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2009 elections in India

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{{Infobox Indian elections

| year = 2009

| type =

| incumbent_pm = Manmohan Singh (UPA)

| next_lok_sabha = 15th

| rajya_control =Indian National Congress

| rajya_seats_contested = TBD

| rajya_net_change =TBD

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| lok_control =

| lok_seats_contested = 543

| lok_net_change =

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| states_contested = 7

| state_net_change =TBD

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}}

The 2009 elections in India includes the general election and elections to the Rajya Sabha, to state legislative assemblies, to Panchayats and urban local bodies.

General election

{{main|2009 Indian general election}}

A national election occurred between 16 April and 13 May 2009, to constitute the 15th Lok Sabha.

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Date*

!Election

!colspan="2"|Government before

!Prime Minister before election

!colspan="2"|Government after

!Elected Prime Minister

16 April – 13 May 2009

|Lok Sabha

|{{Full party name with color|United Progressive Alliance}}

|Manmohan Singh

|{{Full party name with color|United Progressive Alliance}}

|Manmohan Singh

Lok Sabha by-elections

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!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!State/UT

!MP before election

!colspan=2|Party before election

!Reason

!Elected MP

!colspan=2|Party after election

1

|7 November 2009

|Firozabad

|Uttar Pradesh

|Akhilesh Yadav

|{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party}}

|Retained Kannauj and vacated Firozabad

|Raj Babbar

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

Legislative Assembly elections

Indian media reporting indicate elections for the following state legislative assemblies held in 2009.

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Date(s)

!State

!colspan="2"|Government before

!Chief Minister before

! colspan="2" |Government after

!Elected Chief Minister

!Maps

rowspan=2|16 April 2009 & 23 April 2009

|Andhra Pradesh

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy

|50px

Odisha

|{{Full party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}}

|Naveen Patnaik

|{{Full party name with color|Biju Janata Dal}}

|Naveen Patnaik

|50px

30 April 2009

|Sikkim

|{{Full party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}

|Pawan Kumar Chamling

|{{Full party name with color|Sikkim Democratic Front}}

|Pawan Kumar Chamling

|50px

rowspan=4|13 October 2009

|Arunachal Pradesh

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|Dorjee Khandu

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|Dorjee Khandu

|50px

Haryana

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|Bhupinder Singh Hooda

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|Bhupinder Singh Hooda

|50px

rowspan=2|Maharashtra

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| rowspan="2" |Ashok Chavan

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| rowspan="2" |Ashok Chavan

|rowspan=2|50px

{{Full party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}

| {{Full party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}

rowspan=2|25 November 2009 - 18 December 2009

|rowspan=2|Jharkhand

| {{Full party name with color|Independent|rowspan=2}}

|rowspan=2|Madhu Koda

| {{Full party name with color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}

|rowspan=2|Shibu Soren

|rowspan="2"|50px

{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

Legislative assembly by elections

=Jammu and Kashmir=

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|+ Results by constituency |

! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency

!Turnout

! colspan="5" |Winner

! colspan="5" |Runner Up

! rowspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Margin

#k

! Names

!%

! Candidate

! colspan="2" | Party

! data-sort-type=number | Votes

!%

! Candidate

! colspan="2" | Party

! data-sort-type=number | Votes

!%

1Hazratbal19.89%Sheikh Mustafa Kamal{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}8,55549.25%Asiya Naqash{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}7,0031.04%style="background:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}"|1,552
2Bhaderwah56.49%Mohammed Sharief Niaz{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}21,96636.13%Daleep Singh Parihar{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}19,219.76%style="background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|2,747
3Sonawar28.42%Mohammad Yasin Shah{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}9,3065.67%Mohammed Ashraf Mir{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}9,25647.04%style="background:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir National Conference}}"|50

=[[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Uttar Pradesh]]=

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!Date

!colspan="2"|Constituency

!colspan="3"|Previous MLA

!Reason

!colspan="3"|Elected MLA

rowspan=6|7 November 2009

|45

|Powayan

|Mithlesh Kumar

|{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party}}

|Died

|Dhirendra Prasad

|{{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party}}

86

|Lucknow West

|Lalji Tandon

|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}

|Elected to 15th Lok Sabha

|Shyam Kishore Shukla

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

181

|Padrauna

|Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

|Elected to 15th Lok Sabha

|Swami Prasad Maurya

|{{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party|rowspan=2}}

239

|Rari

|Dhananjay Singh

|{{Full party name with color|Janata Dal (United)}}

|NA

|Rajdeo Singh

288

|Etawah

|Mahendra Singh Rajput

|{{Full party name with color|Samajwadi Party|rowspan=2}}

|Resigned

|Mahendra Singh Rajput

|{{Full party name with color|Bahujan Samaj Party|rowspan=2}}

290

|Bharthana

|Mulayam Singh Yadav

|Elected to 15th Lok Sabha

|Shiv Prasad Yadav

See also

References

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External links

{{Commons}}

  • [http://eci.nic.in Election Commission of India]

{{Indian elections}}

{{Legislatures of India}}

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