# 2022 Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held throughout 2022, to elect the retiring members of the Rajya Sabha, the Indian Parliament's upper house.
Elections to the 4 vacant seats from Jammu and Kashmir were not held in February as the union territory is under President's rule and the assembly has been dissolved.

## List of elections by states

* Listed according to the dates
| State | Members retiring | Date of retirement |
| Assam | 2 | 2 April 2022 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1 | 2 April 2022 |
| Kerala | 3 | 2 April 2022 |
| Nagaland | 1 | 2 April 2022 |
| Tripura | 1 | 2 April 2022 |
| Punjab | 5 | 9 April 2022 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 4 | 21 June 2022 |
| Telangana | 2 | 21 June 2022 |
| Chhattisgarh | 2 | 29 June 2022 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 29 June 2022 |
| Tamil Nadu | 6 | 29 June 2022 |
| Karnataka | 4 | 30 June 2022 |
| Odisha | 3 | 1 July 2022 |
| Maharashtra | 6 | 4 July 2022 |
| Punjab | 2 | 4 July 2022 |
| Rajasthan | 4 | 4 July 2022 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 11 | 4 July 2022 |
| Uttarakhand | 1 | 4 July 2022 |
| Bihar | 5 | 7 July 2022 |
| Jharkhand | 2 | 7 July 2022 |
| Haryana | 2 | 1 August 2022 |
| Total | 70 | |
| State | Vacant seats | Date of vacancy |
| Telangana | 1 | 4 December 2021 |
| Bihar | 1 | 26 December 2021 |
| Odisha | 1 | 27 April 2022 |
| Tripura | 1 | 26 June 2022 |

## Results
### Members retiring and elected

Note:
* Listed according to date of retirement

#### Assam

| No | Previous MP | Party | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Party | Ref. |
| 1 | Ripun Bora | | INC | 02-Apr-2022 | Rwngwra Narzary | | UPPL | |
| 2 | Ranee Narah | | INC | 02-Apr-2022 | Pabitra Margherita | | BJP | |

### Himachal Pradesh

| No | Previous MP | Party | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Party | Ref. |
| 1 | Anand Sharma | | INC | 02-Apr-2022 | Sikander Kumar | | BJP | |

### Kerala

| No | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party |
| 1 | A. K. Antony | INC | 02-Apr-2022 | Jebi Mather | INC |
| 2 | K. Somaprasad | CPI(M) | 02-Apr-2022 | A. A. Rahim | CPI(M) |
| 3 | M. V. Shreyams Kumar | LJD | 02-Apr-2022 | P. Santhosh Kumar | CPI |

#### Nagaland

| No | Previous MP | Party | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Party | Ref. |
| 1 | K. G. Kenye | | NPF | 02-Apr-2022 | Phangnon Konyak | | BJP | |

#### Tripura

| No | Previous MP | Party | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Party | Ref. |
| 1 | Jharna Das | | CPI(M) | 02-Apr-2022 | Manik Saha | | BJP | |

#### Punjab

| No | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party |
| 1 | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | SAD | 9 April 2022 | Harbhajan Singh | AAP |
| 2 | Naresh Gujral | SAD | 9 April 2022 | Raghav Chadha | AAP |
| 3 | Pratap Singh Bajwa | INC | 9 April 2022 | Sandeep Pathak | AAP |
| 4 | Shamsher Singh Dullo | INC | 9 April 2022 | Ashok Mittal | AAP |
| 5 | Shwait Malik | BJP | 9 April 2022 | Sanjeev Arora | AAP |
| 6 | Balwinder Singh Bhunder | SAD | 4 July 2022 | Balbir Singh Seechewal | AAP |
| 7 | Ambika Soni | INC | 4 July 2022 | Vikramjit Singh Sahney | AAP |

#### Andhra Pradesh

| No | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party |
| 1 | V. Vijayasai Reddy | YSRCP | 21 June 2022 | V. Vijayasai Reddy | YSRCP |
| 2 | Suresh Prabhu | BJP | 21 June 2022 | R. Krishnaiah | YSRCP |
| 3 | Sujana Chowdary | BJP | 21 June 2022 | S. Niranjan Reddy | YSRCP |
| 4 | T. G. Venkatesh | BJP | 21 June 2022 | Beeda Masthan Rao | YSRCP |

#### Telangana

| No | Previous MP | Party | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Party | Ref. |
| 1 | V. Lakshmikantha Rao | | TRS | 21 June 2022 | B. Parthasaradhi Reddy | | TRS | |
| 2 | D. Srinivas | | TRS | 21 June 2022 | D. Damodar Rao | | TRS | |

#### Chhattisgarh

| No | Previous MP | Party | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Party | Ref. |
| 1 | Ramvichar Netam | | BJP | 29-Jun-2022 | Rajeev Shukla | | INC | |
| 2 | Chhaya Verma | | INC | 29-Jun-2022 | Ranjeet Ranjan | | INC | |

#### Madhya Pradesh

| No | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party |
| 1 | M. J. Akbar | BJP | 29-Jun-2022 | Kavita Patidar | BJP |
| 2 | Sampatiya Uikey | BJP | 29-Jun-2022 | Sumitra Valmiki | BJP |
| 3 | Vivek Tankha | INC | 29-Jun-2022 | Vivek Tankha | INC |

#### Tamil Nadu

| No | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party |
| 1 | R. S. Bharathi | DMK | 29-Jun-2022 | R. Girirajan | DMK |
| 2 | T. K. S. Elangovan | DMK | 29-Jun-2022 | S. Kalyanasundaram | DMK |
| 3 | K. R. N. Rajeshkumar | DMK | 29-Jun-2022 | K. R. N. Rajeshkumar | DMK |
| 4 | A. Navaneethakrishnan | AIADMK | 29-Jun-2022 | P. Chidambaram | INC |
| 5 | S. R. Balasubramoniyan | AIADMK | 29-Jun-2022 | C. V. Shanmugam | AIADMK |
| 6 | A. Vijayakumar | AIADMK | 29-Jun-2022 | R. Dharmar | AIADMK |

#### Karnataka

| No | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party |
| 1 | Nirmala Sitharaman | BJP | 30-Jun-2022 | Nirmala Sitharaman | BJP |
| 2 | K. C. Ramamurthy | BJP | 30-Jun-2022 | Jaggesh | BJP |
| 3 | Oscar Fernandes | INC | 30-Jun-2022 | Lehar Singh Siroya | BJP |
| 4 | Jairam Ramesh | INC | 30-Jun-2022 | Jairam Ramesh | INC |

#### Odisha

| No | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party |
| 1 | Sasmit Patra | BJD | 1 July 2022 | Sasmit Patra | BJD |
| 2 | Prasanna Acharya | BJD | 1 July 2022 | Manas Ranjan Mangaraj | BJD |
| 3 | N. Bhaskar Rao | BJD | 1 July 2022 | Sulata Deo | BJD |

#### Maharashtra

| No | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party |
| 1 | Piyush Goyal | BJP | 04-Jul-2022 | Piyush Goyal | BJP |
| 2 | Vinay Sahasrabuddhe | BJP | 04-Jul-2022 | Anil Sukhdevrao Bonde | BJP |
| 3 | Vikas Mahatme | BJP | 04-Jul-2022 | Dhananjay Mahadik | BJP |
| 4 | Praful Patel | NCP | 04-Jul-2022 | Praful Patel | NCP |
| 5 | P. Chidambaram | INC | 04-Jul-2022 | Imran Pratapgarhi | INC |
| 6 | Sanjay Raut | SHS | 04-Jul-2022 | Sanjay Raut | SHS |

#### Rajasthan

| No | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party |
| 1 | Om Prakash Mathur | BJP | 04-Jul-2022 | Randeep Surjewala | INC |
| 2 | Ram Kumar Verma | BJP | 04-Jul-2022 | Mukul Wasnik | INC |
| 3 | Harshvardhan Singh Dungarpur | BJP | 04-Jul-2022 | Pramod Tiwari | INC |
| 4 | Alphons Kannanthanam | BJP | 04-Jul-2022 | Ghanshyam Tiwari | BJP |

#### Uttar Pradesh

| No | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party |
| 1 | Surendra Singh Nagar | BJP | 04-Jul-2022 | Surendra Singh Nagar | BJP |
| 2 | Shiv Pratap Shukla | BJP | 04-Jul-2022 | Laxmikant Bajpai | BJP |
| 3 | Sanjay Seth | BJP | 04-Jul-2022 | Radha Mohan Das Agarwal | BJP |
| 4 | Jai Prakash Nishad | BJP | 04-Jul-2022 | Baburam Nishad | BJP |
| 5 | Syed Zafar Islam | BJP | 04-Jul-2022 | Sangeeta Yadav | BJP |
| 6 | Rewati Raman Singh | SP | 04-Jul-2022 | Darshana Singh | BJP |
| 7 | Sukhram Singh Yadav | SP | 04-Jul-2022 | Mithlesh Kumar | BJP |
| 8 | Vishambhar Prasad Nishad | SP | 04-Jul-2022 | K. Laxman | BJP |
| 9 | Satish Chandra Mishra | BSP | 04-Jul-2022 | Jayant Chaudhary | RLD |
| 10 | Ashok Siddharth | BSP | 04-Jul-2022 | Javed Ali Khan | SP |
| 11 | Kapil Sibal | INC | 04-Jul-2022 | Kapil Sibal | IND |

### Uttarakhand

| No | Previous MP | Party | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Party | Ref. |
| 1 | Pradeep Tamta | | INC | 04-Jul-2022 | Kalpana Saini | | BJP | |

#### Bihar

| No | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party |
| 1 | Gopal Narayan Singh | BJP | 07-Jul-2022 | Shambhu Sharan Patel | BJP |
| 2 | Satish Chandra Dubey | BJP | 07-Jul-2022 | Satish Chandra Dubey | BJP |
| 3 | Ramchandra Prasad Singh | JD(U) | 07-Jul-2022 | Khiru Mahto | JD(U) |
| 4 | Sharad Yadav | JD(U) | 07-Jul-2022 | Faiyaz Ahmad | RJD |
| 5 | Misa Bharti | RJD | 07-Jul-2022 | Misa Bharti | RJD |

#### Jharkhand

| No | Previous MP | Party | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Party | Ref. |
| 1 | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | | BJP | 07-Jul-2022 | Aditya Sahu | | BJP | |
| 2 | Mahesh Poddar | | BJP | 07-Jul-2022 | Mahua Maji | | JMM | |

#### Haryana

| No | Previous MP | Party | Party | Term end | Elected MP | Party | Party | Ref. |
| 1 | Dushyant Kumar Gautam | | BJP | 01-Aug-2022 | Krishan Lal Panwar | | BJP | |
| 2 | Subhash Chandra | | IND | 01-Aug-2022 | Kartikeya Sharma | | IND | |

## 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.

### Bihar

* On 26 December 2021, Mahendra Prasad died
| No | Former MP | Party | Party | Date of vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Party | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | Ref. |
| 1 | Mahendra Prasad | | JD(U) | 26 December 2021 | Anil Hegde | | JD(U) | 30 May 2022 | 2 April 2024 | |

### Telangana

* On 4 December 2021, Banda Prakash resigned
| No | Former MP | Party | Party | Date of vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Party | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | Ref. |
| 1 | Banda Prakash | | TRS | 4 December 2021 | Vaddiraju Ravichandra | | BRS | 25 May 2022 | 2 April 2024 | |

### Odisha

* On 27 April 2022, Subhash Chandra Singh was elected the Mayor of Cuttack.
| No | Former MP | Party | Party | Date of vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Party | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | Ref. |
| 1 | Subhash Chandra Singh | | BJD | 27 April 2022 | Niranjan Bishi | | BJD | 13 June 2022 | 2 April 2026 | |

### Tripura

* On 26 June 2022 Manik Saha was elected to the Tripura Legislative Assembly.
| No | Former MP | Party | Party | Date of vacancy | Elected MP | Party | Party | Date of appointment | Date of retirement | Ref. |
| 1 | Manik Saha | | BJP | 26 June 2022 | Biplab Deb | | BJP | 22 September 2022 | 2 April 2028 | |

## Nominations
### Nominated members

| No | Previous MP | Party | Term end | Nominated MP | Party | Date of appointment |
| 1 | Narendra Jadhav | Nominated | 24-Apr-2022 | Ilaiyaraaja | Nominated | 06-Jul-2022 |
| 2 | Mary Kom | Nominated | 24-Apr-2022 | P. T. Usha | Nominated | 06-Jul-2022 |
| 3 | Roopa Ganguly | Nominated (BJP) | 24-Apr-2022 | V. Vijayendra Prasad | Nominated | 06-Jul-2022 |
| 4 | Swapan Dasgupta | Nominated (BJP) | 24-Apr-2022 | Veerendra Heggade | Nominated | 06-Jul-2022 |
| 5 | Suresh Gopi | Nominated (BJP) | 24-Apr-2022 | Ghulam Ali Khatana | Nominated (BJP) | 10-Sep-2022 |