PARTY POSITION IN THE RAJYA SABHA AS ON Saturday, May 31, 2014

The Rajya Sabha (RS) or Council of States is the Upper House of the Parliament of India. 

Membership is limited to 250 members, 12 of whom are nominated by the President of India for their contributions to art, literature, science, and social services. 

The remainder of the body is elected by the State and Teritorial Legislatures. 

Members sit for 6-year terms, with one third of the members retiring every two years.

The Vice-President is the Chairman of Rajya Sabha,who presides over its sessions -Hamid Ansari being the current Vice President is the current chairman of Rajya Sabha

The Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha is elected from amongst the RS's Members ,takes care of the day-to-day matters of the RS in the absence of the Chairman of RS

Membership Composition

State	No of Seats
Andhra Pradesh	11
Arunachal Pradesh	1
Assam	7
Bihar	16
Chhattisgarh	5
Goa	1
Gujarat	11
Haryana	10
Himachal Pradesh	3
Jammu & Kashmir	4
Jharkhand	6
Karnataka	12
Kerala	9
Madhya Pradesh	11
Maharashtra	19
Manipur	1
Meghalaya	1
Mizoram	1
Nagaland	1
National Capital Territory (Delhi)	3
Nominated	12
Odisha	10
Pondicherry	1
Punjab	7
Rajasthan	10
Sikkim	1
Tamil Nadu	18
Telangana	7
Tripura	1
Uttar Pradesh	31
Uttarakhand	3
West Bengal	16

					PARTY POSITION IN THE RAJYA SABHA   AS ON :- Saturday, May 31, 2014
Sno Party Strength 1 All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (AIADMK ) 10 2 ALL INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS (AITC ) 12 3 Biju Janata Dal (BJD ) 4 4 Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP ) 42 5 Bodoland People's Front (BPF ) 1 6 Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP ) 14 7 Communist Party of India (CPI ) 2 8 Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M) ) 9 9 Dravida Munnetra Kazagham (DMK ) 4 10 Indian National Congress (INC ) 67 11 Independent & Others (IND. ) 9 12 Indian National Lok Dal (INLD ) 2 13 J&K National Conference (J&KNC ) 2 14 Janta Dal (United) (JD(U) ) 9 15 Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM ) 1 16 Kerala Congress (M) (KC(M) ) 1 17 Mizo National Front (MNF ) 1 18 Nationalist Congress Party (NCP ) 5 19 Nominated (NOM. ) 10 20 Nagaland People's Front (NPF ) 1 21 Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD ) 1 22 Republican Party of India (A) (RPI(A) ) 1 23 Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD ) 3 24 Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF ) 1 25 Samajwadi Party (SP ) 9 26 Shiv Sena (SS ) 3 27 Telugu Desam Party (TDP ) 6 28 Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS ) 1