How Rajya Sabha Members are Elected ? | UPSC | Drishti IAS English

Elections for 56 seats of Rajya Sabha or the Upper House of the Parliament are scheduled to take place on February 27. These seats are spread across 15 states and the last day for filing nominations were February 15. However, the process of selecting candidates to Rajya Sabha seats largely varies from the process adopted for Lok Sabha elections. Unlike the Lower House, for which the members are elected for a term of five years, the tenure for Rajya Sabha MPs is six years and the elections are held after every two years for 33 per cent of the seats. Currently, the Rajya Sabha has a strength of 245 members which represent States and Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry. Out of the total 245 members, 12 are directly nominated by the President who are veterans in the field of art, literature, sports, science etc. Based on population, each state is allocated a certain number of candidates in the Upper House. For instance, Uttar Pradesh has 31 Rajya Sabha seats while Goa has one. Members of the state legislative assemblies choose Rajya Sabha members through an indirect election system of proportional representation by means of a single transferable vote (SVT). We discussed all the aspects of how the Rajya Sabha members are elected in this video.


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