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The 2023 Rajya Sabha elections were held as part of a routine six-year cycle of the upper house of the Parliament of India on July and August 2023 to elect 10 of its 245 members, of which the states through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President.[1]

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2023 Rajya Sabha elections
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July – September 2023
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12[a] of the 233[b] elected seats in the Rajya Sabha
120[c] total seats needed for a majority
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Leader Piyush Goyal Mallikarjun Kharge
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA INDIA
Leader since 14 July 2021 16 February 2021
Seats before 87[d] 31
Seats after 89[e] 30
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 1
Alliance seats before 100[f] 96
Alliance seats after 102[g] 96
Seat change Increase 2 Steady
Majority before election

None

 Majority after
election

None

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Results

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Alliance/ Party Seats +/–
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party 6 +2
INDIA All India Trinamool Congress 6 +1
Indian National Congress 0 -1
Total 6 0
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Elections

  • Listed According To The Dates[1]
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State Members retiring Date of retirement
Goa 1 28 July 2023
Gujarat 3 18 August 2023
West Bengal 6
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Members retiring and elected

Goa

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# Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Term start
1 Vinay Tendulkar BJP 28-Jul-2023 Sadanand Tanavade[2] BJP 29-Jul-2023
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Gujarat

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# Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Term start
1 S. Jaishankar BJP 18-Aug-2023 S. Jaishankar[3] BJP 19-Aug-2023
2 Jugalji Thakor BJP 18-Aug-2023 Kesridevsinh Jhala[4] BJP 19-Aug-2023
3 Dineshchandra Anavadiya BJP 18-Aug-2023 Babubhai Desai BJP 19-Aug-2023
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West Bengal

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# Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Term start
1 Derek O'Brien AITC 18-Aug-2023 Derek O'Brien AITC 19-Aug-2023
2 Sukhendu Sekhar Roy AITC 18-Aug-2023 Sukhendu Sekhar Roy AITC 19-Aug-2023
3 Dola Sen AITC 18-Aug-2023 Dola Sen AITC 19-Aug-2023
4 Sushmita Dev AITC 18-Aug-2023 Samirul Islam AITC 19-Aug-2023
5 Shanta Chhetri AITC 18-Aug-2023 Prakash Chik Baraik AITC 19-Aug-2023
6 Pradip Bhattacharya INC 18-Aug-2023 Anant Maharaj BJP 19-Aug-2023
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By-elections

West Bengal

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# Previous MP Party Date of vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement
1 Luizinho Faleiro AITC 11 April 2023 Saket Gokhale AITC 30 July 2023 2 April 2026
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Uttar Pradesh

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# Previous MP Party Date of vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement
1 Hardwar Dubey BJP 26 June 2023 Dinesh Sharma BJP 9 September 2023 25-Nov-2026
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Notes

  1. [a]
    Including 2 casual vacancies
  2. [b]
    excluding 12 nominated seats
  3. [c]
    out of 239 (excluding 6 vacancies and including 12 nominated seats)
  4. [d]
    excluding 5 nominated members
  5. [e]
    excluding 5 nominated members
  6. [f]
    excluding 10 nominated members
  7. [g]
    excluding 10 nominated members

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