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). , it is the country's largest political party in terms of representation in the Lok Sabha (House of people) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States). and is the world's largest political party in terms of primary membership. Established in 1980, the BJP's platform is generally considered as the right-wing of the political spectrum.
The Rajya Sabha (Council of States) is the upper house of the Parliament of India. , 381 BJP leaders have been a member of the Rajya Sabha, out of which 113 are sitting members. 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. According to the Constitution of India, the Rajya Sabha has certain special powers being a federal chamber. The Rajya Sabha is not subjected to dissolution unlike the Lok Sabha, and the term of its member is six years.
Thirty seven of the Rajya Sabha members from the BJP are women, out of which fifteen are sitting members – Laxmi Verma, Rekha Sharma, Maya Ivnate, Nirmala Sitharaman, Dharamshila Gupta, Maya Naroliya, Sumitra Valmiki, Kavita Patidar, Ramilaben Bara, Kalpana Saini, Swati Maliwal, Phangnon Konyak and Medha Kulkarni. Eleven of the sitting members from the BJP are members of the Union Council of Ministers of India. 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. 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.
BJP members have represented 27 states and union territories in the Rajya Sabha. Out of these, Uttar Pradesh has contributed the highest number of members (63). It is followed by Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat with 45 each.
Current Rajya Sabha Members From Bharatiya Janata Party S.NoName Date of Appointment Date of Retirement TermStateRemarks1R. Krishnaiah13-Dec-2024Incumbent Andhra PradeshElected In By-election2Paka Venkata Satyanarayana01-May-2025Incumbent 3Tai Tagak24-Jun-2026Incumbent Arunachal Pradesh4Jogen Mohan10-Apr-2026Incumbent Assam5Terash Gowalla10-Apr-2026Incumbent 6Kanad Purkayastha15-Jun-2025Incumbent 7Pabitra Margherita03-Apr-2022Incumbent 8Nitin Nabin10-Apr-2026Incumbent Bihar9Shivesh Kumar10-Apr-2026Incumbent 10Dharamshila Gupta03-Apr-2024Incumbent 11Bhim Singh03-Apr-2024Incumbent 12Satish Chandra Dubey08-Jul-2022Incumbent 9 October 201907-Jul-2022Elected In By-election13Shambhu Sharan Patel08-Jul-2022Incumbent 14Manan Kumar Mishra28-Aug-2024Incumbent 15Laxmi Verma10-Apr-2026Incumbent Chhattisgarh16Raja Devendra Pratap Singh03-Apr-2024Incumbent 17Sadanand Tanavade29-Jul-2023Incumbent Goa18Rajubhai Shukla22-Jun-2026Incumbent Gujarat19Mukeshbhai Rathwa22-Jun-2026Incumbent 20Mansingh Parmar22-Jun-2026Incumbent 21Jitendra Kanzariya22-Jun-2026Incumbent 22J. P. Nadda03-Apr-2024Incumbent03-Apr-201202-Apr-2018Himachal Pradesh03-Apr-201802-Apr-202423Govind Dholakia03-Apr-2024Incumbent Gujarat24Mayankbhai Nayak03-Apr-2024Incumbent 25Jasvantsinh Parmar03-Apr-2024Incumbent 26S. Jaishankar19-Aug-2023Incumbent05-Jul-201918-Aug-2023Elected In By-election27Kesridevsinh Jhala19-Aug-2023Incumbent 28Babubhai Desai19-Aug-2023Incumbent 29Sanjay Bhatia10-Apr-2026Incumbent Haryana30Subhash Barala03-Apr-2024Incumbent 31Rekha Sharma13-Dec-2024Incumbent Elected In By-election32Harsh Mahajan03-Apr-2024Incumbent Himachal Pradesh33Sikander Kumar03-Apr-2022Incumbent 34Pradip Kumar Varma 04-May-2024Incumbent Jharkhand35Aditya Sahu08-Jul-2022Incumbent 36M. Nagaraja26-Jun-2026Incumbent Karnataka37Narayana Bhandage03-Apr-2024Incumbent 38Nirmala Sitharaman01-Jul-2022Incumbent01-Jul-201630-Jun-202226-Jun-201421-Jun-2016 Andhra PradeshElected In By-election39Jaggesh01-Jul-2022Incumbent Karnataka40Lehar Singh Siroya01-Jul-2022Incumbent 41Mahesh Kewat22-Jun-2026Incumbent Madhya Pradesh42Rajneesh Agrawal22-Jun-2026Incumbent 43Tarun Chugh22-Jun-2026Incumbent 44Maya Naroliya03-Apr-2024Incumbent 45Umesh Nath Maharaj03-Apr-2024Incumbent 46Bansilal Gurjar03-Apr-2024Incumbent 47L. Murugan03-Apr-2024Incumbent27-Sep-202102-Apr-2024Elected In By-election48Sumitra Valmiki30-Jun-2022Incumbent 49Kavita Patidar30-Jun-2022Incumbent 50Vinod Tawde03-Apr-2026Incumbent Maharashtra51Maya Ivnate03-Apr-2026Incumbent 52Ramrao Wadkute03-Apr-2026Incumbent 53Ashok Chavan03-Apr-2024Incumbent 54Medha Kulkarni03-Apr-2024Incumbent 55Ajit Gopchade03-Apr-2024Incumbent 56Anil Bonde05-Jul-2022Incumbent 57Dhananjay Mahadik05-Jul-2022Incumbent 58Adhikarimayum Sharda Devi22-Jun-2026Incumbent Manipur59Phangnon Konyak03-Apr-2022Incumbent Nagaland60Manmohan Samal03-Apr-2026Incumbent Odisha04-Apr-200018-May-2004Resigned after getting elected as MLA61Sujeet Kumar03-Apr-2026Incumbent13-Dec-202402-Apr-2026Elected In By-election62Ashwini Vaishnaw04-Apr-2024Incumbent28-Jun-201903-Apr-2024Elected In By-election63Debashish Samantaray12-Jun-2026Incumbent 64Raghav Chadha27-Apr-2026Incumbent PunjabMerged from AAP65Ashok Mittal27-Apr-2026Incumbent 66Sandeep Pathak27-Apr-2026Incumbent 67Harbhajan Singh27-Apr-2026Incumbent 68Vikramjit Singh Sahney27-Apr-2026Incumbent 69Rajinder Gupta27-Apr-2026Incumbent 70Satish Poonia22-Jun-2026Incumbent Rajasthan71Alka Gurjar22-Jun-2026Incumbent 72Chunnilal Garasiya04-Apr-2024Incumbent 73Madan Rathore04-Apr-2024Incumbent 74Ghanshyam Tiwari05-Jul-2022Incumbent 75Dorjee Tshering Lepcha24-Feb-2024Incumbent Sikkim76Rajib Bhattacharjee04-Sep-2024Incumbent TripuraElected In By-election77Dharmpal Singh26-Nov-2026IncumbentUttar Pradesh78Radhakant Ojha26-Nov-2026Incumbent79Prakash Pal26-Nov-2026Incumbent80Vidyasagar Sonkar26-Nov-2026Incumbent81Gopi Krishna Pandey26-Nov-2026Incumbent82Priyanka Singh Rawat26-Nov-2026Incumbent83Ram Pratap Singh Chauhan26-Nov-2026Incumbent84Shruti Gangwar26-Nov-2026Incumbent85Sudhanshu Trivedi03-Apr-2024Incumbent09-Oct-201902-Apr-2024Elected In By-election86Sanjay Seth03-Apr-2024Incumbent 16-Sep-201904-Jul-2022 Elected In By-election87Naveen Jain03-Apr-2024Incumbent 88Sadhana Singh03-Apr-2024Incumbent 89Sangeeta Balwant03-Apr-2024Incumbent 90Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh03-Apr-2024Incumbent 91Chaudhary Tejveer Singh03-Apr-2024Incumbent 92Amarpal Maurya03-Apr-2024Incumbent 93Laxmikant Bajpai05-Jul-2022Incumbent 94Radha Mohan Das Agarwal05-Jul-2022Incumbent 95 Surendra Singh Nagar05-Jul-2022Incumbent16-Sep-201904-Jul-2022Elected In By-election96Sangeeta Yadav05-Jul-2022Incumbent 97Darshana Singh05-Jul-2022Incumbent 98Baburam Nishad05-Jul-2022Incumbent 99K. Laxman05-Jul-2022Incumbent 100Mithlesh Kumar05-Jul-2022Incumbent 101Dinesh Arya26-Nov-2026Incumbent Uttarakhand102Mahendra Bhatt03-Apr-2024Incumbent 103Kalpana Saini05-Jul-2022Incumbent 104Rahul Sinha03-Apr-2026Incumbent West Bengal105Samik Bhattacharya03-Apr-2024Incumbent 106Ananta Maharaj19-Aug-2023Incumbent 107Sushmita Dev17-Jul-2026Incumbent Elected In By-election108Sukhendu Sekhar Roy17-Jul-2026Incumbent Elected In By-election109Prakash Chik Baraik17-Jul-2026Incumbent Elected In By-election110Koel Mallick10-Oct-2026Incumbent Elected In By-election111Swati Maliwal27-Apr-2026Incumbent DelhiMerged from AAP112Sat Paul Sharma25-Oct-2025Incumbent Jammu And Kashmir113S. Selvaganapathy07-Oct-2021Incumbent Puducherry114Harsh Vardhan Shringla13-Jul-2025Incumbent Nominated115Ujjwal Nikam13-Jul-2025Incumbent 116C. Sadanandan Master13-Jul-2025Incumbent 117 Satnam Singh Sandhu 30-Jan-2024Incumbent 118Ghulam Ali Khatana14-Sep-2022Incumbent
Former Rajya Sabha Members From Bharatiya Janata Party Name Date of Appointment Date of Retirement TermStateRemarksDaggubati Venkateswara Rao27-Jan-199809-Apr-2002 Andhra PradeshMerged From TDP(NTR)Suresh Prabhu22-Jun-201621-Jun-202229-Nov-201421-Jun-2016HaryanaElected in By-electionSujana Chowdary20-Jun-201921-Jun-2022Andhra PradeshMerged From TDPT. G. Venkatesh20-Jun-201921-Jun-2022C. M. Ramesh20-Jun-201903-Apr-2024Nabam Rebia24-Jun-202023-Jun-2026Arunachal PradeshIndramoni Bora15-Jun-200114-Jun-2007AssamKamakhya Prasad Tasa15-Jun-201905-Jun-2024Elected to Lok SabhaBhubaneswar Kalita10-Apr-202009-Apr-2026 Biswajit Daimary22-Feb-202112-May-2021Elected in By-election Resigned after getting elected as MLASarbananda Sonowal01-Oct-202105-Jun-2024Elected to Lok SabhaMission Ranjan Das28-Aug-202414-Jun-2025Elected in By-electionRameswar Teli28-Aug-202409-Apr-2026 Elected In By-electionRam Lakhan Prasad Gupta06-Apr-198002-Apr-1984BiharMerged From JPAshwani Kumar07-Jul-198606-Jul-199207-Jul-198006-Jul-1986Jagdambi Prasad Yadav03-Apr-198202-Apr-1988Kailashpati Mishra10-Apr-198409-Apr-1990Kameshwar Paswan10-Apr-199009-Apr-1996Janardan Yadav03-Apr-199402-Apr-2000Shatrughan Sinha10-Apr-199609-Apr-200210-Apr-200209-Apr-2008Ravi Shankar Prasad03-Apr-200002-Apr-200603-Apr-200602-Apr-201203-Apr-201202-Apr-201803-Apr-201823-May-2019Jai Narain Prasad Nishad08-Jul-200426-Mar-2008DisqualifiedC. P. Thakur10-Apr-201409-Apr-202010-Apr-200809-Apr-2014Rajiv Pratap Rudy08-Jul-201016-May-2014Elected to Lok Sabha04-Jul-200807-Jul-2010Elected in By-electionRavindra Kishore Sinha10-Apr-201409-Apr-2020Ram Kripal Yadav12-Mar-201416-May-2014Merged From RJD