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:
Total18,559
Searchable8,370
Targets8,368
Entity types:
People8,368
Positions2
Countries:
India6,698
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:
2026-09-05 16:16:02 · v. 20260905161602-dcc · change statistics...
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File nameExport typeSize
entities.ftm.jsonFollowTheMoney entities8.57 MB
names.txtTarget names text file238.63 KB
senzing.jsonSenzing entity format6.24 MB
targets.nested.jsonTargets as nested JSON21.09 MB
targets.simple.csvTargets as simplified CSV1.98 MB

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Recent additions 

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

AddedNameTypeCountries
Shrimati Anjanaben Rajeshbhai ShuklaPersonIndia
Shri ParmanandPersonIndia
Shrimati Mohini PooniaPersonIndia
Shri Yugal Kishore VermaPersonIndia
Srimati Tame ReemaPersonIndia
Smt. Supriya MurmuPersonIndia
Shrimati VasantibenPersonIndia
Shrimati Pooja RayPersonIndia
Smt. Shireen Tasnim; Mrs. Jabeen Akhtar GauharPersonIndia
Shrimati Alee MohanPersonIndia
Shrimati Vanlalruati KhiangtePersonIndia
Shrimati Parul Bharali BoroPersonIndia
Shrimati Radhika ChughPersonIndia
Shrimati Kavita ChughPersonIndia
Shrimati Sushila VermaPersonIndia
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