Every candidate preparing for APSC, UPSC, or SSC exams eventually runs into the same tricky question: who actually represents Assam in Parliament’s upper house right now? Names change every couple of years as terms expire and new members get elected, which makes this one of those “current affairs meets static GK” topics that trips people up in exams. So, in today’s article, we will discuss the seven Rajya sabha members from Assam
Here’s where things stand for Assam’s seven Rajya Sabha seats as of mid-2026.
How many Rajya Sabha seats does Assam have?
You must know this if you are preparing for any Government exam. Assam sends seven members to the Rajya Sabha, out of the House’s total strength of 245. This number is fixed under the Fourth Schedule of the Constitution and is based roughly on the state’s population relative to other states — it hasn’t changed in decades, unlike Assam’s Lok Sabha seats, which aspirants sometimes confuse it with (Assam has 14 Lok Sabha seats, not seven).
Unlike Lok Sabha MPs, Rajya Sabha members from Assam aren’t directly elected by the public. They’re chosen by the elected members of the Assam Legislative Assembly through a system of proportional representation using the single transferable vote. This is why a party’s strength in the Assam Assembly directly decides how many Rajya Sabha seats it can realistically win.
Who are the current Rajya Sabha members from Assam?
As of July 2026, Assam’s seven seats are held entirely by NDA constituents — a mix of BJP and its regional allies, the AGP and the UPPL.
| Member | Party | Term Start | Term End |
| Jogen Mohan | BJP | 10 April 2026 | 9 April 2032 |
| Terash Gowalla | BJP | 10 April 2026 | 9 April 2032 |
| Pramod Boro | UPPL | 10 April 2026 | 9 April 2032 |
| Kanad Purkayastha | BJP | 15 June 2025 | 14 June 2031 |
| Birendra Prasad Baishya | AGP | 15 June 2025 | 14 June 2031 |
| Pabitra Margherita | BJP | 3 April 2022 | 2 April 2028 |
| Rwngwra Narzary | UPPL | 3 April 2022 | 2 April 2028 |
A few of these names are worth remembering individually, since exam-setters love pulling out specific profiles rather than just the list.
Jogen Mohan moved to the Rajya Sabha straight from Assam’s cabinet, where he had held portfolios including Transport, Hill Areas Development, and at different points Revenue and Disaster Management and Mines and Minerals under Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. He replaced Bhubaneswar Kalita, a long-serving Congress-turned-BJP leader who had represented Assam in the Rajya Sabha across five terms stretching back to the 1980s.
Pramod Boro is arguably the most closely watched of the new entrants. As president of the United People’s Party Liberal and former Chief Executive Member of the Bodoland Territorial Council, his elevation to the Rajya Sabha — won unopposed — is widely read as a move to push the pending 125th Constitutional Amendment Bill, which would expand BTC constituencies from 40 to 60.
Pabitra Margherita stands out for a different reason: he’s currently serving as Union Minister of State for External Affairs and Textiles, making him one of the few Assam Rajya Sabha MPs to hold a Council of Ministers berth. A first-term MP elected in 2022, he was inducted into the Union government in June 2024, giving Assam direct representation in India’s foreign affairs ministry.
Birendra Prasad Baishya brings the most parliamentary experience on this list. The AGP veteran has been a Rajya Sabha member three times over and previously served as Union Minister of Steel and Mines in the H.D. Deve Gowda and I.K. Gujral governments in the 1990s — a useful cross-reference if a question links Assam’s regional politics to national coalition governments of that era.
What’s Assam’s party-wise strength in the Rajya Sabha?
Breaking the seven seats down by party: BJP holds four seats, while the UPPL and AGP hold two and one seats respectively. Together, all seven current members sit with the NDA — there is currently no Congress or Independent representation from Assam in the Rajya Sabha, a shift from earlier years when leaders like Ripun Bora (INC) and Ajit Kumar Bhuyan (Independent) held seats through 2022 and 2026 respectively.
This all-NDA composition is a direct reflection of the BJP-led alliance’s dominance in the Assam Legislative Assembly, since it’s MLA votes — not public votes — that decide these elections.
Why do Rajya Sabha elections in Assam sometimes go “unopposed”?
You’ll notice several of these members, including Pramod Boro, Kanad Purkayastha, and Birendra Prasad Baishya, were declared elected unopposed rather than through an actual contest. This happens when the number of candidates filing valid nominations exactly matches the number of vacant seats — if no rival candidate contests, the Election Commission simply declares the sole nominees winners without holding a poll.
Given the NDA’s commanding majority in the Assam Assembly, opposition parties often calculate that contesting is a lost cause and choose not to field a candidate at all, which is exactly what happened in both the 2025 and 2026 Rajya Sabha elections from the state.
What should aspirants remember about Rajya Sabha terms?
Rajya Sabha members serve six-year terms, but the House itself is a “permanent” body that never dissolves — instead, about one-third of members retire every two years, which is why Assam’s seven seats don’t all turn over at once. This staggered structure, laid out under Article 83 of the Constitution, is a favourite theme for polity questions, and Assam’s own seat history is a neat real-world illustration of it: three seats changed hands in April 2026, two in June 2025, and two more are due for renewal only in 2028.
Looking ahead
With four of Assam’s seven Rajya Sabha members having taken office only in 2025 and 2026, this list is unusually fresh right now — which also means it’s exactly the kind of detail that shows up in exams held later this year and into 2027, before the next round of retirements resets the picture again. Aspirants would do well to revisit this table closer to their exam date, since a single by-election or resignation can shift a name on this list well before any seat’s official term expires.