The elections in 2012 were scheduled for seven Vidhan Sabhas and several local elections were also conducted. The 14th presidential election to elect the 13th president of the republic was also held in 2012. The tenure of the legislative assemblies of Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand were to expire during the year. The Election Commission of India issued the dates for the elections in Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Goa to take place in the first quarter of the year. Whereas the elections were held in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat in the last quarter of the year.
In the first rounds of elections, Manipur and Punjab resulted in an incumbent government victory; while in Uttar Pradesh and Goa there was a heavy anti-incumbent victory; and Uttarakhand resulted in a hung assembly with an anti-incumbent plurality and in the second round, in Himachal Pradesh, BJP led by incumbent Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal lost due to a huge anti-incumbency wave arising mainly out of corruption and lack of good governance. Congress veteran leader Virbhadra Singh took oath for record sixth term as next Chief Minister. In the western state of Gujarat incumbent Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in power since 2002, was running for his fourth term. Elections, held in two phases, reverted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in power in Gujarat since 1995, with 119 seat out of 182.
| Election Name: | Elections in India |
| Country: | India |
| Previous Election: | 2011 elections in India |
| Previous Year: | 2011 |
| Election Date: | 2012 |
| Next Election: | 2013 elections in India |
| Next Year: | 2013 |
See main article: 2012 Indian presidential election.
The 14th indirect presidential election, in order to elect the 13th president, was held in India on 19 July 2012.[1] On 22 July, Pranab Mukherjee was declared the winner.[2] Mukheree gained 373,116 MP votes and 340,647 MLA votes for a total of 713,763 votes to win the election. He defeated P. A. Sangma, who got 145,848 MP votes and 170,139 MLA votes for a total of 315,987 votes.[3] Mukherjee's win was aided by cross-voting.[4]See main article: 2012 Indian vice presidential election.
| Date(s) | State | Government before election | Chief Minister before election | Government after election | Chief Minister after election | Maps | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 January 2012 | Manipur | Okram Ibobi Singh | Okram Ibobi Singh | |||||
| 30 January 2012 | Punjab | Parkash Singh Badal | Parkash Singh Badal | |||||
| Uttarakhand | B. C. Khanduri | Vijay Bahuguna | ||||||
| 8 February 2012 – 3 March 2012 | Uttar Pradesh | Mayawati | Akhilesh Yadav | |||||
| 3 March 2012 | Goa | Digambar Kamat | Manohar Parrikar | |||||
| 4 November 2012 | Himachal Pradesh | Prem Kumar Dhumal | Virbhadra Singh | |||||
| 13 and 17 December 2012 | Gujarat | Narendra Modi | Narendra Modi | |||||
| S.No | Date | Constituency | State | MP before election | Party before election | Elected MP | Party after election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 18 March 2012 | Udupi Chikmagalur | Karnataka | Sadananda Gowda | Jayaprakash Hegde | ||||
| 39 | 9 June 2012 | Kannauj | Uttar Pradesh | Akhilesh Yadav | Dimple Yadav | ||||
| 39 | 12 June 2012 | Nellore | Andhra Pradesh | Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy | Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy | ||||
| 1 | Rowspan=2 | 10 October 2012 | Tehri Garhwal | Uttarakhand | Vijay Bahuguna | Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah | |||
| 9 | Jangipur | West Bengal | Pranab Mukherjee | Abhijit Mukherjee | |||||
See main article: 2012 Andhra Pradesh by-elections.
| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 85 | 17 March 2012 | Piravom | T. M. Jacob | Kerala Congress (Jacob) | Anoop Jacob | Kerala Congress (Jacob) | |||
| 140 | 2 June 2012 | Neyyattinkara | R. Selvaraj | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | R. Selvaraj | Indian National Congress | |||
| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 219 | 18 March 2012 | Sankarankoil | C. Karuppasamy | V. M. Rajalakshmi | ||||
| 180 | 12 June 2012 | Sankarankoil | S. P. Muthukumaran | V. R. Karthik Thondaiman | ||||
| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 230 | Rowspan=2 | 12 June 2012 | Daspur | Ajit Bhunia | Mamata Bhunia | |||
| 252 | Bankura | Kashinath Misra | Minati Misra | |||||
See main article: 2012 Maharashtra municipal elections. Municipal elections were held in various cities across Maharashtra on 16 February. In different cities elections results were mixed by party. The capital, Mumbai, resulted in a plurality for the Shiv Sena and the second largest city of Pune resulted in a Nationalist Congress Party plurality.