# 2010 Rajya Sabha elections

Rajya Sabha elections were held on various dates in 2010, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held to elect respectively 13 members from 6 states, 49 members from 12 states, six members from Andhra Pradesh and two members from Haryana for the Council of States, the Rajya Sabha.

## Elections

Elections were held to elect members from various states.

### Members elected

The following members are elected in the elections held in 2010. The list is incomplete.
State - Member - Party
Rajya Sabha members for term 2010-2016 :
| State | Member Name | Party | Remark |
| AS | Naznin Faruque | INC | R |
| AS | Silvius Condpan | INC | dea 10/10/2011 |
| HP | Bimla Kashyap Sood | BJP | |
| KL | A. K. Antony | INC | |
| KL | K.N. Balagopal | CPM |
| KL | T N Seema | CPM |
| NG | K. G. Kenye | NPF | |
| TR | Jharna Das | CPM | |
| PB | M S Gill | INC | |
| PB | Ashwini Kumar | INC |
| PB | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | SAD |
| PB | Naresh Gujral | SAD |
| PB | Avinash Rai Khanna | BJP |
| AP | Nirmala Sitaraman | BJP | |
| AP | Sujana Chowdary | TDP |
| AP | Jairam Ramesh | INC |
| AP | Jesudasu Seelam | INC |
| AP | N. Janardhana Reddy | INC | dea 09/05/2014 |
| BR | Sharad Yadav | JDU | |
| BR | Ramchandra Prasad Singh | JDU |
| BR | K. C. Tyagi | JDU |
| BR | Gulam Rasool Balyawi | JDU |
| BR | Pavan Kumar Varma | JDU |
| CT | Mohsina Kidwai | INC | |
| CT | Nand Kumar Sai | BJP |
| HR | Birender Singh | INC | |
| HR | Suresh Prabhu | BJP | |
| JH | Dhiraj Prasad Sahu | INC | |
| JH | M J Akbar | BJP |
| KA | Oscar Fernandes | INC | |
| KA | M. Venkaiah Naidu | BJP |
| KA | Aayanur Manjunath | BJP |
| KA | Vijay Mallya | IND. |
| MP | Anil Madhav Dave | BJP | |
| MP | Chandan Mitra | BJP |
| MP | Vijayalaxmi Sadho | INC |
| MH | Piyush Goyal | BJP | |
| MH | Ishwarlal Jain | BJP |
| MH | Avinash Pande | INC |
| MH | Vijay J. Darda | INC |
| MH | Sanjay Raut | SS |
| MH | Praful Patel | NCP |
| OR | Baishnab Charan Parida | BJD | |
| OR | Pyarimohan Mohapatra | BJD |
| OR | Bhupinder Singh | BJD |
| PB | Ambika Soni | INC | |
| PB | Balwinder Singh Bhunder | SAD |
| RJ | Ashk Ali Tak | BJP | |
| RJ | Ram Jethmalani | BJP |
| RJ | Vijayendrapal Singh | BJP |
| RJ | Anand Sharma | INC |
| TN | K. P. Ramalingam | DMK | |
| TN | S. Thangavelu | DMK |
| TN | A. Navaneethakrishnan | ADMK |
| TN | P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian | ADMK |
| TN | A. W. Rabi Bernard | ADMK |
| TN | E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan | INC | |
| TG | Gundu Sudha Rani | TRS | |
| TG | V. Hanumantha Rao | INC |
| UP | Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | BJP | |
| UP | Vishambhar Prasad Nishad | SP |
| UP | Kanak Lata Singh | SP |
| UP | Arvind Kumar Singh | SP |
| UP | Rasheed Masood | SP | res 09/03/2012 |
| UP | Satish Sharma | INC |
| UP | Jugal Kishore | BSP |
| UP | Narendra Kumar Kashyap | BSP |
| UP | Salim Ansari | BSP |
| UP | Rajpal Singh Saini | BSP |
| UP | Satish Chandra Mishra | BSP |
| UP | Ambeth Rajan | BSP |
| UK | Tarun Vijay | BJP | |

## Bye-elections

The bye-elections were also held for the vacant seats from the State of Gujarat, Rajashthan, Uttar Pradesh.
* Bye-elections were held on 25 February 2010 for vacancy from Gujarat due to death of seating member Suryakantbhai Acharya on 21/04/2010 with term ending on 18/08/2011. Pravin Naik of BJP got elected.
* Bye-elections were held on 17 June 2010 for vacancy from Rajasthan due to death of seating member Krishan Lal Balmiki of BJP on 21/04/2010 with term ending on 02/04/2012. Narendra Budania of INC became the member.
* Bye-elections were held on 15 July 2010 for vacancy from Uttar Pradesh due to death of seating member Virendra Bhatia of SP on 21/04/2010 with term ending on 02/04/2012. Pramod Kureel of BSP became the member.