2016 Rajya Sabha elections

2016 Rajya Sabha elections

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70 seats to the Rajya Sabha
First party Second party   Leader Ghulam Nabi Azad Arun Jaitley Party INC BJP Alliance UPA NDA Leader since June 8, 2014 June 3, 2009 Leader's seat Jammu and Kashmir Gujarat Seats before 66 48 Seats won 60 (including incumbents) 55 (including incumbents) Seat change 6 7

The 2016 Rajya Sabha elections were held as part of a routine six-year cycle among certain of the State Legislatures in India on March 14 and June 11, 2016, to elect 13 and 57 of its 245 members, of which the states through their legislators elect 233, and the remaining 12 are appointed by the President.^[1][2] Being even-numbered, 2016 was a year in which about 30% of the State Legislature-elected 233-seat component of the body is elected.

There were also two by-elections, which are held if the incumbent resigns, dies, or is otherwise disqualified from serving.