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:
Total19,581
Searchable9,147
Targets9,144
Entity types:
People9,145
Positions2
Countries:
India7,312
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:2025-11-05 19:18:58 · v. 20251105191858-bhl
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entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities8.56 MB
names.txtTarget names text file239.75 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format6.79 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON20.27 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV2.12 MB

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Recent additions

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

AddedNameTypeCountries
Gupta, Shri RajinderPersonIndia
Chowdry Mohammad RamzanPersonIndia
Kichloo, Shri Sajjad AhmadPersonIndia
Sat Paul SharmaPersonIndia
Gurwinder Singh OberoiPersonIndia
Smt. Makurani SarenPersonIndia
Shrimati D. Gayathri DhanapalPersonIndia
Shrimati GovindammalPersonIndia
Shri Pinaki MisraPersonIndia
Shri MaduraiPersonIndia
Shri D. SrinivasanPersonIndia
Shrimati Raja LakshmiPersonIndia
Late Shrimati Hari DeviPersonIndia
Late Shri Tshering Tenduf LaPersonIndia
Atal Bihari VajpayeePersonIndia
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