2013 elections in India explained

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]

Legislative Assembly

Tripura

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]

Meghalaya

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

Nagaland

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

Karnataka

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]

Delhi

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.

Rajasthan

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]

Madhya Pradesh

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.

Chhattisgarh

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.

Mizoram

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]

Parliamentary By-election

S.NoDateConstituencyStateMP before electionParty before electionElected MPParty after election
19Rowspan=42 June 2013MaharajganjBiharUma Shankar SinghRashtriya Janata DalPrabhunath SinghRashtriya Janata Dal
2BanaskanthaRowspan=2GujaratMukesh GadhviIndian National CongressHaribhai Parthibhai ChaudharyBharatiya Janata Party
11PorbandarVitthal RadadiyaIndian National CongressVitthal RadadiyaBharatiya Janata Party
25HowrahWest BengalAmbica BanerjeeAll India Trinamool CongressPrasun BanerjeeAll India Trinamool Congress
223 June 2013MandiHimachal PradeshVirbhadra SinghIndian National CongressPratibha SinghIndian National Congress
20Rowspan=221 August 2013MandyaRowspan=2KarnatakaN. Chaluvaraya SwamyJanata Dal (Secular)RamyaIndian National Congress
23Bangalore RuralH. D. KumaraswamyJanata Dal (Secular)D. K. SureshIndian National Congress

Assembly By-elections

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
61Rowspan=42 June 2013LimbdiSomabhai Gandalal Koli PatelKiritsinh Rana
74JetpurJayesh RadadiyaJayesh Radadiya
75JetpurVitthal RadadiyaPravin Makadiya
125Morva HadafSavitaben KhantNimisha Suthar
1674 December 2013Surat WestKishor VankawalaPurnesh Modi
S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
27124 February 2013ChandgadBabasaheb KupekarSandhyadevi Kupekar
702 June 2013YavatmalNilesh Shivram Deshmukh ParvekarNandini Nilesh Deshmukh Parvekar

Tamil Nadu

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
34023 February 2013Bhatpar RaniKameswar UpadhyaySamajwadi PartyAshutosh UpadhyaySamajwadi Party
2582 June 2013HandiaMahesh Narayan SinghSamajwadi PartyPrashant SinghSamajwadi Party
S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election
51Rowspan=323 February 2013English BazarKrishnendu Narayan ChoudhuryKrishnendu Narayan Choudhury
70RejinagarHumayun KabirRabiul Alam Chowdhury
293NalhatiAbhijit MukherjeeDipak Chatterjee

Local body elections

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Election Commission announces poll dates in five states. NDTV.
  2. News: EC announces poll dates for Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland. 14 January 2013. Niti Central. 11 January 2013. 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. 15 January 2013. dead.
  3. News: Despite AAP's grand showing, Delhi faces hung Assembly. The Hindu.
  4. News: Tripura scripts poll history. https://web.archive.org/web/20131209143849/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-02-17/guwahati/37143686_1_majlishpur-inpt-tripura-elections. dead. 9 December 2013. The Times of India. The Times Group. 17 February 2013. 19 February 2013. Bhattacharjee. Biswendu.
  5. Web site: Tripura records highest voter turnout in the country at 93 per cent: EC. 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. dead. 17 February 2013. CNN-IBN. 14 February 2013. 15 February 2013.
  6. The Hindu, 1 March 2013
  7. Web site: Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Karnataka. Election Commission of India. 20 March 2013.
  8. Web site: Karnataka polls to be held on 5 May, counting on 8 May. NDTV.
  9. News: EC announces election dates for Delhi, MP, Rajasthan, Mizoram, Ch'garh. One India . 4 October 2013 . 7 October 2013.
  10. Web site: Delhi sees record voter turnout. NDTV.
  11. News: Rajasthan 2013 Assembly Elections . International Business Times. IBT Media. 2 December 2013.
  12. Web site: Election results . 10 December 2013 . 18 December 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141218160549/http://eciresults.nic.in/ . dead .
  13. Web site: Madhya Pradesh 2013 Assembly election coverage . 25 November 2013. Zee News. 3 December 2013.
  14. News: Play with the Sentiment Meter and Interactive Map tools to see how sentiments can change the election outcome. . 11 November 2013 . 11 November 2013.
  15. Web site: EC revises dates for Mizoram Assembly Elections 2013. Bihar Prabha. 23 October 2013.