| Election Name: | Elections in India |
| Country: | India |
| Previous Election: | 2015 elections in India |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Election Date: | 2016 |
| Next Election: | 2017 elections in India |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
The elections in India in 2016 include the five state legislative assembly elections.[1] The tenure of the state legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Puducherry, Assam, expired during the year.[2] [3] More than 18,000 Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPATs) in 64 Assembly constituencies were used in these 5 elections.[4] The dates of these elections were announced on 4 March 2016.[5]
| Date | S.No | Constituency | State/UT | MP before election | Party before election | Elected MP | Party after election | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 May 2016 | 1. | Tura | Meghalaya | P. A. Sangma | Conrad Sangma | Due To Demise of P. A. Sangma | ||||
| Rowspan=4 | 19 November 2016 | 14. | Lakhimpur | Assam | Sarbananda Sonowal | Pradan Baruah | Due To Resignation of Sarbananda Sonowal | |||
| 12. | Shahdol | Madhya Pradesh | Dalpat Singh Paraste | Gyan Singh | Due To Demise of Dalpat Singh Paraste | |||||
| 1. | Cooch Behar | Rowspan=2 | West Bengal | Renuka Sinha | Partha Pratim Roy | Due To Demise of Renuka Sinha | ||||
| 30. | Tamluk | Suvendu Adhikari | Dibyendu Adhikari | Due To Resignation of Suvendu Adhikari | ||||||
| Start date | End date | State | Government before | Chief Minister before | Government after | Elected Chief Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 April 2016 | 11 April 2016 | Assam | Indian National Congress | Tarun Gogoi | Bharatiya Janata Party | Sarbananda Sonowal | ||
| Asom Gana Parishad | ||||||||
| Bodoland People's Front | ||||||||
| 4 April 2016 | 5 May 2016 | West Bengal | All India Trinamool Congress | Mamata Banerjee | All India Trinamool Congress | Mamata Banerjee | ||
| 16 May 2016 | Kerala | United Democratic Front | Oommen Chandy | Left Democratic Front | Pinarayi Vijayan | |||
| Puducherry | All India N.R. Congress | N. Rangaswamy | Indian National Congress | V. Narayanasamy | ||||
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||||||||
| Tamil Nadu | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | J. Jayalalithaa | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | J. Jayalalithaa | ||||
See main article: 2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Assam expired on June 5, 2016. The polls for the incumbent assembly were held in two phases on April 4 and 11 2016 to elect members of the 126 constituencies in Assam. BJP won 60 seats and became biggest party in the election.
See main article: 2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election.
The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal expired on May 29, 2016. Like in 2011, the polls for the next assembly were held in six phases. The first phase, held in Naxal-affected areas, had two polling dates — April 4 and April 11. The other phases were held on April 17, 21, 25, 30 and May 5.[6] [7]
West Bengal election results were announced along with other four assemblies on 19 May 2016. All India Trinamool Congress under Mamata Banerjee won 211 seats, and thus was reelected with an enhanced majority.[8]
See main article: 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.
The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala expired on May 31, 2016. The polls for the next assembly were held on 16 May 2016. The Left Democratic Front won a clear victory with 91 in 140 seats.[9]
See main article: 2016 Puducherry Legislative Assembly election. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry expired on June 2, 2016. The polls for the next assembly were held on 16 May 2016 to elect members of the 30 constituencies in the non-contiguous territory. INC won 15 out of 30 seats.
See main article: 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election. The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu expired on May 22, 2016. The polls for the next assembly were held on 16 May 2016 for the 234 seats of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.[10] In the previous election in 2011, the AIADMK, under the leadership of Jayalalithaa, won a majority and formed the government.[11] The results declared on 19 May 2016 and AIADMK was able to retain power with a comfortable majority of 133 seats out of 231.
| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 21 January 2016 | Choryasi | Rajendrabhai Parmar | Bharatiya Janata Party | Zankhana Patel | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 2 | 16 May 2016 | Talala | Jashubhai Barad | Indian National Congress | Govindbhai Parmar | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 16 May 2016 | Godda | Raghu Nandan Mandal | Bharatiya Janata Party | Amit Kumar Mandal | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
| 2 | Panki | Bidesh Singh | Indian National Congress | Devendra Kumar Singh | Indian National Congress | |||
| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 February 2016 | Bidar | Gurupadappa Nagamarapalli | Bharatiya Janata Party | Rahim Khan | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2 | Devadurga | Venkatesh Nayak | Indian National Congress | K. Shivana Gowda Nayaka | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 3 | Hebbal | R Jagadeesh Kumar | Indian National Congress | Y.A. Narayana Swamy | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 February 2016 | Maihar | Narayan Prasad | Indian National Congress | Narayan Tripathi | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 2 | 30 May 2016 | Ghoradongri | Sajjan Singh Uikey | Bharatiya Janata Party | Mangal Singh Dhruve | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 3 | 19 November 2016 | Nepanagar | Rajendra Shyamlal Dadu | Bharatiya Janata Party | Manju Rajendra Dadu | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 February 2016 | Narayankhed | Patlolla Kishta Reddy | Indian National Congress | Mahareddy Bhupal Reddy | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |||
| 2 | 16 May 2016 | Palair | Ramireddy Venkatareddy | Indian National Congress | Tummala Nageswara Rao | Bharat Rashtra Samithi | |||
| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 February 2016 | Amarpur | Manoranjan Acharjee | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Parimal Debnath | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| 2 | 19 November 2016 | Barjala | Jitendra Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Jhumu Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
| 3 | Khowai | Samsir Debsarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Biswajit Dutta | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |||
| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 13 February 2016 | Deoband | Rajendra Singh Rana | Samajwadi Party | Mavia Ali | Indian National Congress | ||
| 2 | Muzaffarnagar | Chitranjan Swaroop | Samajwadi Party | Kapil Dev Aggarwal | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
| 3 | Bikapur | Mitrasen Yadav | Samajwadi Party | Anand Sen | Samajwadi Party | |||
| 4 | 16 May 2016 | Bilari | Mohd. Irfan | Samajwadi Party | Mohd. Faeem | Samajwadi Party | ||
| 5 | Jangipur | Kailash | Samajwadi Party | Kismatiya | Samajwadi Party | |||