1998 Rajya Sabha elections
Rajya Sabha elections were held in 1998, to elect members of the Rajya Sabha, Indian Parliament's upper chamber. 13 members from 6 states and 57 members from 14 states were elected.
Elections
Elections were held in 1998 to elect members from various states.''The list is incomplete.''
Members elected
The following members are elected in the elections held in 1998. They are members for the term 1998–2004 and retire in year 2004, except in case of the resignation or death before the term.| State | Member Name | Party | Notes |
| Assam | Dr Arun Kumar Sarma | AGP | R |
| Assam | Drupad Borgohain | CPI | |
| HP | Anil Sharma | INC | |
| KL | M.J. Varkey Mattathil | CPM | |
| KL | A Vijaya Raghvan | BJD | |
| NG | C. Apok Jamir | INC | |
| TR | Matilal Sarkar | CPM | |
| PB | Ashwani Kumar | INC | |
| PB | Lajpat Rai | INC | |
| PB | Sukhbir Singh Badal | SAD | |
| PB | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | SAD | |
| PB | Gurcharan Singh Tohra | SAD | dea 01/04/2004 |
| AP | Desari Nagabhushan Rao | INC | |
| AP | Yadlapati Venkata Rao | TDP | |
| AP | P. Prabhakar Reddy | TDP | |
| AP | K K Venkata Rao | TDP | |
| AP | C. Ramachandraiah | INC | |
| AP | R Ramachandraiah | TDP | |
| KA | Oscar Fernandes | INC | |
| KA | Venkaiah Naidu | BJP | |
| KA | H.K. Javare Gowda | JD | |
| KA | S. R. Bommai | JD | |
| CG | Dilip Kumar Judev | BJP | |
| CG | Jhumuklal | INC | |
| MP | O. Rajagopal | BJP | |
| MP | Balkavi | BJP | |
| MP | Mabel Rebello | INC | |
| TN | S. Agniraj | DMK | |
| TN | V. Maitreyan | ADMK | |
| TN | M. A. Kadar | DMK | |
| TN | M. Sankaralingam | DMK | |
| TN | S. Sivasubramanian | INC | |
| TN | Viduthalai Virumbi | DMK | |
| TN | G. K. Moopanar | TMC | dea 30/08/2001 |
| OR | Manmathnath Das | BJP | |
| OR | Ramchandra Khuntia | BJD | |
| OR | Ranganath Misra | INC | |
| MH | Pritish Nandy | SS | |
| MH | Satish Pradhan | SS | |
| MH | Pramod Mahajan | BJP | |
| MH | Vijay J. Darda | INC | |
| MH | Najma Heptulla | INC | res 10/06/2004 |
| MH | Suresh Kalmadi | INC | res 10/06/2004 LS |
| PB | Sukhdev Singh | INC | |
| PB | Gurcharan Kaur | INC | |
| RJ | Jaswant Singh | BJP | |
| RJ | Laxmi Mall Singhvi | INC | |
| RJ | Santosh Bagrodia | INC | |
| UP | Arun Shourie | BJP | |
| UP | Kanshi Ram | BSP | |
| UP | Lalit Suri | IND | |
| UP | Dinanath Mishra | BJP | |
| UP | B. P. Singhal | BJP | |
| UP | Khan Gufaran Zahidi | INC | |
| UP | Rama Shankar Kaushik | SP | |
| UP | Ram Gopal Yadav | SP | |
| UP | Dharam Pal Yadav | SP | |
| UP | Syed Akhtar Hasan Rizvi | SP | |
| UP | T. N. Chaturvedi | BJP | res 20/08/2002 Govr of KA |
| UP | Sangh Priya Gautam | BJP | fr UP till 08/11/2000 |
| BR | Kapil Sibal | INC | |
| BR | Ramendra Kumar Yadav | Samta Party | |
| BR | Gaya Singh | CPI | |
| BR | Saroj Dubey | RJD | |
| BR | Anil Kumar | INC | |
| JH | Parmeshwar Agarwalla | INC | |
| JH | Abhay Kant Prasad | BJP | |
| HR | Swaraj Kaushal | BJP | |
| HR | Rao Man Singh | INC |
Bye-elections
The following bye elections were held in the year 1998.- Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from West Bengal due to death of seating member Tridib Chowdhury on 21-12-1997 with term ending on 18-08-1999. Abani Roy of RSP got elected.
- Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from Karnataka and Jammu and Kashmir due to election to Lok Sabha of seating member H D Deve Gowda on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 09.04.2002 and Saifuddin Soz on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 22.11.2002.
- Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from Orissa and Kerala due to election to Lok Sabha of seating member Jayanti Patnaik on 02.04.2002 with term ending on 09.04.2002 and K.Karunakaran on 01-03-1998 with term ending on 21.04.2003. C. O. Poulose of CPM won from Kerala.
- Bye-elections were held on 27-03-1998 for vacancy from Gujarat due to resignation of seating member Anandiben Patel on—with term ending on 02.04.2000.