2022 elections in India

2022 Indian elections
← 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 → ; Presidential election year
Election day	18 July
Incumbent President	Ram Nath Kovind ( NDA )
Presidential election
Partisan control	NDA hold
	Electoral vote
Draupadi Murmu (NDA)	676,803
Yashwant Sinha (UO)	380,177
Partisan control	NDA hold
State elections
States contested	7 of 31 states
Net state change
State by-elections
Seats contested	86
Net seat change	NDA +7
Local elections
Seats contested	53
Net seat change

Last updated October 21, 2025

Elections in India in 2022 include election to the office of the President of India, vice president of India, by-elections to the Lok Sabha, elections to the Rajya Sabha, elections to state legislative assemblies of 7 (seven) states, by-elections to state legislative assemblies and numerous other elections and by-elections to state legislative councils and local bodies.^[1]

Presidential election

The presidential election was held on 18 July 2022. The counting of votes took place on 21 July 2022 and Droupadi Murmu was elected as the next President of India.^[2]

Date	President before election	Party before election		Elected president	Party after election
18 July 2022	Ram Nath Kovind		Bharatiya Janata Party	Droupadi Murmu		Bharatiya Janata Party

Vice presidential election

Vice presidential election was held on 6 August 2022. The votes were counted on the same day and Jagdeep Dhankhar was elected as the next Vice president of India.^[3]

Date	Vice president before election	Party before election		Elected vice president	Party after election
6 August 2022	Venkaiah Naidu		Bharatiya Janata Party	Jagdeep Dhankhar		Bharatiya Janata Party

Lok Sabha by-elections

S.No	Date	Constituency	State/UT	MP before election		Elected MP		Remarks
40	12 April 2022	Asansol	West Bengal	Babul Supriyo	Bharatiya Janata Party	Shatrughan Sinha	All India Trinamool Congress	Resignation by Babul Supriyo
12	23 June 2022	Sangrur	Punjab	Bhagwant Mann	Aam Aadmi Party	Simranjit Singh Mann ^[4]	Shiromani Akali Dal (Amritsar)	Resignation by Bhagwant Mann ^[5]
7	23 June 2022	Rampur	Uttar Pradesh	Azam Khan	Samajwadi Party	Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi	Bharatiya Janata Party	Resignation by Azam Khan
69	23 June 2022	Azamgarh		Akhilesh Yadav		Dinesh Lal Yadav "Nirahua"	Bharatiya Janata Party	Resignation by Akhilesh Yadav
21	5 December 2022	Mainpuri		Mulayam Singh Yadav		Dimple Yadav	Samajwadi Party	Death of Mulayam Singh Yadav

State legislative assembly elections

Date(s)	State		Chief Minister before election		Chief Minister after election
14 February 2022	Goa	Bharatiya Janata Party	Pramod Sawant	Bharatiya Janata Party	Pramod Sawant
14 February 2022	Goa	Bharatiya Janata Party	Pramod Sawant	Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	Pramod Sawant
14 February 2022	Uttarakhand	Bharatiya Janata Party	Pushkar Singh Dhami	Bharatiya Janata Party	Pushkar Singh Dhami
20 February 2022	Punjab	Indian National Congress	Charanjit Singh Channi	Aam Aadmi Party	Bhagwant Singh Mann
28 February and 5 March 2022	Manipur	Bharatiya Janata Party	N. Biren Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	N. Biren Singh
		National People's Party
		Naga People's Front
10, 14, 20, 23, 27 February, 3 and 7 March 2022	Uttar Pradesh	Bharatiya Janata Party	Yogi Adityanath	Bharatiya Janata Party	Yogi Adityanath
				NISHAD Party
				Apna Dal
12 November 2022	Himachal Pradesh	Bharatiya Janata Party	Jai Ram Thakur	Indian National Congress	Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu
1 and 5 December 2022	Gujarat	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bhupendrabhai Patel	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bhupendrabhai Patel

Legislative Assembly by-elections

Andhra Pradesh

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
23 June 2022	115	Atmakur	Mekapati Goutham Reddy		YSR Congress Party	Mekapati Vikram Reddy		YSR Congress Party

Assam

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
7 March 2022	99	Majuli	Sarbananda Sonowal		Bharatiya Janata Party	Bhuban Gam ^[6]		Bharatiya Janata Party

Bihar

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election		Elected MLA
12 April 2022	91	Bochahan	Musafir Paswan	Vikassheel Insaan Party	Amar Kumar Paswan	Rashtriya Janata Dal
3 November 2022	101	Gopalganj	Subash Singh	Bharatiya Janata Party	Kusum Devi	Bharatiya Janata Party
3 November 2022	178	Mokama	Anant Kumar Singh	Rashtriya Janata Dal	Nilam Devi	Rashtriya Janata Dal
5 December 2022	93	Kurhani	Anil Sahani	Rashtriya Janata Dal	Kedar Prasad Gupta	Bharatiya Janata Party

Chhattisgarh

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
12 April 2022	73	Khairagarh	Devwrat Singh		Janta Congress Chhattisgarh	Yashoda Verma		Indian National Congress
5 December 2022	80	Bhanupratappur	Manoj Singh Mandavi		Indian National Congress	Savitri Manoj Mandavi		Indian National Congress

Delhi

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
23 June 2022	39	Rajinder Nagar	Raghav Chadha		Aam Aadmi Party	Durgesh Pathak		Aam Aadmi Party

Jharkhand

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
23 June 2022	66	Mandar	Bandhu Tirkey		Indian National Congress	Shilpi Neha Tirkey		Indian National Congress

Haryana

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
3 November 2022	47	Adampur	Kuldeep Bishnoi		Indian National Congress	Bhavya Bishnoi		Bharatiya Janata Party

Kerala

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
31 May 2022	83	Thrikkakara	P. T. Thomas		Indian National Congress	Uma Thomas		Indian National Congress

Maharashtra

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
12 April 2022	82	Kolhapur North	Chandrakant Jadhav		Indian National Congress	Jayshri Jadhav		Indian National Congress
3 November 2022	26	Andheri East	Ramesh Latke		Shiv Sena	Rutuja Latke		Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray)

Odisha

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election		Elected MLA
31 May 2022	6	Brajarajnagar	Kishore Kumar Mohanty	Biju Janata Dal	Alka Mohanty	Biju Janata Dal
3 November 2022	46	Dhamnagar	Bishnu Sethi	Bharatiya Janata Party	Suryabanshi Suraj	Bharatiya Janata Party
5 December 2022	1	Padampur	Bijaya Ranjan Singh Bariha	Biju Janata Dal	Barsha Singh Bariha	Biju Janata Dal

Rajasthan

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
5 December 2022	21	Sardarshahar	Bhanwar Lal Sharma		Indian National Congress	Anil Kumar Sharma		Indian National Congress

Telangana

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
3 November 2022	93	Munugode	Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy		Indian National Congress	Kusukuntla Prabhakar Reddy		Bharat Rashtra Samithi

Tripura

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election		Elected MLA
23 June 2022	6	Agartala	Sudip Roy Barman	Bharatiya Janata Party	Sudip Roy Barman	Indian National Congress
	8	Town Bordowali	Ashish Kumar Saha	Bharatiya Janata Party	Manik Saha	Bharatiya Janata Party
	46	Surma	Asish Das	Bharatiya Janata Party	Swapna Das Paul	Bharatiya Janata Party
	57	Jubarajnagar	Ramendra Chandra Debnath	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Malina Debnath	Bharatiya Janata Party

Uttar Pradesh

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election		Elected MLA
3 November 2022	139	Gola Gokrannath	Arvind Giri	Bharatiya Janata Party	Aman Giri	Bharatiya Janata Party
5 December 2022	37	Rampur	Azam Khan	Samajwadi Party	Akash Saxena	Bharatiya Janata Party
5 December 2022	15	Khatauli	Vikram Singh Saini	Bharatiya Janata Party	Madan Kasana	Rashtriya Lok Dal

Uttarakhand

Date	S.No.	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
31 May 2022	55	Champawat	Kailash Gahtori		Bharatiya Janata Party	Pushkar Singh Dhami ^[7]		Bharatiya Janata Party

West Bengal

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
12 April 2022	161	Ballygunge	Subrata Mukherjee		Trinamool Congress	Died on 4 November 2021^[8]	Babul Supriyo		Trinamool Congress

Local body elections

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Date	Municipal council	Government before		Government after
6 March 2022	Port Blair Municipal Council		Bharatiya Janata Party		Bharatiya Janata Party

Assam

Date	Municipal corporation/ Autonomous Council
20 January 2022	Thengal Kachari Autonomous Council	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
22 April 2022	Guwahati Municipal Corporation	Indian National Congress
8 June 2022	Karbi Anglong Autonomous Council	Bharatiya Janata Party
8 November 2022	Deori Autonomous Council	Bharatiya Janata Party

Delhi

Date	Municipal corporation	Government before		Government after
4 December 2022	Delhi Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party		Aam Aadmi Party

Karnataka

Date	Municipal corporation	Government before		Government after
28 October 2022	Vijayapura City Corporation		Indian National Congress		Bharatiya Janata Party

Madhya Pradesh

Date	Municipal Corporation
6 July 2022	Indore Municipal Corporation	Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Bhopal Municipal Corporation
	Ujjain Municipal Corporation
	Burhanpur Municipal Corporation
	Khandwa Municipal Corporation
	Sagar Municipal Corporation
	Satna Municipal Corporation
	Singrauli Municipal Corporation		Aam Aadmi Party
	Gwalior Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress
	Jabalpur Municipal Corporation
	Chhindwara Municipal Corporation
13 July 2022
	Rewa Municipal Corporation
	Morena Municipal Corporation
	Dewas Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Ratlam Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Katni Municipal Corporation		Independent

Mizoram

Date	Municipal Corporation/ Autonomous Council	Government before		Government after
5 May 2022	Mara Autonomous District Council		Indian National Congress		Indian National Congress

Odisha

Date	Municipal corporation
24 March 2022	Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation	Biju Janata Dal	Biju Janata Dal
	Cuttack Municipal Corporation
	Berhampur Municipal Corporation

Tamil Nadu

Date	Municipal corporation	Government before
19 February 2022	Greater Chennai Corporation		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
	Coimbatore City Municipal Corporation
	Tiruchirappalli City Municipal Corporation
	Corporation of Madurai
	Salem City Municipal Corporation
	Tirunelveli City Municipal Corporation
	Tiruppur City Municipal Corporation
	Vellore Corporation
	Erode City Municipal Corporation
	Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation
	Thanjavur City Municipal Corporation
	Dindigul City Municipal Corporation
	Hosur City Municipal Corporation	did not exist
	Nagercoil Corporation
	Avadi City Municipal Corporation
	Kancheepuram City Municipal Corporation
	Karur City Municipal Corporation
	Cuddalore City Municipal Corporation
	Sivakasi City Municipal Corporation
	Tambaram City Municipal Corporation
	Kumbakonam City Municipal Corporation

West Bengal

Date	Municipal Corporation/ Autonomous Council
12 February 2022	Asansol Municipal Corporation	Trinamool Congress	Trinamool Congress
	Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
	Chandernagore Municipal Corporation
	Siliguri Municipal Corporation	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
26 June 2022	Gorkhaland Territorial Administration	Gorkha Janmukti Morcha	Bharatiya Gorkha Prajatantrik Morcha

References

↑ "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 27 August 2019.
↑ "Droupadi Murmu elected 15th President of India". The Hindu. 21 July 2022. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 21 July 2022.
↑ "Vice-Presidential poll on August 6". The Hindu. 29 June 2022. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 9 July 2022.
↑ "Bypoll results Sangrur".
↑ "Punjab CM-designate Bhagwant Mann resigns as Lok Sabha MP". 14 March 2022.
↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
↑ "Pushkar Singh Dhami wins Champawat bypolls by 55,000 votes, retains CM post". The Indian Express. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
↑ "Bengal Minister Subrata Mukherjee dies at 75". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

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[1] "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 27 August 2019.

[2] "Droupadi Murmu elected 15th President of India". The Hindu. 21 July 2022. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 21 July 2022.

[3] "Vice-Presidential poll on August 6". The Hindu. 29 June 2022. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 9 July 2022.

[:0-4] "Bypoll results Sangrur".

[5] "Punjab CM-designate Bhagwant Mann resigns as Lok Sabha MP". 14 March 2022.

[6] "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

[7] "Pushkar Singh Dhami wins Champawat bypolls by 55,000 votes, retains CM post". The Indian Express. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.

[8] "Bengal Minister Subrata Mukherjee dies at 75". The Hindu. Retrieved 5 November 2021.

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Presidential election
← 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 → Presidential election year
Election day	18 July
Incumbent President	Ram Nath Kovind ( NDA )
Partisan control	NDA hold
Electoral vote
Draupadi Murmu (NDA)	676,803
Yashwant Sinha (UO)	380,177
Partisan control	NDA hold
State elections
States contested	7 of 31 states
Net state change
State by-elections
Seats contested	86
Net seat change	NDA +7
Local elections
Seats contested	53
Net seat change

2022 elections in India

Contents

Presidential election

Vice presidential election

Lok Sabha by-elections

State legislative assembly elections

Legislative Assembly by-elections

Local body elections

Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Assam

Delhi

Karnataka

Madhya Pradesh

Mizoram

Odisha

Tamil Nadu

West Bengal

See also

References

External links