List of Rajya Sabha members from Madhya Pradesh

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The list of current and past Rajya Sabha members from the Madhya Pradesh State. The state elects 11 member for a term of six years and these members indirectly elected by the state legislators of Madhya Pradesh using single transferable votes. Members sit for staggered six-year terms, with one third of the members retiring every two years.^[1]

History of Rajya Sabha seats

Earlier, since 1952, there were 12 seats from Madhya Pradesh, 6 seats from Madhya Bharat, 4 seats from Vindhya Pradesh state and 1 seat from Bhopal State to Rajya Sabha. After Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, there were 16 seats from Madhya Pradesh. After the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000, 5 seats are allocated to Chhattisgarh state from Madhya Pradesh State, reducing its seats from 16 to 11 seats, since 15 November 2000.

Current members

Keys:   BJP (8)   INC (3)

Name	Party		Term start	Term end
Umesh Nath Maharaj		BJP	03-Apr-2024	02-Apr-2030
Bansilal Gurjar		BJP	03-Apr-2024	02-Apr-2030
L. Murugan		BJP	03-Apr-2024	02-Apr-2030
Maya Naroliya		BJP	03-Apr-2024	02-Apr-2030
Kavita Patidar		BJP	30-Jun-2022	29-Jun-2028
Sumitra Valmiki		BJP	30-Jun-2022	29-Jun-2028
Jyotiraditya Scindia		BJP	22-Jun-2020	21-Jun-2026
Sumer Singh Solanki		BJP	22-Jun-2020	21-Jun-2026
Ashok Singh		INC	03-Apr-2024	02-Apr-2030
Vivek Tankha		INC	30-Jun-2022	29-Jun-2028
Digvijaya Singh		INC	22-Jun-2020	21-Jun-2026

List of all Rajya Sabha Members from Madhya Pradesh State

Chronological list by last date of appointment^[2]

• *  represents current members

Name	Party		Term start	Term end	Term	Notes
L. Murugan		BJP	03-Apr-2024	02-Apr-2030	2
Umesh Nath Maharaj		BJP	03-Apr-2024	02-Apr-2030	1
Maya Naroliya		BJP	03-Apr-2024	02-Apr-2030	1
Bansilal Gurjar		BJP	03-Apr-2024	02-Apr-2030	1
Ashok Singh		INC	03-Apr-2024	02-Apr-2030	1
Kavita Patidar		BJP	30-Jun-2022	29-Jun-2028	1
Sumitra Valmiki		BJP	30-Jun-2022	29-Jun-2028	1
Vivek Tankha		INC	30-Jun-2022	29-Jun-2028	2
L. Murugan		BJP	27-Sep-2021	02-Apr-2024	1	bye - resignation of Thawar Chand Gehlot[3]
Jyotiraditya Scindia		BJP	22-Jun-2020	21-Jun-2026	1
Sumer Singh Solanki		BJP	22-Jun-2020	21-Jun-2026	1
Digvijay Singh		INC	22-Jun-2020	21-Jun-2026	2
Thawar Chand Gehlot		BJP	03-Apr-2018	07-Jul-2021	2	appointed as Governor of Karnataka[4]
Dharmendra Pradhan		BJP	03-Apr-2018	02-Apr-2024	1
Ajay Pratap Singh		BJP	03-Apr-2018	02-Apr-2024	1
Kailash Soni		BJP	03-Apr-2018	02-Apr-2024	1
Rajmani Patel		INC	03-Apr-2018	02-Apr-2024	1
Sampatiya Uike		BJP	01-Aug-2017	29-Jun-2022	1	bye - death of Anil Madhav Dave[5]
Anil Madhav Dave		BJP	30-Jun-2016	18-May-2017	3	expired[6]
M. J. Akbar		BJP	30-Jun-2016	29-Jun-2022	1
Vivek Tankha		INC	30-Jun-2016	29-Jun-2022	1
La. Ganesan		BJP	07-Oct-2016	02-Apr-2018	1	bye - resignation of Najma Heptulla[7]
Meghraj Jain		BJP	15-Sep-2014	02-Apr-2018	2	bye - resignation of Kaptan Singh Solanki[8]
Prakash Javadekar		BJP	13-Jun-2014	02-Apr-2018	1	bye - resignation of Faggan Singh Kulaste[9]
Prabhat Jha		BJP	10-Apr-2014	09-Apr-2020	2
Satyanarayan Jatiya		BJP	10-Apr-2014	09-Apr-2020	1
Digvijay Singh		INC	10-Apr-2014	09-Apr-2020	1
Kaptan Singh Solanki		BJP	03-Apr-2012	27-Jul-2014	2	appointed as Governor of Haryana[10]
Thawar Chand Gehlot		BJP	03-Apr-2012	02-Apr-2018	1
Faggan Singh Kulaste		BJP	03-Apr-2012	16-May-2014	1	elected to Mandla Lok Sabha
Najma Heptulla		BJP	03-Apr-2012	17-Aug-2016	1	appointed as Governor of Manipur[11]
Satyavrat Chaturvedi		INC	03-Apr-2012	02-Apr-2018	2
Meghraj Jain		BJP	06-May-2011	02-Apr-2012	1	bye - death of Arjun Singh[12]
Anil Madhav Dave		BJP	30-Jun-2010	29-Jun-2016	2
Chandan Mitra		BJP	30-Jun-2010	29-Jun-2016	2
Vijayalaxmi Sadho		INC	30-Jun-2010	29-Jun-2016	1
Kaptan Singh Solanki		BJP	04-Aug-2009	02-Apr-2012	1	bye - resignation of Sushma Swaraj
Anil Madhav Dave		BJP	04-Aug-2009	29-Jun-2010	1	bye - resignation of Su. Thirunavukkarasar
Narendra Singh Tomar		BJP	20-Jan-2009	29-Jun-2010	1	bye - death of Laxminarayan Sharma
Raghunandan Sharma		BJP	10-Apr-2008	09-Apr-2014	1
Prabhat Jha		BJP	10-Apr-2008	09-Apr-2014	1
Maya Singh		BJP	10-Apr-2008	08-Dec-2013	2	elected to Gwalior East Assembly
Narayan Singh Kesari		BJP	03-Apr-2006	02-Apr-2012	2
Anusuiya Uikey		BJP	03-Apr-2006	02-Apr-2012	1
Vikram Verma		BJP	03-Apr-2006	02-Apr-2012	2
Sushma Swaraj		BJP	03-Apr-2006	16-May-2009	1	elected to Vidisha Lok Sabha
Arjun Singh		INC	03-Apr-2006	04-Mar-2011	2	expired[13]
Laxminarayan Sharma		BJP	30-Jun-2004	17-Oct-2008	1	expired[14]
Pyarelal Khandelwal		BJP	30-Jun-2004	06-Oct-2009	2	expired[15]
Su. Thirunavukkarasar		BJP	30-Jun-2004	05-Jul-2009	1	resigned
Narayan Singh Kesari		BJP	24-Jun-2004	02-Apr-2006	1	bye - resignation of Kailash Chandra Joshi
Obaidullah Khan Azmi		INC	10-Apr-2002	09-Apr-2008	1
Suresh Pachouri		INC	10-Apr-2002	09-Apr-2008	4
Maya Singh		BJP	10-Apr-2002	09-Apr-2008	1
Manhar Bhagatram		INC	03-Apr-2000	02-Apr-2006	3	RS member from Chhattisgarh from 01-Nov-2000
H. R. Bhardwaj		INC	03-Apr-2000	02-Apr-2006	4
Arjun Singh		INC	03-Apr-2000	02-Apr-2006	1
P K Maheshwari		INC	03-Apr-2000	02-Apr-2006	1
Kailash Chandra Joshi		BJP	03-Apr-2000	13-May-2004	1	elected to Bhopal Lok Sabha
Vikram Verma		BJP	03-Apr-2000	02-Apr-2006	1
Balkavi Bairagi		INC	30-Jun-1998	29-Jun-2004	1
Jhumak Lal Bendia		INC	30-Jun-1998	29-Jun-2004	1	RS member from Chhattisgarh from 01-Nov-2000
Mabel Rebello		INC	30-Jun-1998	29-Jun-2004	1
Dilip Singh Judeo		BJP	30-Jun-1998	29-Jun-2004	2	RS member from Chhattisgarh from 01-Nov-2000
O. Rajagopal		BJP	30-Jun-1998	29-Jun-2004	2
Surendra Kumar Singh		INC	10-Apr-1996	09-Apr-2002	1	RS member from Chhattisgarh from 01-Nov-2000
Suresh Pachouri		INC	10-Apr-1996	09-Apr-2002	3
Abdul Gaiyur Qureshi		INC	10-Apr-1996	09-Apr-2002	1
Lakkhiram Agarwal		BJP	10-Apr-1996	09-Apr-2002	2	RS member from Chhattisgarh from 01-Nov-2000
Sikander Bakht		BJP	10-Apr-1996	09-Apr-2002	2
Hans Raj Bhardwaj		INC	03-Apr-1994	02-Apr-2000	3
Veena Verma		INC	03-Apr-1994	02-Apr-2000	3
Radhakishan Malviya		INC	03-Apr-1994	02-Apr-2000	3
Ghufran Azam		INC	03-Apr-1994	02-Apr-2000	2
Govindram Miri		BJP	03-Apr-1994	02-Apr-2000	1
Raghavji		BJP	03-Apr-1994	02-Apr-2000	2
Dilip Singh Judeo		BJP	30-Jun-1992	29-Jun-1998	1
Narain Prasad Gupta		BJP	30-Jun-1992	29-Jun-1998	1
O. Rajagopal		BJP	30-Jun-1992	29-Jun-1998	1
Jagannath Singh		BJP	30-Jun-1992	29-Jun-1998	1
Ajit Jogi		INC	30-Jun-1992	03-Mar-1998	2	elected to Raigarh Lok Sabha
Raghavji		BJP	12-Aug-1991	29-Jun-1992	1	bye - resignation of Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Shivprasad Chanpuria		BJP	10-Apr-1990	09-Apr-1996	1
Kailash Sarang		BJP	10-Apr-1990	09-Apr-1996	1
Lakhiram Agrawal		BJP	10-Apr-1990	09-Apr-1996	1
Sikander Bakht		BJP	10-Apr-1990	09-Apr-1996	1
Suresh Pachouri		INC	10-Apr-1990	09-Apr-1996	2
Jinendra Kumar Jain		BJP	23-Mar-1990	02-Apr-1994	1	bye - resignation of Lal Krishna Advani
Ghufran Azam		INC	16-Jun-1989	02-Apr-1994	1	bye - resignation of Motilal Vora
Motilal Vora		INC	03-Apr-1988	08-Mar-1989	1	elected to Durg Lok Sabha
Hans Raj Bhardwaj		INC	03-Apr-1988	02-Apr-1994	2
Ratan Kumari		INC	03-Apr-1988	02-Apr-1994	3
Veena Verma		INC	03-Apr-1988	02-Apr-1994	2
Radhakishan Malviya		INC	03-Apr-1988	02-Apr-1994	2
Lal Krishna Advani		BJP	03-Apr-1988	27-Nov-1989	2	elected to New Delhi Lok Sabha
Satish Sharma		INC	30-Jun-1986	18-Nov-1991	1	elected to Amethi Lok Sabha
Surendra Singh Thakur		INC	30-Jun-1986	29-Jun-1992	1
Ajit Jogi		INC	30-Jun-1986	29-Jun-1992	1
Sayeeda Khatun		INC	30-Jun-1986	29-Jun-1992	1
Atal Bihari Vajpayee		BJP	30-Jun-1986	17-Jun-1991	1	elected to Lucknow Lok Sabha
Veena Verma		INC	26-Jun-1986	02-Apr-1988	1	bye - death of Shrikant Verma
Chandrika Prasad Tripathi		INC	10-Apr-1984	09-Apr-1990	1
Suresh Pachouri		INC	10-Apr-1984	09-Apr-1990	1
Jagatpal Singh Thakur		INC	10-Apr-1984	09-Apr-1990	1
Manhar Bhagatram		INC	10-Apr-1984	09-Apr-1990	2
Vijaya Raje Scindia		BJP	10-Apr-1984	27-Nov-1989	2	elected to Guna Lok Sabha
Hans Raj Bhardwaj		INC	03-Apr-1982	02-Apr-1988	1
Keshav Prasad Shukla		INC	03-Apr-1982	02-Apr-1988	1
Shrikant Verma		INC	03-Apr-1982	25-May-1986	2	expired
Ratan Kumari		INC	03-Apr-1982	02-Apr-1988	2
Radhakishan Malviya		INC	03-Apr-1982	02-Apr-1988	1
Lal Krishna Advani		BJP	03-Apr-1982	02-Apr-1988	1
Nand Kishore Bhatt		INC	30-Jun-1980	29-Jun-1986	3
Praveen Kumar Prajapati		INC	30-Jun-1980	29-Jun-1986	1
Maimoona Sultan		INC	30-Jun-1980	29-Jun-1986	2
Pyarelal Khandelwal		BJP	30-Jun-1980	29-Jun-1986	1
J. K. Jain		BJP	30-Jun-1980	29-Jun-1986	1
Rajendra Singh Ishwar Singh		INC	30-Jun-1980	02-Apr-1982	1	bye - resignation of Prakash Chandra Sethi
Bhai Mahavir		JP	10-Apr-1978	09-Apr-1984	1
Vijaya Raje Scindia		JP	10-Apr-1978	09-Apr-1984	1
Baleshwar Dayal		JP	10-Apr-1978	09-Apr-1984	2
Ladli Mohan Nigam		JP	10-Apr-1978	09-Apr-1984	1
Manhar Bhagatram		INC	10-Apr-1978	09-Apr-1984	1
Jamuna Devi		JP	10-Apr-1978	02-Apr-1980	1	bye - resignation of Bhairon Singh Shekhawat
Baleshwar Dayal		JP	14-Jul-1977	09-Apr-1978	1	bye - resignation of Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha
Sawai Singh Sisodiya		INC	03-Apr-1976	02-Apr-1982	3
Prakash Chandra Sethi		INC	03-Apr-1976	07-Jan-1980	3	elected to Indore Lok Sabha
Gurudev Gupta		INC	03-Apr-1976	02-Apr-1982	2
Balram Das		INC	03-Apr-1976	02-Apr-1982	2
Ratan Kumari		INC	03-Apr-1976	02-Apr-1982	1
Shrikant Verma		INC	03-Apr-1976	02-Apr-1982	1
Jagdish Joshi		INC	03-Apr-1974	02-Apr-1980	1
Shyamkumari Devi		INC	03-Apr-1974	02-Apr-1980	2
Narayan Prasad Chaudhary		INC	03-Apr-1974	02-Apr-1980	2
Maimoona Sultan		INC	03-Apr-1974	02-Apr-1980	1
Bhairon Singh Shekhawat		BJS	03-Apr-1974	05-Dec-1977	1	elected to Chhabra Lok Sabha
Nand Kishore Bhatt		INC	10-Apr-1972	09-Apr-1978	2
Vidyawati Chaturvedi		INC	10-Apr-1972	09-Apr-1978	2
Shankarlal Tiwari		INC	10-Apr-1972	09-Apr-1978	1
Mahendra Bahadur Singh		INC	10-Apr-1972	09-Apr-1978	1
Virendra Kumar Sakhlecha		BJS	10-Apr-1972	26-Jun-1977	1	elected to Jawad Assembly
Balram Das		INC	03-Apr-1970	02-Apr-1976	1
Chakrapani Shukla		INC	03-Apr-1970	02-Apr-1976	2
Sawai Singh Sisodiya		INC	03-Apr-1970	02-Apr-1976	2
Bhawani Prasad Tiwari		INC	03-Apr-1970	02-Apr-1976	2
Sambhaji Angre		BJS	03-Apr-1970	02-Apr-1976	2
Vijay Bhusan Deosharan		BJS	03-Apr-1970	02-Apr-1976	1
Sawai Singh Sisodiya		INC	28-Apr-1969	02-Apr-1970	1	bye - death of K. C. Baghel
D. K. Jadhav		INC	25-Mar-1969	02-Apr-1970	1	bye - death of Niranjan Singh
Syed Ahmad		INC	03-Apr-1968	02-Apr-1974	2
Narayan Prasad Chaudhary		INC	03-Apr-1968	02-Apr-1974	1
Shyamkumari Devi		INC	03-Apr-1968	02-Apr-1974	1
Ram Sahai		INC	03-Apr-1968	02-Apr-1974	1
Narayan Shejwalkar		BJS	03-Apr-1968	02-Apr-1974	1
Shiv Dutt Upadhyaya		INC	31-Mar-1967	02-Apr-1970	1	bye - resignation of Prakash Chandra Sethi
Chakrapani Shukla		INC	08-Feb-1966	02-Apr-1970	1	bye - death of Giriraj Kishore Kapoor
Nand Kishore Bhatt		INC	03-Apr-1966	02-Apr-1972	1
Vidyawati Chaturvedi		INC	03-Apr-1966	02-Apr-1972	1
Shankar Pratap Singh		INC	03-Apr-1966	02-Apr-1972	1
A. D. Mani		Ind	03-Apr-1966	02-Apr-1972	2
Niranjan Varma		BJS	03-Apr-1966	02-Apr-1972	1
Bhawani Prasad Tiwari		INC	03-Apr-1964	02-Apr-1970	1
Prakash Chandra Sethi		INC	03-Apr-1964	20-Feb-1967	2	elected to Indore Lok Sabha
Dayaldas Kurre		INC	03-Apr-1964	02-Apr-1970	2
Niranjan Singh		INC	03-Apr-1964	17-Oct-1968	2	expired
Giriraj Kishore Kapoor		Oth	03-Apr-1964	29-Aug-1965	1	expired
K. C. Baghel		Ind	03-Apr-1964	22-Feb-1969	1	expired
Ram Sahai		INC	03-Apr-1962	02-Apr-1968	2
Rameshchandra Khandekar		INC	03-Apr-1962	02-Apr-1968	1
Mahant Laxmi Narayan Das		INC	03-Apr-1962	02-Apr-1968	1
Syed Ahmad		INC	03-Apr-1962	02-Apr-1968	1
Vimal Kumar Chordia		BJS	03-Apr-1962	02-Apr-1968	1
Prakash Chandra Sethi		INC	02-Feb-1961	02-Apr-1964	1	bye - disqualification of Kesho Prasad Verma
A. D. Mani		Ind	22-Dec-1960	02-Apr-1966	1	bye - death of Trimbak Damodar Pustake
Gurudev Gupta		INC	03-Apr-1960	02-Apr-1966	1
Thakur Bhannu Pratap Singh		INC	03-Apr-1960	02-Apr-1966	3
Ratanlal Kishorilal Malviya		INC	03-Apr-1960	02-Apr-1966	2
Gopikrishna Vijayavargiya		INC	03-Apr-1960	02-Apr-1966	2
Kesho Prasad Verma		Oth	03-Apr-1960	02-Apr-1966	1	disqualified
Dayaldas Kurre		INC	03-Apr-1958	02-Apr-1964	1
Seeta Parmanand		INC	03-Apr-1958	02-Apr-1964	2
Trimbak Damodar Pustake		INC	03-Apr-1958	11-Aug-1960	2	expired
Vishnu Vinayak Sarwate		INC	03-Apr-1958	02-Apr-1964	2
Niranjan Singh		INC	03-Apr-1958	02-Apr-1964	1

Before the formation of Madhya Pradesh state in 1956

Madhya Bharat

Name	Party		Term start	Term end	Term	Notes
Gopikrishna Vijayavargiya		INC	03-Apr-1954	02-Apr-1960	1
Raghubir Sinh		INC	03-Apr-1954	02-Apr-1960	2
Trimbak Damodar Pustake		INC	03-Apr-1952	02-Apr-1958	1
Vishnu Vinayak Sarwate		INC	03-Apr-1952	02-Apr-1958	1
Krishna Kant Vyas		INC	03-Apr-1952	02-Apr-1956	1
Kanhaiyalal Vaidya		INC	03-Apr-1952	02-Apr-1956	1
Raghubir Sinh		INC	03-Apr-1952	02-Apr-1954	1
Sambhaji Angre		HMS	03-Apr-1952	02-Apr-1954	1

Bhopal State

Name	Party		Term start	Term end	Term	Notes
Bheron Prasad		INC	03-Apr-1952	02-Apr-1958	1

Vindhya Pradesh

Name	Party		Term start	Term end	Term	Notes
Krishna Kumari		INC	03-Apr-1954	02-Apr-1960	1
Gulsher Ahmed		INC	03-Apr-1952	02-Apr-1956	1
Baij Nath Dube		Socialist	03-Apr-1952	02-Apr-1954	1

References

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External links

• Rajya Sabha homepage hosted by the Indian government
• List of Sitting Members of Rajya Sabha (Term Wise)
• MEMBERS OF RAJYA SABHA (STATE WISE RETIREMENT LIST)