List of Rajya Sabha members from Odisha
The Rajya Sabha or Council of States, is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Odisha elects 10 seats and they are indirectly elected by the state legislators of Odisha. The number of seats allocated to the party, are determined by the number of seats a party possesses during nomination and the party nominates a member to be voted on. Elections within the state legislatures are held using Single transferable vote with proportional representation.
Current members
| # | Name[1] | Party | Term start | Term end | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Subhashish Khuntia | BJD | 04-Apr-2024 | 03-Apr-2030 | |
| 2 | Debashish Samantaray | BJD | 04-Apr-2024 | 03-Apr-2030 | |
| 3 | Sasmit Patra | BJD | 02-Jul-2022 | 01-Jul-2028 | |
| 4 | Sulata Deo | BJD | 02-Jul-2022 | 01-Jul-2028 | |
| 5 | Manas Mangaraj | BJD | 02-Jul-2022 | 01-Jul-2028 | |
| 6 | Dilip Ray
BJPstyle="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #F8F9FA;" data-sort-value="Bharatiya Janata party" | |
Bharatiya Janata party | 07-Jun-2022 | 02-Apr-2026 | |
| 7 | Manmohan Samal | BJP | 03-Apr-2020 | 02-Apr-2026 | |
| 8 | Sujeet Kumar | BJP | 13-Dec-2024 | 02-Apr-2026 | |
| 9 | Mamata Mohanta | BJP | 28-Aug-2024 | 02-Apr-2026 | |
| 10 | Ashwini Vaishnaw | BJP | 04-Apr-2024 | 03-Apr-2030 | |
Chronological list of all members from Odisha
represents current members
| Name | Party | Term start | Term end | Term | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sujeet Kumar | BJP | 13-Dec-2024 | 02-Apr-2026 | 2 | defected from BJD[2] | |
| Mamata Mohanta | BJP | 28-Aug-2024 | 02-Apr-2026 | 2 | defected from BJD[3] | |
| Subhashish Khuntia | BJD | 04-Apr-2024 | 03-Apr-2030 | 1 | [4] | |
| Debashish Samantaray | BJD | 04-Apr-2024 | 03-Apr-2030 | 1 | ||
| Ashwini Vaishnaw | BJP | 04-Apr-2024 | 03-Apr-2030 | 2 | ||
| Sasmit Patra | BJD | 02-Jul-2022 | 01-Jul-2028 | 2 | [5] | |
| Sulata Deo | BJD | 02-Jul-2022 | 01-Jul-2028 | 1 | ||
| Manas Mangaraj | BJD | 02-Jul-2022 | 01-Jul-2028 | 1 | ||
| Niranjan Bishi | BJD | 07-Jun-2022 | 02-Apr-2026 | 1 | bye - resignation of Subhash Chandra Singh | |
| Sujeet Kumar | BJD | 03-Apr-2020 | 06-Sep-2024 | 1 | defected to BJP[6] | |
| Mamata Mohanta | BJD | 03-Apr-2020 | 31-Jul-2024 | 1 | defected to BJP[7] | |
| Munna Khan | BJD | 03-Apr-2020 | 02-Apr-2026 | 1 | ||
| Subhash Chandra Singh | BJD | 03-Apr-2020 | 21-Apr-2022 | 1 | resigned[8] | |
| Sasmit Patra | BJD | 29-Jun-2019 | 01-Jul-2022 | 1 | bye - resignation of Pratap Keshari Deb[9] | |
| Amar Patnaik | BJD | 29-Jun-2019 | 03-Apr-2024 | 1 | bye - resignation of Soumya Ranjan Patnaik | |
| Ashwini Vaishnaw | BJP | 29-Jun-2019 | 03-Apr-2024 | 1 | bye - resignation of Achyuta Samanta | |
| Prashanta Nanda | BJD | 04-Apr-2018 | 03-Apr-2024 | 1 | [10] | |
| Achyuta Samanta | BJD | 04-Apr-2018 | 24-May-2019 | 1 | elected to Kandhamal Lok Sabha | |
| Soumya Ranjan Patnaik | BJD | 04-Apr-2018 | 09-Jun-2019 | 1 | elected to Khandapada Assembly | |
| Pratap Keshari Deb | BJD | 19-May-2017 | 09-Jun-2019 | 1 | elected to Aul Assembly
bye - resignation of Bishnu Charan Das[11] | |
| N. Bhaskar Rao | BJD | 02-Jul-2016 | 01-Jul-2022 | 1 | ||
| Prasanna Acharya | BJD | 02-Jul-2016 | 01-Jul-2022 | 1 | ||
| Bishnu Charan Das | BJD | 02-Jul-2016 | 21-Mar-2017 | 1 | resigned[12] | |
| Narendra Kumar Swain | BJD | 07-Dec-2015 | 02-Apr-2020 | 1 | bye - death of Kalpataru Das[13] | |
| Ananga Udaya Singh Deo | BJD | 26-Jun-2014 | 03-Apr-2018 | 2 | bye - resignation of Rabinarayan Mohapatra[14] | |
| Bhupinder Singh | BJD | 26-Jun-2014 | 01-Jul-2016 | 1 | bye - resignation of Shashi Bhusan Behera[14] | |
| Anubhav Mohanty | BJD | 13-Jun-2014 | 24-May-2019 | 1 | elected to Kendrapara Lok Sabha | |
| Sarojini Hembram | BJD | 03-Apr-2014 | 02-Apr-2020 | 1 | ||
| Ananga Udaya Singh Deo | BJD | 03-Apr-2014 | 17-Apr-2014 | 1 | ||
| Kalpataru Das | BJD | 03-Apr-2014 | 25-Jul-2015 | 1 | death[15] | |
| Ranjib Biswal | INC | 03-Apr-2014 | 02-Apr-2020 | 1 | ||
| Dilip Tirkey | BJD | 04-Apr-2012 | 03-Apr-2018 | 1 | ||
| Rabinarayan Mohapatra | BJD | 04-Apr-2012 | 30-May-2014 | 1 | elected to Ranpur Assembly | |
| A. V. Swamy | Ind | 04-Apr-2012 | 03-Apr-2018 | 1 | ||
| Baishnab Charan Parida | BJD | 02-Jul-2010 | 01-Jul-2016 | 1 | ||
| Shashi Bhusan Behera | BJD | 02-Jul-2010 | 28-May-2014 | 1 | elected to Jayadev Assembly | |
| Pyarimohan Mohapatra | Ind | 02-Jul-2010 | 01-Jul-2016 | 2 | ||
| Kishore Kumar Mohanty | BJD | 06-Aug-2009 | 03-Apr-2012 | 1 | bye - resignation of Baijayant Panda | |
| Renubala Pradhan | BJD | 03-Apr-2008 | 02-Apr-2014 | 1 | ||
| Mangala Kisan | BJD | 03-Apr-2008 | 02-Apr-2014 | 1 | ||
| Balbir Punj | BJP | 03-Apr-2008 | 02-Apr-2014 | 1 | ||
| Ramachandra Khuntia | INC | 03-Apr-2008 | 02-Apr-2014 | 2 | ||
| Baijayant Panda | BJD | 04-Apr-2006 | 16-May-2009 | 2 | elected to Kendrapara Lok Sabha | |
| Rudra Narayan Pany | BJP | 04-Apr-2006 | 03-Apr-2012 | 2 | ||
| Sushila Tiriya | INC | 04-Apr-2006 | 03-Apr-2012 | 2 | ||
| Bhagirathi Majhi | BJP | 24-Mar-2006 | 01-Jul-2010 | 1 | bye - disqulaification of Chhatrapal Singh Lodha | |
| Pyarimohan Mohapatra | BJD | 02-Jul-2004 | 01-Jul-2010 | 1 | ||
| Chhatrapal Singh Lodha | BJP | 02-Jul-2004 | 23-Dec-2005 | 1 | disqualified | |
| Radhakant Nayak | INC | 02-Jul-2004 | 01-Jul-2010 | 1 | ||
| Rudra Narayan Pany | BJP | 24-Jun-2004 | 03-Apr-2006 | 1 | bye - resignation of Manmohan Samal | |
| Pramila Bohidar | BJD | 03-Apr-2002 | 02-Apr-2008 | 1 | ||
| Sushree Devi | BJD | 03-Apr-2002 | 02-Apr-2008 | 1 | ||
| Surendra Lath | BJP | 03-Apr-2002 | 02-Apr-2008 | 1 | ||
| Dilip Ray | Ind | 03-Apr-2002 | 02-Apr-2008 | 2 | ||
| Birabhadra Singh | BJD | 04-Apr-2000 | 03-Apr-2006 | 1 | ||
| Baijayant Panda | BJD | 04-Apr-2000 | 03-Apr-2006 | 1 | ||
| Manmohan Samal | BJP | 04-Apr-2000 | 23-May-2004 | 1 | elected to Dhamnagar Assembly | |
| Ranganath Misra | INC | 02-Jul-1998 | 01-Jul-2004 | 1 | ||
| M. N. Das | INC | 02-Jul-1998 | 01-Jul-2004 | 1 | ||
| Ramachandra Khuntia | INC | 02-Jul-1998 | 01-Jul-2004 | 1 | ||
| Frida Topno | INC | 07-Apr-1998 | 02-Apr-2002 | 1 | bye - resignation of Jayanti Patnaik | |
| Ananta Sethi | INC | 03-Apr-1996 | 02-Apr-2002 | 1 | ||
| Maurice Kujur | INC | 03-Apr-1996 | 02-Apr-2002 | 1 | ||
| Jayanti Patnaik | INC | 03-Apr-1996 | 03-Mar-1998 | 1 | elected to Berhampur Lok Sabha | |
| Dilip Ray | JD | 03-Apr-1996 | 02-Apr-2002 | 1 | ||
| Rahasbihari Barik | JD | 03-Apr-1994 | 02-Apr-2000 | 1 | ||
| Sanatan Bisi | JD | 03-Apr-1994 | 02-Apr-2000 | 1 | ||
| Bhagaban Majhi | JD | 03-Apr-1994 | 02-Apr-2000 | 1 | ||
| Ila Panda | JD | 02-Jul-1992 | 01-Jul-1998 | 1 | ||
| Narendra Pradhan | JD | 02-Jul-1992 | 01-Jul-1998 | 1 | ||
| S. R. Bommai | JD | 02-Jul-1992 | 02-Apr-1998 | 1 | elected to Rajya Sabha from Karnataka | |
| Basant Kumar Das | JD | 03-Apr-1990 | 02-Apr-1996 | 1 | ||
| Mira Das | JD | 03-Apr-1990 | 02-Apr-1996 | 1 | ||
| Sarada Mohanty | JD | 03-Apr-1990 | 02-Apr-1996 | 1 | ||
| Pravat Kumar Samantaray | JD | 03-Apr-1990 | 02-Apr-1996 | 1 | ||
| Baikunatha Nath Sahu | INC | 07-Oct-1988 | 02-Apr-1990 | 1 | bye - death of K. Vasudeva Panicker | |
| Kanhu Charan Lenka | INC | 03-Apr-1988 | 02-Apr-1994 | 1 | ||
| Manmohan Mathur | INC | 03-Apr-1988 | 02-Apr-1994 | 1 | ||
| Santosh Kumar Sahu | INC | 03-Apr-1988 | 02-Apr-1994 | 3 | ||
| Jagadish Jani | INC | 02-Jul-1986 | 01-Jul-1992 | 2 | ||
| Basudeb Mohapatra | INC | 02-Jul-1986 | 28-Oct-1990 | 1 | death | |
| Sushila Tiriya | INC | 02-Jul-1986 | 01-Jul-1992 | 1 | ||
| Ganeshwar Kusum | INC | 03-Apr-1984 | 02-Apr-1990 | 1 | ||
| Subas Mohanty | INC | 03-Apr-1984 | 02-Apr-1990 | 1 | ||
| K. Vasudeva Panicker | INC | 03-Apr-1984 | 03-May-1988 | 1 | death | |
| Sunil Kumar Pattnaik | INC | 03-Apr-1984 | 02-Apr-1990 | 1 | ||
| Banamali Babu | INC | 03-Apr-1982 | 02-Apr-1988 | 1 | ||
| Santosh Kumar Sahu | INC | 03-Apr-1982 | 02-Apr-1988 | 2 | ||
| Gaya Chand Bhuyan | JP | 03-Apr-1982 | 02-Apr-1988 | 1 | ||
| Akshay Panda | INC | 02-Jul-1980 | 01-Jul-1986 | 1 | ||
| Jagadish Jani | INC | 02-Jul-1980 | 01-Jul-1986 | 1 | ||
| Shyam Sundar Mohapatra | Ind | 02-Jul-1980 | 01-Jul-1986 | 1 | ||
| Dhaneswar Majhi | JP | 03-Apr-1978 | 02-Apr-1984 | 1 | ||
| Harekrushna Mallick | JP | 03-Apr-1978 | 02-Apr-1984 | 1 | ||
| Bhabani Charan Pattanayak | JP | 03-Apr-1978 | 02-Apr-1984 | 3 | ||
| Surendra Mohanty | INC | 03-Apr-1978 | 02-Apr-1984 | 2 | ||
| Patitpaban Pradhan | JP | 13-Jul-1977 | 02-Apr-1982 | 1 | bye - resignation of Nilamani Routray | |
| Narasingha Prasad Nanda | INC | 03-Apr-1976 | 02-Apr-1982 | 1 | ||
| Santosh Kumar Sahu | INC | 03-Apr-1976 | 02-Apr-1982 | 1 | ||
| Nilamani Routray | JP | 03-Apr-1976 | 26-Jun-1977 | 1 | ||
| Bhairab Chandra Mahanti | INC | 03-Apr-1974 | 02-Apr-1980 | 1 | ||
| Rabi Ray | UC | 03-Apr-1974 | 02-Apr-1980 | 1 | ||
| Lakshmana Mahapatro | CPI | 03-Apr-1974 | 02-Apr-1980 | 1 | ||
| Debananda Amat | INC | 06-Mar-1973 | 02-Apr-1974 | 1 | bye - resignation of Nandini Satpathy | |
| Chaitanya Prasad Majhi | INC | 03-Apr-1972 | 02-Apr-1978 | 1 | ||
| Saraswati Pradhan | INC | 03-Apr-1972 | 02-Apr-1978 | 1 | ||
| Brahmananda Panda | INC | 03-Apr-1972 | 02-Apr-1978 | 2 | ||
| Lokanath Misra | SWA | 03-Apr-1972 | 02-Apr-1978 | 3 | ||
| Kamakhya Prasad Singh Deo | SWA | 28-Jan-1972 | 02-Apr-1976 | 1 | bye - resignation of Surajmal Saha | |
| Biju Patnaik | UC | 13-May-1971 | 06-Oct-1971 | 1 | bye - resignation of Banka Behary Das | |
| Bira Kesari Deo | SWA | 03-Apr-1970 | 02-Apr-1976 | 2 | ||
| Surajmal Saha | SWA | 03-Apr-1970 | 13-Sep-1971 | 1 | death | |
| Binoy Kumar Mahanti | INC | 03-Apr-1970 | 02-Apr-1976 | 2 | ||
| Krishna Chandra Panda | SWA | 03-Apr-1968 | 02-Apr-1974 | 1 | ||
| Sundarmani Patel | SWA | 03-Apr-1968 | 02-Apr-1974 | 2 | ||
| Nandini Satpathy | INC | 03-Apr-1968 | 29-Nov-1972 | 2 | resigned | |
| Brahmananda Panda | INC | 30-Nov-1967 | 02-Apr-1972 | 1 | bye - resignation of Haneef Mahammed | |
| Bira Kesari Deo | SWA | 19-Apr-1967 | 02-Apr-1970 | 1 | bye - death of Shankar Pratap Singh Deb | |
| Bhabani Charan Pattanayak | INC | 03-Apr-1966 | 02-Apr-1972 | 2 | ||
| Haneef Mahammed | INC | 03-Apr-1966 | 06-Oct-1967 | 1 | ||
| Lokanath Misra | SWA | 03-Apr-1966 | 02-Apr-1972 | 2 | ||
| Banka Behary Das | PSP | 03-Apr-1966 | 04-Apr-1971 | 1 | elected to Dharmasala Assembly | |
| Narayan Patra | INC | 03-Apr-1964 | 02-Apr-1970 | 1 | ||
| Binoy Kumar Mahanti | INC | 03-Apr-1964 | 02-Apr-1970 | 1 | ||
| Shankar Pratap Singh Deb | SWA | 03-Apr-1964 | 03-Aug-1965 | 1 | death | |
| Satyanand Mishra | INC | 07-Apr-1962 | 02-Apr-1964 | 1 | bye - resignation of Bibudhendra Mishra | |
| Nandini Satpathy | INC | 03-Apr-1962 | 02-Apr-1968 | 1 | ||
| Manmathnath Misra | INC | 03-Apr-1962 | 02-Apr-1968 | 1 | ||
| Sundarmani Patel | SWA | 03-Apr-1962 | 02-Apr-1968 | 1 | ||
| Bhabani Charan Pattanayak | INC | 29-Aug-1961 | 02-Apr-1966 | 1 | bye - resignation of Bishwanath Das | |
| Dhananjoy Mohanty | INC | 22-Aug-1961 | 02-Apr-1964 | 1 | bye - resignation of Harihar Patel | |
| Nanda Kishore Das | INC | 03-Apr-1960 | 02-Apr-1966 | 1 | ||
| Bishwanath Das | INC | 03-Apr-1960 | 22-Jun-1961 | 2 | elected to Kodala West Assembly | |
| Lokanath Misra | SWA | 03-Apr-1960 | 02-Apr-1966 | 1 | ||
| Bairagi Dwibedy | SWA | 03-Apr-1960 | 02-Apr-1966 | 1 | ||
| Ghasiram Sandil | INC | 05-May-1959 | 02-Apr-1960 | 1 | bye - death of Prafulla Chandra Bhanj Deo | |
| Bibudhendra Mishra | INC | 03-Apr-1958 | 27-Feb-1962 | 1 | elected to Puri Lok Sabha | |
| Harihar Patel | GP | 03-Apr-1958 | 28-Jun-1961 | 1 | elected to Sundargarh Assembly | |
| Dibakar Patnaik | PSP | 03-Apr-1958 | 02-Apr-1964 | 1 | ||
| Lingaraj Misra | INC | 27-Apr-1957 | 19-Dec-1957 | 1 | death
bye - resignation of Surendra Mohanty | |
| Bhubanananda Das | INC | 27-Apr-1957 | 02-Apr-1958 | 1 | bye - resignation of Radhakrishna Biswasroy | |
| Govind Chandra Misra | INC | 06-Dec-1956 | 02-Apr-1960 | 1 | ||
| Bhagirathi Mahapatra | INC | 03-Apr-1956 | 02-Apr-1962 | 1 | ||
| Maheshwar Naik | INC | 03-Apr-1956 | 27-Feb-1962 | 1 | elected to Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha | |
| Abhimanyu Rath | GP | 03-Apr-1956 | 02-Apr-1962 | 1 | ||
| Swapnananda Panigrahi | INC | 03-Apr-1954 | 02-Apr-1960 | 1 | ||
| Bishwanath Das | INC | 03-Apr-1954 | 02-Apr-1960 | 1 | ||
| Prafulla Chandra Bhanj Deo | GP | 03-Apr-1954 | 05-Mar-1959 | 2 | death | |
| Bodhram Dubey | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1958 | 1 | ||
| Radhakrishna Biswasroy | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 01-Apr-1957 | 1 | elected to Umerkote Assembly | |
| Surendra Mohanty | GP | 03-Apr-1952 | 23-Mar-1957 | 1 | elected to Dhenkanal Lok Sabha | |
| Jagannath Das | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1956 | 1 | ||
| Sunder Mohan Hemrom | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1956 | 1 | ||
| Surendranath Dwivedy | SP | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1956 | 1 | ||
| Sailabala Das | INC | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1954 | 1 | ||
| Prafulla Chandra Bhanj Deo | GP | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1954 | 1 | ||
| Baidyanath Rath | CPI | 03-Apr-1952 | 02-Apr-1954 | 1 | ||
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