Rajya Sabha Elections 2022: Some of the prominent Rajya Sabha MPs who are set to retire include Union ministers Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Goyal, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi and senior Congress leaders Kapil Sibbal and P Chidambaram and Jairam Ramesh.
Rajya Sabha Elections 2022
Rajya Sabha Elections 2022: The 57 Rajya Sabha seats, spread across 15 states will go polls on June 10, as per the Election Commission of India. Out of the 15 states, Uttar Pradesh has the highest share of seats that will go to polls with 11 seats falling vacant, followed by Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra, from where 6 seats each will be falling vacant.
The biennial elections are taking place as the term of office of 57 Rajya Sabha MPs is due to expire between June and August.Some of the members who are retiring but will seek re-election include Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Leader of the House Piyush Goyal and Deputy Leader of the House Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi.
Other prominent MPs due to retire from the Rajya Sabha include former Union Minister P Chidambaram, Kapil Sibbal, Shiv Sena’s Sanjay Raut, Praful Patel and Chief whip of Congress Party Jairam Ramesh.
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Rajya Sabha Election 2022 Schedule
| Rajya Sabha elections 2022 schedule | |
| Schedule | Dates |
| Issuance of Notifications | May 24 |
| Last Date of Filing Nominations | May 31 |
| Scrutiny of Nominations | June 1 |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of Candidature | June 3 |
| Date of Polls | June 10 ( 9am to 4pm) |
| Counting of Votes | June 10 ( At 5 pm) |
A total of 57 seats will go to polls on June 10 from 15 states. Following is the state-wise seat distribution-
Andhra Pradesh – 4
Bihar – 5
Chhattisgarh- 2
Haryana- 2
Jharkhand – 2
Karnataka- 4
Madhya Pradesh – 3
Maharashtra-6
Odisha-3
Punjab-2
Rajasthan- 4
Tamil Nadu- 6
Telangana – 2
Uttar Pradesh -11
Uttarakhand -1
Full List of Retiring Rajya Sabha Members 2022
| Name of retiring members | Party | State | Date of Retirement |
| Suresh Prabhu | Andhra Pradesh | BJP | June 21, 2022 |
| T.G. Venkatesh | Andhra Pradesh | BJP | June 21, 2022 |
| Yalamanchili Satyanarayana Chowdary | Andhra Pradesh | BJP | June 21, 2022 |
| Venumbaka Vijaya Sai Reddy | Andhra Pradesh | YSRCP | June 21, 2022 |
| Gopal Narayan Singh | Bihar | BJP | July 07, 2022 |
| Satish Chandra Dubey | Bihar | BJP | July 07, 2022 |
| Misa Bharti | Bihar | RJD | July 07, 2022 |
| Ramchandra Prasad Singh | Bihar | JD(U) | July 07, 2022 |
| Sharad Yadav (Vacant w.e.f 04.12.2017) | Bihar | RJD | July 07, 2022 |
| Chhaya Verma | Chhattisgarh | Congress | June 29, 2022 |
| Ramvichar Netam | Chhattisgarh | BJP | June 29, 2022 |
| Dushyant Gautam | Haryana | BJP | August 01, 2022 |
| Subash Chandra | Haryana | Independent | August 01, 2022 |
| Mahesh Poddar | Jharkhand | BJP | July 07, 2022 |
| Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi | Jharkhand | BJP | July 07, 2022 |
| Oscar Fernandes (Vacant w.e.f 13.09.2021 due to death) | Karnataka | Congress | June 30, 2022 |
| Nirmala Sitharaman | Karnataka | BJP | June 30, 2022 |
| K.C. Ramamurthy | Karnataka | BJP | June 30, 2022 |
| Jairam Ramesh | Karnataka | Congress | June 30, 2022 |
| Vivek Tankha | Madhya Pradesh | Congress | June 29, 2022 |
| M J Akbar | Madhya Pradesh | BJP | June 29, 2022 |
| Sampatiya Uikey | Madhya Pradesh | BJP | June 29, 2022 |
| Piyush Goyal | Maharashtra | BJP | July 4, 2022 |
| P. Chidambaram | Maharashtra | Congress | July 4, 2022 |
| Praful Patel | Maharashtra | NCP | July 4, 2022 |
| Vikas Mahatme | Maharashtra | BJP | July 4, 2022 |
| Sanjay Raut | Maharashtra | Shiv Sena | July 4, 2022 |
| Vinay Sahasrabuddhe | Maharashtra | BJP | July 4, 2022 |
| Nekkanti Bhaskar Rao | Odisha | BJD | July 1, 2022 |
| Prasanna Acharya | Odisha | BJD | July 1, 2022 |
| Sasmit Patra | Odisha | BJD | July 1, 2022 |
| Ambika Soni | Punjab | Congress | July 4, 2022 |
| Balwinder Singh | Punjab | SAD | July 4, 2022 |
| Om Prakash Mathur | Rajasthan | BJP | July 4, 2022 |
| Alphons Kannanthanam | Rajasthan | BJP | July 4, 2022 |
| Ram Kumar Verma | Rajasthan | BJP | July 4, 2022 |
| Harshvardhan Singh Dungarpur | Rajasthan | BJP | July 4, 2022 |
| T.K.S. Elangovan | Tamil Nadu | DMK | June 29, 2022 |
| A. Navaneethakrishnan | Tamil Nadu | AIADMK | June 29, 2022 |
| R.S. Bharathi | Tamil Nadu | DMK | June 29, 2022 |
| S.R. Balasubramoniyan | Tamil Nadu | AIADMK | June 29, 2022 |
| A. Vijayakumar | Tamil Nadu | AIADMK | June 29, 2022 |
| K.R.N. Rajeshkumar | Tamil Nadu | DMK | June 29, 2022 |
| Lakshmikanta Rao Voditela | Telangana | TRS | June 21, 2022 |
| Srinivas Dharmapuri | Telangana | Congress | June 21, 2022 |
| Revati Raman Singh | Uttar Pradesh | SP | July 4, 2022 |
| Sukhram Singh | Uttar Pradesh | SP | July 4, 2022 |
| Syed Zafar Islam | Uttar Pradesh | BJP | July 4, 2022 |
| Vishambhar Prasad Nishad | Uttar Pradesh | SP | July 4, 2022 |
| Kapil Sibbal | Uttar Pradesh | Congress | July 4, 2022 |
| Ashok Siddharth | Uttar Pradesh | BSP | July 4, 2022 |
| Jai Prakash | Uttar Pradesh | BJP | July 4, 2022 |
| Shiv Pratap | Uttar Pradesh | BJP | July 4, 2022 |
| Satish Chandra Misra | Uttar Pradesh | BSP | July 4, 2022 |
| Sanjay Seth | Uttar Pradesh | SP | July 4, 2022 |
| Surendra Singh Nagar | Uttar Pradesh | BJP | July 4, 2022 |
| Pradeep Tamta | Uttarakhand | Congress | July 4, 2022 |
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