2009 elections in India explained

Year:2009
Incumbent Pm:Manmohan Singh (UPA)
Next Lok Sabha:15th
Rajya Control:Indian National Congress
Rajya Seats Contested:TBD
Rajya Net Change:TBD
Lok Seats Contested:543
States Contested:7
State Net Change:TBD
State Seats Contested:TBD
State By Net Change:TBD
Local Seats Contested:TBD
Local Net Change:TBD

The 2009 elections in India includes the general election and elections to the Rajya Sabha, to state legislative assemblies, to Panchayats and urban local bodies.

General election

See main article: 2009 Indian general election. A national election occurred between 16 April and 13 May 2009, to constitute the 15th Lok Sabha.

Legislative Assembly elections

Indian media reporting indicate elections for the following state legislative assemblies held in 2009.

Date(s)StateGovernment beforeChief Minister beforeGovernment afterElected Chief MinisterMaps
16 April 2009 & 23 April 2009Andhra PradeshY. S. Rajasekhara ReddyY. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
OdishaNaveen PatnaikNaveen Patnaik
30 April 2009SikkimPawan Kumar ChamlingPawan Kumar Chamling
13 October 2009Arunachal PradeshDorjee KhanduDorjee Khandu
HaryanaBhupinder Singh HoodaBhupinder Singh Hooda
MaharashtraAshok ChavanAshok Chavan
25 November 2009 - 18 December 2009JharkhandMadhu KodaShibu Soren

Legislative assembly by elections

Uttar Pradesh

DateConstituencyPrevious MLA ReasonElected MLA
7 November 200945PowayanMithlesh Kumar DiedDhirendra Prasad
86Lucknow WestLalji TandonElected to 15th Lok SabhaShyam Kishore Shukla
181PadraunaRatanjit Pratap Narain SinghElected to 15th Lok SabhaSwami Prasad Maurya
239RariDhananjay Singh NARajdeo Singh
288EtawahMahendra Singh RajputResigned Mahendra Singh Rajput
290BharthanaMulayam Singh YadavElected to 15th Lok SabhaShiv Prasad Yadav

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