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[[State Assembly elections in India|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.ndtv.com/article/india/election-commission-announces-poll-dates-for-five-states-highlights-427827|title=Election Commission announces poll dates in five states|publisher=[[NDTV]]}}</ref> The [[Election Commission of India]] (ECI) successfully conducted elections in [[Tripura Legislative Assembly|Tripura]], [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly|Meghalaya]] and [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly|Nagaland]] in February<ref name="EC announces poll dates for Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland">{{cite news|title=EC announces poll dates for Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland|url=http://www.niticentral.com/2013/01/assembly-polls-in-tripura-on-feb-14-meghalaya-nagaland-on-feb-23.html|access-date=14 January 2013|newspaper=Niti Central|date=11 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115204401/http://www.niticentral.com/2013/01/assembly-polls-in-tripura-on-feb-14-meghalaya-nagaland-on-feb-23.html|archive-date=15 January 2013|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> and in [[2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|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.<ref name="test">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/despite-aaps-grand-showing-delhi-faces-hung-assembly/article5437216.ece|title= Despite AAP's grand showing, Delhi faces hung Assembly|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|publisher=[[The Hindu Group]]}}</ref>
{{Infobox election
| election_name    = Elections in India
| country          = India
| previous_election = 2012 elections in India
| previous_year    = 2012
| election_date    = 2013
| next_election    = 2014 elections in India
| next_year        = 2014
}}
{{Politics of India}}
[[State Assembly elections in India|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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://m.ndtv.com/article/india/election-commission-announces-poll-dates-for-five-states-highlights-427827|title=Election Commission announces poll dates in five states|publisher=[[NDTV]]}}</ref> The [[Election Commission of India]] (ECI) successfully conducted elections in [[Tripura Legislative Assembly|Tripura]], [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly|Meghalaya]] and [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly|Nagaland]] in February<ref name="EC announces poll dates for Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland">{{cite news|title=EC announces poll dates for Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland|url=http://www.niticentral.com/2013/01/assembly-polls-in-tripura-on-feb-14-meghalaya-nagaland-on-feb-23.html|access-date=14 January 2013|newspaper=Niti Central|date=11 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115204401/http://www.niticentral.com/2013/01/assembly-polls-in-tripura-on-feb-14-meghalaya-nagaland-on-feb-23.html|archive-date=15 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and in [[2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|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.<ref name="test">{{cite news|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/despite-aaps-grand-showing-delhi-faces-hung-assembly/article5437216.ece|title= Despite AAP's grand showing, Delhi faces hung Assembly|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>


==Legislative Assembly==
==Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Polling Date(s)
! State
! colspan="2" |Government before
! Chief Minister before
! colspan="2" |Government after
! Elected Chief Minister
! Maps
|- style="text-align:center;"
|14 February 2013
|[[2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|Tripura]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|[[Manik Sarkar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|[[Manik Sarkar]]
|[[File:IN-TR.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;
| rowspan="2" |23 February 2013
|[[2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|Meghalaya]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Mukul Sangma]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Mukul Sangma]]
|[[File:IN-ML.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|Nagaland]]
|{{Full party name with color|Naga People's Front}}
|[[Neiphiu Rio]]
|{{Full party name with color|Naga People's Front}}
|[[Neiphiu Rio]]
|[[File:IN-NL.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 5 May 2013
|[[2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|Karnataka]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Jagadish Shettar]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Siddaramaiah]]
| [[File:IN-KA.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 11 and 19 November 2013
| [[2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|Chhattisgarh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Raman Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Raman Singh]]
| [[File:IN-CT.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 25 November 2013
| [[2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Madhya Pradesh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Shivraj Singh Chouhan]]
| [[File:IN-MP.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 1 December 2013
| [[2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|Rajasthan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Ashok Gehlot]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Vasundhara Raje]]
|  |[[File:IN-RJ.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="2" |4 December 2013
| rowspan="2" |[[2013 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|Delhi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Sheila Dikshit]]
| {{Full party name with color|Aam Aadmi Party}}
| rowspan="2" |[[Arvind Kejriwal]]
| rowspan="2" |[[File:IN-DL.svg|50px]]
|-style="text-align:center;"
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 9 December 2013
| [[2013 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|Mizoram]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Lal Thanhawla]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Lal Thanhawla]]
| [[File:IN-MZ.svg|50px]]
|}


===Tripura===
== Parliamentary By-election ==
[[Image:IndiaTripura.png|thumb|right|[[Tripura]]]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{{main|2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election}}
!S.No
[[Tripura]] had assembly elections on 14 February 2013. The eleventh general election to the Tripura ''Vidhan Saudha'' started after Tripura's Chief Election Officer of the election department, Ashutosh Jindal, announced the event on 11 January.<ref name="EC announces poll dates for Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland"/> According to the report by ''[[The Times of India]]'', the chief election officer of the state told that the [[voter turnout]] across the state was 93.57%, which set the record for the country's highest-ever voter turnout,<ref name="toiturnout">{{cite news|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-17/guwahati/37143686_1_majlishpur-inpt-tripura-elections|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209143849/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-17/guwahati/37143686_1_majlishpur-inpt-tripura-elections|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 December 2013|title=Tripura scripts poll history| work=[[The Times of India]]|publisher=[[The Times Group]]|date=17 February 2013|access-date=19 February 2013| last= Bhattacharjee| first=Biswendu}}</ref> beating the previous record of 91.22 which was also set by Tripura in its 2008 assembly election.<ref name="ibnturnout">{{cite web|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tripura-records-highest-voter-turnout-in-the-country-at-93-per-cent-ec/372924-37-64.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130217042627/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/tripura-records-highest-voter-turnout-in-the-country-at-93-per-cent-ec/372924-37-64.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 February 2013|title=Tripura records highest voter turnout in the country at 93 per cent: EC| publisher=[[CNN-IBN]]|date=14 February 2013|access-date=15 February 2013}}</ref>
!Date
{{#section:2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|Results}}
!Constituency
 
!State
===Meghalaya===
!MP before election
{{main|2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election}}
! colspan="2" |Party before election
[[Image:Meghalaya in India.png|thumb|right|[[Meghalaya]]]]
!Elected MP
[[Meghalaya]] held elections on 23 February to elect its 21st government. Meghalaya had a voter turnout of 71.24%.<ref name="EC announces poll dates for Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland"/> Results: INC - 29, UDP - 7 (out of 60) <ref name="The Hindu, 1 March 2013">''The Hindu'', 1 March 2013</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party after election
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
! S. No. !! Party !! Seats won !! Seats change
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| 1 || [[Indian National Congress]] || 29 || {{Increase}} 4
|-
|-
| 2 || [[Independents (politician)|Independents]] || 13 || {{Increase}} 8
|19
|Rowspan=4|2 June 2013
|[[Maharajganj, Bihar Lok Sabha constituency|Maharajganj]]
|Bihar
|[[Uma Shankar Singh (Bihar politician)|Uma Shankar Singh]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|[[Prabhunath Singh]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}" |
|[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]
|-
|-
| 3 || [[United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)|United Democratic Party]] || 8 || {{Decrease}} 3
|2
|[[Banaskantha Lok Sabha constituency|Banaskantha]]
|Rowspan=2|Gujarat
|[[Mukesh Gadhvi]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|-
| 4 || [[Hill State People's Democratic Party]] || 4 || {{Increase}} 2
|11
|[[Porbandar Lok Sabha constituency|Porbandar]]
|[[Vitthal Radadiya]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Vitthal Radadiya]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
|-
| 5 || [[Nationalist Congress Party]] || 2 || {{Decrease}} 13
|25
|[[Howrah Lok Sabha constituency|Howrah]]
|West Bengal
|[[Ambica Banerjee]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|[[Prasun Banerjee]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Trinamool Congress}}" |
|[[All India Trinamool Congress]]
|-
|-
| 6 || National Peoples Party || 2 || {{Increase}} 2
|2
|23 June 2013
|[[Mandi Lok Sabha constituency|Mandi]]
|Himachal Pradesh
|[[Virbhadra Singh]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Pratibha Singh]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|-
| 7 || [[Garo National Council]] || 1 || {{Increase}} 1
|20
|Rowspan=2|21 August 2013
|[[Mandya Lok Sabha constituency|Mandya]]
|Rowspan=2|Karnataka
|[[N. Chaluvaraya Swamy]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
|[[Ramya (actress)|Ramya]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|-
| 8 || North East Social Democratic Party || 1 || {{Increase}} 1
|23
|[[Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore Rural]]
|[[H. D. Kumaraswamy]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
|[[D. K. Suresh]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|-
|-
| || '''Total''' || '''60''' ||
|}
|}


===Nagaland===
== Assembly By-elections ==
{{main|2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election}}
=== [[Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Andhra Pradesh]] ===
[[Image:Nagaland in India.png|thumb|right|[[Nagaland]]]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
[[Nagaland]] held elections on 23 February, with a voter turnout of 92%.<ref name="EC announces poll dates for Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland"/><ref name="The Hindu, 1 March 2013"/>
!S.No
!Date
!Constituency
!MLA before election
! colspan="2" |Party before election
!Elected MLA
! colspan="2" |Party after election
|-
!76
|21 August 2013
|[[Avanigadda Assembly constituency|Avanigadda]]
|[[Ambati Brahmanaiah]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" |
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|Ambati Srihari Prasad
| bgcolor="{{party color|Telugu Desam Party}}" |
|[[Telugu Desam Party]]
|}


=== [[Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Arunachal Pradesh]] ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|- bgcolor="#cccccc"
!S.No
! S. No. !! Party !! Seats won !! Seats change
!Date
!Constituency
!MLA before election
! colspan="2" |Party before election
!Elected MLA
! colspan="2" |Party after election
|-
!42
|31 October 2013
|[[Dambuk Assembly constituency|Dambuk]]
|[[Jomin Tayeng]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[Gum Tayeng]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|}


|-style="background: #90EE90;"
=== [[Assam Legislative Assembly|Assam]] ===
| 1 || [[Naga People's Front]] || 37 || {{Increase}} 11
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!S.No
!Date
!Constituency
!MLA before election
! colspan="2" |Party before election
!Elected MLA
! colspan="2" |Party after election
|-
|-
| 2 || [[Indian National Congress]] || 8 || {{Decrease}} 15
!8
|24 February 2013
|[[Algapur Assembly constituency|Algapur]]
|Sahidul Alam Chodhary
| bgcolor="{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}" |
|[[Asom Gana Parishad]]
|[[Mandira Roy]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|}
 
=== [[Bihar Legislative Assembly|Bihar]] ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!S.No
!Date
!Constituency
!MLA before election
! colspan="2" |Party before election
!Elected MLA
! colspan="2" |Party after election
|-
!131
|24 February 2013
|[[Kalyanpur, Samastipur Assembly constituency|Kalyanpur]]
|[[Ram Sewak Hazari]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|Manju Kumari
| bgcolor="{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}}" |
|[[Janata Dal (United)]]
|}
 
=== [[Gujarat Legislative Assembly|Gujarat]] ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!S.No
!Date
!Constituency
!MLA before election
! colspan="2" |Party before election
!Elected MLA
! colspan="2" |Party after election
|-
!61
|Rowspan=4|2 June 2013
|[[Limbdi Assembly constituency|Limbdi]]
|[[Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Kiritsinh Rana]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
!74
|[[Jetpur, Rajkot Assembly constituency|Jetpur]]
|[[Jayesh Radadiya]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Jayesh Radadiya]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|-
| 3 || [[Independents (politician)|Independents]] || 8 || {{Increase}} 1
!75
|[[Jetpur, Rajkot Assembly constituency|Jetpur]]
|[[Vitthal Radadiya]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Pravin Makadiya]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|-
| 4 || [[Nationalist Congress Party]] || 4 || {{Increase}} 2
!125
|-style="background: #90EE90;"
|[[Morva Hadaf Assembly constituency|Morva Hadaf]]
| 5 || [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] || 1 || {{Decrease}} 1
|[[Savitaben Khant]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Nimisha Suthar]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|-
| 6 || [[Janata Dal (United)]] || 1 || {{Increase}} 1
!167
|4 December 2013
|[[Surat West Assembly constituency|Surat West]]
|[[Kishor Vankawala]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Purnesh Modi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|-
|-
| || '''Total''' || '''59''' ||
|}
|}


===Karnataka===
=== [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly|Maharashtra]] ===
[[Image:Karnataka in India.png|thumb|right|[[Karnataka]]]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
{{main|2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election}}
!S.No
!Date
!Constituency
!MLA before election
! colspan="2" |Party before election
!Elected MLA
! colspan="2" |Party after election
|-
!271
|24 February 2013
|[[Chandgad Assembly constituency|Chandgad]]
|Babasaheb Kupekar
| {{Full party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}
|Sandhyadevi Kupekar
| {{Full party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}
|-
!70
|2 June 2013
|[[Yavatmal Assembly constituency|Yavatmal]]
|Nilesh Shivram Deshmukh Parvekar
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|Nandini Nilesh Deshmukh Parvekar
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|}


The [[Karnataka Legislative Assembly]] election was held in single phase on 5 May 2013 in all the 224 assembly constituencies in [[Karnataka]].<ref name=ECG>{{cite web|title=Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka|url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN_20032013.pdf|publisher=[[Election Commission of India]]|access-date= 20 March 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/article/south/karnataka-assembly-polls-on-may-5-counting-on-may-8-344820|title= Karnataka polls to be held on 5 May, counting on 8 May|publisher=[[NDTV]]}}</ref>
=== [[Mizoram Legislative Assembly|Mizoram]] ===
{{#section:2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election|Results}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!S.No
!Date
!Constituency
!MLA before election
! colspan="2" |Party before election
!Elected MLA
! colspan="2" |Party after election
|-
!8
|23 February 2013
|[[Chalfilh Assembly constituency|Chalfilh]]
|Chawngtinthanga
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Ngurdingliana
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|}


===Delhi===
=== [[Nagaland Legislative Assembly|Nagaland]] ===
[[File:Delhi in India.png|thumb|right|[[Delhi]]]]
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
{{main|2013 Delhi state assembly elections}}
!S.No
!Date
!Constituency
!MLA before election
! colspan="2" |Party before election
!Elected MLA
! colspan="2" |Party after election
|-
!73
|4 September 2013
|[[Noksen Assembly constituency|Noksen]]
|[[C. M. Chang]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Naga People's Front}}" |
|[[Naga People's Front]]
|[[C. M. Chang]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Naga People's Front}}" |
|[[Naga People's Front]]
|}


The [[Delhi]] State Assembly elections of 2013 were held on 4 December 2013. Counting of votes was done on 8 December 2013.<ref name="one india">{{cite news | url=http://news.oneindia.in/new-delhi/assembly-election-dates-detail-rajasthan-mp-mizoram-chhattisgarh-delhi-1318382.html | title=EC announces election dates for Delhi, MP, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Ch'garh| publisher=One India | date=4 October 2013 | access-date=7 October 2013}}</ref> The voter turnout was 66%, highest for the state till date.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/assembly-polls/delhi-sees-record-voter-turnout-advantage-bjp-say-exit-polls-454562?curl=1386342946|title=Delhi sees record voter turnout|publisher=[[NDTV]]}}</ref> The BJP emerged as the single-largest party, closely followed by the debutant [[Aam Aadmi Party]]. The Indian National Congress party, which governed the state for the last three consecutive terms, finished third.
=== [[Punjab Legislative Assembly|Punjab]] ===
{{#section:2013 Delhi state assembly elections|Results}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!S.No
!Date
!Constituency
!MLA before election
! colspan="2" |Party before election
!Elected MLA
! colspan="2" |Party after election
|-
!73
|23 February 2013
|[[Moga Assembly constituency|Moga]]
|Joginder Pal Jain
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Joginder Pal Jain
| bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}" |
|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
|}


===Rajasthan===
===[[Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly|Tamil Nadu]]===
{{main|2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
[[File:Rajasthan in India.png|thumb|right|[[Rajasthan]]]]
!S.No
!Date
!Constituency
!MLA before election
! colspan="2" |Party before election
!Elected MLA
! colspan="2" |Party after election
|-
!83
|23 February 2013
|[[Yercaud Assembly constituency|Yercaud]]
|[[C. Perumal]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|P. Saroja
| bgcolor="{{party color|All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam}}" |
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
|-
|}


The [[Rajasthan]] State Assembly elections of 2013 were held on 1 December 2013 with voter turnout in 200<nowiki>*</nowiki> constituencies being 74.38%, the highest ever for the state. The counting was done on 8 December 2013.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rajasthan 2013 Assembly Elections |url=http://www.ibtimes.co.in/articles/526476/20131201/rajasthan-elections-2013-voter-turnout.htm|work=[[International Business Times]]|publisher=[[IBT Media]]|access-date=2 December 2013}}</ref> The main contest was between incumbent Indian National Congress and main opposition party Bhartiya Janta Party.
=== [[Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly|Uttar Pradesh]] ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
!S.No
!Date
!Constituency
!MLA before election
! colspan="2" |Party before election
!Elected MLA
! colspan="2" |Party after election
|-
!340
|23 February 2013
|[[Bhatpar Rani Assembly constituency|Bhatpar Rani]]
|Kameswar Upadhyay
| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|[[Ashutosh Upadhyay]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|-
!258
|2 June 2013
|[[Handia Assembly constituency|Handia]]
|Mahesh Narayan Singh
| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|[[Prashant Singh]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
|[[Samajwadi Party]]
|}


Out of the total number of candidates, there were 166 women and one eunuch contesting the polls.
=== [[West Bengal Legislative Assembly|West Bengal]] ===
{{#section:2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|Results}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
<nowiki>*</nowiki>''Elections in constituency Churu were adjourned due to death of a BSP candidate, Shri Jagdish.''<ref>http://eciresults.nic.in/</ref>
!S.No
{{clear}}
!Date
 
!Constituency
===Madhya Pradesh===
!MLA before election
{{main|2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
! colspan="2" |Party before election
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The [[Madhya Pradesh]] State Assembly elections of 2013 were held on 25 November 2013 and counting was done on 8 December 2013.<ref name="one india"/> The State Election Commission said that Madhya Pradesh registered highest ever polling of above 70% in 2013. The previous high turn-out in MP was 69.58 percent in the 2008 assembly elections.<ref>{{cite web|title=Madhya Pradesh 2013 Assembly election coverage | url=http://zeenews.india.com/assembly-elections-2013/madhya-pradesh-polls/madhya-pradesh-assembly-elections-over-70-polling-violence-in-bhind-morena_892236.html|publisher=[[Zee News]]|access-date=3 December 2013}}</ref>
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The main contest was between incumbent Bhartiya Janta Party and main opposition party Indian National Congress. However, BJP was the winner with more than 70% of majority in the assembly elections. Shivraj Singh Chouhan is likely to be the Chief Minister of the state for 3rd consecutive time.
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|[[Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury]]
 
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
===Chhattisgarh===
|[[Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury]]
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|{{Full party name with color|All India Trinamool Congress}}
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The [[Chhattisgarh]] State Assembly elections of 2013 <ref name="Rediff.com">{{cite news | url=http://labs.rediff.com/chhattisgarh-assembly-elections-2013 | title=Play with the Sentiment Meter and Interactive Map tools to see how sentiments can change the election outcome| work=[[Rediff.com]] | date=11 November 2013 | access-date=11 November 2013}}</ref> were held in two phases, first on 11 November 2013 and second on 19 November 2013 and counting was done on 8 December 2013.<ref name="one india"/> The main contest was between incumbent Bhartiya Janta Party and main opposition party Indian National Congress.
|[[Rejinagar Assembly constituency|Rejinagar]]
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|[[Humayun Kabir (Bharatpur politician)|Humayun Kabir]]
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|[[Rabiul Alam Chowdhury]]
===Mizoram===
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
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|[[Nalhati Assembly constituency|Nalhati]]
The [[Mizoram]] State Assembly Elections 2013 was held on 25 November 2013 and the counting was done on 9 December 2013.<ref>{{cite web|title=EC revises dates for Mizoram Assembly Elections 2013|url=http://news.biharprabha.com/2013/10/ec-revises-dates-for-mizoram-assembly-elections-2013/|work=Bihar Prabha|access-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>
|[[Abhijit Mukherjee]]
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|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Dipak Chatterjee (politician)|Dipak Chatterjee]]
|{{Full party name with color|All India Forward Bloc}}
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== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
* [http://eci.nic.in Election Commission of India]
* [http://eci.nic.in Election Commission of India]


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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]

Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

Polling Date(s) State Government before Chief Minister before Government after Elected Chief Minister Maps
14 February 2013 Tripura Communist Party of India Manik Sarkar Communist Party of India Manik Sarkar
23 February 2013 Meghalaya Indian National Congress Mukul Sangma Indian National Congress Mukul Sangma
Nagaland Naga People's Front Neiphiu Rio Naga People's Front Neiphiu Rio
5 May 2013 Karnataka Bharatiya Janata Party Jagadish Shettar Indian National Congress Siddaramaiah
11 and 19 November 2013 Chhattisgarh Bharatiya Janata Party Raman Singh Bharatiya Janata Party Raman Singh
25 November 2013 Madhya Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party Shivraj Singh Chouhan Bharatiya Janata Party Shivraj Singh Chouhan
1 December 2013 Rajasthan Indian National Congress Ashok Gehlot Bharatiya Janata Party Vasundhara Raje
4 December 2013 Delhi Indian National Congress Sheila Dikshit Aam Aadmi Party Arvind Kejriwal
Indian National Congress
9 December 2013 Mizoram Indian National Congress Lal Thanhawla Indian National Congress Lal Thanhawla

Parliamentary By-election[edit | edit source]

S.No Date Constituency State MP before election Party before election Elected MP Party after election
19 2 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
2 23 June 2013 Mandi Himachal Pradesh Virbhadra Singh Indian National Congress Pratibha Singh Indian National Congress
20 21 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[edit | edit source]

Andhra Pradesh[edit | edit source]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
76 21 August 2013 Avanigadda Ambati Brahmanaiah Telugu Desam Party Ambati Srihari Prasad Telugu Desam Party

Arunachal Pradesh[edit | edit source]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
42 31 October 2013 Dambuk Jomin Tayeng Indian National Congress Gum Tayeng Indian National Congress

Assam[edit | edit source]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
8 24 February 2013 Algapur Sahidul Alam Chodhary Asom Gana Parishad Mandira Roy Indian National Congress

Bihar[edit | edit source]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
131 24 February 2013 Kalyanpur Ram Sewak Hazari Janata Dal (United) Manju Kumari Janata Dal (United)

Gujarat[edit | edit source]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
61 2 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
167 4 December 2013 Surat West Kishor Vankawala Bharatiya Janata Party Purnesh Modi Bharatiya Janata Party

Maharashtra[edit | edit source]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
271 24 February 2013 Chandgad Babasaheb Kupekar Nationalist Congress Party Sandhyadevi Kupekar Nationalist Congress Party
70 2 June 2013 Yavatmal Nilesh Shivram Deshmukh Parvekar Indian National Congress Nandini Nilesh Deshmukh Parvekar Indian National Congress

Mizoram[edit | edit source]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
8 23 February 2013 Chalfilh Chawngtinthanga Indian National Congress Ngurdingliana Indian National Congress

Nagaland[edit | edit source]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
73 4 September 2013 Noksen C. M. Chang Naga People's Front C. M. Chang Naga People's Front

Punjab[edit | edit source]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
73 23 February 2013 Moga Joginder Pal Jain Indian National Congress Joginder Pal Jain Shiromani Akali Dal

Tamil Nadu[edit | edit source]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
83 23 February 2013 Yercaud C. Perumal All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam P. Saroja All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Uttar Pradesh[edit | edit source]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
340 23 February 2013 Bhatpar Rani Kameswar Upadhyay Samajwadi Party Ashutosh Upadhyay Samajwadi Party
258 2 June 2013 Handia Mahesh Narayan Singh Samajwadi Party Prashant Singh Samajwadi Party

West Bengal[edit | edit source]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
51 23 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

Local body elections[edit | edit source]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  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.

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