2019 elections in India explained

Election Name:	Elections in India
Country:	India
Previous Election:	2018 elections in India
Previous Year:	2018
Election Date:	2019
Next Election:	2020 elections in India
Next Year:	2020

The elections held in India in 2019 includes the general election, by-elections to the Lok Sabha, elections to 7 state legislative assemblies and numerous other by-elections to state legislative assemblies, councils and local bodies.^[1]

General Elections

See main article: 2019 Indian General election. General elections were held in India in April to May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The BJP-led NDA won the elections.

The phase-wise schedule, the number of seats in each phase and their State-wise break-up:

Phase 1, 11 April91 seats, 20 states

A.P. (all 25), Arunachal Pradesh (2), Assam (5), Bihar (4), Chhattisgarh (1) J&K (2), Maharashtra (7), Manipur (1), Meghalaya (2), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Odisha (4), Sikkim (1), Telangana (17), Tripura (1), U.P. (8), Uttarakhand (5), W.B. (2), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1), Lakshadweep (1)

Phase 2, 18 April97 seats, 13 states

Assam (5), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (3), J&K (2), Karnataka (14) Maharashtra (10), Manipur (1), Odisha (5), Tamil Nadu. (all 39), Tripura (1), U.P. (8), West Bengal (3), Puducherry (1)

Phase 3, 23 April115 seats, 14 states

Assam (4), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Gujarat (all 26), Goa (all 2), J&K (1), Karnataka (14), Kerala (all 20), Maharashtra (14), Odisha (6), U.P. (10), West Bengal (5), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1), Daman and Diu (1)

Phase 4, 29 April71 seats, 9 states

Bihar (5), J&K (1), Jharkhand (3), M.P. (6), Maharashtra (17), Odisha (6), Rajasthan (13), U.P. (13), West Bengal (8)

Phase 5, 6 May51 seats, 7 states

Bihar (5), Jharkhand (4), J&K (2), M.P. (7), Rajasthan (12), U.P. (14), West Bengal (7)

Phase 6, 12 May59 seats, 7 states

Bihar (8), Haryana (10), Jharkhand (4), M.P. (8), U.P. (14), West Bengal (8), NCR (all 7)

Phase 7, 19 May59 seats, 8 states

Bihar (8), Jharkhand (3), M.P. (8), Punjab (all 13), West Bengal (9), Chandigarh (1), U.P. (13), Himachal Pradesh (all 4)

Date of counting: May 23

Lok Sabha by-elections

S.No	Date	Constituency	State/UT	MP before election	Party before election		Elected MP	Party after election		Remarks
1	21 October 2019	Samastipur	Bihar	Ram Chandra Paswan		Prince Raj		Death of Ram Chandra Paswan^[2]
2		Satara	Maharashtra	Udayanraje Bhosale		Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil		Resignation by Udayanraje Bhosale^[3]

Legislative assembly elections

Assembly elections of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, were held simultaneously with the general elections

Legislative assembly elections of Haryana, Maharashtra held on 21 October 2019.

Legislative assembly elections of Jharkhand were held between 30 November to 20 December.

Date(s)	State	Government before		Chief Minister before	Government after		Elected Chief Minister
11 April 2019	Andhra Pradesh		Telugu Desam Party	N. Chandrababu Naidu		YSR Congress Party	Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy
11 April 2019	Arunachal Pradesh		Bharatiya Janata Party	Pema Khandu		Bharatiya Janata Party	Pema Khandu
			National People's Party
11, 18, 23, 29 April 2019	Odisha		Biju Janata Dal	Naveen Patnaik		Biju Janata Dal	Naveen Patnaik
11 April 2019	Sikkim		Sikkim Democratic Front	Pawan Kumar Chamling		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	Prem Singh Tamang
21 October 2019	Haryana		Bharatiya Janata Party	Manohar Lal Khattar		Bharatiya Janata Party	Manohar Lal Khattar
						Jannayak Janata Party
21 October 2019	Maharashtra			Devendra Fadnavis		Shiv Sena	Uddhav Thackeray
						Nationalist Congress Party
			Shiv Sena^[4]			Indian National Congress
30 November; 7, 12, 16, 20 December 2019	Jharkhand		Bharatiya Janata Party	Raghubar Das		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Hemant Soren
						Indian National Congress

Assembly By-elections

Assam

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	21 October 2019	Ratabari	Kripanath Mallah		Bharatiya Janata Party	Bijoy Malakar		Bharatiya Janata Party
2		Rangapara	Pallab Lochan Das			Rajen Borthakur
3		Sonari	Topon Kumar Gogoi			Nabanita Handique
4		Jania	Abdul Khaleque		Indian National Congress	Rafiqul Islam		All India United Democratic Front

Bihar

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	11 April 2019	Nawada	Rajballabh Prasad		Rashtriya Janata Dal	Kaushal Yadav		Janata Dal (United)
2	19 May 2019	Dehri	Mohd. Iliyas Hussain			Satyanarayan Singh		Bharatiya Janata Party
3	21 October 2019	Simri Bakhtiarpur	Dinesh Chandra Yadav		Janata Dal (United)	Zafar Alam		Rashtriya Janata Dal
4		Belhar	Giridhari Yadav			Ramdeo Yadav
5		Daraunda	Kavita Singh			Karnjeet Singh		Independent
6		Nathnagar	Ajay Kumar Mandal			Lakshmikant Mandal		Janata Dal (United)
7		Kishanganj	Mohammad Jawed		Indian National Congress	Qamrul Hoda		All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen

Chhattisgarh

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	23 September 2019	Dantewada	Bhima Mandavi		Bharatiya Janata Party	Devati Karma		Indian National Congress
2	21 October 2019	Chitrakot	Deepak Baij		Indian National Congress	Rajman Venjam

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	23 April 2019	Dharangadhra	Parsottam Ukabhai Sabariya		Indian National Congress	Parsottam Ukabhai Sabariya		Bharatiya Janata Party
2		Jamnagar Rural	Vallabh Dharaviya			Raghavji Patel
3		Manavadar	Jawaharbhai Chavda			Jawaharbhai Chavda
4		Unjha	Asha Patel			Asha Patel
5	21 October 2019	Radhanpur	Alpesh Thakor			Raghubhai Merajbhai Desai		Indian National Congress
6		Bayad	Dhavalsinh Zala			Jashubhai Shivabhai Patel
7		Tharad	Parbatbhai Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party	Gulabsinh Pirabhai Rajput
8		Kheralu	Bharatsinhji Dabhi			Ajmalji Valaji Thakor		Bharatiya Janata Party
9		Amraiwadi	Hasmukhbhai Patel			Jagdish Ishwarbhai Patel
10		Lunawada	Ratansinh Rathod		Independent	Jigneshkumar Sevak

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	23 April 2019	Mandrem	Dayanand Sopte		Indian National Congress	Dayanand Sopte		Bharatiya Janata Party
2		Siroda	Subhash Shirodkar			Subhash Shirodkar
3		Mapusa	Francis Dsouza		Bharatiya Janata Party	Joshua D'Souza
4	19 May 2019	Panaji	Manohar Parrikar			Atanasio Monserrate		Indian National Congress

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	21 October 2019	Dharamshala	Kishan Kapoor		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vishal Nehria		Bharatiya Janata Party
2		Pachhad	Suresh Kumar			Reena Kashyap

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	23 April 2019	Kundgol	Channabasappa Satyappa Shivalli		Indian National Congress	Kusumavati Channabasappa Shivalli		Indian National Congress
2		Chincholi	Umesh. G. Jadhav			Avinash Umesh Jadhav		Bharatiya Janata Party
3	5 December 2019	Athani	Mahesh Kumathalli			Mahesh Kumathalli
4		Kagwad	Shrimant Balasaheb Patil			Shrimant Balasaheb Patil
5		Gokak	Ramesh Jarkiholi			Ramesh Jarkiholi
6		Yellapur	Arbail Shivaram Hebbar			Arbail Shivaram Hebbar
7		Hirekerur	B. C. Patil			B. C. Patil
8		Vijayanagara	Anand Singh			Anand Singh
9		Chikkaballapur	Dr. K. Sudhakar			Dr. K. Sudhakar
10		K.R. Puram	Byrati Basavaraj			Byrati Basavaraj
11		Yeshvanthapura	S. T. Somashekhar			S. T. Somashekhar
12		Ranibennur	R. Shankar		Karnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party	Arun Kumar Guththur
13		Mahalakshmi Layout	K. Gopalaiah		Janata Dal (Secular)	K. Gopalaiah
14		Krishnarajpet	Narayana Gowda			Narayana Gowda
15		Hunsur	Adagur H. Vishwanath			H. P. Manjunath		Indian National Congress
16		Shivajinagar	R. Roshan Baig		Indian National Congress	Rizwan Arshad
17		Hosakote	M. T. B. Nagaraju			Sharath Kumar Bache Gowda		Independent

See main article: 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections.

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	23 September 2019	Pala	K. M. Mani		Kerala Congress (M)	Mani C. Kappan		Nationalist Congress Party
2	21 October 2019	Manjeshwaram	P. B. Abdul Razak		Indian Union Muslim League	M. C. Kamaruddin		Indian Union Muslim League
3		Aroor	A. M. Ariff		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Shanimol Usman		Indian National Congress
4		Ernakulam	Hibi Eden		Indian National Congress	T. J. Vinod
5		Konni	Adoor Prakash			K. U. Jenish Kumar		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
6		Vattiyoorkavu	K. Muraleedharan			V. K. Prasanth

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	29 April 2019	Chhindwara	Deepak Saxena		Indian National Congress	Kamal Nath		Indian National Congress
2	21 October 2019	Jhabua	Guman Singh Damor		Bharatiya Janata Party	Kantilal Bhuria

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	11 April 2019	Selsella	Clement Marak		Indian National Congress	Ferlin C. A. Sangma		National People's Party
2	21 October 2019	Shella	Donkupar Roy		United Democratic Party	Balajied Kupar Synrem		United Democratic Party

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	18 April 2019	Thattanchavady	Ashok Anand		All India N.R. Congress	K. Venkatesan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2	21 October 2019	Kamraj Nagar	V. Vaithilingam		Indian National Congress	A. Johnkumar		Indian National Congress

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	21 October 2019	Phagwara	Som Parkash		Bharatiya Janata Party	Balwinder Singh Dhaliwal		Indian National Congress
2		Mukerian	Rajnish Kumar Babbi		Indian National Congress	Indu Bala
3		Jalalabad	Sukhbir Singh Badal		Shiromani Akali Dal	Raminder Singh Awla
4		Dakha	Harvinder Singh Phoolka		Aam Aadmi Party	Manpreet Singh Ayali		Shiromani Akali Dal

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	21 October 2019	Mandawa	Narendra Kumar		Bharatiya Janata Party	Rita Choudhary		Indian National Congress
2		Khinwsar	Hanuman Beniwal		Rashtriya Loktantrik Party	Narayan Beniwal		Rashtriya Loktantrik Party

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	21 October 2019	Poklok-Kamrang	Pawan Kumar Chamling		Sikkim Democratic Front	Prem Singh Tamang		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha
2		Martam-Rumtek	Dorjee Tshering Lepcha			Sonam Venchungpa		Bharatiya Janata Party
3		Gangtok	Kunga Nima Lepcha		Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	Yong Tshering Lepcha

See main article: 2019 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly by-elections.

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	18 April 2019	Thiruvarur	M. Karunanidhi		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	K. Poondi Kalaivanan		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
2		Ambur	R. Balasubramani		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	A. C. Vilwanathan
3		Andipatti	Thanga Tamil Selvan			A. Maharajan
4		Gudiyattam	C. Jayanthi Padmanabhan			S. Kathavarayan
5		Hosur	P. Balakrishna Reddy			S. A. Sathya
6		Perambur	P. Vetrivel			R. D. Sekar
7		Periyakulam	K. Kathirkamu			S. Saravana Kumar
8		Poonamallee	T. A. Elumalai			A. Krishnaswamy
9		Thanjavur	M. Rangaswamy			T. K. G. Neelamegam
10		Thiruporur	M. Kothandapani			L. Idhayavarman
11		Harur	R. Murugan			V. Sampathkumar		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
12		Manamadurai	S. Mariappankennady			S. Nagarajan
13		Nilakottai	R. Thangathurai			S. Thenmozhi
14		Pappireddyppatti	P. Palaniappan			A. Govindasamy
15		Paramakudi	S. Muthiah			N. Sadhan Prabhakar
16		Sattur	S. G. Subramanian			M. S. R. Rajavarman
17		Sholinghur	N. G. Parthiban			G. Sampathu
18		Vilathikulam	K. Uma Maheswari Reddiar			P. Chinnappa Reddiar
19	19 May 2019	Sulur	R. Kanagaraj			P. Kandasamy
20		Aravakurichi	V. Senthil Balaji			V. Senthil Balaji		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
21		Ottapidaram	R. Sundararaj			C. Shunmugaiah
22		Tirupparankundram	A. K. Bose			P. Saravanan
23	21 October 2019	Vikravandi	K. Rathamani		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	R. Muthamilselvan		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
24		Nanguneri	H. Vasanthakumar		Indian National Congress	V. Narayanan

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	29 April 2019	Nighasan	Patel Ramkumar Verma		Bharatiya Janata Party	Shashank Verma		Bharatiya Janata Party
2	19 May 2019	Agra North	Jagan Prasad Garg			Purshottam Khandelwal
3	23 September 2019	Hamirpur	Ashok Kumar Singh Chandel			Yuvraj Singh
4	21 October 2019	Gangoh	Pradeep Choudhary			Kirat Singh
5		Iglas	Rajvir Singh Diler			Rajkumar Sahyogi
6		Lucknow Cantt	Dr. Rita Bahuguna Joshi			Suresh Chandra Tiwari
7		Govindnagar	Satyadev Pachauri			Surendra Maithani
8		Manikpur	R. K. Singh Patel			Aanand Shukla
9		Balha	Akshaibar Lal			Saroj Sonkar
10		Ghosi	Phagu Chauhan			Vijay Rajbhar
11		Zaidpur	Upendra Singh Rawat			Gaurav Kumar		Samajwadi Party
12		Rampur	Mohammad Azam Khan		Samajwadi Party	Dr. Tazeen Fatma
13		Jalalpur	Ritesh Pandey		Bahujan Samaj Party	Subhash Rai
14		Pratapgarh	Sangam Lal Gupta		Apna Dal (Sonelal)	Rajkumar Pal		Apna Dal (Sonelal)

Uttarakhand

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
1	18 April 2019	Islampur	Kanaiya Lal Agarwal		Indian National Congress	Abdul Karim Chowdhary		All India Trinamool Congress
2		Darjeeling	Amar Singh Rai		Gorkha Janmukti Morcha	Neeraj Zimba		Bharatiya Janata Party
3	23 April 2019	Habibpur	Khagen Murmu		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Joyel Murmu
4	29 April 2019	Naoda	Abu Taher Khan	Rowspan=2 bgcolor=""		Rowspan=2	Indian National Congress	Sahina Mumtaz Begum		All India Trinamool Congress
5		Kandi	Apurba Sarkar	Shafiul Alam Khan		Indian National Congress
6		Krishnaganj	Satyajit Biswas		All India Trinamool Congress	Ashis Kumar Biswas		Bharatiya Janata Party
7	6 May 2019	Bhatpara	Arjun Singh			Pawan Kumar Singh
8		Uluberia Purba	Haider Aziz Safwi			Idris Ali		All India Trinamool Congress
9	25 November 2019	Karimpur	Mahua Moitra			Bimalendu Sinha Roy
10		Kaliaganj	Pramatha Ray		Indian National Congress	Tapan Deb Singha
11		Kharagpur	Dilip Ghosh		Bharatiya Janata Party	Pradip Sarkar

See also

• 2019 Indian Rajya Sabha elections
• 2020 elections in India
• 2018 elections in India

External links

• Election Commission of India
• Lok Sabha General Election 2019schedules, results and updates
• Legislative Assembly Result | Live Updates
• Lok Sabha General Election 2019 - Parliamentary Polls 2019 Latest News & Updates

Notes and References

1. Web site: Terms of the Houses. Election Commission of India. 11 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20140209063033/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/terms_of_houses.aspx. 9 February 2014. live.
2. News: 2019-07-21 . LJP MP Ram Chandra Paswan passes away . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-05-20 . 0971-751X.
3. Web site: 2019-09-15 . Udayanraje resigns as MP, joins BJP in presence of Fadnavis, Amit Shah . 2023-05-20 . The Indian Express . en.
4. News: Shiv Sena formally joins BJP government in Maharashtra. 5 December 2014. India Today. en. 2019-12-01.