2015 elections in India

The elections in India in 2015 include the two state legislative assembly elections. The tenure of the state legislative assembly of Bihar are due to expire during the year and the Delhi Legislative Assembly Re-Election will also be held due to the inability to form the government.

Legislative Assembly election

Delhi

Delhi

Main article: 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election

The assembly state elections in Delhi were held in a single phase on 7 February, followed by counting on 10 February. {{#section:2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

Background

In the 2013 Delhi state elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (along with its pre-poll ally Shiromani Akali Dal) emerged as the single-largest party, winning 32 out of the 70 seats. However they fell short of an outright majority and therefore were unable to form the government. This led the then Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung to invite the Aam Aadmi Party, the second largest party after the BJP, to form the government. On 28 December 2013, AAP formed the state government after taking outside support from the Indian National Congress. AAP's leader Arvind Kejriwal, who defeated the incumbent chief minister Sheila Dikshit, became the 7th chief minister of Delhi. However, on 14 February 2014 (after 49 days of rule), Arvind Kejriwal resigned from his post citing the reason as his government's inability to table the Jan Lokpal Bill in Delhi Assembly for discussion due to stiff opposition from other political parties in the house.

Delhi remained thereafter under President's Rule for about a year. On 4 November 2014, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung recommended the Union Cabinet the dissolution of Delhi assembly and conduct fresh elections. On 12 January 2015, the Election Commission of India announced that state assembly elections would be held on 7 February 2015 with results being announced on 10 February 2015.

Bihar

Bihar

Main article: 2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election

The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar expired on 29 November 2015. {{#section:2015 Bihar Legislative Assembly election|Results}}

Parliamentary By-election

S.No	Date	Constituency	MP before election	Party before election		Elected MP	Party after election
1	13 February 2015	Bangaon	Kapil Krishna Thakur		All India Trinamool Congress	Mamata Thakur		All India Trinamool Congress
2	21 November 2015	Warangal	Kadiyam Srihari		Telangana Rashtra Samithi	Pasunuri Dayakar		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
3		Ratlam	Dileep Singh Bhuria		Bharatiya Janata Party	Kantilal Bhuria		Indian National Congress

Assembly By-elections

Andhra Pradesh

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	13 February 2015	Tirupati	M.Venkataramana		Telugu Desam Party	M Suguna		Telugu Desam Party

Arunachal Pradesh

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	13 February 2015	Liromba	Jarbom Gamlin		Indian National Congress	Nyamar Karbak		Indian National Congress

Goa

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	13 February 2015	Panaji	Manohar Parrikar		Bharatiya Janata Party	Sidharth Kuncalienker		Bharatiya Janata Party

Jharkhand

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	14 December 2015	Lohardaga	Kamal Kishore Bhagat		All Jharkhand Students Union	Sukhdeo Bhagat		Indian National Congress

Kerala

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	27 June 2015	Aruvikkara	G. Karthikeyen		Indian National Congress	K. S. Sabarinadhan		Indian National Congress

Madhya Pradesh

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	27 June 2015	Garoth	Rajesh Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party	Chander Singh Sisodia		Bharatiya Janata Party

Maharashtra

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	13 February 2015	Mukhed	Govind Rathod		Bharatiya Janata Party	Tushar Rathod		Bharatiya Janata Party
2	11 April 2015	Tasgaon	R. R. Patil		Nationalist Congress Party	Suman Patil		Nationalist Congress Party
3		Vandre East	Prakash Sawant		Shiv Sena	Trupti Sawant		Shiv Sena

Manipur

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	21 November 2015	Thongju	Thongam Biswajit Singh		All India Trinamool Congress	Thongam Biswajit Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
2		Thangmeiband	Khumukcham Joykishan			Khumukcham Joykishan

Meghalaya

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	27 June 2015	Chokpot	Clifford Marak		Garo National Council	Bluebell Sangma		Indian National Congress
2	21 November 2015	Nongstoin	Hopingstone Lyngdoh		Hill State People's Democratic Party	Diostar Jyndiang		Hill State People's Democratic Party

Mizoram

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	21 November 2015	Aizawl North 3	Lal Thanzara		Indian National Congress	Lal Thanzara		Indian National Congress

Tamil Nadu

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	13 February 2015	Srirangam	J. Jayalalithaa		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	S. Valarmathi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2	27 June 2015	Radhakrishnan Nagar	P. Vetriivel			J. Jayalalithaa

Tripura

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	27 June 2015	Pratapgarh	Anil Sarkar		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Ramu Das		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2		Surma	Sudhir Das			Anjan Das

Uttar Pradesh

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	11 April 2015	Charkhari	Kaptan Singh		Samajwadi Party	Urmila Rajput		Samajwadi Party
2	30 April 2015	Pharenda	Bajrang Bahadur Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vinod Tiwari

West Bengal

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	13 February 2015	Krishnaganj	Sushil Biswas		All India Trinamool Congress	Satyajit Biswas		All India Trinamool Congress

External links

• Election Commission of India