List of Rajya Sabha members from Tamil Nadu

The Rajya Sabha is the upper house of the Parliament of India. Tamil Nadu elects 18 seats and they are indirectly elected by the state legislators of Tamil Nadu. The number of seats, allocated to the party, are determined by the number of seats a party possesses during nomination and the party.

Summary

Current Members (2020)

Source: Parliament of India
Keys:

Alphabetical list of all Members from Tamil Nadu

Source: Indian government website

Name	Party	Date of appointment	Date of retirement	Term	Notes
M. S. Abdul Khader	AIADMK	03/04/1972	02/04/1978	1
Abdul Rahim	INC	03/04/1958	02/04/1962	1
A. K. A. Abdul Samad	ML	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	1
A. K. A. Abdul Samad	ML	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	2
S. Agniraj	DMK	30/06/1998	29/06/2004	1
Aruna Aladi @ V. Arunachalam	AIADMK	25/07/1983	24/07/1989	1
S. Peter Alphonse	INC	03/04/1996	02/04/2002	1	09/09/1997 res fr INC
S. Peter Alphonse	TMC	10/10/1997	02/04/2002	2	Bye fr TMC
Ammu Swaminathan	INC	09/11/1957	02/04/1960	1	Bye-ele 1957
T.V. Anandhan	INC	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	1
T.V. Anandhan	INC	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	2
P. Anbalagan	AIADMK	28/07/1980	02/04/1984	1	Bye-ele Swaminathan
S. Anbalagan	AIADMK	30/06/2004	29/06/2010	1
C. N. Annadurai	DMK	03/04/1962	02/04/1968	1	Res 25/02/1967
N.M. Anwar	INC	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	1
G.A. Appan	DMK	03/04/1968	02/04/1974	1
K. R. Arjunan	AIADMK	25/07/2013	24/07/2019	1
S. Austin	AIADMK	30/06/1992	29/06/1998	1	-
Narasimha Gopalaswami Ayyangar	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1	dea 10/02/1953
N. Balaganga	AIADMK	03/04/2008	02/04/2014	1
M.C. Balan	AIADMK	03/04/1972	02/04/1978	1
S. R. Balasubramoniyan	AIADMK	30/06/2016	29/06/2022	1	*
T.R. Baalu	DMK	30/06/1986	29/06/1992	1
A. William Rabi Bernard	AIADMK	15/07/2011	29/06/2016	1	Bye-ele
R. S. Bharathi	DMK	30/06/2016	29/06/2022	1	*
S.S. Chandran	AIADMK	25/07/2001	24/07/2007	1
N. Chandrasekaran	AIADMK	25/07/2019	24/07/2025	1	*
Dr. S. Chandrasekhar	INC	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	1
V. V. Rajan Chellappa	AIADMK	30/06/1992	29/06/1998	1
T. Chengalvaroyan	INC	09/08/1963	02/04/1966	1	Bye-ele 1963
T. Chengalvaroyan	INC	03/04/1966	02/04/1972	2
T. S. Avinashilingam Chettiar	INC	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	1
T.T.V. Dhinakaran	AIADMK	30/06/2004	29/06/2010	1
V. P. Duraisamy	AIADMK	25/07/1995	10/10/1996	1	Bye-ele
V. P. Duraisamy	DMK	26/11/1996	24/07/2001	2	Bye-ele
S.Krishnamoorthy	DMK	25/07/2007	29/07/2010	1
A. Elavarasan	AIADMK	25/07/2007	24/07/2013	1
T. K. S. Elangovan	DMK	30/06/2016	29/06/2022	1	*
L. Ganesan	DMK	30/06/1980	29/06/1986	1	Res 10/04/1986
Misa R. Ganesan	DMK	03/04/1990	02/04/1996	1
B.S. Gnanadesikan	INC	25/07/2001	24/07/2007	1
B.S. Gnanadesikan	INC	25/07/2007	24/07/2013	2
R. Gopalakrishnan	INC	12/03/1960	02/04/1964	1	Bye-ele
R.T. Gopalan	AIADMK	30/06/1986	29/06/1992	1
V. Gopalsamy	DMK	03/04/1978	02/04/1984	1
V. Gopalsamy	DMK	03/04/1984	02/04/1990	2
V. Gopalsamy	DMK	03/04/1990	02/04/1996	3
N.R. Govindarajar	AIADMK	30/06/2004	29/06/2010	1
S. Guruswami	Other	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1
K.S. Hegde	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	2
K.S. Hegde	INC	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	2	Res 21/08/1957
D. Heerachand	AIADMK	30/06/1980	29/06/1986	1
Mona Hensman	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1
S.G. Indira	AIADMK	25/07/2001	24/07/2007	1
A.P. Janardhanam	AIADMK	25/07/1977	24/07/1983	1
J. Jayalalithaa	AIADMK	03/04/1984	02/04/1990	1	Res 28/01/1989
A.A. Jinnah	DMK	03/04/2008	02/04/2014	1
Valampuri John	INC	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	1	Disq 14/10/1974
Valampuri John	AIADMK	03/04/1984	02/04/1990	2
N. Jothi	AIADMK	03/04/2002	02/04/2008	1	res 27/03/2008
M.A. Kadar	DMK	30/06/1998	29/06/2004	1
M. Kadharsha	DMK	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	1
M. Kadharsha	AIADMK	25/07/1983	24/07/1989	2
B.V. Kakkilaya	CPI	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1
Kanchi Kalyanasundaram	DMK	23/09/1969	02/04/1970	1	Bye-ele 1969
Kanchi Kalyanasundaram	DMK	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	2
M. Kalyanasundaram	CPI	30/06/1980	29/06/1986	1
M. Kamalanathan	DMK	29/07/1971	02/04/1972	1	Bye-ele
M. Kamalanathan	DMK	03/04/1972	02/04/1978	2
T.V. Kamalaswamy	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	2
T.V. Kamalaswamy	INC	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	2
R. Kamaraj	AIADMK	25/07/2001	24/07/2007	1
Kanimozhi	DMK	25/07/2007	24/07/2013	1
Kanimozhi	DMK	25/07/2013	29/05/2019	2	res 29/05/2019
N. Abdul Khader	TMC	10/10/1997	29/06/1998	1	bye-ele
S.P.M. Syed Khan	AIADMK	03/04/2002	02/04/2008	1
Pasupon Tha Kiruttinan	DMK	15/03/1989	02/04/1990	1	Bye-ele res of Jayalalithaa
Pasupon Tha Kiruttinan	DMK	03/04/1990	02/04/1996	2
E.R. Krishnan	AIADMK	18/07/1977	02/04/1980	1	Bye-ele
U.R. Krishnan	AIADMK	25/07/1977	24/07/1983	1
K.A. Krishnaswamy	AIADMK	03/04/1972	02/04/1978	1
R.K. Kumar	AIADMK	03/04/1996	03/04/2002	1	dea 03/10/1999
K.P.K. Kumaran	DMK	11/07/2006	24/07/2007	1	Bye-ele R. Sarath Kumar
S. Muthukaruppan	AIADMK	03/04/2014	02/04/2020	1	*
G. Lakshmanan	DMK	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	1	res 08/01/1980 LS
Dr. R. Lakshmanan	AIADMK	25/07/2013	24/07/2019	1
S. Madhavan	AIADMK	03/04/1990	02/04/1996	1
Dr. V. Maitreyan	AIADMK	15/01/2002	29/06/2004	1	Bye-ele d. Moopnar
Dr. V. Maitreyan	AIADMK	25/07/2007	24/07/2013	2
Dr. V. Maitreyan	AIADMK	25/07/2013	24/07/2019	3
K. Malaisamy	AIADMK	30/06/2004	29/06/2010	1
K. Madhava Menon	INC	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	1
K. Madhava Menon	INC	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	2
V.K. Krishna Menon	INC	26/05/1953	02/04/1956	1	Bye-ele d Ayyangar KL 1956-57
S. Muthu Mani	AIADMK	30/06/1992	29/06/1998	1
O.S. Manian	AIADMK	25/07/1995	24/07/2001	1
Murasoli Maran	DMK	25/07/1977	24/07/1983	1
Murasoli Maran	DMK	25/07/1983	24/07/1989	2
Murasoli Maran	DMK	25/07/1989	24/07/1995	3
R. Margabandu	AIADMK	25/07/1995	24/07/2001	1
S.S. Mariswamy	DMK	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	1
S.S. Mariswamy	DMK	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	2
D. Masthan	AIADMK	25/07/1995	24/07/2001	1
Dawood Ali Mirza	INC	11/12/1956	02/04/1962	1	Bye-ele
R. Mohanarangam	AIADMK	30/06/1980	29/06/1986	1	Disq 08/09/1982
R. Mohanarangam	AIADMK	11/02/1983	10/02/1989	2	Bye-ele?
S.A. Khaja Mohideen	ML	03/04/1968	02/04/1974	1
S.A. Khaja Mohideen	ML	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	2
M.J. Jamal Mohideen	INC	03/04/1962	02/04/1968	1
G.K. Moopanar	INC	25/07/1977	24/07/1983	1
G.K. Moopanar	INC	25/07/1983	24/07/1989	2	Res 02/02/1989
G.K. Moopanar	INC	25/07/1995	24/07/2001	3	Res 09/09/1997
G.K. Moopanar	TMC	30/06/1998	29/06/2004	4	Dea 30/08/2001
M. Moses	INC	03/04/1978	02/04/1984	1
V. K. Ramaswami Mudaliar	IND	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1
V. K. Ramaswami Mudaliar	IND	03/04/1956	02/04/1962	2
A. Mohammed John	AIADMK	25/07/2019	24/07/2025	1	*
Arman Ali Munshi	Other	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1
Sathiavani Muthu	AIADMK	03/04/1978	02/04/1984	1
M. A. Manickavelu Naicker	Other	03/04/1962	02/04/1968	1	res 15/04/1964
P.S. Rajagopal Naidu	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1
P.S. Rajagopal Naidu	INC	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	2
A. Nallasivan	CPM	25/07/1989	24/07/1995	1
K.L. Narasimham	CPI	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1
K.L. Narasimham	CPI	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	2
P.G. Narayanan	AIADMK	25/07/2001	24/07/2007	1
C.D. Natarajan	DMK	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	1
Jayanthi Natarajan	INC	30/06/1986	29/06/1992	1
Jayanthi Natarajan	INC	30/06/1992	29/06/1998	2	Res 09/09/1997
Jayanthi Natarajan	TMC	10/10/1997	24/07/2001	3
Jayanthi Natarajan	INC	03/04/2008	02/04/2014	4
E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan	INC	30/06/2004	29/06/2010	1
E.M. Sudarsana Natchiappan	INC	30/06/2010	29/06/2016	2
A. Navaneethakrishnan	AIADMK	26/06/2014	29/06/2016	1	Bye-ele RS 2014
A. Navaneethakrishnan	AIADMK	30/06/2016	29/06/2022	2	*
S. Niraikulathan	AIADMK	03/04/1996	02/04/2002	1
V.M. Obaidullah Sahib	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1
V.M. Obaidullah Sahib	INC	03/04/1956	02/04/1962	2	Dea 21/02/1958
M. Palaniyandi	INC	30/06/1986	29/06/1992	1
N. Thangaraj Pandian	AIADMK	30/06/1992	29/06/1998	1
P. H. Paul Manoj Pandian	AIADMK	30/09/2010	29/06/2016	1
B. Parameswaran	Other	03/04/1958	03/04/1964	1	Res 12/03/1962
G. Parthasarathy	Other	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	1
R.T. Parthasarathy	Other	03/04/1966	02/04/1972	1
Krishnan Parvati	Other	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	1	Res 12/03/1957
T.S. Pattabiraman	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1	Madras State
T.S. Pattabiraman	INC	20/04/1957	02/04/1960	2	Bye-ele 1957
T.S. Pattabiraman	INC	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	3	Madras State
C. Perumal	AIADMK	03/04/2002	02/04/2008	1
Sivashanmugam Pillai	Other	03/04/1962	02/04/1968	1
Sasikala Pushpa Ramaswamy	AIADMK	03/04/2014	02/04/2020	1	*
K. M. Rahamat Ullah	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1	Madras State
D. Raja	CPI	25/07/2007	24/07/2013	1
D. Raja	CPI	25/07/2013	24/07/2019	2
G. Rajagopalan	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1	Madras State
G. Rajagopalan	INC	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	2	Madras State
G. Rajagopalan	INC	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	3	dea 16/11/1964
Lalitha G. Rajagopalan	INC	13/01/1965	02/04/1970	1
Smt H D Rajai	RPI	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1	Madras State
Smt H D Rajai	RPI	03/04/1958	02/04/1964	1	Madras State dea 30/11/1959
N. Rajangam	AIADMK	03/04/1984	02/04/1990	1	-
N. Rajendran	AIADMK	25/07/1995	24/07/2001	1	-
Sedapatti Suryanarayana Thevar Rajendran	DMK	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	1	-
J.S. Raju	DMK	25/07/1989	24/07/1995	1
M.S. Ramachandran	INC	30/06/1980	29/06/1986	1
S.K.T. Ramachandran	INC	25/07/1989	24/07/1995	1
Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss	PMK	30/06/2004	29/06/2010	1
Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss	PMK	25/07/2019	24/07/2025	2	*
Dr K. P. Ramalingam	DMK	30/06/2010	29/06/2016	1
K. V. Ramalingam	AIADMK	30/06/2010	29/06/2016	1	res 20/05/2011
R. Ramakrishnan	AIADMK	30/06/1980	29/06/1986	1	-
T. N. Ramamurti	INC	03/04/1956	02/04/1962	1	Madras State
P. Ramamurthy	CPI	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	1	Madras State
P. Ramamurthy	CPM	25/07/1977	24/07/1983	2
V. Ramanathan	AIADMK	03/04/1984	02/04/1990	1
K. S. Ramaswamy	INC	03/04/1962	02/04/1968	1	Madras State
K. S. Ramaswamy	INC	03/04/1968	02/04/1974	2	Madras State
V. V. Ramaswamy	OTH	20/03/1967	02/04/1968	1	Madras State
N G Ranga	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1	Madras State 16/03/1957 AP 1977-80
S. Ranganathan	IND	03/04/1974	02/04/1980	1
T. K. Rangarajan	CPM	03/04/2008	02/04/2014	1
T. K. Rangarajan	CPM	03/04/2014	02/04/2020	2	*
T. Bhaskar Rao	IND	03/04/1952	02/04/1960	1	Madras State
K. Rama Rao	IND	03/04/1952	02/04/1954	1	Madras State
T. Rathinavel	AIADMK	25/07/2013	24/07/2019	1
Noorjehan Razack	AIADMK	25/07/1977	24/07/1983	1	-
A.K. Refaye	ML	03/04/1972	02/04/1978	1	-
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy	INC	22/08/1952	15/09/1953	1	Madras State bye 1952 AP 1964-66 66-67
M. Ruthnaswamy	INC	03/04/1962	02/04/1968	1	Madras State
M. Ruthnaswamy	INC	03/04/1968	02/04/1974	2	Madras State
Era Sambasivam	AIADMK	25/07/1983	24/07/1989	1
S Sambhu Prasad	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1	Madras State
M. Sankaralingam	DMK	30/06/1998	29/06/2004	1
K. Santhanam	INC	18/04/1960	02/04/1962	1	Madras State bye 1960
K. Santhanam	INC	17/04/1962	02/04/1964	2	Madras State bye 1962
T.A. Mohammed Saqhy	DMK	03/04/1990	02/04/1996	1
R. Sarath Kumar	DMK	25/07/2001	24/07/2007	1	Res 31/05/2006
Vijila Sathyananth	AIADMK	03/04/2014	02/04/2020	1	*
Thanga Tamil Selvan	AIADMK	03/04/2002	02/04/2008	1	-
T.M. Selvaganapathi	DMK	30/06/2010	29/06/2016	1	disq 17/04/2014
K. Selvaraj	AIADMK	03/04/2014	02/04/2020	1	*
Era Seziyan	JP	03/04/1978	02/04/1984	1
M. Shanmugam	DMK	25/07/2019	24/07/2025	1	*
R. Shunmugasundaram	DMK	03/04/2002	02/04/2008	1
P.N. Siva	DMK	14/01/2000	02/04/2002	1	Bye-ele RS 2000
P.N. Siva	DMK	25/07/2007	24/07/2013	2
Tiruchi Siva	DMK	14/01/2000	02/04/2002	1	Bye 2000
Tiruchi Siva	DMK	25/07/2007	24/07/2013	2
Tiruchi Siva	DMK	03/04/2014	02/04/2020	3	*
S. Sivasubramanian	DMK	30/06/1998	29/06/2004	1
P. Soundararajan	AIADMK	03/04/1996	02/04/2002	1
D K Somasundaram	DMK	03/04/1966	02/04/1972	1	Madras State dea 25/06/1971
Thomas Srinivasan	INC	03/04/1960	02/04/1966	1	Madras State dea 17/04/1963
T.K. Srinivasan	DMK	03/04/1970	02/04/1976	1
Vasanthi Stanley	DMK	03/04/2008	02/04/2014	1
Dr P. Subbarayan	INC	03/04/1954	02/04/1960	1	Madras State 04/03/1957
Ka.Ra. Subbian	DMK	14/01/2000	02/04/2002	1	Bye-ele RS 2000
Thalavai Sundaram	AIADMK	03/04/1996	18/05/2002	1
P Sundarayya	CPI	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1	Madras State 21/03/1955
V M Surendra Ram	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1	Madras State
G. Swaminathan	AIADMK	30/06/1986	29/06/1992	1
G. Swaminathan	AIADMK	30/06/1992	29/06/1998	2
V.V. Swaminathan	AIADMK	03/04/1972	02/04/1978	1
V.V. Swaminathan	AIADMK	03/04/1978	02/04/1984	2	res 19/06/1980
N R M Swamy	INC	03/04/1966	02/04/1972	1	Madras State
S. Thangavelu	DMK	30/06/2010	29/06/2016	1
K.V. Thangkabalu	INC	03/04/1984	02/04/1990	1
P. Thanulingam	INC	09/07/1964	02/04/1968	1	Madras State
Vaiko	MDMK	25/07/2019	24/07/2025	4	*
G. Varadaraj	AIADMK	25/07/1983	24/07/1989	1
G. K. Vasan	INC	03/04/2002	02/04/2008	1
G. K. Vasan	INC	03/04/2008	02/04/2014	2
S. S. Vasan	INC	03/04/1964	02/04/1970	1	dea 28/08/1969 Madras State
P. Venkatanarayana	CPI	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1	Madras State
S.Krishnamoorthy	DMK	30/06/2016	29/06/2022	1	*
K.K. Veerappan	DMK	03/04/1990	02/04/1996	1
V. Venka	DMK	03/04/1978	02/04/1984	1
T.M. Venkatachalam	AIADMK	03/04/1996	02/04/2002	1	Dea 02/12/1999
P. Venkatanarayana	CPI	03/04/1952	02/04/1958	1	Madras State
Tindivanam G. Venkatraman	DMK	25/07/1989	24/07/1995	1
M. R. Venkataraman	CPM	03/04/1968	02/04/1974	1	Madras
S. Venkataraman	INC	03/04/1952	02/04/1956	1	fr Madras
S. Venkataraman	INC	03/04/1956	02/04/1962	2	fr Madras
A. Vijayakumar	AIADMK	30/06/2016	29/06/2022	1	*
M. Vincent	AIADMK	30/06/1986	29/06/1992	1
Viduthalai Virumbi	DMK	15/03/1989	24/07/1989	1	Bye-ele
Viduthalai Virumbi	DMK	25/07/1989	24/07/1995	2
Viduthalai Virumbi	DMK	30/06/1998	29/06/2004	3
P. Wilson	DMK	25/07/2019	24/07/2025	1	*

Star Represents current Rajya Sabha members
Blue: Elected to Rajya Sabha from the Madras State.

Party	MPs
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	54
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	36
Indian National Congress	20
Tamil Maanila Congress	4
Muslim League	3
Communist Party of India	2
Communist Party of India	1
Janata Party	1
Congress	1
Pattali Makkal Katchi	1

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