2023 elections in India

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2023 Indian elections
2021          2022         2023         2024          2025
Off-year elections
Rajya Sabha elections
Overall control NDA hold
Seats contested10 (+2 by-elections)
Net seat change NDA +1
State elections
States contested9
Net state changeSteady2.svg
State by-elections
Seats contested17
Net seat change NDA +1
Local elections
Seats contested20
Net seat change NDA +1

Elections in India in 2023 were held in the Rajya Sabha, state legislative assemblies of nine states and several local bodies. [1]

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Lok Sabha by-elections

S.NoDateConstituencyState/UTMP before electionParty before electionElected MPParty after electionReason
110 May 2023 Jalandhar Punjab Santokh Singh Chaudhary Indian National Congress Sushil Kumar Rinku [2] Aam Aadmi Party Death of Santokh Singh Chaudhary [3]

State legislative assembly elections

2023 Indian Election Results 2023 Indian States Legislative assembly elections.png
2023 Indian Election Results
Polling Date(s)StateGovernment beforeChief Minister beforeGovernment afterElected Chief MinisterMaps
16 February 2023 Tripura Bharatiya Janata Party Manik Saha Bharatiya Janata Party Manik Saha IN-TR.svg
Indigenous People's Front of Tripura Indigenous People's Front of Tripura
27 February 2023 Meghalaya Meghalaya Democratic Alliance Conrad Sangma Meghalaya Democratic Alliance Conrad Sangma IN-ML.svg
Nagaland Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party Neiphiu Rio Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party Neiphiu Rio IN-NL.svg
Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party
10 May 2023 Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party Basavaraj S. Bommai Indian National Congress Siddaramaiah IN-KA.svg
7 November 2023 Mizoram Mizo National Front Zoramthanga Zoram People's Movement Lalduhoma IN-MZ.svg
7 and 17 November 2023 Chhattisgarh Indian National Congress Bhupesh Baghel Bharatiya Janata Party Vishnu Deo Sai IN-CT.svg
17 November 2023 Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party Shivraj Singh Chouhan Bharatiya Janata Party Mohan Yadav IN-MP.svg
25 November 2023 Rajasthan Indian National Congress Ashok Gehlot Bharatiya Janata Party Bhajan Lal Sharma IN-RJ.svg
30 November 2023 Telangana Bharat Rashtra Samithi K. Chandrasekhar Rao Indian National Congress Revanth Reddy IN-TG.svg

Legislative Assembly by-elections

Arunachal Pradesh

DateS.NoConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after electionReason
27 February 20231 Lumla Jambey Tashi Bharatiya Janata Party Tsering Lhamu [4] Bharatiya Janata Party Death of Jambey Tashi [5]

Jharkhand

DateS.NoConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after electionReason
27 February 202323 Ramgarh Mamta Devi Indian National Congress Sunita Choudhary [6] All Jharkhand Students Union Conviction of Mamta Devi [7]
5 September 202333 Dumri Jagannath Mahto Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Baby Devi Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Death of Jagannath Mahto [8]

Kerala

DateS.NoConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after electionReason
5 September 202398 Puthuppally Oommen Chandy Indian National Congress Chandy Oommen Indian National Congress Death of Oommen Chandy [9]

Maharashtra

DateS.NoConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after electionReason
26 February 2023 [10] 205 Chinchwad Laxman Jagtap Bharatiya Janata Party Ashwini Jagtap [11] Bharatiya Janata Party Death of Laxman Jagtap [12]
215 Kasba Peth Mukta Tilak Bharatiya Janata Party Ravindra Dhangekar [13] Indian National Congress Death of Mukta Tilak [14]

Nagaland

DateS.NoConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after electionReason
7 November 202348 Tapi Noke Wangnao Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party Wangpang Konyak Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party Death of Noke Wangnao [15]

Odisha

DateS.NoConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after electionReason
10 May 20237 Jharsuguda Naba Kishore Das Biju Janata Dal Dipali Das [16] Biju Janata Dal Death of Naba Kishore Das [17]

Tamil Nadu

DateS.NoConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
27 February 202398 Erode (East) Thirumagan Evera Indian National Congress E. V. K. S. Elangovan [18] Indian National Congress

Tripura

DateS.NoConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
5 September 202320 Boxanagar Samsul Haque Communist Party of India (Marxist) Tafajjal Hossain Bharatiya Janata Party
23 Dhanpur Pratima Bhoumik Bharatiya Janata Party Bindu Debnath

Uttarakhand

DateS.NoConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
5 September 202347 Bageshwar Chandan Ram Das Bharatiya Janata Party Parwati Dass Bharatiya Janata Party

Uttar Pradesh

DateS.NoConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
10 May 202334 Suar Abdullah Azam Khan Samajwadi Party Shafeek Ahmed Ansari [19] Apna Dal (Sonelal)
395 Chhanbey Rahul Prakash Kol Apna Dal (Sonelal) Rinki Kol [20]
5 September 2023354 Ghosi Dara Singh Chauhan Samajwadi Party Sudhakar Singh Samajwadi Party

West Bengal

DateS.NoConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
27 February 202360 Sagardighi Subrata Saha Trinamool Congress Bayron Biswas [21] Indian National Congress
5 September 202315 Dhupguri Bishnupada Roy Bharatiya Janata Party Nirmal Chandra Roy Trinamool Congress

Local body elections


Himachal Pradesh

DateMunicipal corporationGovernment beforeGovernment after
2 May 2023 Shimla Municipal Corporation Bharatiya Janata Party Indian National Congress

Ladakh

DateAutonomous CouncilGovernment beforeGovernment after
4 October 2023 Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil Jammu & Kashmir National Conference Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

Mizoram

DateAutonomous CouncilGovernment beforeGovernment after
9 May 2023 [22] Chakma Autonomous District Council Mizo National Front Mizo National Front

Uttar Pradesh

DateMunicipal CorporationGovernment beforeGovernment after
4 May 2023 Lucknow Municipal Corporation Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Varanasi Municipal Corporation
Prayagraj Municipal Corporation
Agra Municipal Corporation
Jhansi Municipal Corporation
Saharanpur Municipal Corporation
Moradabad Municipal Corporation
Mathura–Vrindavan Municipal Corporation
Firozabad Municipal Corporation
Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation
11 May 2023 Ayodhya Municipal Corporation
Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation
Kanpur Municipal Corporation
Bareilly Municipal Corporation
Aligarh Municipal Corporation Bahujan Samaj Party
Meerut Municipal Corporation
Shahjahanpur Municipal Corporationdid not exist

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