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The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Bihar state elects 16 members since the 2002 biennial elections. Before, Bihar State has elected 21 seats since April 1952 and 22 seats since 1956, and 16 members after the Bihar Reorganisation Act 2000 and the creation of the new Jharkhand state on 15 November 2000. They are elected indirectly by the State Legislators of Bihar State. Members are elected for six years and 1/3 of members are retired after every two years. The number of seats allocated to the party is determined by the number of seats a party possesses during nomination and the party nominates a member to be voted on. Elections within the state legislatures are held using a Single transferable vote with proportional representation.

Members from Bihar are listed in the list of current members of the Rajya Sabha.

Current members (2024)

Keys:   BJP (5)   JD(U) (4)   RLM (1)   RJD (5)   INC (1)

Chronological list of all members from Bihar

This is the term wise list of former Rajya Sabha members from Bihar, arranged chronologically by Last date of election of the member.
Source: Parliament of India (Rajya Sabha)

*  represents members who won bye-election

References

1. "Composition of Rajya Sabha - Rajya Sabha At Work" (PDF). rajyasabha.nic.in. Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
2. "Statewise List". 164.100.47.5. Retrieved 12 June 2016.
3. ^ "List of Members: Sitting Members → State-wise". Rajya Sabha Council of States. 2024. Archived from the original on 7 February 2023. Retrieved 5 October 2024.
4. Alphabetical list of former members of Rajya Sabha Archived 2010-01-09 at the Wayback Machine
5. "Veteran lawyer and former Union minister Ram Jethmalani passes away at 95". India Today. 8 September 2019.
6. ^ "Sharad Yadav, Ali Anwar disqualified as Rajya Sabha members". Hindustan Times. 4 December 2017.
7. "Sabir Ali retains RS seat unopposed". The Times of India. 16 December 2011.
8. "JD(U) MP Upendra Kushwaha resigns, attacks Nitish Kumar". The Economic Times. 4 January 2013.
9. "JD-U candidate elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha". Hindustan Times. 1 January 2010.
10. "Former LJP member Sabir Ali joins JD(U)". zeenews.india.com.
11. "Rajya Sabha adjourns after obituary reference". The Hindu. 19 November 2009.
12. "RJD MP Motiur Rehman passes away". The Times of India. 18 December 2007.
13. "BJP MP Jai Narain Nishad disqualified from Rajya Sabha". The Times of India. 15 April 2008.
14. Rajya Sabhas Members Biographical Sketches 1952-2019 (PDF). Parliament of India. October 2019. p. 34.

External links

• Rajya Sabha homepage hosted by the Indian government
• Rajya Sabha FAQ page hosted by the Indian government
• Who's who list
• State wise list

v t e Rajya Sabha
Presiding officers and parliamentary functionaries	Chairperson List Deputy Chairperson Pro tem Chairperson Panel of Chairperons Leader of the House Leader of the Opposition Chairmen of Parliamentary Committees Whips Secretariat Secretary General Sansad TV
Members	Alphabetical List Nominated Members Current Members Aam Aadmi Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Members by State or Union Territory	Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Delhi Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Puducherry Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Telangana Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal
Elections	1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026

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