<P> Seats are allotted in proportion to the population of people of each state or union territory in such a manner that smaller states have slight advantage over more populous states . As the members are elected by the state legislature, smaller Union Territories which are not States and do not have legislatures cannot have representation in Rajya Sabha . Hence, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Chandigarh, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli do not send any representatives to Rajya Sabha. 12 members are nominated by the President . </P> <P> As per the Fourth Schedule to the Constitution of India on 26 January 1950, the Rajya Sabha was to consist of 216 members of which 12 members were to be nominated by the President and the remaining 204 elected to represent the States . The present strength, however, is 245 members of whom 233 are representatives of the states and union territories and 12 are nominated by the President . The twelve nominated members of the Rajya Sabha are persons who are eminent in particular fields, and are well known contributors in the particular field . A few examples of such nominated persons are cricketing icon Sachin Tendulkar, former RBI Governor Bimal Jalan and famous lyricist and poet Javed Akhtar . As of March 2014, each state or union territory specified in the first column of the following table, there shall be allotted the number of seats specified in the second column thereof opposite to that State or that union territory, as the case may be: </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Name of state and union territory </Th> <Th> No. of Seats </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Andhra Pradesh </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Arunachal Pradesh </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Assam </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Bihar </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Chhattisgarh </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Goa </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Gujarat </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Haryana </Td> <Td> 5 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Himachal Pradesh </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jammu & Kashmir </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jharkhand </Td> <Td> 6 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Karnataka </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Kerala </Td> <Td> 9 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Madhya Pradesh </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Maharashtra </Td> <Td> 19 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Manipur </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Meghalaya </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Mizoram </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nagaland </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> National Capital Territory of Delhi </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Nominated </Td> <Td> 12 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Odisha </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Puducherry </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Punjab </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Rajasthan </Td> <Td> 10 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Sikkim </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tamil Nadu </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Telangana </Td> <Td> 7 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Tripura </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Uttar Pradesh </Td> <Td> 31 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Uttarakhand </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> West Bengal </Td> <Td> 16 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Total </Td> <Td> 245 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Name of state and union territory </Th> <Th> No. of Seats </Th> </Tr>

States elects the maximum number of members to the rajya sabha