Total Number of Rajya Sabha Seats in India (State Wise)

Indian parliament consists of Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha, and President. Rajya Sabha is the upper house of the parliament also known as ‘Council of States’. In this article, we will read “Total Number of Rajya Sabha Seats in India (State Wise)”.

Total Rajya Sabha Seats (State Wise)

Important facts

• Origin of Rajya Sabha can be traced to Montague- Chelmsford Report, 1918. It was established in 1921 for the first time.
• First Rajya Sabha was convened in 1952 in Independent India.
• Maximum Strength – 250 (238 representatives of the states and UTs and 12 members are nominated by the President from the field of Literature, Science, Art, and Social Service).
• Current Strength– 245 (233 representatives of the states and UTs and 12 members are nominated by the President)
• Maximum Seats – Uttar Pradesh (31), Maharashtra (19), Tamil Nadu (18).
• NCR, Delhi (3) and Puducherry (1) are the only two UTs which have representation in Rajya Sabha.

Name of the States/ UTs	Rajya Sabha Seats
Andhra Pradesh	11
Arunachal Pradesh	1
Assam	7
Bihar	16
Chhattisgarh	5
Goa	1
Gujarat	11
Haryana	5
Himachal Pradesh	3
Jammu and Kashmir	4
Jharkhand	6
Karnataka	12
Kerala	9
Madhya Pradesh	11
Maharashtra	19
Manipur	1
Meghalaya	1
Mizoram	1
Nagaland	1
Odisha	10
Punjab	7
Rajasthan	10
Sikkim	1
Tamil Nadu	18
Telangana	7
Tripura	1
Uttar Pradesh	31
Uttarakhand	3
West Bengal	16
Andaman and Nicobar	0
Chandigarh	0
Dadra and Nagar Haveli	0
Daman and Diu	0
NCR, Delhi	3
Lakshadweep	0
Puducherry	1

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