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The elections in [[India]] in 2016 include the five [[Legislative Assembly elections in India|state legislative assembly elections]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/tamil-nadu-kerala-west-bengal-assam-polls-in-april-may/|title=Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam polls in April–May}}</ref> The tenure of the state legislative assembly of [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Tamil Nadu]], [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|West Bengal]], [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Kerala]], [[Puducherry Legislative Assembly|Puducherry]], [[Assam Legislative Assembly|Assam]], expired during the year.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/terms_of_houses.aspx|title= Terms of Houses, Election Commission of India|access-date= 2015-11-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Assembly-polls-Chasing-the-Muslim-vote/articleshow/51302289.cms|title=Assembly polls: Chasing the Muslim vote}}</ref> More than 18,000 [[Voter-verified paper audit trail]] (VVPATs) in 64 Assembly constituencies were used in these 5 elections.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN16_04032016.pdf|title=VVPAT usage in 64 seats in 5 states Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry.}}</ref> The dates of these elections were announced on 4 March 2016.<ref>http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Election-Commission-announces-dates-for-5-state-polls-in-April-and-May/articleshow/51254477.cms</ref>

==Legislative Assembly Elections==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Start date
! End date
! State
! colspan="2" |Government before
! Chief Minister before
! colspan="2" |Government after
! Elected Chief Minister
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="3"| 4 April 2016
| rowspan="3"| 11 April 2016
| rowspan="3"| [[2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election|Assam]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="3"|[[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="3"|[[Tarun Gogoi]]
| bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="3" | [[Sarbananda Sonowal]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| bgcolor="{{Asom Gana Parishad/meta/color}}" |
| [[Asom Gana Parishad]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| bgcolor="{{Bodoland People's Front/meta/color}}" |
| [[Bodoland People's Front]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 4 April 2016
| 5 May 2016
|[[2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|West Bengal]]
| bgcolor="{{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}" |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| [[Mamata Banerjee]]
| bgcolor="{{All India Trinamool Congress/meta/color}}" |
| [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| [[Mamata Banerjee]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| colspan="2" Rowspan="4" | 16 May 2016
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|Kerala]]
| bgcolor="{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}" |
| [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front]]
| [[Oommen Chandy]]
| bgcolor="{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}" |
| [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front]]
| [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2" | [[2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election|Puducherry]]
| rowspan=2" bgcolor="{{All India N.R. Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan=2" | [[All India N.R. Congress]]
| rowspan=2" | [[N. Rangaswamy]]
| bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2" |[[V. Narayanasamy]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| bgcolor="{{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
| [[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|Tamil Nadu]]
| bgcolor="{{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[J. Jayalalithaa]]
| bgcolor="{{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}" |
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|[[J. Jayalalithaa]]

|}

===Assam===
{{main|2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election}}
The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Assam expired on June 5, 2016. The polls for the incumbent assembly were held in two phases on April 4 and 11 2016 to elect members of the 126 constituencies in Assam. BJP won 60 seats and became biggest party in the election.

{| class="wikitable Sortable" border="2"
|- valign="top"
! Alliance
!
! Party
! Contested
! Won
! +/-
! Votes
! %
|-
| rowspan="5" |[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
|bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|89
|60
|55{{increase}}
|4,992,185
|29.5
|-
|bgcolor="{{Asom Gana Parishad/meta/color}}"|
| [[Asom Gana Parishad]]
|30
|14
|{{increase}}5
|1,377,482
|8.1
|-
|bgcolor="{{Bodoland People's Front/meta/color}}"|
| [[Bodoland People's Front]]
|13
|12
|{{steady}}
|666,057
|3.9
|-
|
| Rabha Jatiya Aikya Manch
|1
|0
|{{steady}}
|
|
|-
|
|Tiwa Jatiya Aikya Manch
|1
| 0
|{{steady}}
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
|bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}"|
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 122
| 26
|{{decrease}}53
|5,238,655
|31.0
|-
|
|United People’s Party
|4
|0
|{{steady}}
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | G.A
|bgcolor="{{All India United Democratic Front/meta/color}}"|
|[[All India United Democratic Front]]
|74
|13
|{{decrease}}5
|2,207,945
|13.0
|-
|bgcolor="{{Rashtriya Janata Dal/meta/color}}"|
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|12
|0
|{{steady}}
|
|
|-
|bgcolor="{{Janata Dal (United)/meta/color}}"|
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|12
|0
|{{steady}}
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | Left
|bgcolor="{{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}"|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 19
|0
|{{steady}}
|93,508
|0.6
|-
|bgcolor="{{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}"|
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| 15
|0
|{{steady}}
|37,243
|0.2
|-
|None
|bgcolor="{{Independent/meta/color}}"|
| [[Independent politician|Independents]]
|
| 1
|{{decrease}}2
| 1,867,532
| 11.0
|-
| colspan=3 |'''Total'''
|
|126
|
|
|
|}

===West Bengal===
{{main|2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election}}

The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal expired on May 29, 2016. Like in 2011, the polls for the next assembly were held in six phases. The first phase, held in Naxal-affected areas, had two polling dates — April 4 and April 11. The other phases were held on April 17, 21, 25, 30 and May 5.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/kolkata/6333-west-bengal-assembly-election-schedule.html|title=West Bengal Assembly Election Schedule 2016 - infoelections.com}}</ref><ref name="infoelections.com">http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/kolkata/6333-west-bengal-assembly-election-schedule.html</ref>

West Bengal election results were announced along with other four assemblies on 19 May 2016. All India Trinamool Congress under [[Mamata Banerjee]] won 211 seats, and thus was reelected with an enhanced majority.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://zeenews.india.com/news/west-bengal/after-sweeping-polls-in-west-bengal-tmcs-legislative-party-to-meet-in-kolkata-today_1887311.html | title=It's 'Mamata wave' in West Bengal as voters reject Congress-Left alliance | publisher=[[Zee News]] | work=Ritesh K Srivastava | date=20 May 2016 | access-date=20 May 2016}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable Sortable" border="1"
|- valign="top"
! Pos || ||Party || Contested || Seats || Swing || Votes
!Vote %|| Vote swing
|-
| 1 || [[File:All_India_Trinamool_Congress_flag.svg|30px]] ||[[Trinamool Congress]] ||293 || 211
||{{increase}}27||24,564,523
|44.9
|{{increase}}5.97
|-
| rowspan=2|2
| || [[Indian National Congress]] ||92|| 44
||{{increase}}2
|6,700,938
|12.3|||{{increase}}3.21
|-
| [[File:Cpim_party_symbol.svg|30px]] || [[Left Front (West Bengal)|Left Front]] ||199|| 32
||{{decrease}}30||14,216,327
|25.9||{{decrease}}14.13
|-
| 3 || ||[[BJP]] ||294|| 6
||{{increase}}3||5,809,760
|10.7||{{increase}}5.92
|-
| 4 || ||[[Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|SUCI]]|| ||0
||{{decrease}}1 ||365,996
|0.7||{{increase}}0.26
|-
| 5 || ||[[Independent politician|Independents]]|| ||1
||{{decrease}}1 ||1,184,047
|2.2||{{decrease}}0.93
|-
|6
|
|[[None of the above|NOTA]]
|
|
|
|831,845
|1.5
|
|-
| || '''Total''' |||||| '''294''' || ||
|||
|}

===Kerala===
{{main|2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election}}

The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala expired on May 31, 2016. The polls for the next assembly were held on 16 May 2016. The Left Democratic Front won a clear victory with 91 in 140 seats.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiancrux.info/2016/02/2016-kerala-assembly-constituency-wise-election-results.html|title=2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly Election Results Constituency Wise}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="font-weight: bold; font-size: x-small; font-family: verdana"
! style="background:#f00; color:white;"|LDF+
! style="background:#f00; color:white;"|SEATS
! style="background:#00BFFF; color:white;"|UDF+
! style="background:#00BFFF; color:white;"|SEATS
! style="background:#f90; color:white;"|NDA+
! style="background:#f90; color:white;"|SEATS
! style="background:#848482; color:white;"|OTHERS
! style="background:#848482; color:white;"|SEATS
|-
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|58
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
|22
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|1
|P. C. George (IND)
|1
|-
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|19
|[[Indian Union Muslim League|IUML]]
|18
|[[Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|BDJS]]
|0
|
|
|-
|[[Janata Dal (Secular)|JD(S)]]
|3
|[[Kerala Congress (M)|KC(M)]]
|6
|[[Kerala Congress (Thomas)|KC]]
|0
|
|
|-
|[[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]]
|2
|[[Kerala Congress (Jacob)|KC(J)]]
|1
|[[Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha|JRS]]
|0
|
|
|-
|[[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|5
|[[Communist Marxist Party|CMP]]
|0
|[[Janadhipathya Samrakshana Samithi|JSS]]
|0
|
|
|-
|[[Indian National Congress (Socialist)|IC(S)]]
|1
|[[Janata Dal (United)|JD(U)]]
|0
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Kerala Congress (B)|KC(B)]]
|1
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]]
|0
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)|RSP(L)]]
|1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Communist Marxist Party|CMP]]
|1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
|[[Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group)|KC]]
|0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Janadhipathya Kerala Congress|KC(D)]]
|0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| [[Indian National League|INL]]
|0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|-
| style="background:#ffe6e6;"|TOTAL (2016)
| style="background:#f00; color:white;"|91
| style="background:#9f9;"|TOTAL (2016)
| style="background:#00BFFF; color:white;"|47
| style="background:#e6ffe6;"|TOTAL (2016)
| style="background:#f90; color:white;"|1
| style="background:#fff3e1;"|TOTAL (2016)
| style="background:#848482; color:white;"|1
|-
| style="background:#ffe6e6;"|TOTAL (2011)
| style="background:#f00; color:white;"|68
| style="background:#9f9;"|TOTAL (2011)
| style="background:#00BFFF; color:white;"|72
| style="background:#e6ffe6;"|TOTAL (2011)
| style="background:#f90; color:white;"|0
| style="background:#fff3e1;"|TOTAL (2011)
| style="background:#848482; color:white;"|0
|-
| style="background:#ffe6e6;"|TOTAL (2006)
| style="background:#f00; color:white;"|98
| style="background:#9f9;"|TOTAL (2006)
| style="background:#00BFFF; color:white;"|42
| style="background:#e6ffe6;"|TOTAL (2006)
|style="background:#f90; color:white;"|0
| style="background:#fff3e1;"|TOTAL (2006)
| style="background:#848482; color:white;"|0
|-
| style="background:#ffe6e6;"|TOTAL (2001)
| style="background:#f00; color:white;"|40
| style="background:#9f9;"|TOTAL (2001)
| style="background:#00BFFF; color:white;"|99
| style="background:#e6ffe6;"|TOTAL (2001)
| style="background:#f90; color:white;"|0
| style="background:#fff3e1;"|TOTAL (2001)
| style="background:#848482; color:white;"|1

|}

===Puducherry===

{{main|2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election}}
The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry expired on June 2, 2016. The polls for the next assembly were held on 16 May 2016 to elect members of the 30 constituencies in the non-contiguous territory. INC won 15 out of 30 seats.

{| class="wikitable Sortable" border="2"
|- valign="top"
! Alliance
! colspan="2" | Party
! Contested
! Won
! Change
! Votes
! Vote %
! Vote Swing
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[United Progressive Alliance|UPA]]
| style="background-color:{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}"|  || style="text-align:left;"|[[Indian National Congress|INC]] ||align="right"|21 || align="right"|15||align="right"|{{increase}}8 || align="right"| 244,886
| align="right"| 30.6|| align="right"| {{increase}} 5.54
|-
| style="background-color:{{Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|  || style="text-align:left;"|[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|DMK]] ||align="right"| 9|| align="right"|2||align="right"|{{steady}} || align="right"| 70,836
| align="right"| 8.9|| align="right"| {{decrease}} 1.78
|-
| rowspan="2" |None
| style="background-color:{{All India N.R. Congress/meta/color}}"|  || style="text-align:left;"|[[All India N.R. Congress|AINRC]] ||align="right"| 30 ||align="right"|8||align="right"|{{decrease}}7 || align="right"| 225,082
| align="right"| 28.1|| align="right"| {{decrease}} 3.65
|-
| style="background-color:{{All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam/meta/color}}"|  || style="text-align:left;"|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]] ||align="right"| 30 || align="right"|4||align="right"|{{decrease}}1 || align="right"| 134,597
| align="right"| 16.8|| align="right"| {{increase}} 3.05
|-
| [[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]
| style="background-color:{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}"|  || style="text-align:left;"|[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] ||align="right"| 30 || align="right"|0||align="right"|{{steady}} || align="right"| 19,303
| align="right"| 2.4|| align="right"| {{increase}} 1.08
|-
| rowspan="2"| None
| style="background-color:{{Independent politician/meta/color}}"|  || style="text-align:left;"|[[Independent politician|Independents]]||align="right"| || align="right"|1||align="right"|{{steady}} || align="right"| 62,884
| align="right"| 7.9
| align="right"| –
|-
|
| colspan="2 | [[None of the above|NOTA]]
| align="right"| –
| align="right"| –
| align="right"| 13,240
| align="right"| 1.7
| align="right"| –
|-
|
|
|'''Total'''
| colspan="2" | 30
|
|
|
|
|-
|align=left colspan=8|Source: [http://www.ibtimes.co.in/puducherry-assembly-elections-2016-result-live-updates-679282 International Business Times]
|}

===Tamil Nadu===
{{main|2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election}}
The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu expired on May 22, 2016. The polls for the next assembly were held on 16 May 2016 for the 234 seats of the [[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Legislative Assembly]] in the state of [[Tamil Nadu]] in [[India]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/election-dates-for-five-states-announced/article8313813.ece |title=4 States, Puducherry to go to polls between April 4 and May 16 |work=The Hindu |date=4 March 2016}}</ref> In the [[2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election|previous election in 2011]], the [[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|AIADMK]], under the leadership of [[Jayalalithaa]], won a majority and formed the government.<ref name="fp1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.firstpost.com/politics/can-bjp-give-tamil-nadus-dravidian-parties-a-jolt-in-2016-possibly-2020699.html|title=Can BJP give Tamil Nadu's Dravidian parties a jolt in 2016? Possibly|access-date=2014-12-30|publisher=First Post}}</ref>
The results declared on 19 May 2016 and AIADMK was able to retain power with a comfortable majority of 133 seats out of 231.

{{Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, 2016}}

==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons}}
*[http://eci.nic.in Election Commission of India]
*[http://www.electioncommissionindia.in/2016/02/2016-west-bengal-election-opinion-poll.html West Bengal Election Opinion Poll]
*[http://www.electioncommissionindia.in/2016/02/2016-west-bengal-election-opinion-poll.html Kerala Election Opinion Poll]
*[http://www.electioncommissionindia.in/2016/02/2016-tamil-nadu-opinion-poll-election.html Tamil Nadu Election Opinion Poll]
*[http://www.electioncommissionindia.in/2016/02/2016-assam-election-opinion-poll.html Assam Election Opinion Poll]
*[http://www.electioncommissionindia.in/2016/03/pondicherry-opinion-poll-2016-election.html Puducherry Election Opinion Poll]
*[http://www.electionindia.co.in/app/ Election India Android Application]{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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