- Source: List of Rajya Sabha members from Telangana
The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Telangana elects 7 seats and they are indirectly elected by the state legislators of Telangana. 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. After the Bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh, members were allotted to Telangana state for the first time by lucky draw.
Current Members
Members Bifurcated From Andhra Pradesh
Before the bifurcation of states, the combined state of Andhra Pradesh used to represent 18 seats to Rajya Sabha. Post bifurcation, Andhra Pradesh seats were changed to 11 and Telangana has had 7 seats since then. On 30 May 2014, draw was conducted amongst the existing 18 members to select the 7 members of Telangana. In the draw, 3 members of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and 4 members of Indian National Congress (INC) were selected.
References
External links
Rajya Sabha homepage hosted by the Indian government
Nominated members list
State wise list
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- List of Rajya Sabha members from Telangana
- List of current members of the Rajya Sabha
- List of Rajya Sabha members from Andhra Pradesh
- List of Rajya Sabha members (Alphabetical)
- Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
- 2024 Rajya Sabha elections
- Member of Parliament (India)
- List of Rajya Sabha members from the Bharatiya Janata Party
- List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha
- Rajya Sabha
