2019 Rajya Sabha elections were held throughout 2019, to fill the vacancies in the Rajya Sabha, the Indian Parliament's upper chamber. The elections were held to elect 2 members from Assam as well as 6 members from Tamil Nadu. By-elections were held for 14 seats among various states.
The elections resulted in the ruling BJP maintaining and increasing their majority with a net gain of 6 seats.
Results Elections Assam Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 Manmohan SinghIndian National Congress Kamakhya Prasad TasaBharatiya Janata Party 2 Santiuse KujurIndian National Congress Birendra Prasad Baishya Asom Gana Parishad
Tamil Nadu
Seat No Previous MP Previous Party Elected MP Elected Party Reference 1 R. Lakshmanan All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam A. MohammedjanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 2 V. MaitreyanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam N. ChandrasekaranAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam 3 K. R. ArjunanAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Anbumani Ramadoss Pattali Makkal Katchi 4 T. RathinavelAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam M. ShanmugamDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 5 Kanimozhi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. WilsonDravida Munnetra Kazhagam 6 D. Raja Communist Party of India Vaiko Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
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 23 May 2019 Ravi Shankar Prasad Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Bihar due to his election as the member of Lok Sabha From Patna Sahib On 8 September 2019 Ram Jethmalani Had Died
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement 1 Ravi Shankar PrasadBharatiya Janata Party 23 May 2019Ram Vilas PaswanLok Janshakti Party 28 June 2019 2 April 2024 2Ram JethmalaniRashtriya Janata Dal8 September 2019Satish Chandra DubeyBharatiya Janata Party9 October 20197 July 2022
Gujarat
On 23 May 2019 Amit Shah Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat due to his election as the member of Lok Sabha From Gandhinagar On 24 May 2019 Smriti Irani Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Gujarat due to her election as the member of Lok Sabha From Amethi S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement 1 Amit Shah Bharatiya Janata Party23 May 2019 S. Jaishankar Bharatiya Janata Party 5 July 2019 18 August 2023 2 Smriti IraniBharatiya Janata Party 24 May 2019 Jugalji Thakore Bharatiya Janata Party 5 July 2019 18 August 2023
Odisha On 24 May 2019 Achyuta Samanta Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Odisha due to his election as the member of Lok Sabha From Kandhamal On 6 June 2019 Soumya Ranjan Patnaik Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Odisha due to his election as the member of Odisha Legislative Assembly From Khandapada On 6 June 2019 Pratap Keshari Deb Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Odisha due to his election as the member of Odisha Legislative Assembly From Aul
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement 1 Achyuta SamantaBiju Janata Dal24 May 2019Ashwini VaishnawBharatiya Janata Party 28 June 2019 3 April 2024 2 Soumya Ranjan PatnaikBiju Janata Dal 6 June 2019Amar PatnaikBiju Janata Dal28 June 20193 April 2024 3 Pratap Keshari DebBiju Janata Dal 9 June 2019Sasmit PatraBiju Janata Dal28 June 2019 1 July 2022
Rajasthan
24 June 2019 Madan Lal Saini Had Died S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement 1 Madan Lal SainiBharatiya Janata Party 24 June 2019Manmohan SinghIndian National Congress26 August 2019 3 April 2024
Uttar Pradesh
On 15 July 2019 Neeraj Sekhar Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh And Membership Of Samajwadi Party And Joined Bharatiya Janata Party On 2 August 2019 Surendra Singh Nagar Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh And Membership Of Samajwadi Party And Joined Bharatiya Janata Party On 5 August 2019 Sanjay Seth Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh And Membership Of Samajwadi Party And Joined Bharatiya Janata Party On 24 August 2019 Arun Jaitley Had Died On 24 October 2019 Tazeen Fatma Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh due to her election as the member of Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly On 21 October by-poll From Rampur
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement 1Neeraj ShekharSamajwadi Party 15 July 2019Neeraj ShekharBharatiya Janata Party26 August 201925 November 2020 2Surendra Singh NagarSamajwadi Party2 August 2019Surendra Singh NagarBharatiya Janata Party16 September 20194 July 2022 3Sanjay SethSamajwadi Party5 August 2019Sanjay SethBharatiya Janata Party16 September 20194 July 2022 4Arun JaitleyBharatiya Janata Party24 August 2019Sudhanshu TrivediBharatiya Janata Party9 October 20192 April 20245Tazeen FatmaSamajwadi Party24 October 2019Arun SinghBharatiya Janata Party5 December 201925 November 2020
Karnataka On 16 October 2019 K. C. Ramamurthy Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka And Membership of Indian National Congress And Joined Bharatiya Janata Party
S.No Former MP Party Date of Vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement 1 K. C. RamamurthyIndian National Congress 16 October 2019K. C. RamamurthyBharatiya Janata Party5 December 201930 June 2022
See also 2019 Indian general election
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