Template:Rajya Sabha succession box
| style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"| Member of Parliament
in [[List of Rajya Sabha members from {{{state}}}|Rajya Sabha]] for [[{{{state}}}]]
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| style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"|Incumbent
|-
Usage[edit]
Former Members of the Rajya Sabha[edit]
Example—
Sachin Tendulkar:
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{{Rajya Sabha succession box
| state= Haryana
| before= [[Sultan Singh]]
| after= [[Suresh Kumar]]
| years= January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1999}}
{{s-end}}
becomes:
With the headers[edit]
Example—
Sachin Tendulkar:
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{{S-par|in-rs}}
{{Rajya Sabha succession box
| state= Haryana
| before= [[Sultan Singh]]
| after= [[Suresh Kumar]]
| years= January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1999}}
{{s-end}}
becomes:
Incumbents[edit]
First Example—
Sachin Tendulkar:
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{{Rajya Sabha succession box
| state= Maharashtra
| before= [[Michael N. Castle]]
| start= January 3, 2011}}
{{s-end}}
becomes:
If there is only one seat for the entire state, then use "AP," the at-large seat.
Second Example—
Eleanor Holmes Norton:
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{{Rajya Sabha succession box
| type= Delegate
| state= Bihar
| before=[[Walter Fauntroy]]
| start= January 3, 1991}}
{{s-end}}
becomes:
First Representative from a new seat[edit]
Example—
Bill Richardson:
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{{Rajya Sabha succession box
| state= Punjab
| new=seat
| after= [[Bill Redmond]]
| years= January 3, 1983 – February 13, 1997}}
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becomes:
Last Representative from an obsolete district[edit]
Example—
Sultan Singh:
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{{Rajya Sabha succession box
| state=Haryana
| before=[[Ram Prakash]]
| years= October 17, 1989 – January 3, 2003
| reason=Seat abolished
}}
{{s-end}}
becomes:
Representative left office, but no successor has been chosen yet[edit]
Example—
this is a temporary status:
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{{S-par|in-rs}}
{{Rajya Sabha succession box
| state=Delhi
| before=N.N.
| years=January 3, 2013 – March 18, 2015
| reason=vacant
}}
{{s-end}}
becomes: