Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1978, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. [1]
Elections were held in 1978 to elect members from various states.The list is incomplete.
The following members are elected in the elections held in 1978. They are members for the term 1978-84 and retire in year 1978, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.
State - Member - Party
| Assam | INC | ||
| Assam | INC | ||
| Assam | JAN | ||
| Andhra Pradesh | JAN | ||
| Andhra Pradesh | Buddha Priya Maurya | INC | |
| Andhra Pradesh | N.P. Chengalraya Naidu | INC | |
| Andhra Pradesh | Ghouse Mohiuddin Sheikh | INC | |
| Andhra Pradesh | Chadalavada Venkatrao | INC | dea 05/01/1981 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | INC | Res 19/02/1981 | |
| Arunachal Pradesh | INC | ||
| Bihar | INC | ||
| Bihar | INC | res 19/02/1983 | |
| Bihar | CPI | ||
| Bihar | INC | ||
| Bihar | Pranab Chatterjee | OTH | dea 02/06/1979 |
| Bihar | BJP | ||
| Bihar | Shiv Chandra Jha | BJP | |
| Delhi | JAN | ||
| Gujarat | INC | ||
| Gujarat | JAN | dea 29/01/1983 | |
| Gujarat | JAN | ||
| Gujarat | JD | ||
| Haryana | INC | res 31/12/1982 | |
| Haryana | Dr Sarup Singh | LD | |
| Himachal Pradesh | JAN | ||
| Jammu & Kashmir | Khawaja Mubarak Shah | JKNC | res 10/01/1980 LS |
| Karnataka | INC | ||
| Karnataka | JP | res 23/05/1983 CM, KA | |
| Karnataka | INC | ||
| Karnataka | H R Basavaraj | INC | res 17/01/1980 |
| Madhya Pradesh | INC | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | BJP | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | JAN | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | JAN | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | JAN | ||
| Madhya Pradesh | Jamuna Devi | OTH | |
| Maharashtra | RPI | ||
| Maharashtra | INC | ||
| Maharashtra | INC | ||
| Maharashtra | INC | ||
| Maharashtra | JAN | dea 05/12/1983 | |
| Maharashtra | Ganpat Hiralal Bhagat | IND | |
| Maharashtra | INC | ||
| Manipur & Tripura | INC | ||
| Meghalaya | IND | ||
| Mizoram | IND | ||
| Nominated | NOM | ||
| Nominated | NOM | ||
| Nominated | NOM | ||
| Nominated | NOM | dea 05/10/1981 | |
| Orissa | INC | ||
| Orissa | INC | ||
| Orissa | Dhaneswar Majhi | INC | |
| Orissa | Harekrushna Mallick | JD | |
| Punjab | SAD | ||
| Punjab | CPM | ||
| Rajasthan | INC | ||
| Rajasthan | BJP | ||
| Rajasthan | JAN | ||
| Tamil Nadu | DMK | ||
| Tamil Nadu | AIADMK | res 19/06/1980 | |
| Tamil Nadu | M Moses | INC | |
| Tamil Nadu | Dr Sathiavani Muthu | INC | |
| Tamil Nadu | JAN | ||
| Tamil Nadu | V. Venka | DMK | |
| Uttar Pradesh | INC | res 08/01/1980 LS | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Narendra Singh | JAN | |
| Uttar Pradesh | BJP | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | BJP | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | BJP | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | G C Bhattacharya | LD | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Lakhan Singh | JAN | |
| Uttar Pradesh | INC | ||
| Uttar Pradesh | Rameshwar Singh | LD | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Abdul Rehman Sheikh | JAN | |
| Uttar Pradesh | Surendra Mohan | JAN | |
| West Bengal | FB | ||
| West Bengal | CPM | ||
| West Bengal | RSP | ||
| West Bengal | CPM | 09/01/1980 | |
| West Bengal | Syed Shahedullah | CPM | |
The following bye elections were held in the year 1978.
State - Member - Party