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PARLIAMENT OF INDIA

RAJYA SABHA

Maximum Strength – 250.
{Out of these, President nominates 12 amongst persons having special knowledge or practical experience in the fields of literature, science, art and social service}.
Presently, the Parliament, by law, has provided for 233 seats for the States and the Union Territories. The total membership of Rajya Sabha is thus 245.
All the States and the Union Territories of Delhi and Puducherry are represented in the Rajya Sabha.
Representatives of the State are elected by members of State legislative assemblies on the basis of proportion representation through a single transferable vote.
{States are represented on the basis of their population}.
There are no seats reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in Rajya Sabha.
The candidate must be:
(a) Citizen of India.
(b) 30 yrs of age.
(c) Be a parliamentary elector in the State in which he is seeking election.
(d) Others as prescribed by parliament from time – to- time.
The Rajya Sabha MPs are elected for a term of 6 years, as 1/3^rd members retire every 2 years.
Vice-President is the ex-officio Chairman of Rajya Sabha. He presides over the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha as long as he does not act as the President of India during a vacancy in the office of the President of India.
Also a deputy Chairman is elected from its members.
In Rajya Sabha any bill can originate, apart from money bill (including budget).

Rajya Sabha

REPRESENTATION OF STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES

Sr. No.	State/UTs	Lok Sabha	Rajya Sabha	State/UTs	Lok Sabha	Rajya Sabha
1	Andhra Pradesh	25	11	Nagaland	1	1
2	Arunachal Pradesh	2	1	Odisha	21	10
3	Assam	14	7	Punjab	13	7
4	Bihar	40	16	Rajasthan	25	10
5	Jharkhand	14	6	Sikkim	1	1
6	Goa	2	1	Tamil Nadu	39	18
7	Gujarat	26	11	Telangana	17	7
8	Haryana	10	5	Tripura	2	1
9	Himachal Pradesh	4	3	Uttar Pradesh	80	31
10	Puducherry	1	1	Uttarakhand	5	3
11	Karnataka	28	12	West Bengal	42	16
12	Kerala	20	9	Andaman & Nicobar	1	–
13	Madhya Pradesh	29	11	Chandigarh	1	–
14	Chhattisgarh	11	5	Dadra & Nagar Haveli	1	–
15	Maharashtra	48	19	Daman & Diu	1	–
16	Manipur	2	1	Delhi	7	3
17	Meghalaya	2	1	Lakshadweep	1	–
18	Mizoram	1	1

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