2013 elections in India

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{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2013}}

{{Infobox election

| election_name = Elections in India

| country = India

| previous_election = 2012 elections in India

| previous_year = 2012

| election_date = 2013

| next_election = 2014 elections in India

| next_year = 2014

}}

{{Politics of India}}

Legislative Assembly elections in India were conducted for nine legislative assemblies in 2013. Voting in Chhattisgarh was held in two phases on 11 November and 19 November 2013.{{cite web|url=http://m.ndtv.com/article/india/election-commission-announces-poll-dates-for-five-states-highlights-427827|title=Election Commission announces poll dates in five states|publisher=NDTV}} The Election Commission of India (ECI) successfully conducted elections in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland in February{{cite news|title=EC announces poll dates for Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland|url=http://www.niticentral.com/2013/01/assembly-polls-in-tripura-on-feb-14-meghalaya-nagaland-on-feb-23.html|access-date=14 January 2013|newspaper=Niti Central|date=11 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115204401/http://www.niticentral.com/2013/01/assembly-polls-in-tripura-on-feb-14-meghalaya-nagaland-on-feb-23.html|archive-date=15 January 2013|url-status=dead}} and in Karnataka on 5 May. The elections in Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were conducted in December while the counting that took place on 8 December showed a clear majority for BJP in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, while Congress retained the state of Mizoram and Delhi got a hung assembly, with no single party getting a clear majority.{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/despite-aaps-grand-showing-delhi-faces-hung-assembly/article5437216.ece|title= Despite AAP's grand showing, Delhi faces hung Assembly|newspaper=The Hindu}}

Legislative Assembly

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Polling Date(s)

! State

! colspan="2" |Government before

! Chief Minister before

! colspan="2" |Government after

! Elected Chief Minister

! Maps

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|14 February 2013

|Tripura

|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

|Manik Sarkar

|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

|Manik Sarkar

|50px

style="text-align:center;

| rowspan="2" |23 February 2013

|Meghalaya

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

|Mukul Sangma

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

|Mukul Sangma

|50px

style="text-align:center;"

|Nagaland

|{{Full party name with color|Naga People's Front}}

|Neiphiu Rio

|{{Full party name with color|Naga People's Front}}

|Neiphiu Rio

|50px

style="text-align:center;"

| 5 May 2013

|Karnataka

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

|Jagadish Shettar

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

|Siddaramaiah

| 50px

style="text-align:center;"

| 11 and 19 November 2013

| Chhattisgarh

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

| Raman Singh

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

| Raman Singh

| 50px

style="text-align:center;"

| 25 November 2013

| Madhya Pradesh

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

| Shivraj Singh Chouhan

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

| Shivraj Singh Chouhan

| 50px

style="text-align:center;"

| 1 December 2013

| Rajasthan

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

| Ashok Gehlot

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

| Vasundhara Raje

| |50px

style="text-align:center;"

| rowspan="2" |4 December 2013

| rowspan="2" |Delhi

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}

| rowspan="2" |Sheila Dikshit

| {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}

| rowspan="2" |Arvind Kejriwal

| rowspan="2" |50px

style="text-align:center;"

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

style="text-align:center;"

| 9 December 2013

| Mizoram

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

| Lal Thanhawla

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

| Lal Thanhawla

| 50px

Parliamentary By-election

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!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!State

!MP before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MP

! colspan="2" |Party after election

19

|Rowspan=4|2 June 2013

|Maharajganj

|Bihar

|Uma Shankar Singh

| bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |

|Rashtriya Janata Dal

|Prabhunath Singh

| bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |

|Rashtriya Janata Dal

2

|Banaskantha

|Rowspan=2|Gujarat

|Mukesh Gadhvi

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

|Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary

| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|Bharatiya Janata Party

11

|Porbandar

|Vitthal Radadiya

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

|Vitthal Radadiya

| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |

|Bharatiya Janata Party

25

|Howrah

|West Bengal

|Ambica Banerjee

| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |

|All India Trinamool Congress

|Prasun Banerjee

| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |

|All India Trinamool Congress

2

|23 June 2013

|Mandi

|Himachal Pradesh

|Virbhadra Singh

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

|Pratibha Singh

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

20

|Rowspan=2|21 August 2013

|Mandya

|Rowspan=2|Karnataka

|N. Chaluvaraya Swamy

| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}" |

|Janata Dal (Secular)

|Ramya

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

23

|Bangalore Rural

|H. D. Kumaraswamy

| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}" |

|Janata Dal (Secular)

|D. K. Suresh

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

Assembly By-elections

= [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Andhra Pradesh]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

76

|21 August 2013

|Avanigadda

|Ambati Brahmanaiah

| bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" |

|Telugu Desam Party

|Ambati Srihari Prasad

| bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" |

|Telugu Desam Party

= [[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Arunachal Pradesh]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

42

|31 October 2013

|Dambuk

|Jomin Tayeng

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

|Gum Tayeng

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

= [[Assam Legislative Assembly|Assam]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

8

|24 February 2013

|Algapur

|Sahidul Alam Chodhary

| bgcolor="{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}" |

|Asom Gana Parishad

|Mandira Roy

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

= [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|Bihar]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

131

|24 February 2013

|Kalyanpur

|Ram Sewak Hazari

| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |

|Janata Dal (United)

|Manju Kumari

| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |

|Janata Dal (United)

= [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Gujarat]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

61

|Rowspan=4|2 June 2013

|Limbdi

|Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel

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

|Kiritsinh Rana

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

74

|Jetpur

|Jayesh Radadiya

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

|Jayesh Radadiya

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

75

|Jetpur

|Vitthal Radadiya

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

|Pravin Makadiya

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

125

|Morva Hadaf

|Savitaben Khant

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

|Nimisha Suthar

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

167

|4 December 2013

|Surat West

|Kishor Vankawala

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

|Purnesh Modi

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

= [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Maharashtra]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

271

|24 February 2013

|Chandgad

|Babasaheb Kupekar

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

|Sandhyadevi Kupekar

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

70

|2 June 2013

|Yavatmal

|Nilesh Shivram Deshmukh Parvekar

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

|Nandini Nilesh Deshmukh Parvekar

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

= [[Mizoram Legislative Assembly|Mizoram]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

8

|23 February 2013

|Chalfilh

|Chawngtinthanga

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

|Ngurdingliana

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

= [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly|Nagaland]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

73

|4 September 2013

|Noksen

|C. M. Chang

| bgcolor="{{party color|Naga People's Front}}" |

|Naga People's Front

|C. M. Chang

| bgcolor="{{party color|Naga People's Front}}" |

|Naga People's Front

= [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Punjab]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

73

|23 February 2013

|Moga

|Joginder Pal Jain

| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |

|Indian National Congress

|Joginder Pal Jain

| bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}" |

|Shiromani Akali Dal

=[[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Tamil Nadu]]=

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

83

|23 February 2013

|Yercaud

|C. Perumal

| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |

|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

|P. Saroja

| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |

|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

340

|23 February 2013

|Bhatpar Rani

|Kameswar Upadhyay

| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |

|Samajwadi Party

|Ashutosh Upadhyay

| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |

|Samajwadi Party

258

|2 June 2013

|Handia

|Mahesh Narayan Singh

| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |

|Samajwadi Party

|Prashant Singh

| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |

|Samajwadi Party

= [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|West Bengal]] =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!S.No

!Date

!Constituency

!MLA before election

! colspan="2" |Party before election

!Elected MLA

! colspan="2" |Party after election

51

|Rowspan=3|23 February 2013

|English Bazar

|Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury

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

|Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury

|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}

70

|Rejinagar

|Humayun Kabir

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

|Rabiul Alam Chowdhury

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

293

|Nalhati

|Abhijit Mukherjee

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

|Dipak Chatterjee

|{{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc}}

Local body elections

See also

References

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