2020 Rajya Sabha elections explained
| Country: | India |
| Previous Election: | 2019 |
| Next Election: | 2021 |
| Election Date: | 26 March – 2 November 2020 |
| Seats For Election: | 79 seats in the Rajya Sabha |
| Nopercentage: | yes |
| Party1: | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Leader1: | Thawar Chand Gehlot |
| Seats1: | 32 |
| Last Election1: | 22 |
| Party2: | Indian National Congress |
| Leader2: | Ghulam Nabi Azad |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Last Election2: | 17 |
| Party3: | All India Trinamool Congress |
| Leader3: | Derek O' Brien |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Last Election3: | 4 |
| Party4: | Biju Janata Dal |
| Leader4: | Sasmit Patra |
| Seats4: | 4 |
| Last Election4: | 3 |
| Party5: | YSR Congress Party |
| Leader5: | V. Vijayasai Reddy |
| Seats5: | 4 |
| Last Election5: | 0 |
| Party6: | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Leader6: | Tiruchi Siva |
| Seats6: | 3 |
| Last Election6: | 2 |
| Party7: | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| Leader7: | A. Navaneethakrishnan |
| Seats7: | 2 |
| Last Election7: | 3 |
| Party8: | Janata Dal (United) |
| Leader8: | Ram Nath Thakur |
| Seats8: | 2 |
| Last Election8: | 3 |
| Party9: | Nationalist Congress Party |
| Leader9: | Sharad Pawar |
| Seats9: | 2 |
| Last Election9: | 2 |
| Party10: | Rashtriya Janata Dal |
| Leader10: | Prem Chand Gupta |
| Seats10: | 2 |
| Last Election10: | 0 |
| Party11: | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
| Leader11: | K. Keshava Rao |
| Seats11: | 2 |
| Last Election11: | 0 |
| Party12: | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| Leader12: | Satish Mishra |
| Seats12: | 1 |
| Last Election12: | 2 |
| Party13: | Bodoland People's Front |
| Leader13: | Biswajit Daimary |
| Seats13: | 1 |
| Last Election13: | 1 |
| Party14: | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Leader14: | Elamaram Kareem |
| Seats14: | 1 |
| Last Election14: | 0 |
| Party15: | Janata Dal (Secular) |
| Leader15: | D. Kupendra Reddy |
| Seats15: | 1 |
| Last Election15: | 1 |
| Party16: | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha |
| Leader16: | - |
| Seats16: | 1 |
| Last Election16: | 0 |
| Party17: | Loktantrik Janata Dal |
| Leader17: | - |
| Seats17: | 1 |
| Last Election17: | 0 |
| Party18: | Mizo National Front |
| Leader18: | - |
| Seats18: | 1 |
| Last Election18: | 0 |
| Party19: | National People's Party (India) |
| Leader19: | - |
| Seats19: | 1 |
| Last Election19: | 0 |
| Party20: | Republican Party of India (Athawale) |
| Leader20: | Ramdas Athawale |
| Seats20: | 1 |
| Last Election20: | 0 |
| Party21: | Samajwadi Party |
| Leader21: | Ram Gopal Yadav |
| Seats21: | 1 |
| Last Election21: | 4 |
| Party22: | Shiv Sena |
| Leader22: | Sanjay Raut |
| Seats22: | 1 |
| Last Election22: | 1 |
| Party23: | Tamil Maanila Congress |
| Leader23: | - |
| Seats23: | 1 |
| Last Election23: | 0 |
| Party24: | Independent |
| Leader24: | - |
| Seats24: | 1 |
| Last Election24: | 3 |
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]
Results
April Election
June Election
November Election
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.
- On 20 January 2020 Birender Singh Resigned from membership of the Rajya Sabha from Haryana[25]
- On 8 October 2020, Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan died.[26]
- On 27 March 2020 Beni Prasad Verma died.
- On 1 August 2020 Amar Singh died.
- On 28 May 2020 Veerendra Kumar died.
- On 17 September 2020 Ashok Gasti died.
Nominations
Note:
- Listed According Date Of Retirement
Notes and References
- News: Anshuman. Kumar. Rajya Sabha dynamics to change in April. 2020-02-08. The Economic Times. 2020-02-12.
- Web site: Rajya Sabha Election Dates 2020: Elections to 24 Rajya Sabha seats on June 19: EC . 2020-06-05. The Times of India. en.
- Web site: Bureau. ABP News. 2020-06-12. Rajya Sabha Polls 2020: HD Deve Gowda, Mallikarjun Kharge And 2 Others Elected Unopposed. 2020-06-12. news.abplive.com. en.
- Web site: Shukla. Udayan. 2020-06-12. नामांकन के आखिरी दिन पूर्व प्रधानमंत्री देवगौड़ा, कांग्रेस नेता खड़गे और 2 भाजपा नेता बिना विरोध के चुन लिए गए. 2020-06-12. Dainik Bhaskar. hi.
- Web site: UP Rajya Sabha polls: All 10 candidates elected unopposed . The New Indian Express . 2 November 2020 . 31 May 2021.
- Web site: BJP's Naresh Bansal declared elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Uttarakhand . The Economic Times . 2 November 2020 . PTI . 31 May 2021.
- Web site: Sharad Pawar, Ramdas Athawale, Udayanraje Bhosale among seven elected to Rajya Sabha . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20211009222944/https://punemirror.indiatimes.com/pune/others/sharad-pawar-ramdas-athawale-udayanraje-bhosale-among-seven-elected-to-rajya-sabha/articleshow/74695518.cms . 9 October 2021 . 21 March 2020 . Pune Mirror.
- Web site: Suffian . Mohammad . Odisha: All 4 BJD nominees to Rajya Sabha sail through unopposed . India Today.
- Web site: 2020-03-18 . Six elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Tamil Nadu . 2020-06-09 . Deccan Herald.
- News: 18 March 2020 . All 5 Rajya Sabha candidates in West Bengal elected unopposed . The Economic Times.
- Web site: 19 June 2020 . Rajya Sabha elections 2020: Jagan Reddy's ruling YSRC bags all four seats in AP . Zee News.
- Web site: Hemanta Kumar Nath . Assam: 2 NDA MPs, 1 Congress-backed independent candidate elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed . India Today.
- News: 18 March 2020 . Congress's K T S Tulsi, Phulo Devi Netam elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Chhattisgarh . The Economic Times.
- Web site: Joshi . Manas . 19 June 2020 . Rajya Sabha Election Results Gujarat: BJP bags 3 out of 4 seats . www.indiatvnews.com.
- Web site: BJP's Jangra & Gautam, Congress's Hooda elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha | Chandigarh News - Times of India . The Times of India.
- Web site: Press Trust of India . BJP's Indu Goswami elected to Rajya Sabha from Himachal Pradesh . India Today.
- Web site: Shibu Soren, BJP's Deepak Prakash Win Rajya Sabha Polls In Jharkhand . NDTV.com.
- Web site: BJP-Congress Take Madhya Pradesh Rajya Sabha Seats 2-1 . NDTV.com.
- Web site: 2020-06-19 . Rajya Sabha 2020 Election Result Live: BJP wins Manipur seat amid turmoil, all eyes on MP, Gujarat and Rajasthan . 2020-06-19 . The Financial Express . en-US.
- Web site: Taneja . Nidhi . 19 June 2020 . Rajasthan Rajya Sabha Election Results: Congress' KC Venugopal, Neeraj Dangi win . www.indiatvnews.com.
- Web site: Sakshi . 2020-03-19 . RS Polls: Both TRS Candidates Elected Unopposed, Formal Elections On In AP . 2020-06-09 . Sakshi Post.
- News: 2020-06-12 . BJP wins Arunachal Pradesh Rajya Sabha seat . en-IN . The Hindu . 2020-06-12 . 0971-751X.
- News: With HD Deve Gowda, Others, Karnataka Fills 4 Rajya Sabha Seats Unopposed . NDTV .
- Web site: MNF wins RS polls, K Vanlalvena is new RS member from Mizoram . 19 June 2020 .
- Web site: Chaudhary Birender Singh resigns from Rajya Sabha. 17 November 2019. Hindustan Times.
- Web site: Ram Vilas Paswan death news: M Modi pays last respects to Ram Vilas Paswan at the latter's residence . 9 October 2020 . . 31 May 2021.
- Web site: Ex-CJI Ranjan Gogoi nominated to Rajya Sabha. India Today Web Desk New. India Today.
