Elections to 75 of the 245 seats in the Rajya Sabha are scheduled for April, June, and November 2026, with several high-profile leaders set to complete their terms. Those retiring include Mallikarjun Kharge, HD Deve Gowda, Hardeep Singh Puri, Sharad Pawar, Priyanka Chaturvedi, and George Kurien, among others. From the president-nominated quota, former CJI Ranjan Gogoi will retire in 2026.