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.

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
1 Kavita Patidar Bharatiya Janata Party 30-Jun-2022 29-Jun-2028
2 Sumitra Valmiki Bharatiya Janata Party 30-Jun-2022 29-Jun-2028
3 Jyotiraditya Scindia Bharatiya Janata Party 22-Jun-2020 21-Jun-2026
4 Sumer Singh Solanki Bharatiya Janata Party 22-Jun-2020 21-Jun-2026
5 Kailash Soni Bharatiya Janata Party 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024
6 Ajay Pratap Singh Bharatiya Janata Party 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024
7 L. Murugan Bharatiya Janata Party 04-Oct-2021 02-Apr-2024
8 Dharmendra Pradhan Bharatiya Janata Party 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024
9 Vivek Tankha Indian National Congress 30-Jun-2022 29-Jun-2028
10 Digvijaya Singh Indian National Congress 22-Jun-2020 21-Jun-2026
11 Rajmani Patel Indian National Congress 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024

List of all Rajya Sabha Members from Madhya Pradesh State

List by Last Name

The list is Incomplete.

  • Star (*) Represents current Rajya Sabha members from MP State.
Name Party Term start Term end Term Notes
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
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 02-Apr-2024 2 appointed as Governor of Karnataka on 7-Jul-2021
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
Anil Madhav Dave BJP 30-Jun-2016 29-Jun-2022 3 expired on 18-May-2017
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
Meghraj Jain BJP 15-Sep-2014 02-Apr-2018 2 bye - resignation of Kaptan Singh Solanki
Prakash Javadekar BJP 13-Jun-2014 02-Apr-2018 1 bye - resignation of Faggan Singh Kulaste
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 02-Apr-2018 2 appointed as Governor of Haryana on 27-Jul-2014
Thawar Chand Gehlot BJP 03-Apr-2012 02-Apr-2018 1
Faggan Singh Kulaste BJP 03-Apr-2012 02-Apr-2018 1 elected to Mandla on 16-May-2014
Najma Heptulla BJP 03-Apr-2012 02-Apr-2018 1 appointed as Governor of Manipur on 17-Aug-2016
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
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 09-Apr-2014 2 elected to Gwalior East on 8-Dec-2013
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 02-Apr-2012 1 elected to Vidisha on 16-May-2009
Arjun Singh INC 03-Apr-2006 02-Apr-2012 2 expired on 04-Mar-2011
Laxminarayan Sharma BJP 30-Jun-2004 29-Jun-2010 1 expired on 17-Oct-2008
Pyarelal Khandelwal BJP 30-Jun-2004 29-Jun-2010 2 expired on 06-Oct-2009
Su. Thirunavukkarasar BJP 30-Jun-2004 29-Jun-2010 1 resigned on 5-Jul-2009
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 02-Apr-2006 1 elected to Bhopal on 13-May-2004
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 29-Jun-1998 2 elected to Raigarh on 3-Mar-1998
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 02-Apr-1994 1 elected to Durg on 08-Mar-1989
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 02-Apr-1994 2 elected to New Delhi on 27-Nov-1989
Satish Sharma INC 30-Jun-1986 29-Jun-1992 1 elected to Amethi on 18-Nov-1991
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 29-Jun-1992 1 elected to Lucknow on 17-Jun-1991
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 09-Apr-1990 2 elected to Guna on 27-Nov-1989
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 02-Apr-1988 2 expired on 25-May-1986
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 02-Apr-1982 3 elected to Indore on 7-Jan-1980
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 02-Apr-1980 1 elected to Chhabra on 5-Dec-1977
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 09-Apr-1978 1 elected to Jawad on 26-Jun-1977
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 02-Apr-1970 2 elected to Indore on 20-Feb-1967
Dayaldas Kurre INC 03-Apr-1964 02-Apr-1970 2
Niranjan Singh INC 03-Apr-1964 02-Apr-1970 2 expired on 17-Oct-1968
Giriraj Kishore Kapoor OTH 03-Apr-1964 02-Apr-1970 1 expired on 29-Aug-1965
K. C. Baghel IND 03-Apr-1964 02-Apr-1970 1 expired on 22-Feb-1969
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 02-Apr-1964 2 expired on 11-Aug-1960
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 Pradesh

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 SOC 03-Apr-1952 02-Apr-1954 1