India Lok and Rajya Sabha Members

Current and historical members of the two houses of the Indian Parliament

Members of the Lok Sabha (House of the People), the lower house of the Parliament of India, and the Rajya Sabha (Council of States), the upper house.

The Lok Sabha consists of up to 552 members, with 543 elected by direct popular vote from single-member constituencies across India, and up to 9 appointed by the President to represent the Anglo-Indian community. Members serve a five-year term, unless the house is dissolved earlier.

The Rajya Sabha has a maximum of 250 members, with 238 elected by the legislative assemblies of the states and union territories using proportional representation through the single transferable vote system, and 12 appointed by the President for their expertise in specific fields. Members serve staggered six-year terms, with one-third of the members retiring every two years.

Data overview

Entities:
Total19,790
Searchable9,295
Targets9,292
Entity types:
People9,293
Positions2
Countries:
India7,396
Publisher:Parliament of India · India

The Parliament of India is the supreme legislative body of the Republic of India, consisting of the President of India and the two houses: the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People). The Parliament exercises legislative power, approves the budget, and oversees the executive branch of government.

Collections:in OpenSanctions Default · Politically Exposed Persons Datasets
Information:sansad.in
Source data:sansad.in · JSON
Tags:list.pep
Coverage:added · frequency: monthly
Last processed:2025-10-13 12:10:55 · v. 20251013121055-yhx
Last change:
Warnings:1 Warning

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File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities8.57 MB
names.txtTarget names text file206.92 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format6.88 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON20.01 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV2.13 MB

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Recent additions

The following targeted entities have been added to this data source most recently:

AddedNameTypeCountries
S.S. AhluwaliaPersonIndia
Biplab DasguptaPersonIndia
Shahid SiddiquiPersonIndia
Arjun Kumar SenguptaPersonIndia
Amit Anil Chandra ShahPersonIndia
A.R. KidwaiPersonIndia
Thennala G. Balakrishna PillaiPersonIndia
M.M. AgarwalPersonIndia
Ramdas AgarwalPersonIndia
Akhilesh Das GuptaPersonIndia
Anand, Shri R. K.PersonIndia
Balavant alias Bal AptePersonIndia
Gandhi AzadPersonIndia
Ghulam Nabi AzadPersonIndia
Hans Raj BhardwajPersonIndia
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