2009 elections in India

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2009 Indian elections
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Incumbent Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ( UPA )
Next Lok Sabha 15th
Lok Sabha elections
Seats contested543
Rajya Sabha elections
Overall control Indian National Congress
Seats contestedTBD
Net seat changeTBD
State elections
States contested7
Net state changeTBD

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.

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General election

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

Date*ElectionGovernment beforePrime Minister before electionGovernment afterElected Prime Minister
16 April – 13 May 2009 Lok Sabha United Progressive Alliance Manmohan Singh United Progressive Alliance Manmohan Singh

Lok Sabha by-elections

S.NoDateConstituencyState/UTMP before electionParty before electionReasonElected MPParty after election
17 November 2009 Firozabad Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav Samajwadi Party Retained Kannauj and vacated Firozabad Raj Babbar Indian National Congress

Legislative Assembly elections

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

Date(s)StateGovernment beforeChief Minister beforeGovernment afterElected Chief MinisterMaps
16 April 2009 & 23 April 2009 Andhra Pradesh Indian National Congress Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy Indian National Congress Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy IN-AP.svg
Odisha Biju Janata Dal Naveen Patnaik Biju Janata Dal Naveen Patnaik IN-OD.svg
30 April 2009 Sikkim Sikkim Democratic Front Pawan Kumar Chamling Sikkim Democratic Front Pawan Kumar Chamling IN-SK.svg
13 October 2009 Arunachal Pradesh Indian National Congress Dorjee Khandu Indian National Congress Dorjee Khandu IN-AR.svg
Haryana Indian National Congress Bhupinder Singh Hooda Indian National Congress Bhupinder Singh Hooda IN-HR.svg
Maharashtra Indian National Congress Ashok Chavan Indian National Congress Ashok Chavan IN-MH.svg
Nationalist Congress Party Nationalist Congress Party
25 November 2009 - 18 December 2009 Jharkhand Independent politician Madhu Koda Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Shibu Soren IN-JH.svg
Bharatiya Janata Party

Legislative assembly by elections

Jammu and Kashmir

Assembly ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner UpMargin
#kNames%CandidatePartyVotes%CandidatePartyVotes%
1 Hazratbal 19.89% Sheikh Mustafa Kamal JKNC 8,55549.25% Asiya Naqash JKPDP 7,0031.04%1,552
2 Bhaderwah 56.49%Mohammed Sharief Niaz INC 21,96636.13% Daleep Singh Parihar BJP 19,219.76%2,747
3 Sonawar 28.42% Mohammad Yasin Shah JKNC 9,3065.67%Mohammed Ashraf Mir JKPDP 9,25647.04%50

Jharkhand

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
5808 January 2009 Tamar Ramesh Singh Munda Janata Dal (United) Gopal Krishna Patar Jharkhand Party

Meghalaya

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
0926 February 2009 Umroi E. K. Mawlong United Democratic Party Stanlywiss Rymbai Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
13709 January 2009 Thirumangalam Veera Elavarasu Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam Latha Athiyaman Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Uttar Pradesh

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
457 November 2009 Powayan Mithlesh Kumar Samajwadi Party Dhirendra Prasad Bahujan Samaj Party
86 Lucknow West Lalji Tandon Bharatiya Janata Party Shyam Kishore Shukla Indian National Congress
181 Padrauna Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh Indian National Congress Swami Prasad Maurya Bahujan Samaj Party
239RariDhananjay Singh Janata Dal Rajdeo Singh
288 Etawah Mahendra Singh Rajput Samajwadi Party Mahendra Singh Rajput
290 Bharthana Mulayam Singh Yadav Shiv Prasad Yadav

West Bengal

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
20605 January 2010 Nandigram Sheikh Mohammad Illias Communist Party of India (Marxist) Phiroja Bibi Trinamool Congress

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