# List of Rajya Sabha members from Jharkhand

The list of current and past Rajya Sabha members from the Jharkhand State. State elect six members for the term of six years. They are indirectly elected by the state legislators of Jharkhand state, since 2002 biennial elections to Rajya Sabha. As per the Bihar Reorganisation Act 2000, these six seats are allocated to Jharkhand state from Bihar State, reducing Bihar seats from 22 to 16 seats, since 15 November 2000.

## Current members

Keys:  JMM (3)  BJP (3)
| # | Name | Party | Term Start | Term End |
| 1 | Sarfaraz Ahmad | JMM | 04-May-2024 | 03-May-2030 |
| 2 | Pradip Kumar Varma | BJP | 04-May-2024 | 03-May-2030 |
| 3 | Mahua Maji | JMM | 08-Jul-2022 | 07-Jul-2028 |
| 4 | Aditya Sahu | BJP | 08-Jul-2022 | 07-Jul-2028 |
| 5 | Shibu Soren | JMM | 22-Jun-2020 | 21-Jun-2026 |
| 6 | Deepak Prakash | BJP | 22-Jun-2020 | 21-Jun-2026 |

## Chronological list of Rajya Sabha members from Jharkhand state

Alphabetical list by last name
The list is incomplete.
* * represents current members
| Name | Party | Term Start | Term End | Term | Notes |
| Sarfaraz Ahmad | JMM | 04-May-2024 | 03-May-2030 | 1 | |
| Pradip Kumar Varma | BJP | 04-May-2024 | 03-May-2030 | 1 | |
| Mahua Maji | JMM | 08-Jul-2022 | 07-Jul-2028 | 1 | |
| Aditya Sahu | BJP | 08-Jul-2022 | 07-Jul-2028 | 1 | |
| Shibu Soren | JMM | 22-Jun-2020 | 21-Jun-2026 | 3 | |
| Deepak Prakash | BJP | 22-Jun-2020 | 21-Jun-2026 | 1 | |
| Sameer Oraon | BJP | 04-May-2018 | 03-May-2024 | 1 | |
| Dhiraj Prasad Sahu | INC | 04-May-2018 | 03-May-2024 | 3 | |
| Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | BJP | 08-Jul-2016 | 07-Jul-2022 | 1 | |
| Mahesh Poddar | BJP | 08-Jul-2016 | 07-Jul-2022 | 1 | |
| M. J. Akbar | BJP | 03-Jul-2015 | 29-Jun-2016 | 1 | bye- res of K. D. Singh |
| Prem Chand Gupta | RJD | 10-Apr-2014 | 09-Apr-2020 | 1 | |
| Parimal Nathwani | IND | 10-Apr-2014 | 09-Apr-2020 | 2 | |
| Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu | INC | 04-May-2012 | 03-May-2018 | 1 | |
| Sanjiv Kumar | JMM | 04-May-2012 | 03-May-2018 | 1 | |
| K. D. Singh | JMM | 08-Jul-2010 | 12-Feb-2014 | 1 | resigned |
| Dhiraj Prasad Sahu | INC | 08-Jul-2010 | 07-Jul-2016 | 2 | |
| Dhiraj Prasad Sahu | INC | 24-Jun-2009 | 07-Jul-2010 | 1 | bye - res of Digvijay Singh |
| Hemant Soren | JMM | 24-Jun-2009 | 04-Jan-2010 | 1 | bye -res of Yashwant Sinha resigned |
| Parimal Nathwani | IND | 10-Apr-2008 | 09-Apr-2014 | 1 | |
| Jai Prakash Narayan Singh | BJP | 10-Apr-2008 | 09-Apr-2014 | 1 | |
| S. S. Ahluwalia | BJP | 03-Apr-2006 | 02-Apr-2012 | 2 | |
| Mabel Rebello | INC | 03-Apr-2006 | 02-Apr-2012 | 1 | |
| Digvijay Singh | JDU | 06-Jun-2005 | 05-Apr-2009 | 1 | bye - res of Stephen Marandi resigned |
| Stephen Marandi | JMM | 08-Jul-2004 | 16-Mar-2005 | 1 | disqualified |
| Yashwant Sinha | BJP | 08-Jul-2004 | 16-May-2009 | 1 | elected to Hazaribagh Lok Sabha |
| Devdas Apte | BJP | 02-Jul-2002 | 09-Apr-2008 | 1 | bye - res of Shibu Soren |
| Ajay Maroo | BJP | 10-Apr-2002 | 09-Apr-2008 | 1 | |
| Shibu Soren | JMM | 10-Apr-2002 | 02-Jun-2002 | 2 | resigned |
| S. S. Ahluwalia | BJP | 03-Apr-2000 | 02-Apr-2006 | 1 | |
| R. K. Anand | INC | 03-Apr-2000 | 02-Apr-2006 | 1 | |
| Abhay Kant Prasad | BJP | 05-Jun-2002 | 07-Jul-2004 | 1 | bye - death of Dayanand Sahay |
| Dayanand Sahay | IND | 19-Jul-2001 | 19-Mar-2002 | 1 | bye - res of Shibu Soren expired |
| Shibu Soren | JMM | 08-Jul-1998 | 18-Jul-2001 | 1 | resigned |
| Parmeshwar Kumar Agarwalla | BJP | 08-Jul-1998 | 07-Jul-2004 | 1 | |
| Ven'ble Dhammaviriyo | RJD | 15-Nov-2000 | 09-Apr-2002 | 1 | |
| Obaidullah Khan Azmi | JD | 10-Apr-1996 | 09-Apr-2002 | 1 | |

## Party-wise MPs list
### Bharatiya Janata Party

| # | Name | Party | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
| 1 | Parmeshwar Kumar Agarwalla | BJP | 08-Jul-1998 | 07-Jul-2004 | |
| 2 | Abhay Kant Prasad | BJP | 05-Jun-2002 | 07-Jul-2004 | |
| 3 | Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia | BJP | 03-Apr-2000 | 02-Apr-2006 | 1st term |
| 4 | Ajay Maroo | BJP | 10-Apr-2002 | 09-Apr-2008 | |
| 5 | Devdas Apte | BJP | 02-Jul-2002 | 09-Apr-2008 | |
| 6 | Yashwant Sinha | BJP | 08-Jul-2004 | 16-May-2009 | |
| (3) | Surendrajeet Singh Ahluwalia | BJP | 03-Apr-2006 | 02-Apr-2012 | 2nd term |
| 7 | Jai Prakash Narayan Singh | BJP | 10-Apr-2008 | 09-Apr-2014 | |
| 8 | Mobasher Jawed Akbar | BJP | 03-Jul-2015 | 29-Jun-2016 | |
| 9 | Mahesh Poddar | BJP | 08-Jul-2016 | 07-Jul-2022 | |
| 10 | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | BJP | 08-Jul-2016 | 07-Jul-2022 | |
| 11 | Sameer Oraon | BJP | 04-May-2018 | 03-May-2024 | |
| 12 | Deepak Prakash | BJP | 22-Jun-2020 | 21-Jun-2026 | |
| 13 | Aditya Sahu | BJP | 08-Jul-2022 | 07-Jul-2028 | |
| 14 | Pradip Kumar Varma | BJP | 04-May-2024 | 03-May-2030 | |

### Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

| # | Name | Party | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
| 1 | Shibu Soren | JMM | 08-Jul-1998 | 18-Jul-2001 | 1st term |
| (1) | Shibu Soren | JMM | 10-Apr-2002 | 02-Jun-2002 | 2nd term |
| 2 | Stephen Marandi | JMM | 08-Jul-2004 | 16-Mar-2005 | |
| 3 | Hemant Soren | JMM | 24-Jun-2009 | 04-Jan-2010 | |
| 4 | Kanwar Deep Singh | JMM | 08-Jul-2010 | 12-Feb-2014 | |
| 5 | Sanjiv Kumar | JMM | 04-May-2012 | 03-May-2018 | |
| (1) | Shibu Soren | JMM | 22-Jun-2020 | 21-Jun-2026 | 3rd term |
| 6 | Mahua Maji | JMM | 08-Jul-2022 | 07-Jul-2028 | |
| 7 | Sarfaraz Ahmad | JMM | 04-May-2024 | 03-May-2030 | |

### Indian National Congress

| # | Name | Party | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
| 1 | Ram Kumar Anand | INC | 03-Apr-2000 | 02-Apr-2006 | |
| 2 | Mabel Rebello | INC | 03-Apr-2006 | 02-Apr-2012 | |
| 3 | Dhiraj Prasad Sahu | INC | 24-Jun-2009 | 07-Jul-2010 | 1st term |
| (3) | Dhiraj Prasad Sahu | INC | 08-Jul-2010 | 07-Jul-2016 | 2nd term |
| 4 | Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu | INC | 04-May-2012 | 03-May-2018 | |
| (3) | Dhiraj Prasad Sahu | INC | 04-May-2018 | 03-May-2024 | 3rd term |

### Rashtriya Janata Dal

| # | Name | Party | Party | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
| 1 | Ven'ble Dhammaviriyo | | RJD | 15-Nov-2000 | 09-Apr-2002 | |
| 2 | Prem Chand Gupta | | RJD | 10-Apr-2014 | 09-Apr-2020 | |

### Janata Dal (United)

| # | Name | Party | Party | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
| 1 | Digvijay Singh | | JD(U) | 06-Jun-2005 | 05-Apr-2009 | |

### Janata Dal

| # | Name | Party | Party | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
| 1 | Obaidullah Khan Azmi | | JD | 10-Apr-1996 | 09-Apr-2002 | |

### Independent

| # | Name | Party | Term Start | Term End | Notes |
| 1 | Dayanand Sahay | IND | 19-Jul-2001 | 19-Mar-2002 | |
| 2 | Parimal Nathwani | IND | 10-Apr-2008 | 09-Apr-2014 | 1st term |
| (2) | Parimal Nathwani | IND | 10-Apr-2014 | 09-Apr-2020 | 2nd term |