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[update], 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[update], 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 7436 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
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- * – 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] | 
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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 | 2431 | 3 April 2018 – present (2431) Uttar Pradesh | |
| S. S. Ahluwalia[b] | .jpg)
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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 |
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2 | 3423 | 3 July 2015 – 17 June 2016† (350) Jharkhand 30 June 2016 – present (3073) Madhya Pradesh |
| Narhari Amin* | – | 1 | 1620 | 22 June 2020 – present (1620) 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 | 2431 | 3 April 2018 – present (2431) 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 | 2431 | 3 April 2018 – present (2431) Uttarakhand |
| Ramilaben Bara* | – | 1 | 1620 | 22 June 2020 – present (1620) 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 | 1620 | 22 June 2020 – present (1620) Gujarat |
| Suresh Bhardwaj | – | 1 | 2100 | 10 April 2002 – 9 January 2008† (2100) Himachal Pradesh |
| Udyanraje Bhosale* | – | 1 | 1700 | 3 April 2020 – present (1700) Maharashtra |
| Indramoni Bora | – | 1 | 2159 | 15 June 2001 – 14 May 2007 (2159) Assam |
| Rajeev Chandrasekhar*[d] | 
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1 | 2431 | 3 April 2018 – present (2431) 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 | 
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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] | .jpg)
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1 | 1988 | 20 June 2019 – present (1988) 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 | 
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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 | 1877 | 9 October 2019 – present (1877) Bihar |
| Ramnarayan Dudi | .jpg)
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1 | 2191 | 10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020 (2191) Rajasthan |
| Harshvardhan Singh Dungarpur* | – | 1 | 3068 | 5 July 2016 – present (3068) Rajasthan |
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1 | 542 | 7 October 2016 – 2 April 2018 (542) Madhya Pradesh |
| Roopa Ganguly* | .jpg)
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1 | 2977 | 4 October 2016 – present (2977) Nominated |
| Ashok Gasti* | – | 1 | 1616 | 26 June 2020 – present (1616) Karnataka |
| Dushyant Gautam* | – | 1 | 1715 | 19 March 2020 – present (1715) 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 | 1620 | 22 June 2020 – present (1620) Rajasthan |
| Thawar Chand Gehlot* | .jpg)
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2 | 4621 | 3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018 (2190) Madhya Pradesh 3 April 2018 – present (2431) Madhya Pradesh |
| Vijay Goel | ,_Water_Resources,_River_Development_and_Ganga_Rejuvenation,_Shri_Vijay_Goel,_in_New_Delhi_(cropped).jpg)
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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* | .jpg)
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1 | 3139 | 25 April 2016 – present (3139) Nominated |
| Prafull Goradia | – | 1 | 726 | 7 April 1998 – 2 April 2000 (726) Gujarat |
| Indu Goswami* | – | 1 | 1693 | 10 April 2020 – present (1693) Himachal Pradesh |
| Piyush Goyal* | 1 | 5259 | 5 July 2010 – 4 July 2016 (2191) Maharashtra 5 July 2016 – present (3068) 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 |
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2 | 3790 | 5 July 2004 – 4 July 2010 (2190) Rajasthan 3 April 2012 – 20 August 2016† (1600) Madhya Pradesh |
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2 | 2834 | 19 August 2011 – 18 August 2017 (2191) Gujarat 19 August 2017 – 24 May 2019# (643) Gujarat |
| Anil Jain* | .jpg)
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1 | 2431 | 3 April 2018 – present (2431) 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* | _(3)_(cropped).jpg)
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1 | 1972 | 6 July 2019 – present (1972) Gujarat |
| Arun Jaitley | .jpg)
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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 | 1693 | 10 April 2020 – present (1693) Haryana |
| Satyanarayan Jatiya | .jpg)
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1 | 2191 | 10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020 (2191) Madhya Pradesh |
| Prakash Javadekar* | ,_Environment,_Forest_and_Climate_Change_(Independent_Charge)_and_Parliamentary_Affairs(cropped).jpg)
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3 | 6004 | 3 April 2008 – 2 April 2014 (2190) Maharashtra 13 June 2014 – 27 March 2018† (1383) Madhya Pradesh 3 April 2018 – present (2431) 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 | 
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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 | .JPG)
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1 | 1501 | 3 April 2000 – 13 May 2004# (1501) Madhya Pradesh |
| Murli Manohar Joshi | 
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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 | 1616 | 26 June 2020 – present (1616) Karnataka |
| Bhubaneshwar Kalita* | – | 1 | 1693 | 10 April 2020 – present (1693) Assam |
| Alphons Kannanthanam* | – | 1 | 2575 | 10 November 2017 – present (2575) Rajasthan |
| Ram Kapse | – | 1 | 645 | 27 September 1996 – 4 July 1998 (645) Maharashtra |
| Bhagwat Karad* | – | 1 | 1700 | 3 April 2020 – present (1700) Maharashtra |
| Kanta Kardam* | – | 1 | 2431 | 3 April 2018 – present (2431) 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 | 
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1 | 1997 | 26 November 2008 – 16 May 2014# (1997) Uttarakhand |
| Ram Nath Kovind | 
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2 | 4381 | 3 April 1994 – 2 April 2000 (2191) Uttar Pradesh 3 April 2000 – 2 April 2006 (2190) Uttar Pradesh |
| Jana Krishnamurthi | 
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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 | 3068 | 5 July 2016 – present (3068) 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 | 3154 | 10 April 2016 – present (3154) Punjab |
| Hema Malini | 
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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 | 4621 | 3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018 (2190) Gujarat 3 April 2018 – present (2431) Gujarat |
| Kanaksingh Mohansinh Mangrola | – | 1 | 944 | 3 April 1994 – 2 November 1996† (944) Gujarat |
| Shamsheer Singh Manhas* | – | 1 | 3578 | 11 February 2015 – present (3578) Jammu and Kashmir |
| Ayanur Manjunath | – | 1 | 2191 | 1 July 2010 – 30 June 2016 (2191) Karnataka |
| Sonal Mansingh* | – | 1 | 2329 | 14 July 2018 – present (2329) 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 | 5258 | 10 April 2008 – 9 April 2014 (2190) Rajasthan 5 July 2016 – present (3068) Rajasthan |
| Kirodi Lal Meena* | – | 1 | 2430 | 4 April 2018 – present (2430) 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 | 2329 | 14 July 2018 – present (2329) Nominated |
| V. Muraleedharan* | – | 1 | 2431 | 3 April 2018 – present (2431) Maharashtra |
| M. Rajasekara Murthy[l] | – | 1 | 2047 | 3 April 2000 – 10 November 2005† (2047) Karnataka |
| Jagat Prakash Nadda* | – | 2 | 4621 | 3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018 (2190) Himachal Pradesh 3 April 2018 – present (2431) Himachal Pradesh |
| Surendra Singh Nagar*[m] | – | 1 | 1900 | 16 September 2019 – present (1900) 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* | 
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2 | 7436 | 26 November 2002 – 25 November 2008 (2191) Uttar Pradesh 5 July 2010 – 23 June 2016 (2180) Uttar Pradesh 8 July 2016 – present (3065) Jharkhand |
| Ram Vichar Netam* | – | 1 | 3073 | 30 June 2016 – present (3073) Chhattisgarh |
| Jai Narain Prasad Nishad | _Jai_Narain_Nishad_with_Dr_Harikumar_Pallathadka_(cropped).JPG)
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1 | 1357 | 8 July 2004 – 26 March 2008§ (1357) Bihar |
| Jai Prakash Nishad* | – | 1 | 1564 | 17 August 2020 – present (1564) Uttar Pradesh |
| Samir Oraon* | – | 1 | 2400 | 4 May 2018 – present (2400) Jharkhand |
| Narayan Lal Panchariya | – | 1 | 2191 | 10 April 2014 – 9 April 2020 (2191) Rajasthan |
| Saroj Pandey* | – | 1 | 2431 | 3 April 2018 – present (2431) 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 | .jpg)
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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 | 3065 | 8 July 2016 – present (3065) Jharkhand |
| Suresh Prabhu* | 
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2 | 3638 | 29 November 2014 – 8 June 2016† (557) Haryana 22 June 2016 – present (3081) Andhra Pradesh |
| Dharmendra Pradhan* | – | 2 | 4615 | 3 April 2012 – 27 March 2018† (2184) Bihar 3 April 2018 – present (2431) Haryana |
| Baldev Prakash | – | 1 | 135 | 5 July 1992 – 17 November 1992‡ (135) Uttar Pradesh |
| Deepak Prakash* | – | 1 | 1620 | 22 June 2020 – present (1620) 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 | 2516 | 8 January 2018 – present (2516) 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 | 2431 | 3 April 2018 – present (2431) Uttar Pradesh |
| Sambhaji Raje* | – | 1 | 3090 | 13 June 2016 – present (3090) 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 | 1820 | 5 December 2019 – present (1820) Karnataka |
| C. M. Ramesh*[o] | – | 1 | 1988 | 20 June 2019 – present (1988) Andhra Pradesh |
| Narayan Rane* | – | 1 | 2431 | 3 April 2018 – present (2431) Maharashtra |
| Garikapati Mohan Rao[p] | – | 1 | 294 | 20 June 2019 – 9 April 2020 (294) Telangana |
| G. V. L. Narasimha Rao* | – | 1 | 2431 | 3 April 2018 – present (2431) Uttar Pradesh |
| Nabam Rebia* | – | 1 | 1618 | 24 June 2020 – present (1618) 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 | 5285 | 10 April 2008 – 9 April 2014 (2190) Gujarat 7 June 2016 – 2 April 2018 (664) Gujarat 3 April 2018 – present (2431) 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 | 3068 | 5 July 2016 – present (3068) 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 | 1620 | 22 June 2020 – present (1620) 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 | 1620 | 22 June 2020 – present (1620) 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 | 1900 | 16 September 2019 – present (1900) 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 | 2329 | 14 July 2018 – present (2329) 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 | 1927 | 20 August 2019 – present (1927) 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 | 3068 | 5 July 2016 – present (3068) Uttar Pradesh |
| Navjot Singh Sidhu | – | 1 | 84 | 25 April 2016 – 18 July 2016† (84) Nominated |
| Ajay Pratap Singh* | – | 1 | 2431 | 3 April 2018 – present (2431) Madhya Pradesh |
| Arun Singh* | – | 1 | 1819 | 6 December 2019 – present (1819) 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 | 3065 | 8 July 2016 – present (3065) 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 | 2329 | 14 July 2018 – present (2329) 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 |
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2 | 3794 | 26 June 2014 – 17 June 2016† (722) Andhra Pradesh 1 July 2016 – present (3072) 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 | 1620 | 22 June 2020 – present (1620) Madhya Pradesh |
| Kailash Soni* | – | 1 | 2431 | 3 April 2018 – present (2431) Madhya Pradesh |
| Bimla Kashyap Sood | – | 1 | 2191 | 3 April 2010 – 2 April 2016 (2191) Himachal Pradesh |
| Subramanian Swamy*[x] | – | 1 | 3139 | 25 April 2016 – present (3139) 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 | 1993 | 15 June 2019 – present (1993) Assam |
| Vinay Tendulkar* | – | 1 | 2679 | 29 July 2017 – present (2679) 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 | 1693 | 10 April 2020 – present (1693) Bihar |
| Jugalji Thakor* | – | 1 | 1972 | 6 July 2019 – present (1972) 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 | 2431 | 3 April 2018 – present (2431) Uttar Pradesh |
| Sudhanshu Trivedi* | – | 1 | 1877 | 9 October 2019 – present (1877) 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 | 2676 | 1 August 2017 – present (2676) 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 | 1979 | 29 June 2019 – present (1979) 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 | 2431 | 3 April 2018 – present (2431) Haryana |
| Shankarbhai N. Vegad | – | 1 | 2190 | 3 April 2012 – 2 April 2018 (2190) Gujarat |
| T. G. Venkatesh* | – | 1 | 1988 | 20 June 2019 – present (1988) Andhra Pradesh |
| Ramkumar Verma* | – | 1 | 3068 | 5 July 2016 – present (3068) 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 | 4620 | 4 April 2012 – 3 April 2018 (2190) Rajasthan 4 April 2018 – present (2430) Rajasthan |
| Harnath Singh Yadav* | – | 1 | 2431 | 3 April 2018 – present (2431) 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 |
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Notes
edit- ^ Advani served two terms from 1970 to 1982 while being a member of the Bharatiya Jana Sangh (BJS).[11]
- ^ Ahluwalia served two terms from 1986 to 1998 while being a member of the INC.[11]
- ^ Bhandari served two terms from 1966 to 1972 and 1976 to 1982 while being a member of the Janata Party (JP).[11]
- ^ Chandrasekhar served two terms from 2006 to 2018 as an independent member.[12]
- ^ Chowdary served one term from 2010 to 2016 while being a member of the Telugu Desam Party (TDP).[12]
- ^ Heptulla served four terms from 1980 to 2004 while being a member of the INC.[11]
- ^ Mohinder Kaur served one term from 1964 to 1970 while being a member of the INC.[11]
- ^ Kore served one term from 1990 to 1996 while being a member of the INC.[11]
- ^ Mahavir served one term from 1968 to 1974 while being a member of the BJS.[11]
- ^ Kalraj Mishra served one term from 1978 to 1984 while being a member of the JP.[11]
- ^ Mitra served one term from 2003 to 2009 while being a non-partisan nominated member.[11]
- ^ 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]
- ^ Nagar served one term from 2016 to 2019 while being a member of the Samajwadi Party (SP).[12]
- ^ Ramamurthy served one term from 2016 to 2019 as a member of the INC.[12]
- ^ Ramesh served two terms from 2012 to 2018 as a member of the TDP.[12]
- ^ Garikapati Mohan Rao served one term in 2014 as a member of the TDP.[12]
- ^ Scindia served one term from 1978 to 1984 as a member of the Janata Dal (JD).[11]
- ^ Seth served one term from 2016 to 2019 as a member of the SP.[12]
- ^ Viren J. Shah served one term from 1975 to 1981 as an independent member.[11]
- ^ Shekhar served one term from 2014 to 2019 while being a member of the SP.[12]
- ^ Birender Singh served one term from 2010 to 2014 as a member of the INC.[11]
- ^ Yashwant Sinha served one term from 1988 to 1993 as a member of the JD.[11]
- ^ 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]
- ^ Swamy served two terms from 1974 to 1976 and 1988 to 1994 while being a member of the BJS and the JP respectively.[12]
- ^ Vajpayee served one term from 1962 to 1967 while being a member of the BJS.[11]
- ^ Jagdambi Prasad Yadav served one term from 1968 to 1974 while being a member of the BJS.[11]
References
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- "List of Sitting Members of Rajya Sabha (Term Wise)". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- Specific
- ^ Edward A. Gargan (29 November 1993). "India's Two Major Political Parties Stumble in Regional Elections". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Sixteenth Lok Sabha – Party-wise Representation of Members". Lok Sabha. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ Chatterjee, Mohua (13 July 2015). "BJP enrolls 11 crore members, launches 'Mahasampark Abhiyan'". First Post. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ 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.
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- ^ a b c d "Advanced Search". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
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- ^ 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.
- ^ "Rajya Sabha – List of Women Members". Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ "Members of Rajya Sabha in the Council of Ministers". Rajya Sabha. Retrieved 5 January 2016.
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