Indian Rajya Sabha elections, 2018 - wikipedia Indian Rajya Sabha elections, 2018 This article may require copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone, or spelling. You can assist by editing it. ( May 2018 ) Rajya Sabha elections, 2018 ← 2017 16 January, 23 March and 21 June 2018 2019 → 65 seats to the Rajya Sabha First party Second party Third party Leader Arun Jaitley Ghulam Nabi Azad Akhilesh Yadav Party BJP INC SP Alliance NDA UPA Leader since 2 June 2014 8 June 2014 1 January 2017 Leader 's seat Uttar Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Uttar Pradesh Seats before 58 58 18 Seats after 69 51 13 Seat change 11 7 5 Fourth party Leader Derek O'Brien Party Trinamool Congress Leader since 19 August 2011 Leader 's seat West Bengal Seats before 13 Seats after 13 Seat change -- Rajya Sabha elections held in the year 2018, to elect the retiring members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament 's upper chamber. The elections held on 16 January to elect 3 members from Delhi and 1 member from Sikkim. The elections held on 23 March 2018 to elect 58 members from 16 States and by - election held to elect 1 member from Kerala. The election will be held on 21 June 2018 to elect 3 members from Kerala. Contents 1 Elections 2 Members Elected 2.1 National Capital Territory of Delhi 2.2 Sikkim 2.3 Andhra Pradesh 2.4 Bihar 2.5 Chhattisgarh 2.6 Gujarat 2.7 Haryana 2.8 Himachal Pradesh 2.9 Jharkhand 2.10 Karnataka 2.11 Madhya Pradesh 2.12 Maharashtra 2.13 Odisha 2.14 Rajasthan 2.15 Telangana 2.16 Uttarakhand 2.17 Uttar Pradesh 2.18 West Bengal 3 By - elections 4 References Elections The elections held to elect 3 members from National Capital Territory of Delhi and 1 member from Sikkim. 3 members from National Capital Territory of Delhi retired on 27 January 2018 and 1 member from Sikkim retired on 23 February 2018. Elections for 58 seats and By - election for 1 seat were held on 23 March 2018. The election will be held for 3 seats of kerala on 21 June 2018. State Members retiring Date of retirement Delhi 27 January 2018 Sikkim 23 February 2018 Andhra Pradesh 2 April 2018 Bihar 6 2 April 2018 Chhattisgarh 2 April 2018 Gujarat 2 April 2018 Haryana 2 April 2018 Himachal Pradesh 2 April 2018 Karnataka 2 April 2018 Madhya Pradesh 5 2 April 2018 Maharashtra 6 2 April 2018 Telangana 2 April 2018 Uttar Pradesh 10 2 April 2018 Uttarakhand 2 April 2018 West Bengal 5 2 April 2018 Odisha 3 April 2018 Rajasthan 3 April 2018 Jharkhand 3 May 2018 Kerala 1 July 2018 Members elected National Capital Territory of Delhi Delhi had an election for 3 Rajya Sabha seats on 16 January 2018 to replace members retiring on 27 January 2018. Seat No Former MP Former Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference Karan Singh INC Sanjay Singh AAP Parvez Hashmi Sushil Gupta Janardan Dwivedi N.D. Gupta Sikkim Sikkim had an election for 1 Rajya Sabha seat on 16 January 2018 to replace member retiring on 23 February 2018. Seat No Former MP Former Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference Hishey Lachungpa SDF Hishey Lachungpa SDF Andhra Pradesh From Andhra Pradesh State, 3 members are elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018. Seat No Former MP Former Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference Tulla Devender Goud TDP C.M. Ramesh TDP Renuka Chowdhury INC Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar Chiranjeevi Vemireddy Prabhakar Reddy YSRCP Bihar From Bihar State, 6 members are elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018. Seat No Former MP Former Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference Ravi Shankar Prasad BJP Ravi Shankar Prasad BJP Dharmendra Pradhan Akhilesh Prasad Singh INC Mahendra Prasad JD ( U ) Mahendra Prasad JD ( U ) Bashistha Narain Singh Bashistha Narain Singh 5 Anil Kumar Sahani Ashfaque Karim RJD 6 Vacant ( Ali Anwar ) Manoj Jha Chhattisgarh From Chhattisgarh State, 1 member is elected for the Rajya Sabha seat on 23 March 2018, to replace member retiring on 2 April 2018. Seat No Former MP Former Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference Bhushan Lal Jangde BJP Saroj Pandey BJP Gujarat From Gujarat State, 4 members are elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018. Seat No Former MP Former Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference Parshottam Rupala BJP Parshottam Rupala BJP Mansukh L. Mandaviya Mansukh L. Mandaviya Arun Jaitley Naranbhai Rathwa INC Shankarbhai Vegad Amee Yajnik Haryana From Haryana State, 1 member is elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace member retiring on 2 April 2018. Seat No Former MP Former Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference Shadi Lal Batra INC D.P. Vats BJP Himachal Pradesh From Himachal Pradesh State, 1 member is elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace member retiring on 2 April 2018. Seat No Former MP Former Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference Jagat Prakash Nadda BJP Jagat Prakash Nadda BJP Jharkhand From Jharkhand State, 2 members are elected for the Rajya Sabha seats on 23 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 3 May 2018. Seat No Former MP Former Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference Sanjiv Kumar JMM Sameer Oraon BJP Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu INC Dhiraj Prasad Sahu INC Karnataka From Karnataka State, 4 members are elected for the Rajya Sabha seats on 23 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018. Seat No Former MP Former Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference R Ramakrishna BJP Syed Naseer Hussain INC Basavaraj Patil Sedam L. Hanumanthaiah K. Rahman Khan INC GC Chandrasekhar Vacant ( Rajeev Chandrasekhar ) Independent Rajeev Chandrasekhar BJP Madhya Pradesh From Madhya Pradesh State, 5 members are elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018. Seat No Former MP Former Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference Satyavrat Chaturvedi INC Rajmani Patel INC Meghraj Jain BJP Dharmendra Pradhan BJP Prakash Javadekar Kailash Soni La Ganesan Ajay Pratap Singh 5 Thawar Chand Gehlot Thawar Chand Gehlot Maharashtra From Maharashtra State, 6 members are elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018. Seat No Former MP Former Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference Ajay Sancheti BJP Prakash Javadekar BJP D.P. Tripathi NCP Narayan Rane Rajeev Shukla INC V. Muraleedharan Rajni Patil Kumar Ketkar INC 5 Vandana Chavan NCP Vandana Chavan NCP 6 Anil Desai SS Anil Desai SS Odisha From Odisha State, 3 members are elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 3 April 2018. Seat No Former MP Former Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference Ananga Udaya Singh Deo BJD Prashanta Nanda BJD Dilip Tirkey Achyuta Samanta AV Swamy Independent Soumya Ranjan Patnaik Rajasthan From Rajasthan State, 3 members are elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 3 April 2018. Seat No Former MP Former Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference Abhishek Singhvi INC Kirodi Lal Meena BJP Narendra Budania Madan Lal Saini Bhupender Yadav BJP Bhupender Yadav Telangana From Telangana State, 3 members are elected for the Rajya Sabha seats on 23 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018. Seat No Former MP Former Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference C.M. Ramesh TDP Joginapally Santosh Kumar TRS Rapolu Ananda Bhaskar INC Lingamaiah Yadav Vacant ( P. Govardhan Reddy ) Banda Prakash Uttarakhand From Uttarakhand State, 1 member is elected unopposed for the Rajya Sabha seats on 15 March 2018, to replace member retiring on 2 April 2018. Seat No Former MP Former Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference Mahendra Singh Mahra INC Anil Baluni BJP Uttar Pradesh From Uttar Pradesh State, 10 members are elected for the Rajya Sabha seats on 23 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018. Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference Jaya Bachchan SP Jaya Bachchan SP Naresh Chandra Agrawal Arun Jaitley BJP Alok Tiwari Anil Jain Munvvar Saleem Ashok Bajpai 5 Darshan Singh Yadav Harnath Singh Yadav 6 Kiranmay Nanda Anil Agrawal 7 Munquad Ali BSP Sakal Deep Rajbhar 8 Vacant ( Mayawati ) Kanta Kardam 9 Pramod Tiwari INC G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 10 Vinay Katiyar BJP Vijaypal Singh Tomar West Bengal From West Bengal State, 5 members are elected for the Rajya Sabha seats on 23 March 2018, to replace members retiring on 2 April 2018. Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference Tapan Kumar Sen CPI ( M ) Abhishek Singhvi INC Nadimul Haque AITC Nadimul Haque AITC Vivek Gupta Abir Biswas Kunal Kumar Ghosh Santunu Sen 5 Vacant ( Mukul Roy ) Subhasish Chakraborty By - elections In addition to scheduled elections, unforeseen vacancies, caused by members ' resignation, death or disqualification, may also be filled via By - elections. On 2 September 2017, Manohar Parrikar resgined from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh, due to his election as the member of Goa Legislative Assembly on 23 August by - poll. On 4 December 2017, Sharad Yadav disqualified from Rajya Sabha by Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. On 20 December 2017, M.P. Veerendra Kumar resigned from Rajya Sabha due to disqualification of Sharad Yadav. State Former MP Party Date of appointment Date of resign / death / disqualification Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement Reference Uttar Pradesh Manohar Parrikar BJP 26 November 2014 2 September 2017 Hardeep Singh Puri BJP 9 January 2018 25 November 2020 Kerala M.P. Veerendra Kumar JD ( U ) 3 April 2016 20 December 2017 M.P. Veerendra Kumar IND 24 March 2018 2 April 2022 Bihar Sharad Yadav JD ( U ) 8 July 2016 4 December 2017 TBD TBD TBD 7 July 2022 References Jump up ^ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN17_23022018.pdf ^ Jump up to : `` Rajya Sabha polls : Two from TDP, one from YSR Congress get elected ''. Times of India. PTI. Mar 15, 2018. Retrieved 16 March 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` Six including Ravi Shankar Prasad elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed ''. United news of India. Mar 15, 2018. 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Retrieved 7 June 2018 -- via www.thehindu.com. hide List of Members of Rajya Sabha by States and Territories Presiding Officers & Parliamentary Functionaries Chairman Deputy - Chairman Chairman Pro tem Panel of Deputy - Chairmen Leader of the House Leader of the Opposition Chairmen of Parliamentary Committees ( Rajya Sabha ) Whips Secretary - General Current members List of current members of the Rajya Sabha See also : List of current members of the Lok Sabha Members by state, territory or nomination Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal Nominated Elections 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1984 1985 1986 2017 2018 2019 Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indian_Rajya_Sabha_elections,_2018&oldid=845816902 '' Categories : 2018 elections in India Rajya Sabha elections in India Hidden categories : Wikipedia articles needing copy edit from May 2018 All articles needing copy edit Use dmy dates from February 2018 Pages using deprecated image syntax Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 14 June 2018, at 10 : 20. 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