2012 elections in India

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The elections in 2012 were scheduled for seven Vidhan Sabhas and several local elections were also conducted. The 14th presidential election to elect the 13th president of the republic was also held in 2012. The tenure of the legislative assemblies of Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand were to expire during the year. The Election Commission of India issued the dates for the elections in Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Goa to take place in the first quarter of the year. Whereas the elections were held in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat in the last quarter of the year.

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In the first rounds of elections, Manipur and Punjab resulted in an incumbent government victory; while in Uttar Pradesh and Goa there was a heavy anti-incumbent victory; and Uttarakhand resulted in a hung assembly with an anti-incumbent plurality and in the second round, in Himachal Pradesh, BJP led by incumbent Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal lost due to a huge anti-incumbency wave arising mainly out of corruption and lack of good governance. Congress veteran leader Virbhadra Singh took oath for record sixth term as next Chief Minister. In the western state of Gujarat incumbent Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in power since 2002, was running for his fourth term. Elections, held in two phases, reverted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in power in Gujarat since 1995, with 119 seat out of 182.

Presidential election

DatePresident before electionParty before electionElected PresidentParty after election
18 July 2022 Pratibha Patil Indian National Congress Pranab Mukherjee Indian National Congress
Pranab Mukherjee Secretary Tim Geithner and Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee 2010 crop.jpg
Pranab Mukherjee

The 14th indirect presidential election, in order to elect the 13th president, was held in India on 19 July 2012. [1] On 22 July, Pranab Mukherjee was declared the winner. [2] Mukheree gained 373,116 MP votes and 340,647 MLA votes for a total of 713,763 votes to win the election. He defeated P. A. Sangma, who got 145,848 MP votes and 170,139 MLA votes for a total of 315,987 votes. [3] Mukherjee's win was aided by cross-voting. [4]

Vice Presidential Election

DateVice-President before electionParty before electionElected Vice-PresidentParty after election
18 July 2022 Mohammad Hamid Ansari Indian National Congress Mohammad Hamid Ansari Indian National Congress

Legislative Assembly elections

Date(s)StateGovernment before electionChief Minister before electionGovernment after electionChief Minister after electionMaps
28 January 2012 Manipur Indian National Congress Okram Ibobi Singh Indian National Congress Okram Ibobi Singh IN-MN.svg
Communist Party of India
Manipur Peoples Party
Nationalist Congress Party
30 January 2012 Punjab Shiromani Akali Dal Parkash Singh Badal Shiromani Akali Dal Parkash Singh Badal IN-PB.svg
Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Uttarakhand Bharatiya Janata Party B. C. Khanduri Indian National Congress Vijay Bahuguna IN-UT.svg
8 February 2012 – 3 March 2012 Uttar Pradesh Bahujan Samaj Party Mayawati Samajwadi Party Akhilesh Yadav IN-UP.svg
3 March 2012 Goa Indian National Congress Digambar Kamat Bharatiya Janata Party Manohar Parrikar IN-GA.svg
4 November 2012 Himachal Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party Prem Kumar Dhumal Indian National Congress Virbhadra Singh IN-HP.svg
13 and 17 December 2012 Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party Narendra Modi Bharatiya Janata Party Narendra Modi IN-GJ.svg

Parliamentary By-election

S.NoDateConstituencyStateMP before electionParty before electionElected MPParty after election
1518 March 2012 Udupi Chikmagalur Karnataka Sadananda Gowda Bharatiya Janata Party Jayaprakash Hegde Indian National Congress
399 June 2012 Kannauj Uttar Pradesh Akhilesh Yadav Samajwadi Party Dimple Yadav Samajwadi Party
3912 June 2012 Nellore Andhra Pradesh Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy Indian National Congress Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy YSR Congress Party
110 October 2012 Tehri Garhwal Uttarakhand Vijay Bahuguna Indian National Congress Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah Bharatiya Janata Party
9 Jangipur West Bengal Pranab Mukherjee Indian National Congress Abhijit Mukherjee Indian National Congress

Assembly By-elections

Andhra Pradesh

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
710 March 2012 Adilabad Jogu Ramanna Telugu Desam Party Jogu Ramanna Telangana Rashtra Samithi
1618 March 2012 Kamareddy Gampa Govardhan Telugu Desam Party Gampa Govardhan Telangana Rashtra Samithi
74 Mahbubnagar N. Rajeshwar Reddy Independent Yennam Srinivas Reddy Bharatiya Janata Party
81 Nagarkurnool Nagam Janardhan Reddy Telugu Desam Party Nagam Janardhan Reddy Independent
85 Kollapur Jupally Krishna Rao Indian National Congress Jupally Krishna Rao Telangana Rashtra Samithi
99 Ghanpur Station T. Rajaiah Indian National Congress T. Rajaiah Telangana Rashtra Samithi
235 Kovur Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy Telugu Desam Party Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy YSR Congress Party
10412 June 2012 Parkal Konda Surekha Indian National Congress M. Bikshpathi Telangana Rashtra Samithi
127 Narasannapeta Dharmana Krishna Das Indian National Congress Dharmana Krishna Das YSR Congress Party
152 Payakaraopet Golla Baburao Indian National Congress Golla Baburao YSR Congress Party
152 Ramachandrapuram Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose Indian National Congress Thota Trimurthulu Indian National Congress
177 Narasapuram Mudnuri Prasad Raju Indian National Congress Kothapalli Subbarayudu Indian National Congress
186 Polavaram Tellam Balaraju Indian National Congress Tellam Balaraju YSR Congress Party
212 Prathipadu Mekathoti Sucharitha Indian National Congress Mekathoti Sucharitha YSR Congress Party
220 Macherla Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy Indian National Congress Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy YSR Congress Party
227 Ongole Balineni Srinivasa Reddy Indian National Congress Balineni Srinivasa Reddy YSR Congress Party
242 Udayagiri Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy Indian National Congress Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy YSR Congress Party
244 Rajampet Akepati Amaranath Reddy Indian National Congress Akepati Amaranath Reddy YSR Congress Party
246 Kodur Koramutla Srinivasulu Indian National Congress Koramutla Srinivasulu YSR Congress Party
247 Rayachoti Gadikota Srikanth Reddy Indian National Congress Gadikota Srikanth Reddy YSR Congress Party
253 Allagadda Shobha Nagi Reddy Praja Rajyam Party Shobha Nagi Reddy YSR Congress Party
263 Yemmiganur K. Chennakesava Reddy Indian National Congress K. Chennakesava Reddy YSR Congress Party
267 Yemmiganur Kapu Ramachandra Reddy Indian National Congress Kapu Ramachandra Reddy YSR Congress Party
272 Anantapur Urban Bodimalla Gurunatha Reddy Indian National Congress Bodimalla Gurunatha Reddy YSR Congress Party
286 Tirupati Konidela Chiranjeevi Praja Rajyam Party Bhumana Karunakar Reddy YSR Congress Party

Goa

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
2721 May 2012 Cortalim José Matanhy de Saldanha Bharatiya Janata Party Alina Saldanha Bharatiya Janata Party

Gujarat

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
8518 March 2012 Mansa Mangalbhai Patel Bharatiya Janata Party Babusinhj Thakor Indian National Congress

Jharkhand

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
6412 June 2012 Hatia Gopal Sharan Nath Shahdeo Indian National Congress Navin Jaiswal All Jharkhand Students Union

Kerala

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
8517 March 2012 Piravom T. M. Jacob Kerala Congress (Jacob) Anoop Jacob Kerala Congress (Jacob)
1402 June 2012 Neyyattinkara R. Selvaraj Communist Party of India (Marxist) R. Selvaraj Indian National Congress

Madhya Pradesh

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
18312 June 2012 Maheshwar Vijayalaxmi Sadho Indian National Congress Rajkumar Mev Bharatiya Janata Party

Maharashtra

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
23212 June 2012 Kaij Vimal Mundada Nationalist Congress Party Prithviraj Sathe Nationalist Congress Party

Odisha

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
8918 March 2012 Athagarh Ramesh Rout Independent Ranendra Pratap Swain Biju Janata Dal

Punjab

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
4011 July 2012 Athagarh Amarjit Singh Sahi Bharatiya Janata Party Sukhjit Kaur Sahi Bharatiya Janata Party

Tamil Nadu

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
21918 March 2012 Sankarankoil C. Karuppasamy All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam V. M. Rajalakshmi All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
18012 June 2012 Sankarankoil S. P. Muthukumaran Communist Party of India V. R. Karthik Thondaiman All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tripura

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
2012 June 2012 Nalchar Sukumar Barman Communist Party of India Tapan Chandra Das Communist Party of India

Uttar Pradesh

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
8212 June 2012 Mant Jayant Chaudhary Rashtriya Lok Dal Shyam Sunder Sharma All India Trinamool Congress

Uttarakhand

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
688 July 2012 Sitarganj Kiran Mandal Bharatiya Janata Party Vijay Bahuguna Indian National Congress

West Bengal

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
23012 June 2012 Daspur Ajit Bhunia All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Bhunia All India Trinamool Congress
252 Bankura Kashinath Misra All India Trinamool Congress Minati Misra All India Trinamool Congress

Local elections

Municipal elections were held in various cities across Maharashtra on 16 February. In different cities elections results were mixed by party. The capital, Mumbai, resulted in a plurality for the Shiv Sena and the second largest city of Pune resulted in a Nationalist Congress Party plurality.

See also

References

  1. "Election to the office of President of India, 2012 (14th Presidential election)" (PDF). Election Commission of India. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
  2. "Pranab Mukherjee voted India's 13th President". The Times of India . 22 July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 March 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  3. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2013. Retrieved 23 July 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. Maya Sharma (22 July 2012). "Pranab Mukherjee helped by cross voting in Karnataka BJP". NDTV.com.

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