| 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 |
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]
See main article: 2013 Tripura Legislative Assembly election. 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.[2] 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,[4] beating the previous record of 91.22 which was also set by Tripura in its 2008 assembly election.[5]
See main article: 2013 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election. Meghalaya held elections on 23 February to elect its 21st government. Meghalaya had a voter turnout of 71.24%.[2] Results: INC - 29, UDP - 7 (out of 60) [6]
| S. No. | Party | Seats won | Seats change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 29 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 13 | 8 | ||
| 3 | 8 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | 13 | ||
| 6 | National Peoples Party | 2 | 2 | |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 8 | North East Social Democratic Party | 1 | 1 | |
| Total | 60 |
See main article: 2013 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election. Nagaland held elections on 23 February, with a voter turnout of 92%.[2] [6]
| S. No. | Party | Seats won | Seats change | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 37 | 11 | ||
| 2 | 8 | 15 | ||
| 3 | 8 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Total | 59 | |||
See main article: 2013 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election.
The Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held in single phase on 5 May 2013 in all the 224 assembly constituencies in Karnataka.[7] [8]
See main article: 2013 Delhi state assembly elections.
The Delhi State Assembly elections of 2013 were held on 4 December 2013. Counting of votes was done on 8 December 2013.[9] The voter turnout was 66%, highest for the state till date.[10] 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.
See main article: 2013 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election.
The Rajasthan State Assembly elections of 2013 were held on 1 December 2013 with voter turnout in 200* constituencies being 74.38%, the highest ever for the state. The counting was done on 8 December 2013.[11] The main contest was between incumbent Indian National Congress and main opposition party Bhartiya Janta Party.
Out of the total number of candidates, there were 166 women and one eunuch contesting the polls.*Elections in constituency Churu were adjourned due to death of a BSP candidate, Shri Jagdish.[12]
See main article: 2013 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election.
The Madhya Pradesh State Assembly elections of 2013 were held on 25 November 2013 and counting was done on 8 December 2013.[9] 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.[13]
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.
See main article: 2013 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election.
The Chhattisgarh State Assembly elections of 2013 [14] were held in two phases, first on 11 November 2013 and second on 19 November 2013 and counting was done on 8 December 2013.[9] The main contest was between incumbent Bhartiya Janta Party and main opposition party Indian National Congress.
See main article: 2013 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election.
The Mizoram State Assembly Elections 2013 was held on 25 November 2013 and the counting was done on 9 December 2013.[15]
| S.No | Date | Constituency | State | MP before election | Party before election | Elected MP | Party after election | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Rowspan=4 | 2 June 2013 | Maharajganj | Bihar | Uma Shankar Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Prabhunath Singh | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |||
| 2 | Banaskantha | Rowspan=2 | 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 | Rowspan=2 | 21 August 2013 | Mandya | Rowspan=2 | 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 | ||||||
| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 61 | Rowspan=4 | 2 June 2013 | Limbdi | Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel | Kiritsinh Rana | |||
| 74 | Jetpur | Jayesh Radadiya | Jayesh Radadiya | |||||
| 75 | Jetpur | Vitthal Radadiya | Pravin Makadiya | |||||
| 125 | Morva Hadaf | Savitaben Khant | Nimisha Suthar | |||||
| 167 | 4 December 2013 | Surat West | Kishor Vankawala | Purnesh Modi | ||||
| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 271 | 24 February 2013 | Chandgad | Babasaheb Kupekar | Sandhyadevi Kupekar | ||||
| 70 | 2 June 2013 | Yavatmal | Nilesh Shivram Deshmukh Parvekar | Nandini Nilesh Deshmukh Parvekar | ||||
| 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 | |||
| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 51 | Rowspan=3 | 23 February 2013 | English Bazar | Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury | Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury | |||
| 70 | Rejinagar | Humayun Kabir | Rabiul Alam Chowdhury | |||||
| 293 | Nalhati | Abhijit Mukherjee | Dipak Chatterjee | |||||