Rajya Sabha elections on March 16: From Sharad Pawar to Priyanka Chaturvedi, here are the MPs whose terms end in April

Notable members whose tenures will lapse include NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar, Shiv Sena (UBT)’s Priyanka Chaturvedi, RPI (ATWL)’s Ramdas Athawale, Trinamool Congress’s Saket Gokhale, and Rashtriya Lok Morcha’s Upendra Kushwaha.

The Rajya Sabha is a permanent House and cannot be dissolved. To ensure continuity, one-third of its members retire after every second year, under Article 83(1) of the Constitution, and “biennial elections” are held to fill these vacancies. The term of a member is six years.

Out of the 245 members, 12 are nominated by the President, and 233 are representatives of the states and Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry. Vacancies arising due to resignation, death or disqualification are filled through bypolls. Those elected serve out the remainder of their predecessor’s term.

Here’s a list of the Rajya Sabha MPs whose terms will end in April:

Maharashtra: Dr. Bhagwat Kishanrao Karad, Dr. Fauzia Tahseen Ahmed Khan, Priyanka Vickram Chaturvedi, Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar, Dhairyashil Mohan Patil, Rajani Ashokrao Patil, Ramdas Bandu Athawale

Tamil Nadu: N R Elango, P Selvarasu, M Thambidurai, Tiruchi Siva, Dr Kanimozhi NVN Somu, G K Vasan

West Bengal: Saket Gokhale, Ritabrata Banerjee, Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharyya, Mausam Noor (vacant w.e.f. 05.01.2026), Subrata Bakshi

Bihar: Amarendra Dhari Singh, Prem Chand Gupta, Ramnath Thakur, Upendra Kushwaha, Haribansh Narayan Singh

Odisha: Mamata Mohanta, Muzibulla Khan, Sujeet Kumar, Niranjan Bishi

Assam: Rameswar Teli, Bhubaneswar Kalita, Ajit Kumar Bhuyan

Chhattisgarh: Kavi Tejpal Singh Tulsi, Phulo Devi Netam

Haryana: Kiran Choudhry, Ram Chander Jangra

Telangana: Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, K R Suresh Reddy

Himachal Pradesh: Indu Bala Goswami