The Rajya Sabha (meaning the "Council of States") is the upper house of the Parliament of India.
Before, Bihar State has elected 21 seats since April 1952 and 22 seats since 1956, and 16 members after the Bihar Reorganisation Act 2000 and the creation of the new Jharkhand state on 15 November 2000.
The number of seats allocated to the party is determined by the number of seats a party possesses during nomination and the party nominates a member to be voted on.
Elections within the state legislatures are held using a Single transferable vote with proportional representation.
This is the term wise list of former Rajya Sabha members from Bihar, arranged chronologically by Last date of election of the member.Source: Parliament of India (Rajya Sabha)[4] * represents members who won bye-election bye - resignation of Ravi Shankar Prasad RS member from Jharkhand 15-Nov-2000 onwards