List of Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal

The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India. West Bengal elects 16 seats and they are indirectly elected by the state legislators of West Bengal. 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.[1]

For other uses, see Member of Parliament (India).

Current members


Keys:   TMC (13)   BJP (1)   INC (1)   CPI(M) (1)

# Name[2] Party Term Start[3] Term End[3]
1 Derek O'Brien TMC 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029
2 Sukhendu Shekhar Roy TMC 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029
3 Dola Sen TMC 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029
4 Samirul Islam TMC 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029
5 Prakash Chik Baraik TMC 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029
6 Subrata Bakshi TMC 03-Apr-2020 02-Apr-2026
7 Mausam Noor TMC 03-Apr-2020 02-Apr-2026
8 Jawhar Sircar TMC 03-Aug-2021 02-Apr-2026
9 Saket Gokhale TMC 30-Jul-2023 02-Apr-2026
10 Abir Biswas TMC 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024
11 Subhasish Chakraborty TMC 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024
12 Nadimul Haque TMC 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024
13 Santunu Sen TMC 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024
14 Ananta Maharaj BJP 19-Aug-2023 18-Aug-2029
15 Abhishek Singhvi INC 03-Apr-2018 02-Apr-2024
16 Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya CPI(M) 03-Apr-2020 02-Apr-2026

Alphabetical list of all Rajya Sabha members from West Bengal state

Alphabetical list by last name[4]

The list is incomplete.

  • Star (*) represents current Rajya Sabha members from WB State.
Name (alphabetical last name)PartyDate of appointmentDate of retirementTermNotes
Sheikh Khabir Uddin Ahmed CPI(M)03/04/200202/04/20081
Mohammed Amin CPI(M)03/04/198802/04/19941
Mohammed Amin CPI(M)17/05/200718/08/20111
Subrata Bakshi TMC03/04/202002/04/20261*
Debabrata Bandyopadhyay TMC19/08/201118/08/20171
Ritabrata Banerjee CPI(M)03/04/201402/04/20201[5]
Satyapriya Banerjee AIFB03/04/195202/04/19561
Satyapriya Banerjee AIFB03/04/195602/04/1960223/03/1957
Chitta Basu AIFB03/04/196602/04/19721
Chitta Basu AIFB02/12/198502/04/19902res 27/11/1989
Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya CPI(M)03/04/202002/04/20261*
Pradip Bhattacharya INC19/08/201118/08/20171
Pradip Bhattacharya INC19/08/201718/08/20232*
Manas Bhunia TMC19/08/201718/08/20231res 2021
Abir Biswas TMC03/04/201802/04/20241*
Charu Chandra Biswas INC03/04/195202/04/19541
Charu Chandra Biswas INC03/04/195402/04/19601
Debabrata Biswas AIFB03/04/199002/04/19961
Debabrata Biswas AIFB03/04/199602/04/20022
Debabrata Biswas AIFB03/04/200202/04/20083
Debabrata Biswas AIFB03/04/200802/04/20144Resign 23/09/2008
Srinjoy Bose TMC19/08/201118/08/20171Resign 05/02/2015
Swapan Sadhan Bose TMC19/08/200518/08/20111
Derek O Brien TMC19/08/201118/08/20171
Derek O Brien TMC19/08/201718/08/20232*
Mithun Chakraborty TMC03/04/201402/04/20201Resign 26/12/2016
Subhasish Chakraborty TMC03/04/201802/04/20241*
Prasanta Chatterjee CPI(M)03/04/200202/04/20081
Prasanta Chatterjee CPI(M)03/04/200802/04/20142
Tridib Chaudhuri RSP10/07/198710/07/19931
Tridib Chaudhuri RSP10/07/199310/07/19992Death 21/12/1997
Shanta Chhetri TMC19/08/201718/08/20231*
Jogen Chowdhury TMC03/04/201402/04/20201
Biplab Dasgupta CPI(M)03/04/198402/04/2000 [6]1
Biplab Dasgupta CPI(M)03/04/200002/04/20062Death 17/07/2005
Gurudas Dasgupta CPI12/03/198502/04/19881
Gurudas Dasgupta CPI03/04/198802/04/19942
Gurudas Dasgupta CPI03/04/199402/04/2000 [6]3
Sushmita Dev TMC27/09/202118/08/20231* bye 2021 [7]
Rajpat Singh Doogar INC03/04/195202/04/19541
Rajpat Singh Doogar INC03/04/195402/04/19602
Rajpat Singh Doogar INC03/04/196002/04/19663
Rajpat Singh Doogar INC03/04/196602/04/19724
Luizinho Faleiro TMC29/11/202102/04/20261* bye 2021[8] res 2023[9]
Arpita Ghosh TMC03/04/202002/04/20261res 2021 [10]
Debaprasad Ghosh ABJS03/04/195202/04/19541
Kunal Kumar Ghosh TMC03/04/201202/04/20181
Saket Gokhale TMC30/07/202302/04/20261bye 2023[11]
Ram Narayan Goswami CPI(M)22/10/198609/07/19871
Ram Narayan Goswami CPI(M)10/07/198709/07/19932
Ram Narayan Goswami CPI(M)19/08/199318/08/19993
Phulrenu Guha INC03/04/196402/04/19701
Bhupesh Gupta CPI03/04/195202/04/19581
Bhupesh Gupta CPI03/04/195802/04/19642
Bhupesh Gupta CPI03/04/196402/04/19703
Bhupesh Gupta CPI03/04/197002/04/19764
Bhupesh Gupta CPI03/04/197602/04/19825Death 06/08/1981
Manish Gupta TMC02/03/201702/04/20201Bye-ele. RS 2017
Vivek Gupta TMC03/04/201202/04/20181
T. S. Gurung CPI(M)03/04/198602/04/19921Death 13/01/1989
Moinul Hassan CPI(M)03/04/200602/04/20121
Md. Nadimul Haque TMC03/04/201202/04/20181
Md. Nadimul Haque TMC03/04/201802/04/20242*
Ahmed Hassan Imran TMC03/04/201402/04/20201
Brinda Karat CPI(M)19/08/200519/08/20111
Mehr Chand Khanna INC15/12/195626/02/19622RS-DL 1955-56 Ele 3-LS New Delhi
Sarla Maheshwari CPI(M)03/04/199002/04/19961
Sarla Maheshwari CPI(M)19/08/199919/08/20052
Abha Maiti INC03/04/196002/04/1966104/03/1962 Ele WB Assembly
Ashok Mitra CPI(M)19/08/199318/08/19991
Pranab Mukherjee INC10/07/196909/07/19751
Pranab Mukherjee INC19/08/199913/05/20045resigned Elected to LS
Samar Mukherjee CPI(M)29/12/198609/07/19871
Samar Mukherjee CPI(M)10/07/198709/07/19932
Barun Mukherji AIFB03/04/200602/04/20121Res 05/06/2008
Barun Mukherji AIFB01/11/200802/04/20142r of Biswas
Mausam Noor TMC03/04/202002/04/20261*
Ananda Pathak CPI(M)13/07/197702/04/19781
Ananda Pathak CPI(M)03/04/197802/04/1984209/01/1980
Saman Pathak CPI(M)03/04/200602/04/20121
Bharati Ray CPI(M)03/04/199602/04/20021
Abani Roy RSP24/03/199818/08/19991
Abani Roy RSP19/08/199918/08/20052
Abani Roy RSP19/08/200518/08/20113
Kalyan Roy CPI10-7-19699-7-19751
Kalyan Roy CPI10-7-19759-7-19812
Kalyan Roy CPI3-4-198231-1-19853Death 31-1-1985
Mukul Roy TMC03/04/200602/04/20121
Mukul Roy TMC03/04/201202/04/20182Res 11/10/2017
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy TMC19/08/201118/08/20171
Sukhendu Sekhar Roy TMC19/08/201718/08/20232*
Tarini Kanta Roy CPI(M)03/04/200202/04/20081
Tarini Kanta Roy CPI(M)03/04/200802/04/20142
Ashoke Kumar Sen JD03/04/199002/04/19961
Dola Sen TMC14/03/201518/08/20171Bye 2015
Dola Sen TMC19/08/201718/08/20232*
Santunu Sen TMC03/04/201802/04/20241*
Tapan Kumar Sen CPI(M)03/04/200602/04/20121
Tapan Kumar Sen CPI(M)03/04/201202/04/20182
Arjun Kumar Sengupta Independent19/08/200518/08/20111Death 26/09/2010
Kanwar Deep Singh TMC03/04/201402/04/20202JH 2010-14
R.C.Singh CPI25/06/200802/04/20121res of Mukherji
Abhishek Singhvi INC03/04/201802/04/20243* RJ 2006-09, 2012–18
Jawhar Sircar TMC03/08/202102/04/20261* bye 2021 [12]
Dinesh Trivedi TMC03/04/200202/04/20082GUJ 1990-96
Dinesh Trivedi TMC03/04/202002/04/20263res 2021 [13]
Sitaram Yechury CPI(M)19/08/200518/08/20111
Sitaram Yechury CPI(M)19/08/201118/08/20172

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