How many members of Rajya Sabha are nominated by the President?
How many members of Rajya Sabha are nominated by the President? Correct Answer 12
Parliament- also called the Sansad, is the legislature of the Union. It has the President, and two houses- the Upper House and the Lower House. The Upper House is also called the Rajya Sabha or the Council of States while the Lower House is called the Lok Sabha or the House of the people.
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Rajya Sabha |
Lok Sabha |
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Maximum 250 members, out of which 12 are nominated by the President from fields like literature, science, art, social service; the rest 238 are representatives of the States and the UT’s. |
Maximum 552 members (530 state’s, 20 UT’s and maximum 2 Anglo-Indian’s representative nominated by the President) |
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Indirect election: members elected by elected members of legislative assemblies of the States by the system of proportional representation using the single transferable vote while UT’s representatives are elected by the law parliament prescribes. |
Chosen directly based on adult suffrage |
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Not subject to dissolution since one-third members retire every second year. |
Dissolved every five years and fresh elections are held. |
Hence, we see from the above table that 12 members of the Rajya Sabha are nominated by the President.
