2022 elections in India

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Elections in India in 2022 will 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[edit]

Main article: 2022 Indian presidential election

The 2022 Indian presidential election will be the 17th presidential election to be held in India. Ram Nath Kovind is expected to be the incumbent president at the time of the election. Article 56(1) of the Constitution of India provides that the President of India shall remain in office for a period of five years. Consequent to the expiry of the term of President Kovind, an election to fill in the office is expected to be scheduled.

As of April 2021, the following people have been subjects of discussion in media about their potential candidacy for Presidency.

National Democratic Alliance

United Progressive Alliance

Third Front

Vice presidential elections[edit]

Main article: 2022 Indian vice presidential election

Article 56(1) of the Constitution of India provides that the Vice President of India shall remain in office for a period of five years. Consequent to the expiry of the term of Vice President Venkaiah Naidu, an election to fill the office is expected to be scheduled in August 2022.[5]

Lok Sabha by-elections[edit]

S.No Date State/UT Constituency MP before election Party before election Elected MP Party after election
40. 12 April 2022 West Bengal Asansol Babul Supriyo Bharatiya Janata Party Shatrughan Sinha All India Trinamool Congress
12. TBD Punjab Sangrur Bhagwant Mann Aam Aadmi Party TBD Aam Aadmi Party
7. TBD Uttar Pradesh Rampur Azam Khan Samajwadi Party TBD Samajwadi Party
69. Uttar Pradesh Azamgarh Akhilesh Yadav Samajwadi Party Samajwadi Party

Rajya Sabha Election[edit]

  • Listed according to the dates of election by state
State Members retiring Date of retirement
Assam 2 2 April 2022
Himachal Pradesh 1 2 April 2022
Kerala 3 2 April 2022
Nagaland 1 2 April 2022
Tripura 1 2 April 2022
Punjab 5 9 April 2022
Andhra Pradesh 4 21 June 2022
Telangana 2 21 June 2022
Chhattisgarh 2 29 June 2022
Madhya Pradesh 3 29 June 2022
Tamil Nadu 6 29 June 2022
Karnataka 4 30 June 2022
Odisha 3 1 July 2022
Maharashtra 6 4 July 2022
Punjab 2 4 July 2022
Rajasthan 4 4 July 2022
Uttar Pradesh 11 4 July 2022
Uttarakhand 1 4 July 2022
Bihar 5 7 July 2022
Jharkhand 2 7 July 2022
Haryana 2 1 August 2022
Nominated 7 TBD
Total 70+7

Assam[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 Ripun Bora INC 02-Apr-2022 Rwngwra Narzary UPPL
2 Ranee Narah INC 02-Apr-2022 Pabitra Margherita BJP

Himachal Pradesh[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 Anand Sharma INC 02-Apr-2022 Sikander Kumar BJP[6]

Kerala[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 A. K. Antony INC 02-Apr-2022 Jebi Mather INC
2 K. Somaprasad CPI(M) 02-Apr-2022 A. A. Rahim CPI(M)
3 M. V. Shreyams Kumar LJD 02-Apr-2022 P. Santhosh Kumar CPI

Nagaland[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 K. G. Kenye NPF 02-Apr-2022 S. Phangnon Konyak BJP

Tripura[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 Jharna Das CPI(M) 02-Apr-2022 Manik Saha BJP

Punjab[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa SAD 09-Apr-2022 Harbhajan Singh AAP
2 Vacant
(Pratap Singh Bajwa) (INC) 		Raghav Chadha AAP
3 Shwait Malik BJP Sandeep Pathak AAP
4 Naresh Gujral SAD Ashok Mittal AAP
5 Shamsher Singh Dullo INC Sanjeev Arora AAP
6 Ambika Soni INC 04-Jul-2022 TBD AAP
7 Balwinder Singh Bhunder SAD TBD AAP

Nominated[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Nominated MP Party Date of appointment
1 Narendra Jadhav Nominated 24-Apr-2022 TBD Nominated (BJP) TBD
2 Mary Kom Nominated 24-Apr-2022 TBD Nominated (BJP) TBD
3 Roopa Ganguly Nominated (BJP) 24-Apr-2022 TBD Nominated (BJP) TBD
4 Swapan Dasgupta Nominated (BJP) 24-Apr-2022 TBD Nominated (BJP) TBD
5 Suresh Gopi Nominated (BJP) 24-Apr-2022 TBD Nominated (BJP) TBD
6 Subramanian Swamy Nominated (BJP) 24-Apr-2022 TBD Nominated (BJP) TBD
7 Sambhaji Raje Nominated (BJP) 03-May-2022 TBD Nominated (BJP) TBD

Andhra Pradesh[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 V. Vijayasai Reddy YSRCP 21-Jun-2022 V. Vijayasai Reddy YSRCP
2 Suresh Prabhu BJP 21-Jun-2022 TBD YSRCP
3 Y. S. Chowdary BJP 21-Jun-2022 TBD YSRCP
4 T. G. Venkatesh BJP 21-Jun-2022 TBD YSRCP

Telangana[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 V. Lakshmikantha Rao TRS 21-Jun-2022 TBD TRS
2 D. Srinivas TRS 21-Jun-2022 TBD TRS

Chhattisgarh[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 Ramvichar Netam BJP 29-Jun-2022 TBD INC
2 Chhaya Verma INC 29-Jun-2022 TBD INC

Madhya Pradesh[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 M. J. Akbar BJP 29-Jun-2022 TBD BJP
2 Sampatiya Uike BJP 29-Jun-2022 TBD BJP
3 Vivek Tankha INC 29-Jun-2022 TBD INC

Tamil Nadu[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 R. S. Bharathi DMK 29-Jun-2022 TBD DMK
2 T. K. S. Elangovan DMK 29-Jun-2022 TBD DMK
3 K. R. N. Rajeshkumar DMK 29-Jun-2022 TBD DMK
4 A. Navaneethakrishnan AIADMK 29-Jun-2022 TBD DMK
5 S. R. Balasubramoniyan AIADMK 29-Jun-2022 TBD AIADMK
6 A. Vijayakumar AIADMK 29-Jun-2022 TBD AIADMK

Karnataka[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 Nirmala Sitharaman BJP 30-Jun-2022 Nirmala Sitharaman BJP
2 K. C. Ramamurthy BJP 30-Jun-2022 TBD BJP
3 Jairam Ramesh INC 30-Jun-2022 TBD BJP
4 Vacant
(Oscar Fernandes) 		30-Jun-2022 TBD INC

Odisha[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 Sasmit Patra BJD 01-Jul-2022 TBD BJD
2 Prasanna Acharya BJD 01-Jul-2022 TBD BJD
3 N. Bhaskar Rao BJD 01-Jul-2022 TBD BJD

Maharashtra[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 Sanjay Raut SS 04-Jul-2022 NCP
2 Praful Patel NCP 04-Jul-2022 NCP
3 P. Chidambaram INC 04-Jul-2022 INC
4 Vikas Mahatme BJP 04-Jul-2022 BJP
5 Piyush Goyal BJP 04-Jul-2022 Piyush Goyal BJP
6 Vinay Sahasrabuddhe BJP 04-Jul-2022 BJP

Rajasthan[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 Om Prakash Mathur BJP 04-Jul-2022 TBD INC
2 Ram Kumar Verma BJP 04-Jul-2022 TBD INC
3 Harshvardhan Singh BJP 04-Jul-2022 TBD BJP
4 Alphons Kannanthanam BJP 04-Jul-2022 TBD BJP

Uttar Pradesh[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 Shiv Pratap Shukla BJP 04-Jul-2022 TBD BJP
2 Surendra Singh Nagar BJP 04-Jul-2022 TBD BJP
3 Sanjay Seth BJP 04-Jul-2022 TBD BJP
4 Jai Prakash Nishad BJP 04-Jul-2022 TBD BJP
5 Syed Zafar Islam BJP 04-Jul-2022 TBD BJP
6 Ashok Siddharth BSP 04-Jul-2022 TBD BJP
7 Satish Chandra Mishra BSP 04-Jul-2022 TBD BJP
8 Kapil Sibal INC 04-Jul-2022 TBD BJP
9 Rewati Raman Singh SP 04-Jul-2022 TBD SP
10 Sukhram Singh Yadav SP 04-Jul-2022 TBD SP
11 Vishambhar Prasad Nishad SP 04-Jul-2022 TBD SP

Uttarakhand[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party Ref(s)
1 Pradeep Tamta INC 04-Jul-2022 TBD BJP

Bihar[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 Gopal Narayan Singh BJP 07-Jul-2022 TBD BJP
2 Satish Chandra Dubey BJP 07-Jul-2022 TBD BJP
3 Ramchandra Prasad Singh JDU 07-Jul-2022 Ramchandra Prasad Singh JDU
4 Misa Bharti RJD 07-Jul-2022 Misa Bharti RJD
5 Vacant
(Sharad Yadav) 		07-Jul-2022 Sharad Yadav RJD

Jharkhand[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi BJP 07-Jul-2022 Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi BJP
2 Mahesh Poddar BJP 07-Jul-2022 TBD JMM

Haryana[edit]

No Previous MP Party Term end Elected MP Party
1 Dushyant Kumar Gautam BJP 01-Aug-2022 TBD BJP
2 Subhash Chandra IND 01-Aug-2022 TBD BJP

Rajya Sabha By-elections[edit]

Aside from automatic elections, unforeseen vacancies caused by members' resignation, death or disqualification, are unless a few months before the expected natural expiry of the term of tenure, filled via by-elections, which for the Rajya Sabha often take some months to organise.

Bihar[edit]

  • On 26 December 2021, Mahendra Prasad died
No Former MP Party Date of vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement
1 Mahendra Prasad JDU 26 December 2021 TBD JDU TBD 2 April 2024

Telangana[edit]

  • On 4 December 2021, Banda Prakash resigned
No Former MP Party Date of vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement
1 Banda Prakash TRS 4 December 2021 TBD TRS TBD 2 April 2024

Odisha[edit]

  • On 27 April 2022, Subash Singh resigned
No Former MP Party Date of vacancy Elected MP Party Date of appointment Date of retirement
1 Subhash Chandra Singh BJD 27 April 2022 TBD BJD TBD 02 April 2026

State legislative assembly elections[edit]

Dates State Government before election Chief Minister before election Government after election Chief Minister after election Maps
14 February 2022 Goa Bharatiya Janata Party Pramod Sawant Bharatiya Janata Party Pramod Sawant India GA.svg
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party
Independent politician
28 February and 5 March 2022 Manipur Bharatiya Janata Party N. Biren Singh Bharatiya Janata Party N. Biren Singh India MN.svg
National People's Party
Naga People's Front
20 February 2022 Punjab Indian National Congress Charanjit Singh Channi Aam Aadmi Party Bhagwant Singh Mann India PB.svg
10, 14, 20, 23, 27 February,
3 and 7 March 2022 		Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party Yogi Adityanath Bharatiya Janata Party Yogi Adityanath India UP.svg
Apna Dal (Sonelal)
NISHAD Party
14 February 2022 Uttarakhand Bharatiya Janata Party Pushkar Singh Dhami Bharatiya Janata Party Pushkar Singh Dhami India UK.svg
November 2022 * Himachal Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party Jai Ram Thakur TBD India HP.svg
December 2022 * Gujarat Bharatiya Janata Party Bhupendra Rajnikant Patel TBD India GJ.svg
2022 ^ Jammu and Kashmir President's rule TBD

* : Date of expiry of current legislature
^ : speculated.

Legislative Assembly by-elections[edit]

Andhra Pradesh[edit]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
115 TBD Atmakur Mekapati Goutham Reddy YSR Congress Party TBD TBD

Assam[edit]

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

Bihar[edit]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
91 12 April 2022 Bochahan Musafir Paswan Vikassheel Insaan Party Amar Kumar Paswan Rashtriya Janata Dal

Chhattisgarh[edit]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
73 12 April 2022 Khairagarh Devwrat Singh Janta Congress Chhattisgarh Yashoda Verma Indian National Congress

Delhi[edit]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
39 TBD Rajinder Nagar Raghav Chadha Aam Aadmi Party TBD TBD

Jharkhand[edit]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
66 TBD Mandar Bandhu Tirkey Indian National Congress TBD TBD

Kerala[edit]

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

Maharashtra[edit]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
82 12 April 2022 Kolhapur North Chandrakant Jadhav Indian National Congress Jayshri Jadhav Indian National Congress

Odisha[edit]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
06 31 May 2022 Brajarajnagar Kishore Kumar Mohanty Biju Janata Dal TBD

Tripura[edit]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
1 TBD Simna Brishaketu Debbarma Indigenous People's Front of Tripura TBD TBD
6 Agartala Sudip Roy Barman Bharatiya Janta Party TBD TBD
8 Town Bordowali Ashish Kumar Saha Bharatiya Janta Party TBD TBD
46 Surma Asish Das Bharatiya Janta Party TBD TBD
57 Jubarajnagar Ramendra Chandra Debnath Communist Party of India (Marxist) TBD TBD

Uttarakhand[edit]

S.No. Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
55 31 May 2022 Champawat Kailash Gahtori Bharatiya Janata Party TBD TBD

West Bengal[edit]

S.No Date Constituency MLA before election Party before election Elected MLA Party after election
161 12 April 2022 Ballygunge Subrata Mukherjee All India Trinamool Congress Babul Supriyo All India Trinamool Congress
167 TBD Maniktala Sadhan Pande All India Trinamool Congress TBD All India Trinamool Congress

Local body elections[edit]

Assam[edit]

See also: 2022 Assam municipal elections
Date Municipal corporation Government before Government after
22 April 2022 Guwahati Municipal Corporation N/A Bharatiya Janata Party

Delhi[edit]

Date Municipal corporation Government before Government after
TBD Delhi Municipal Corporation Bharatiya Janata Party TBD

Punjab[edit]

Date Municipal corporation Government before Government after
TBD Phagwara Municipal Corporation Bharatiya Janata Party TBD

Haryana[edit]

Date Municipal corporation Government before Government after
November 2022 Gurgaon Municipal Corporation Bharatiya Janata Party TBD

Himachal Pradesh[edit]

Date Municipal corporation Government before Government after
TBD Shimla Municipal Corporation Bharatiya Janata Party TBD

Karnataka[edit]

Date Municipal corporation Government before Government after
TBD Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Bharatiya Janata Party TBD

Maharashtra[edit]

Date Municipal corporation Government before Government after
TBD Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation Maha Vikas Aghadi TBD
Thane Municipal Corporation
Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation
Aurangabad Municipal Corporation
Ulhasnagar Municipal Corporation
Pune Municipal Corporation Bharatiya Janata Party
Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation
Nagpur Municipal Corporation
Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation
Nashik Municipal Corporation
Solapur Municipal Corporation
Amravati Municipal Corporation
Akola Municipal Corporation

Odisha[edit]

Date Municipal corporation Government before Government after
24 March 2022 Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation N/A Biju Janata Dal
Cuttack Municipal Corporation
Berhampur Municipal Corporation

Tamil Nadu[edit]

This section is transcluded from 2022 Tamil Nadu urban local body elections. (edit | history)

{{#section:2022 Tamil Nadu urban local body elections|Municipal Election 2022}}

Uttar Pradesh[edit]

Main article: 2022 Uttar Pradesh Municipal Corporation Elections
Date Municipal Corporation Government before Government after
TBD Lucknow Municipal Corporation Bharatiya Janata Party TBD
Kanpur Municipal Corporation
Varanasi Municipal Corporation
Prayagraj Municipal Corporation
Agra Municipal Corporation
Ayodhya Municipal Corporation
Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation
Jhansi Municipal Corporation
Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation
Bareilly Municipal Corporation
Mathura Municipal Corporation
Saharanpur Municipal Corporation
Moradabad Municipal Corporation
Firozabad Municipal Corporation
Aligarh Municipal Corporation Bahujan Samaj Party
Meerut Municipal Corporation

West Bengal[edit]

See also: 2022 West Bengal municipal elections
Date Municipal corporation Government before Government after
12 February 2022 Asansol Municipal Corporation All India Trinamool Congress All India Trinamool Congress
Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation
Chandernagore Municipal Corporation
Siliguri Municipal Corporation Left Front

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Chaturvedi, Swati (23 February 2022). "2022 presidential election: Who will be India's next president?". Gulf News. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  3. ↑ "Ankit Love wants nomination of Dr Karan Singh & Bhim Singh for President and Vice President of India". News - Cross Town News, a Leading Newspaper of J&K. Retrieved 2 May 2022.
  4. ↑ "Report Wire - 2022 Presidential Elections: Bhim Singh must be BJP's Presidential Nominee". Report Wire. 29 November 2021. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
  5. ↑ "By 2022, India Must Be Aatmanirbhar In Every Sense Of The Word: Vice President". NDTV.com.
  6. ↑ BJP [@BJP4India] (18 March 2022). "भारतीय जनता पार्टी की केंद्रीय चुनाव समिति ने असम, हिमाचल प्रदेश, नागालैंड एवं त्रिपुरा में होने वाले आगामी राज्य सभा द्विवार्षिक चुनाव 2022 के लिए निम्नलिखित नामों पर अपनी स्वीकृति प्रदान की है। t.co/CmUEur2mK5" (Tweet) (in हिन्दी). Archived from the original on 18 March 2022. Retrieved 20 March 2022 – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ "Election Commission of India". results.eci.gov.in. Retrieved 10 March 2022.

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