2025 Rajya Sabha elections

2025 Rajya Sabha elections

June - October 2025

14 of the 233 elected seats in the Rajya Sabha
123 total seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Leader J. P. Nadda Mallikarjun Kharge
Party BJP INC
Alliance NDA INDIA
Leader since 24 June 2024 16 February 2021
Seats before 96 27
Seats after 98 27
Seat change 2
Alliance seats before 119 77
Alliance seats after 121 80
Seat change 2 3

Majority before election

National Democratic Alliance

Majority after election

National Democratic Alliance

The 2025 Rajya Sabha elections were held as part of a routine six-year cycle of the upper house of the Parliament of India from 19 June to 24 October 2025 to elect 14 of its 245 members (including 2 by-elections), of which the states through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President.

The ruling National Democratic Alliance retained its majority in the house.