2020 Rajya Sabha elections

2020 Rajya Sabha elections
India
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79 seats in the Rajya Sabha[a]
Party Leader Seats +/–
BJP Thawar Chand Gehlot 32 +10
INC Ghulam Nabi Azad 9 −8
AITC Derek O' Brien 4 0
BJD Sasmit Patra 4 +1
YSRCP V. Vijayasai Reddy 4 +4
DMK Tiruchi Siva 3 +1
AIADMK A. Navaneethakrishnan 2 −1
JD(U) Ram Nath Thakur 2 −1
NCP Sharad Pawar 2 0
RJD Prem Chand Gupta 2 +2
TRS K. Keshava Rao 2 +2
BSP Satish Mishra 1 −1
BPF Biswajit Daimary 1 0
CPI(M) Elamaram Kareem 1 +1
JD(S) D. Kupendra Reddy 1 0
JMM - 1 +1
LJD - 1 +1
MNF - 1 +1
NPP - 1 +1
RPI(A) Ramdas Athawale 1 +1
SP Ram Gopal Yadav 1 −3
SS Sanjay Raut 1 0
TMC(M) - 1 +1
Independent - 1 −2
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

2020 Rajya Sabha elections were 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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3][4]

On 2 November 2020, Election commission of India declared unopposed victory over 10 seats of Uttar Pradesh and 1 seat of Uttarakhand.[5][6]


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  1. ^ Anshuman, Kumar (8 February 2020). "Rajya Sabha dynamics to change in April". The Economic Times. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  2. ^ "Rajya Sabha Election Dates 2020: Elections to 24 Rajya Sabha seats on June 19: EC". The Times of India. Retrieved 5 June 2020.
  3. ^ "Rajya Sabha Polls 2020: HD Deve Gowda, Mallikarjun Kharge And 2 Others Elected Unopposed". ABP News. 12 June 2020. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  4. ^ Shukla, Udayan (12 June 2020). "नामांकन के आखिरी दिन पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री देवगौड़ा, कांग्रेस नेता खड़गे और 2 भाजपा नेता बिना विरोध के चुन लिए गए". Dainik Bhaskar (in Hindi). Retrieved 12 June 2020.
  5. ^ "UP Rajya Sabha polls: All 10 candidates elected unopposed". The New Indian Express. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  6. ^ "BJP's Naresh Bansal declared elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttarakhand". The Economic Times. PTI. 2 November 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2021.

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