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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. [1] The Election Commission of India (ECI) successfully conducted elections in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland in February [2] 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. [3]

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Legislative Assembly

Polling Date(s)StateGovernment beforeChief Minister beforeGovernment afterElected Chief MinisterMaps
14 February 2013 Tripura Communist Party of India Manik Saha Communist Party of India Manik Sarkar IN-TR.svg
23 February 2013 Meghalaya Indian National Congress Mukul Sangma Indian National Congress Mukul Sangma IN-ML.svg
Nagaland Naga People's Front Neiphiu Rio Naga People's Front Neiphiu Rio IN-NL.svg
5 May 2013 Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party Jagadish Shettar Indian National Congress Siddaramaiah IN-KA.svg
11 and 19 November 2013 Chhattisgarh Bharatiya Janata Party Raman Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Raman Singh IN-CT.svg
25 November 2013 Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party Shivraj Singh Chouhan Bharatiya Janata Party Shivraj Singh Chouhan IN-MP.svg
1 December 2013 Rajasthan Indian National Congress Ashok Gehlot Bharatiya Janata Party Vasundhara Raje IN-RJ.svg
4 December 2013 Delhi Indian National Congress Sheila Dikshit Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal IN-DL.svg
Indian National Congress
9 December 2013 Mizoram Indian National Congress Lal Thanhawla Indian National Congress Lal Thanhawla IN-MZ.svg

Parliamentary By-election

S.NoDateConstituencyStateMP before electionParty before electionElected MPParty after election
192 June 2013 Maharajganj Bihar Uma Shankar Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal Prabhunath Singh Rashtriya Janata Dal
2 Banaskantha Gujarat Mukesh Gadhvi Indian National Congress Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
11 Porbandar Vitthal Radadiya Indian National Congress Vitthal Radadiya Bharatiya Janata Party
25 Howrah West Bengal Ambica Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress Prasun Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress
223 June 2013 Mandi Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh Indian National Congress Pratibha Singh Indian National Congress
2021 August 2013 Mandya Karnataka N. Chaluvaraya Swamy Janata Dal (Secular) Ramya Indian National Congress
23 Bangalore Rural H. D. Kumaraswamy Janata Dal (Secular) D. K. Suresh Indian National Congress

Assembly By-elections

Andhra Pradesh

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
7621 August 2013 Avanigadda Ambati Brahmanaiah Telugu Desam Party Ambati Srihari Prasad Telugu Desam Party

Arunachal Pradesh

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
4231 October 2013 Dambuk Jomin Tayeng Indian National Congress Gum Tayeng Indian National Congress

Assam

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
824 February 2013 Algapur Sahidul Alam Chodhary Asom Gana Parishad Mandira Roy Indian National Congress

Bihar

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
13124 February 2013 Kalyanpur Ram Sewak Hazari Janata Dal (United) Manju Kumari Janata Dal (United)

Gujarat

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
612 June 2013 Limbdi Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel Indian National Congress Kiritsinh Rana Bharatiya Janata Party
74 Jetpur Jayesh Radadiya Indian National Congress Jayesh Radadiya Bharatiya Janata Party
75 Jetpur Vitthal Radadiya Indian National Congress Pravin Makadiya Bharatiya Janata Party
125 Morva Hadaf Savitaben Khant Indian National Congress Nimisha Suthar Bharatiya Janata Party
1674 December 2013 Surat West Kishor Vankawala Bharatiya Janata Party Purnesh Modi Bharatiya Janata Party

Maharashtra

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
27124 February 2013 Chandgad Babasaheb Kupekar Nationalist Congress Party Sandhyadevi Kupekar Nationalist Congress Party
702 June 2013 Yavatmal Nilesh Shivram Deshmukh Parvekar Indian National Congress Nandini Nilesh Deshmukh Parvekar Indian National Congress

Mizoram

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
823 February 2013 Chalfilh Chawngtinthanga Indian National Congress Ngurdingliana Indian National Congress

Nagaland

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
734 September 2013 Noksen C. M. Chang Naga People's Front C. M. Chang Naga People's Front

Punjab

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
7323 February 2013 Moga Joginder Pal Jain Indian National Congress Joginder Pal Jain Shiromani Akali Dal

Tamil Nadu

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
8323 February 2013 Yercaud C. Perumal All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Saroja All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Uttar Pradesh

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
34023 February 2013 Bhatpar Rani Kameswar Upadhyay Samajwadi Party Ashutosh Upadhyay Samajwadi Party
2582 June 2013 Handia Mahesh Narayan Singh Samajwadi Party Prashant Singh Samajwadi Party

West Bengal

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
5123 February 2013 English Bazar Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury Indian National Congress Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury All India Trinamool Congress
70 Rejinagar Humayun Kabir Indian National Congress Rabiul Alam Chowdhury Indian National Congress
293 Nalhati Abhijit Mukherjee Indian National Congress Dipak Chatterjee All India Forward Bloc

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References

  1. "Election Commission announces poll dates in five states". NDTV.
  2. "EC announces poll dates for Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland". Niti Central. 11 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
  3. "Despite AAP's grand showing, Delhi faces hung Assembly". The Hindu .