2020 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
2020 Rajya Sabha elections is the set of indirect elections by the members of State legislatures of India, to elect new members to fill vacancies in the Rajya Sabha – the upper house of the Parliament of India. The elections are held annually and throughout the year on an ad hoc basis. The elections in 2020 are for a total of 73 seats of which 55 of them were to be elected by March 26. The remaining were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Election Commission of India later announced all the elections for the remaining 24 Rajya Sabha seats were to be held on 19 June 2020.
On 12 June 2020, Election commission of India declared unopposed victory over 4 seats of Karnataka and 1 seat of Arunachal Pradesh. Leaving behind 19 seats to go for elections on 19 June 2020.
Elections
- Seats which were going for election on 26th March 2020 consists of 55 regular seats which are going to be vacant on or before 12th April 2020, 1 Vacant seat in Haryana for By-elections and 1 Nominated seat for Law, a total of 57 seats. On 24 August 2020 Rajya Sabha elections for 2 Vacant seats due to deaths of MP'S 1,1
- Listed According To The Dates
State | Members retiring | Date of retirement |
Uttar Pradesh | 10 + 1 | 22 June 2022 25 November 2020 |
Kerala | 1 | 22 March 2022 |
Uttarakhand | 1 | 25 November 2020 |
Members retiring
Note:- Listed According Date Of Retirement
Nominated">List of nominated members of the Rajya Sabha">Nominated
Maharashtra">List of Rajya Sabha members from Maharashtra">Maharashtra
Odisha">List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha">Odisha
Tamil Nadu">List of Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu">Tamil Nadu
West Bengal">List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal">West Bengal
Andhra Pradesh">List of Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh">Andhra Pradesh
Assam">List of Rajya Sabha members from Assam">Assam
Bihar">List of Rajya Sabha members from Bihar">Bihar
Chhattisgarh">List of Rajya Sabha members from Chhattisgarh">Chhattisgarh
Gujarat">List of Rajya Sabha members from Gujarat">Gujarat
Haryana">List of Rajya Sabha members from Haryana">Haryana
Himachal Pradesh">List of Rajya Sabha members from Himachal Pradesh">Himachal Pradesh
Jharkhand">List of Rajya Sabha members from Jharkhand">Jharkhand
Madhya Pradesh">List of Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh">Madhya Pradesh
Manipur">List of Rajya Sabha members from Manipur">Manipur
Rajasthan">List of Rajya Sabha members from Rajasthan">Rajasthan
Telangana">List of Rajya Sabha members from Telangana">Telangana
Meghalaya">List of Rajya Sabha members from Meghalaya">Meghalaya
Arunachal Pradesh">List of Rajya Sabha members from Arunachal Pradesh">Arunachal Pradesh
Karnataka">List of Rajya Sabha members from Karnataka">Karnataka
Mizoram">List of Rajya Sabha members from Mizoram">Mizoram
Uttar Pradesh">List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand">List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttarakhand">Uttarakhand
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.Haryana">List of Rajya Sabha members from Haryana">Haryana
- On 20 January 2020 Birender Singh Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Haryana
Bihar">List of Rajya Sabha members from Bihar">Bihar
- On 4 December, 2017 Sharad Yadav had been disqualified
Uttar Pradesh">List of Rajya Sabha members from Uttar Pradesh">Uttar Pradesh
- On 27 March 2020 Beni Prasad Verma died.
- On 1 August 2020 Amar Singh Died.
Kerala">List of Rajya Sabha members from Kerala">Kerala
- On 28 May 2020 Veerendra Kumar died.