2021 elections in India explained

Election Name:	Elections in India
Country:	India
Previous Election:	2020 elections in India
Previous Year:	2020
Election Date:	2021
Next Election:	2022 elections in India
Next Year:	2022

Elections in India in 2021 include by-elections to the Lok Sabha, elections to the Rajya Sabha, elections to legislative assemblies of 4 states and 1 union territory, and other by-elections to state legislative assemblies, councils and local bodies.^[1]

Legislative assembly general elections

Date(s)	State/UT	Government Before		Chief Minister before election	Government After		Elected Chief Minister	Maps
27 March; 1 & 6 April 2021	Assam		Bharatiya Janata Party	Sarbananda Sonowal		Bharatiya Janata Party	Himanta Biswa Sarma
			Asom Gana Parishad			Asom Gana Parishad
						United People's Party Liberal
6 April 2021	Kerala			Pinarayi Vijayan			Pinarayi Vijayan
6 April 2021	Puducherry		President's rule			All India N.R. Congress	N. Rangaswamy
						Bharatiya Janata Party
6 April 2021	Tamil Nadu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Edappadi K. Palaniswami		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. K. Stalin
						Indian National Congress
						Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi
						Communist Party of India
						Communist Party of India (Marxist)
27 March; 1, 6, 10, 17, 22, 26 & 29 April 2021	West Bengal		All India Trinamool Congress	Mamata Banerjee		All India Trinamool Congress	Mamata Banerjee

Lok Sabha by-elections

S.No	Date	Constituency	State/UT	MP before election	Party before election		Elected MP	Party after election		Remarks
1	6 April 2021	Kanniyakumari	Tamil Nadu	H. Vasanthakumar		Vijay Vasanth		Death of H. Vasanthakumar^[2]
2		Malappuram	Kerala	P. K. Kunhalikutty		M. P. Abdussamad Samadani		Resignation by P. K. Kunhalikutty^[3]
3	Rowspan=2	17 April 2021	Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh	Balli Durga Prasad Rao		Maddila Gurumoorthy		Death of Balli Durga Prasad Rao^[4]
4	Belgaum	Karnataka	Suresh Angadi		Mangala Suresh Angadi		Death of Suresh Angadi^[5]
5	Rowspan=3	30 October 2021	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar		Kalaben Delkar		Death of Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar^[6]
6	Khandwa	Madhya Pradesh	Nandkumar Singh Chauhan		Gyaneswar Patil		Death of Nandkumar Singh Chauhan^[7]
7	Mandi	Himachal Pradesh	Ram Swaroop Sharma		Pratibha Singh		Death of Ram Swaroop Sharma^[8]

Legislative assembly By-elections

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
28	30 October 2021	Gossaigaon	Majendra Narzary		Bodoland People's Front	Jiron Basumatary		United People's Party Liberal
41		Bhabanipur	Phanidhar Talukdar		All India United Democratic Front	Phanidhar Talukdar		Bharatiya Janata Party
58		Tamulpur	Leho Ram Boro		United People's Party Liberal	Jolen Daimary		United People's Party Liberal
101		Mariani	Rupjyoti Kurmi		Indian National Congress	Rupjyoti Kurmi		Bharatiya Janata Party
107		Thowra	Sushanta Borgohain		Indian National Congress	Sushanta Borgohain		Bharatiya Janata Party

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
78	Rowspan=2	30 October 2021^[9]	Kusheshwar Asthan	Shashi Bhushan Hazari	bgcolor=		Janata Dal (United)	Aman Bhushan Hajari		Janata Dal (United)
164	Tarapur	Mewalal Chaudhary	bgcolor=		Janata Dal (United)	Rajeev Kumar Singh		Janata Dal (United)

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
8	Rowspan=3	30 October 2021	Fatehpur	Sujan Singh Pathania		Indian National Congress	Bhawani Singh Pathania		Indian National Congress
50	Arki	Virbhadra Singh		Indian National Congress	Sanjay Awasthy^[10]		Indian National Congress
65	Jubbal-Kotkhai	Narinder Bragta		Bharatiya Janata Party	Rohit Thakur		Indian National Congress

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
47	17 April 2021	Basavakalyan	B. Narayan Rao		Indian National Congress	Sharanu Salagar		Bharatiya Janata Party
59		Maski	Pratapgouda Patil		Indian National Congress	Basangouda Turvihal		Indian National Congress
33	Rowspan=2	30 October 2021	Sindagi	Mallappa Managuli		Janata Dal (Secular)	Bhusanur Ramesh Balappa		Bharatiya Janata Party
82	Hangal			Bharatiya Janata Party	Srinivas Mane		Indian National Congress

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
55	17 April 2021	Damoh	Rahul Lodhi		Indian National Congress	Ajay Kumar Tandon		Indian National Congress
45	30 October 2021	Prithvipur	Brijendra Singh Rathore		Indian National Congress	Shishupal Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
62		Raigaon	Jugal Kishore Bagri		Bharatiya Janata Party	Kalpana Verma		Indian National Congress
192		Jobat	Kalawati Bhuria		Indian National Congress	Sulochana Rawat		Bharatiya Janata Party

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
252	17 April 2021	Pandharpur	Bharat Bhalke		Nationalist Congress Party	Samadhan Autade		Bharatiya Janata Party
90	30 October 2021	Deglur			Indian National Congress	Jitesh Antapurkar		Indian National Congress

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
13	30 October 2021	Mawryngkneng	David Nongrum		Indian National Congress	Pyniaid Sing Syiem		National People's Party
24		Mawphlang	Syntar Klas Sunn		Independent	Eugeneson Lyngdoh		United Democratic Party
47		Rajabala	Azad Zaman		Indian National Congress	MD. Abdus Saleh		National People's Party

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
26	17 April 2021	Serchhip	Lalduhoma		Zoram People's Movement	Lalduhoma		Zoram People's Movement
4	30 October 2021	Tuirial	Andrew H. Thangliana		Zoram People's Movement	K. Laldawngliana		Mizo National Front

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
51	17 April 2021	Noksen	C. M. Chang		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party	H. Chuba Chang		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
58	30 October 2021	Shamator Chessore	Toshi Wungtung		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party	Keoshu Yimchunger		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
24	17 April 2021	Sujangarh	Bhanwarlal Meghwal		Indian National Congress	Manoj Meghwal		Indian National Congress
175		Rajsamand	Kiran Maheshwari		Bharatiya Janata Party	Deepti Maheshwari		Bharatiya Janata Party
179		Sahara	Kailash Chandra Trivedi		Indian National Congress	Gayatri Devi Trivedi		Indian National Congress
155	30 October 2021	Vallabhnagar			Indian National Congress	Preeti Shaktawat		Indian National Congress
157		Dhariawad	Gautam Lal Meena		Bharatiya Janata Party	Nagraj Meena		Indian National Congress

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
87	17 April 2021	Nagarjuna Sagar	Nomula Narsimhaiah		Bharat Rashtra Samithi	Nomula Bhagath		Bharat Rashtra Samithi
31	30 October 2021	Huzurabad	Etela Rajender		Bharat Rashtra Samithi	Etela Rajender		Bharatiya Janata Party

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
159	30 September 2021	Bhabanipur	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay		All India Trinamool Congress	Mamata Banerjee		All India Trinamool Congress
7	30 October 2021	Dinhata	Nisith Pramanik		Bharatiya Janata Party	Udayan Guha		All India Trinamool Congress
86		Santipur	Jagannath Sarkar		Bharatiya Janata Party	Braja Kishore Goswami		All India Trinamool Congress
109		Khardaha	Kajal Sinha		All India Trinamool Congress	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay		All India Trinamool Congress
127		Gosaba	Jayanta Naskar		All India Trinamool Congress	Subrata Mondal		All India Trinamool Congress

Local Body Elections

Andhra Pradesh

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	10 March 2021	Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation		YSR Congress Party
2.		Vijayawada Municipal Corporation
3.		Guntur Municipal Corporation
4.		Tirupati Municipal Corporation
5.		Kurnool Municipal Corporation
6.		Ongole Municipal Corporation
7.		Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation
8.		Kadapa Municipal Corporation
9.		Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation
10.		Anantapuramu Municipal Corporation
11.		Eluru Municipal Corporation
12.		Chittoor Municipal Corporation
13.	15 November 2021	Nellore Municipal Corporation

Chhattisgarh

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	20 December 2021	Birgaon Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress
2.		Bhilai Municipal Corporation
3.		Risali Municipal Corporation
4.		Bhilai-Charauda Municipal Corporation

Gujarat

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	February 2021	Amdavad Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party
2.		Surat Municipal Corporation
3.		Vadodara Municipal Corporation
4.		Rajkot Municipal Corporation
5.		Jamnagar Municipal Corporation
6.		Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation
7.	October 2021	Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation

Himachal Pradesh

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	April 2021	Palampur Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress
2.		Solan Municipal Corporation
3.		Mandi Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party
4.		Dharamshala Municipal Corporation

Karnataka

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	May 2021	Ballari Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress
2.	September 2021	Kalaburagi Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party
3.		Belagavi Municipal Corporation
4.		Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation

Punjab

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	14 February 2021	Abohar Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress
2.		Batala Municipal Corporation
3.		Bathinda Municipal Corporation
4.		Hoshiarpur Municipal Corporation
5.		Kapurthala Municipal Corporation
6.		Mohali Municipal Corporation
7.		Moga Municipal Corporation
8.		Pathankot Municipal Corporation

Telangana

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	May 2021	Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation		Bharat Rashtra Samithi
2.		Khammam Municipal Corporation

Tripura

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations/ Autonomous councils	Winner 2021
1.	6 April 2021	Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council		Tipra Motha Party
2		Agartala Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party

West Bengal

See also

• 2020 elections in India
• 2022 elections in India
• 2021 Indian Rajya Sabha elections

External links

• Election Commission of India

Notes and References

1. Web site: Terms of the Houses. Election Commission of India. 27 Aug 2019.
2. News: 2021-05-03 . Congress retains Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-05-20 . 0971-751X.
3. Web site: Malappuram Lok Sabha Bypoll To Be Held With Kerala Assembly Election . 2023-05-20 . NDTV.com.
4. Web site: 2020-09-16 . Lok Sabha MP Balli Durga Prasad Rao passes away . 2023-05-20 . The Indian Express . en.
5. News: 2021-05-02 . Karnataka: BJP wins Belgaum Lok Sabha, Basavakalyan assembly segment, Congress bags Maski assembly seat . The Times of India . 2023-05-20 . 0971-8257.
6. News: 2021-11-02 . Dadra and Nagar Haveli LS bypoll Shiv Sena wins by a margin of 51,269 votes . en-IN . The Hindu . 2023-05-20 . 0971-751X.
7. News: 2021-11-01 . MP bypolls: Counting of votes on Tuesday in Khandwa Lok Sabha, three assembly seats . The Times of India . 2023-05-20 . 0971-8257.
8. News: 2021-11-02 . Himachal bypoll results: Congress wins all four seats, including one Lok Sabha, 3 assembly seats . The Times of India . 2023-05-20 . 0971-8257.
9. News: Bihar Bypolls Results 2021 highlights: JD(U) wins both seats despite RJD's spirited fight in Tarapur . 5 November 2021 . Hindustan Times . 2 November 2021 . en.
10. Web site: Bye election to Vidhan Sabha Trends & Result November 2021 - Himachal Pradesh - Arki . Election Commission of India . 2 November 2021 . live . 2 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211102102809/https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcByeNov2021/ConstituencywiseS0850.htm?ac=50.