 2016
(2191)
Maharashtra
5 July 2016 – present
(3038)
Maharashtra
Ved Prakash Goyal – 2 4381 3 April 1996 – 2 April 2002
(2190)
Maharashtra
3 April 2002 – 2 April 2008
(2191)
Maharashtra
Ishwar Chandra Gupta – 1 2190 5 July 1992 – 4 July 1998
(2190)
Uttar Pradesh
Narain Prasad Gupta – 1 2190 30 June 1992 – 29 June 1998
(2190)
Madhya Pradesh
Ram Lakhan Prasad Gupta – 1 2191 10 April 1978 – 9 April 1984
(2191)
Bihar
Najma Heptulla[f] 2 3790 5 July 2004 – 4 July 2010
(2190)
Rajasthan
3 April 2012 – 20 August 2016†
(1600)
Madhya Pradesh
Smriti Irani 2 2834 19 August 2011 – 18 August 2017
(2191)
Gujarat
19 August 2017 – 24 May 2019#
(643)
Gujarat
Anil Jain* 1 2401 3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Uttar Pradesh
Jinendra Kumar Jain – 1 1471 23 March 1990 – 2 April 1994
(1471)
Madhya Pradesh
Meghraj Jain – 2 1627 6 May 2011 – 2 April 2012
(332)
Madhya Pradesh
15 September 2014 – 2 April 2018
(1295)
Madhya Pradesh
Subrahmanyam Jaishankar* 1 1942 6 July 2019 – present
(1942)
Gujarat
Arun Jaitley 4 7079 3 April 2000 – 2 April 2006
(2190)
Gujarat
3 April 2006 – 2 April 2012
(2191)
Gujarat
3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018
(2190)
Gujarat
3 April 2018 – 24 August 2019‡
(508)
Uttar Pradesh
Bhushan Lal Jangde – 1 2190 3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018
(2190)
Chhattisgarh
Ram Chander Jangra* – 1 1663 10 April 2020 – present
(1663)
Haryana
Satyanarayan Jatiya 1 2191 10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020
(2191)
Madhya Pradesh
Prakash Javadekar* 3 5974 3 April 2008 – 2 April 2014
(2190)
Maharashtra
13 June 2014 – 27 March 2018†
(1383)
Madhya Pradesh
3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Maharashtra
Prabhat Jha – 2 4381 10 April 2008 – 9 April 2014
(2190)
Madhya Pradesh
10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020
(2191)
Madhya Pradesh
Rama Jois 1 2190 26 June 2008 – 25 June 2014
(2190)
Karnataka
Jagannathrao Joshi – 1 2191 3 April 1978 – 2 April 1984
(2191)
Delhi
Kailash Chandra Joshi 1 1501 3 April 2000 – 13 May 2004#
(1501)
Madhya Pradesh
Murli Manohar Joshi 2 3182 5 July 1992 – 11 May 1996#
(1406)
Uttar Pradesh
5 July 2004 – 16 May 2009#
(1776)
Uttar Pradesh
Dilip Singh Judeo – 3 4825 30 June 1992 – 2 June 1998
(2163)
Madhya Pradesh
30 June 1998 – 31 October 2000†
(854)
Chhattisgarh
30 June 2004 – 16 May 2009#
(1781)
Chhattisgarh
Ranvijay Singh Judev – 1 2191 10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020
(2191)
Chhattisgarh
Eranna Kadadi* – 1 1586 26 June 2020 – present
(1586)
Karnataka
Bhubaneshwar Kalita* – 1 1663 10 April 2020 – present
(1663)
Assam
Alphons Kannanthanam* – 1 2545 10 November 2017 – present
(2545)
Rajasthan
Ram Kapse – 1 645 27 September 1996 – 4 July 1998
(645)
Maharashtra
Bhagwat Karad* – 1 1670 3 April 2020 – present
(1670)
Maharashtra
Kanta Kardam* – 1 2401 3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Uttar Pradesh
Ram Kumar Kashyap – 1 2034 10 April 2014 – 4 November 2019†
(2034)
Bihar
Kanak Mal Katara – 1 2191 3 April 1994 – 2 April 2000
(2191)
Rajasthan
Vinay Katiyar – 2 4381 3 April 2006 – 2 April 2012
(2191)
Uttar Pradesh
3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018
(2190)
Uttar Pradesh
Gurcharan Kaur – 1 1123 7 June 2001 – 4 July 2004
(1123)
Punjab
Mohinder Kaur[g] – 1 2191 10 April 1978 – 9 April 1984
(2191)
Himachal Pradesh
Narayan Singh Kesari – 2 2838 24 June 2004 – 2 April 2006
(647)
Madhya Pradesh
3 April 2006 – 2 April 2012
(2191)
Madhya Pradesh
Pyarelal Khandelwal – 2 4114 30 June 1980 – 29 June 1986
(2190)
Madhya Pradesh
30 June 2004 – 6 October 2009‡
(1924)
Madhya Pradesh
Avinash Rai Khanna – 1 2191 10 April 2010 – 9 April 2016
(2191)
Punjab
Om Prakash Kohli 1 2190 28 January 1994 – 27 January 2000
(2190)
Delhi
Prabhakar Kore[h] – 2 4381 26 June 2008 – 25 June 2014
(2190)
Karnataka
26 June 2014 – 25 June 2020
(2191)
Karnataka
Bhagat Singh Koshyari 1 1997 26 November 2008 – 16 May 2014#
(1997)
Uttarakhand
Ram Nath Kovind 2 4381 3 April 1994 – 2 April 2000
(2191)
Uttar Pradesh
3 April 2000 – 2 April 2006
(2190)
Uttar Pradesh
Jana Krishnamurthi 1 1994 10 April 2002 – 25 September 2007‡
(1994)
Gujarat
Faggan Singh Kulaste – 1 773 3 April 2012 – 16 May 2014#
(773)
Madhya Pradesh
Ashwani Kumar – 2 4381 7 July 1980 – 6 July 1986
(2190)
Bihar
7 July 1986 – 6 July 1992
(2191)
Bihar
Shanta Kumar – 1 2190 10 April 2008 – 9 April 2014
(2190)
Himachal Pradesh
Onkar Singh Lakhawat – 1 899 16 October 1997 – 2 April 2000
(899)
Rajasthan
Lal Shyam – 1 647 16 February 2001 – 25 November 2002
(647)
Uttar Pradesh
Surendra Lath – 1 2191 3 April 2002 – 2 April 2008
(2191)
Odisha
Bangaru Laxman – 1 2190 10 April 1996 – 9 April 2002
(2190)
Gujarat
Chhatrapal Singh Lodha – 1 539 2 July 2004 – 23 December 2005§
(539)
Odisha
Pramod Mahajan – 4 6453 5 July 1986 – 4 July 1992
(2191)
Maharashtra
5 July 1992 – 9 May 1996#
(1404)
Maharashtra
5 July 1998 – 4 July 2004
(2191)
Maharashtra
5 July 2004 – 3 May 2006‡
(667)
Maharashtra
Vikas Mahatme* – 1 3038 5 July 2016 – present
(3038)
Maharashtra
Bhai Mahavir[i] – 1 2191 10 April 1978 – 9 April 1984
(2191)
Madhya Pradesh
Bhagirathi Majhi – 1 1560 24 March 2006 – 1 July 2010
(1560)
Odisha
Vijay Kumar Malhotra – 1 2077 28 January 1994 – 6 October 1999#
(2077)
Delhi
Shwait Malik* – 1 3124 10 April 2016 – present
(3124)
Punjab
Hema Malini 2 2586 27 August 2003 – 26 August 2009
(2191)
Nominated
4 March 2011 – 2 April 2012
(395)
Karnataka
K. R. Malkani – 1 2190 28 January 1994 – 27 January 2000
(2190)
Delhi
Narayan Singh Manaklao – 1 2191 27 August 2003 – 26 August 2009
(2191)
Nominated
Mansukh L. Mandaviya* – 2 4591 3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018
(2190)
Gujarat
3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Gujarat
Kanaksingh Mohansinh Mangrola – 1 944 3 April 1994 – 2 November 1996†
(944)
Gujarat
Shamsheer Singh Manhas* – 1 3548 11 February 2015 – present
(3548)
Jammu and Kashmir
Ayanur Manjunath – 1 2191 1 July 2010 – 30 June 2016
(2191)
Karnataka
Sonal Mansingh* – 1 2299 14 July 2018 – present
(2299)
Nominated
Ajay Maroo – 1 2191 10 April 2002 – 9 April 2008
(2191)
Jharkhand
Jagdish Prasad Mathur – 2 4382 3 April 1978 – 2 April 1984
(2191)
Uttar Pradesh
3 April 1990 – 2 April 1996
(2191)
Uttar Pradesh
Om Prakash Mathur* – 2 5228 10 April 2008 – 9 April 2014
(2190)
Rajasthan
5 July 2016 – present
(3038)
Rajasthan
Kirodi Lal Meena* – 1 2400 4 April 2018 – present
(2400)
Rajasthan
Lalitbhai Mehta – 1 2191 19 August 1999 – 18 August 2005
(2191)
Gujarat
Govindram Miri – 1 2191 3 April 1994 – 2 April 2000
(2191)
Madhya Pradesh
Dinanath Mishra – 1 2191 5 July 1998 – 4 July 2004
(2191)
Uttar Pradesh
Kailashpati Mishra – 1 2190 10 April 1984 – 9 April 1990
(2190)
Bihar
Kalraj Mishra[j] – 2 3939 7 June 2001 – 2 April 2006
(1760)
Uttar Pradesh
3 April 2006 – 21 March 2012†
(2179)
Uttar Pradesh
Chandan Mitra[k] – 1 2191 30 June 2010 – 29 June 2016
(2191)
Madhya Pradesh
Narendra Mohan – 1 2124 26 November 1996 – 20 September 2002‡
(2124)
Uttar Pradesh
Raghunath Mohapatra* – 1 2299 14 July 2018 – present
(2299)
Nominated
V. Muraleedharan* – 1 2401 3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Maharashtra
M. Rajasekara Murthy[l] – 1 2047 3 April 2000 – 10 November 2005†
(2047)
Karnataka
Jagat Prakash Nadda* – 2 4591 3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018
(2190)
Himachal Pradesh
3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Himachal Pradesh
Surendra Singh Nagar*[m] – 1 1870 16 September 2019 – present
(1870)
Uttar Pradesh
Venkaiah Naidu – 4 6572 3 April 1998 – 2 April 2004
(2191)
Karnataka
1 July 2004 – 30 June 2010
(2190)
Karnataka
1 July 2010 – 30 June 2016
(2191)
Karnataka
Karnataka
1 July 2010 – 10 August 2017†
(405)
Rajasthan
Pravin Naik – 1 545 19 February 2010 – 18 August 2011
(545)
Gujarat
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi* 2 7406 26 November 2002 – 25 November 2008
(2191)
Uttar Pradesh
5 July 2010 – 23 June 2016
(2180)
Uttar Pradesh
8 July 2016 – present
(3035)
Jharkhand
Ram Vichar Netam* – 1 3043 30 June 2016 – present
(3043)
Chhattisgarh
Jai Narain Prasad Nishad 1 1357 8 July 2004 – 26 March 2008§
(1357)
Bihar
Jai Prakash Nishad* – 1 1534 17 August 2020 – present
(1534)
Uttar Pradesh
Samir Oraon* – 1 2370 4 May 2018 – present
(2370)
Jharkhand
Narayan Lal Panchariya – 1 2191 10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020
(2191)
Rajasthan
Saroj Pandey* – 1 2401 3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Chhattisgarh
Dilip Pandya – 1 2191 19 August 2011 – 18 August 2017
(2191)
Gujarat
Rudra Narayan Pany – 2 2839 24 June 2004 – 3 April 2006
(648)
Odisha
4 April 2006 – 3 April 2012
(2191)
Odisha
Bharatsinh Parmar – 1 2190 10 April 2008 – 9 April 2014
(2190)
Gujarat
Kirpal Parmar – 1 2190 3 April 2000 – 2 April 2006
(2190)
Himachal Pradesh
Manohar Parrikar 1 1011 26 November 2014 – 2 September 2017†
(1011)
Uttar Pradesh
Kameshwar Paswan – 1 2191 10 April 1990 – 2 April 2006
(2191)
Bihar
A. K. Patel – 1 2190 3 April 2000 – 2 April 2006
(2190)
Gujarat
Anandiben Patel 1 1439 3 April 1994 – 12 March 1998†
(1439)
Gujarat
Kanjibhai Patel – 1 2191 3 April 2006 – 2 April 2012
(2191)
Gujarat
Keshubhai Patel 1 2191 10 April 2002 – 9 April 2008
(2191)
Gujarat
Surendra Motilal Patel – 1 2190 19 August 2005 – 18 August 2011
(2190)
Gujarat
Gopalrao Patil – 1 2191 3 April 1994 – 2 April 2000
(2191)
Maharashtra
Gyan Prakash Pilania – 2 3570 29 June 2004 – 9 April 2008
(1380)
Rajasthan
10 April 2008 – 9 April 2014
(2190)
Rajasthan
Mahesh Poddar* – 1 3035 8 July 2016 – present
(3035)
Jharkhand
Suresh Prabhu* 2 3608 29 November 2014 – 8 June 2016†
(557)
Haryana
22 June 2016 – present
(3051)
Andhra Pradesh
Dharmendra Pradhan* – 2 4585 3 April 2012 – 27 March 2018†
(2184)
Bihar
3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Haryana
Baldev Prakash – 1 135 5 July 1992 – 17 November 1992‡
(135)
Uttar Pradesh
Deepak Prakash* – 1 1590 22 June 2020 – present
(1590)
Jharkhand
Abhay Kant Prasad – 1 793 6 May 2002 – 7 July 2004
(793)
Jharkhand
Ravi Shankar Prasad – 4 6986 3 April 2000 – 2 April 2006
(2190)
Bihar
3 April 2006 – 2 April 2012
(2191)
Bihar
3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018
(2190)
Bihar
3 April 2018 – 23 May 2019#
(415)
Bihar
Balbir Punj – 2 4380 3 April 2000 – 2 April 2006
(2190)
Uttar Pradesh
3 April 2008 – 2 April 2014
(2190)
Odisha
Hardeep Singh Puri* – 1 2486 8 January 2018 – present
(2486)
Uttar Pradesh
Raghavji – 2 2513 12 August 1991 – 29 June 1992
(322)
Madhya Pradesh
3 April 1994 – 2 April 2000
(2191)
Madhya Pradesh
Kusum Rai – 1 2190 26 November 2008 – 25 November 2014
(2190)
Uttar Pradesh
Lajpat Rai – 1 2191 10 April 1998 – 9 April 2004
(2191)
Punjab
O. Rajagopal – 2 4381 30 June 1992 – 29 June 1998
(2190)
Madhya Pradesh
30 June 1998 – 29 June 2004
(2190)
Madhya Pradesh
Sakaldeep Rajbhar* – 1 2401 3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Uttar Pradesh
Sambhaji Raje* – 1 3060 13 June 2016 – present
(3060)
Nominated
Ram Ratan Ram – 1 2192 5 July 1992 – 6 July 1998
(2192)
Uttar Pradesh
Rangasayee Ramakrishna – 1 2190 3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018
(2190)
Karnataka
K. C. Ramamurthy*[n] – 1 1790 5 December 2019 – present
(1790)
Karnataka
C. M. Ramesh*[o] – 1 1958 20 June 2019 – present
(1958)
Andhra Pradesh
Narayan Rane* – 1 2401 3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Maharashtra
Garikapati Mohan Rao[p] – 1 294 20 June 2019 – 9 April 2020
(294)
Telangana
G. V. L. Narasimha Rao* – 1 2401 3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Uttar Pradesh
Nabam Rebia* – 1 1588 24 June 2020 – present
(1588)
Arunachal Pradesh
Rajiv Pratap Rudy – 2 2141 4 July 2008 – 7 July 2010
(733)
Bihar
8 July 2010 – 16 May 2014#
(1408)
Parshottam Rupala – 3 5255 10 April 2008 – 9 April 2014
(2190)
Gujarat
7 June 2016 – 2 April 2018
(664)
Gujarat
3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Gujarat
Vijay Rupani – 1 2191 3 April 2006 – 2 April 2012
(2191)
Gujarat
Amar Shankar Sable – 1 1846 14 March 2015 – 2 April 2020
(1846)
Maharashtra
Vinay Sahasrabuddhe* – 1 3038 5 July 2016 – present
(3038)
Maharashtra
Nand Kumar Sai – 2 2520 4 August 2009 – 29 June 2010
(329)
Chhattisgarh
30 June 2010 – 29 June 2016
(2191)
Chhattisgarh
Madanlal Saini – 1 446 4 April 2018 – 24 June 2019‡
(446)
Rajasthan
Man Mohan Samal – 1 1510 4 April 2000 – 23 May 2004†
(1510)
Odisha
Leishemba Sanajaoba* – 1 1590 22 June 2020 – present
(1590)
Manipur
Ajay Sancheti – 1 2190 3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018
(2190)
Maharashtra
Kailash Narain Sarang – 1 2191 10 April 1990 – 9 April 1996
(2191)
Madhya Pradesh
Jyotiraditya Scindia* – 1 1590 22 June 2020 – present
(1590)
Madhya Pradesh
Vijaya Raje Scindia[q] – 1 2057 10 April 1984 – 27 November 1989#
(2057)
Madhya Pradesh
Basavaraj Patil Sedam – 1 2190 3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018
(2190)
Karnataka
Sanjay Seth*[r] – 1 1870 16 September 2019 – present
(1870)
Uttar Pradesh
Amit Shah – 1 642 19 August 2017 – 23 May 2019#
(642)
Gujarat
Viren J. Shah[s] – 1 2191 3 April 1990 – 2 April 1996
(2191)
Maharashtra
Ram Shakal* – 1 2299 14 July 2018 – present
(2299)
Nominated
K. B. Shanappa – 1 2191 3 April 2006 – 2 April 2012
(2191)
Karnataka
Savita Sharda – 1 2191 19 August 1999 – 18 August 2005
(2191)
Gujarat
Krishan Lal Sharma – 1 2191 10 April 1990 – 9 April 1996
(2191)
Himachal Pradesh
Laxminarayan Sharma – 1 1570 30 June 2004 – 17 October 2008‡
(1570)
Madhya Pradesh
Mahesh Chandra Sharma – 1 2190 10 April 1996 – 9 April 2002
(2190)
Rajasthan
Malti Sharma – 1 2191 3 April 1994 – 2 April 2000
(2191)
Uttar Pradesh
Raghunandan Sharma – 1 2190 10 April 2008 – 9 April 2014
(2190)
Madhya Pradesh
Sunil Shastri – 1 187 22 May 2002 – 25 November 2002
(187)
Uttar Pradesh
Vishnu Kant Shastri – 1 2190 5 July 1992 – 4 July 1998
(2190)
Uttar Pradesh
Neeraj Shekhar*[t] – 1 1897 20 August 2019 – present
(1897)
Uttar Pradesh
Arun Shourie – 2 4381 5 July 1998 – 4 July 2004
(2191)
Uttar Pradesh
5 July 2004 – 4 July 2010
(2190)
Uttar Pradesh
Chimanbhai Haribhai Shukla – 1 2190 19 August 1993 – 18 August 1999
(2190)
Gujarat
Shiv Pratap Shukla* – 1 3038 5 July 2016 – present
(3038)
Uttar Pradesh
Navjot Singh Sidhu – 1 84 25 April 2016 – 18 July 2016†
(84)
Nominated
Ajay Pratap Singh* – 1 2401 3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Madhya Pradesh
Arun Singh* – 1 1789 6 December 2019 – present
(1789)
Uttar Pradesh
Birender Singh[u] – 2 1877 29 November 2014 – 1 August 2016
(611)
Haryana
2 August 2016 – 20 January 2020
(1266)
Haryana
Dara Singh – 1 2191 27 August 2003 – 26 August 2009
(2191)
Nominated
Devi Prasad Singh – 1 2190 26 November 1996 – 25 November 2002
(2190)
Uttar Pradesh
Gopal Narayan Singh* – 1 3035 8 July 2016 – present
(3035)
Bihar
Jagannath Singh – 1 2072 30 June 1992 – 3 March 1998#
(2072)
Madhya Pradesh
Jai Prakash Narayan Singh – 1 2190 10 April 2008 – 9 April 2014
(2190)
Jharkhand
Jaswant Singh – 4 7398 5 July 1980 – 4 July 1986
(2190)
Rajasthan
5 July 1986 – 27 November 1989#
(1241)
Rajasthan
5 July 1998 – 4 July 2004
(2191)
Rajasthan
5 July 2004 – 16 May 2009#
(1776)
Rajasthan
K. Bhabananda Singh – 1 1046 29 May 2017 – 9 April 2020
(1046)
Manipur
Lakhan Singh – 1 2191 3 April 1978 – 2 April 1984
(2191)
Uttar Pradesh
Maheshwar Singh – 1 2190 3 April 1992 – 2 April 1992
(2190)
Himachal Pradesh
Maya Singh – 2 4274 10 April 2002 – 9 April 2008
(2191)
Madhya Pradesh
10 April 2008 – 23 December 2013†
(2083)
Madhya Pradesh
Naunihal Singh – 1 2190 5 July 1992 – 4 July 1998
(2190)
Uttar Pradesh
Rajnath Singh – 3 4763 3 April 1994 – 2 April 2000
(2191)
Uttar Pradesh
3 April 2000 – 19 April 2001†
(381)
Uttar Pradesh
26 November 2002 – 25 November 2008
(2191)
Uttar Pradesh
Ranbir Singh – 1 2191 3 April 1994 – 2 April 2000
(2191)
Uttar Pradesh
Shivcharan Singh – 1 2190 5 July 1992 – 4 July 1998
(2190)
Rajasthan
Shivpratap Singh – 1 2190 10 April 2008 – 9 April 2014
(2190)
Chhattisgarh
Rajnath Singh Surya – 1 2190 26 November 1996 – 25 November 2002
(2190)
Uttar Pradesh
B. P. Singhal – 1 2191 5 July 1998 – 4 July 2004
(2191)
Uttar Pradesh
L. M. Singhvi – 1 2191 5 July 1998 – 4 July 2004
(2191)
Rajasthan
R. K. Sinha – 1 2191 10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020
(2191)
Bihar
Rakesh Sinha* – 1 2299 14 July 2018 – present
(2299)
Nominated
Shatrughan Sinha – 2 4381 10 April 1996 – 9 April 2002
(2190)
Bihar
10 April 2002 – 9 April 2008
(2191)
Bihar
Yashwant Sinha[v] – 1 1773 8 July 2004 – 16 May 2009#
(1773)
Jharkhand
Nirmala Sitharaman* 2 3764 26 June 2014 – 17 June 2016†
(722)
Andhra Pradesh
1 July 2016 – present
(3042)
Karnataka
Gopalsinh G. Solanki – 2 4381 10 April 1990 – 9 April 1996
(2191)
Gujarat
10 April 1996 – 9 April 2002
(2190)
Gujarat
Kaptan Singh Solanki – 2 1817 4 August 2009 – 2 April 2012
(972)
Madhya Pradesh
3 April 2012 – 27 July 2014↑[w]
(845)
Madhya Pradesh
Sumer Singh Solanki* – 1 1590 22 June 2020 – present
(1590)
Madhya Pradesh
Kailash Soni* – 1 2401 3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Madhya Pradesh
Bimla Kashyap Sood – 1 2191 3 April 2010 – 2 April 2016
(2191)
Himachal Pradesh
Subramanian Swamy*[x] – 1 3109 25 April 2016 – present
(3109)
Nominated
Sushma Swaraj – 3 5520 10 April 1990 – 9 April 1996
(2191)
Haryana
3 April 2000 – 2 April 2006
(2190)
Uttarakhand
3 April 2006 – 16 May 2009#
(1139)
Madhya Pradesh
Kamakhya Prasad Tasa* – 1 1963 15 June 2019 – present
(1963)
Assam
Vinay Tendulkar* – 1 2649 29 July 2017 – present
(2649)
Goa
C. P. Thakur – 2 4381 10 April 2008 – 9 April 2014
(2190)
Bihar
10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020
(2191)
Bihar
Vivek Thakur* – 1 1663 10 April 2020 – present
(1663)
Bihar
Jugalji Thakor* – 1 1942 6 July 2019 – present
(1942)
Gujarat
Natuji Halaji Thakor – 1 2190 10 April 2008 – 9 April 2014
(2190)
Gujarat
Su. Thirunavukkarasar – 1 1958 30 June 2004 – 9 November 2009†
(1958)
Madhya Pradesh
Narendra Singh Tomar – 1 116 20 January 2009 – 16 May 2009#
(116)
Madhya Pradesh
Vijay Pal Singh Tomar* – 1 2401 3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Uttar Pradesh
Sudhanshu Trivedi* – 1 1847 9 October 2019 – present
(1847)
Uttar Pradesh
Shambhuprasad Tundiya – 1 2191 10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020
(2191)
Gujarat
Anusuiya Uikey – 1 2191 3 April 2006 – 2 April 2012
(2191)
Madhya Pradesh
Sampatiya Uikey* – 1 2646 1 August 2017 – present
(2646)
Madhya Pradesh
Lal Sinh Vadodia – 1 2191 10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020
(2191)
Gujarat
Shanker Sinh Vaghela – 1 2057 10 April 1984 – 27 November 1989#
(2057)
Gujarat
Suryabhan Patil Vahadane – 1 2190 3 April 1996 – 2 April 2002
(2190)
Maharashtra
Ashwini Vaishnaw* – 1 1949 29 June 2019 – present
(1949)
Odisha
Atal Bihari Vajpayee[y] – 1 1813 30 June 1986 – 17 June 1991#
(1813)
Madhya Pradesh
R. B. S. Varma – 2 4381 3 April 1994 – 2 April 2000
(2191)
Uttar Pradesh
3 April 2000 – 2 April 2006
(2190)
Uttar Pradesh
D. P. Vats* – 1 2401 3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Haryana
Shankarbhai N. Vegad – 1 2190 3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018
(2190)
Gujarat
T. G. Venkatesh* – 1 1958 20 June 2019 – present
(1958)
Andhra Pradesh
Ramkumar Verma* – 1 3038 5 July 2016 – present
(3038)
Rajasthan
Vikram Verma – 2 4381 3 April 2000 – 2 April 2006
(2190)
Madhya Pradesh
3 April 2006 – 2 April 2012
(2191)
Madhya Pradesh
Tarun Vijay – 1 2191 5 July 2010 – 4 July 2016
(2191)
Uttarakhand
Shreegopal Vyas – 1 2191 3 April 2006 – 2 April 2012
(2191)
Chhattisgarh
Bhupender Yadav* – 2 4590 4 April 2012 – 3 April 2018
(2190)
Rajasthan
4 April 2018 – present
(2400)
Rajasthan
Harnath Singh Yadav* – 1 2401 3 April 2018 – present
(2401)
Uttar Pradesh
Jagdambi Prasad Yadav[z] – 1 2191 3 April 1982 – 2 April 1988
(2191)
Bihar
Janardan Yadav – 1 2191 3 April 1994 – 2 April 2000
(2191)
Bihar
Ram Kripal Yadav – 1 1408 8 July 2010 – 16 May 2014#
(1408)
Bihar

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Advani served two terms from 1970 to 1982 while being a member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).[11]
  2. ^ Ahluwalia served two terms from 1986 to 1998 while being a member of the INC.[11]
  3. ^ Bhandari served two terms from 1966 to 1972 and 1976 to 1982 while being a member of the Janata Party (JP).[11]
  4. ^ Chandrasekhar served two terms from 2006 to 2018 as an independent member.[12]
  5. ^ Chowdary served one term from 2010 to 2016 while being a member of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).[12]
  6. ^ Heptulla served four terms from 1980 to 2004 while being a member of the INC.[11]
  7. ^ Mohinder Kaur served one term from 1964 to 1970 while being a member of the INC.[11]
  8. ^ Kore served one term from 1990 to 1996 while being a member of the INC.[11]
  9. ^ Mahavir served one term from 1968 to 1974 while being a member of the BJS.[11]
  10. ^ Kalraj Mishra served one term from 1978 to 1984 while being a member of the JP.[11]
  11. ^ Mitra served one term from 2003 to 2009 while being a non-partisan nominated member.[11]
  12. ^ Murthy served one term from 1994 to 1999 while being a member of the INC and another term from 2006 to 2010 while being a member of the Janata Dal (Secular).[11]
  13. ^ Nagar served one term from 2016 to 2019 while being a member of the Samajwadi Party (SP).[12]
  14. ^ Ramamurthy served one term from 2016 to 2019 as a member of the INC.[12]
  15. ^ Ramesh served two terms from 2012 to 2018 as a member of the TDP.[12]
  16. ^ Garikapati Mohan Rao served one term in 2014 as a member of the TDP.[12]
  17. ^ Scindia served one term from 1978 to 1984 as a member of the Janata Dal (JD).[11]
  18. ^ Seth served one term from 2016 to 2019 as a member of the SP.[12]
  19. ^ Viren J. Shah served one term from 1975 to 1981 as an independent member.[11]
  20. ^ Shekhar served one term from 2014 to 2019 while being a member of the SP.[12]
  21. ^ Birender Singh served one term from 2010 to 2014 as a member of the INC.[11]
  22. ^ Yashwant Sinha served one term from 1988 to 1993 as a member of the JD.[11]
  23. ^ Kaptan Singh Solanki's seat was declared vacant under article 158 of the Constitution of India when he occupied the seat of Governor of Haryana.[13]
  24. ^ Swamy served two terms from 1974 to 1976 and 1988 to 1994 while being a member of the BJS and the JP respectively.[12]
  25. ^ Vajpayee served one term from 1962 to 1967 while being a member of the BJS.[11]
  26. ^ Jagdambi Prasad Yadav served one term from 1968 to 1974 while being a member of the BJS.[11]

References

General
  • "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  • "List of Sitting Members of Rajya Sabha (Term Wise)". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
Specific
  1. ^ Edward A. Gargan (29 November 1993). "India's Two Major Political Parties Stumble in Regional Elections". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Sixteenth Lok Sabha – Party-wise Representation of Members". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  3. ^ Chatterjee, Mohua (13 July 2015). "BJP enrolls 11 crore members, launches 'Mahasampark Abhiyan'". First Post. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  4. ^ Sagarika Dutt (12 November 2006). India in a Globalised World. Manchester University Press. p. 64. ISBN 9781847792143. Retrieved 29 December 2015. BJP is a right wing party and gives priority to the unity of the country.
  5. ^ a b "Our Parliament". parliamentofindia.nic.in. Parliament of India. Archived from the original on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d "Advanced Search". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  7. ^ "List of Members in Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  8. ^ a b c "Frequently asked questions about Rajya Sabha". rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha. Archived from the original on 11 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  9. ^ "Rajya Sabha – List of Women Members". Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  10. ^ "Members of Rajya Sabha in the Council of Ministers". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
  11. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Alphabetical List Of Former Members Of Rajya Sabha Since 1952". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "List of Sitting Members of Rajya Sabha (Term Wise)". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  13. ^ "37. Table Office" (PDF). Rajya Sabha. 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2020.