Ministers of State with independent charge

Nationalist Congress Party member Praful Patel won from the Bhandara - Gondiya constituency in Maharashtra. One of the richest MPs in the Parliament, Patel was the Minister of State for Civil Aviation in the first UPA government.

Congress leader Prithviraj Chauhan, the Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office in the first UPA government, is a member of the Rajya Sabha.

Congress leader Sriprakash Jaiswal, Minister of State for Home Affairs in the first UPA government, won from the Kanpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh.