| Election Name: | 2015 Rajya Sabha elections |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Rajya Sabha elections |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2016 Rajya Sabha elections |
| Next Year: | 2016 |
| Seats For Election: | 13 seats to the Rajya Sabha |
| Election Date: | Various dates in 2015 |
| Leader1: | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
| Party1: | Indian National Congress |
| Leader Since1: | 8 June 2014 |
| Leaders Seat1: | Jammu and Kashmir |
| Alliance1: | United Progressive Alliance |
| Seats Before1: | 69 |
| Seats1: | 66 |
| Seat Change1: | 3 |
| Leader2: | Arun Jaitley |
| Party2: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Leader Since2: | 3 June 2009 |
| Leaders Seat2: | Gujarat |
| Alliance2: | National Democratic Alliance (India) |
| Seats Before2: | 45 |
| Seats2: | 48 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
Rajya Sabha elections were held in India in 2015 to elect eight members of the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament. Five by-elections were also held. The regular elections were held to fill seats in the States of Jammu and Kashmir,[1] Kerala,[2] and the Union Territory of Pondicherry.[3]
Jammu and Kashmir had an election on 7 February 2015.
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ghulam Nabi Azad | Indian National Congress | Ghulam Nabi Azad | Indian National Congress | [4] | ||
| 2 | Saifuddin Soz | Shamsheer Singh Manhas | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||
| 3 | G. N. Ratanpuri | Jammu & Kashmir National Conference | Fayaz Ahmad Mir | Jammu & Kashmir People's Democratic Party | |||
| 4 | Mohammad Shafi | Nazir Ahmad Laway | |||||
Kerala was supposed to have an election on 16 April 2015. But, the election was postponed to 20 April.[5]
| Seat No | Previous MP | Previous Party | Elected MP | Elected Party | Reference | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | M. P. Achuthan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | K.K. Ragesh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | [6] | ||
| 2 | P Rajeev | P. V. Abdul Wahab | Indian Union Muslim League | ||||
| 3 | Vayalar Ravi | Indian National Congress | Vayalar Ravi | Indian National Congress | |||
Pondicherry held the election on 28 September 2015 to elect one Member of Parliament.
The following bye-elections were also held in 2015.
| Sr No | State | Previous MP | Party | Reference | Elected MP | Party | Reference | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maharashtra | Murli Deora | Congress | [7] | Amar Shankar Sable | BJP | [8] | |||
| 2 | Uttarakhand | Manorama Dobriyal Sharma | Raj Babbar | Congress | ||||||
| 3 | West Bengal | Srinjoy Bose | Trinamool Congress | Dola Sen | Trinamool Congress | |||||
| 4 | Jharkhand | Kanwar Deep Singh | JMM | [9] | M. J. Akbar | BJP | [10] | |||
| 5 | Odisha | Kalpataru Das | BJD | [11] | Narendra Kumar Swain | BJD | [12] | |||