The 2016 elections in India include the five state legislative assembly elections. The tenure of the state legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Puducherry, and Assam expired during the year. More than 18,000 voter-verified paper audit trails (VVPATs) in 64 Assembly constituencies were used in these 5 elections. The dates of these elections were announced on 4 March 2016.
Lok Sabha by-elections DateS.NoConstituencyState/UTMP before electionParty before electionElected MPParty after electionRemarks16 May 20161.TuraMeghalayaP. A. Sangma Conrad Sangma Due To Demise of P. A. Sangma19 November 201614.LakhimpurAssamSarbananda Sonowal Pradan Baruah Due To Resignation of Sarbananda Sonowal12.ShahdolMadhya Pradesh Dalpat Singh Paraste Gyan Singh Due To Demise of Dalpat Singh Paraste1.Cooch BeharWest BengalRenuka Sinha Partha Pratim Roy Due To Demise of Renuka Sinha30.TamlukSuvendu Adhikari Dibyendu Adhikari Due To Resignation of Suvendu Adhikari
Legislative assembly elections
Start date End date StateGovernment before Chief Minister beforeGovernment after Elected Chief Minister 4 April 2016 11 April 2016 AssamIndian National CongressTarun Gogoi Bharatiya Janata Party Sarbananda Sonowal Asom Gana Parishad Bodoland People's Front 5 May 2016West Bengal All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee All India Trinamool Congress Mamata Banerjee 16 May 2016Kerala Indian National Congress Oommen Chandy Communist Party of India (Marxist) Pinarayi Vijayan Puducherry All India N. R. Congress N. Rangaswamy Indian National CongressV. Narayanasamy Dravida Munnetra KazhagamTamil NaduAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamJ. JayalalithaaAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamJ. Jayalalithaa
Assam
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.
West Bengal
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.
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.
Kerala
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.
Puducherry
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.
Tamil Nadu
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. In the previous election in 2011, the AIADMK, under the leadership of Jayalalithaa, won a majority and formed the government. The results declared on 19 May 2016 and AIADMK was able to retain power with a comfortable majority of 133 seats out of 231.
Legislative Assembly by-elections Arunachal Pradesh S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election119 November 2016HayuliangKalikho PulPeople's Party of ArunachalDasanglu Pul Bharatiya Janata Party
Assam S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election119 November 2016BaithalangsoMansing RongpiIndian National CongressMansing Rongpi Bharatiya Janata Party
Bihar S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election113 February 2016HarlakhiBasant KushwahaRashtriya Lok Samata PartySudhanshu Shekhar Rashtriya Lok Samata Party
Gujarat S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election121 January 2016ChoryasiRajendrabhai Parmar Bharatiya Janata PartyZankhana Patel Bharatiya Janata Party216 May 2016TalalaJashubhai Barad Indian National CongressGovindbhai Parmar Bharatiya Janata Party
Jammu and Kashmir S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election122 June 2016AnantnagMufti Mohammed SayeedJammu and Kashmir People's Democratic PartyMehbooba Mufti Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party
Jharkhand S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election116 May 2016GoddaRaghu Nandan MandalBharatiya Janata PartyAmit Kumar Mandal Bharatiya Janata Party2PankiBidesh Singh Indian National CongressDevendra Kumar Singh Indian National Congress
Karnataka S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election113 February 2016BidarGurupadappa NagamarapalliBharatiya Janata PartyRahim Khan Indian National Congress2DevadurgaVenkatesh NayakIndian National Congress K. Shivana Gowda Nayaka Bharatiya Janata Party3HebbalR Jagadeesh KumarIndian National Congress Y.A. Narayana Swamy Bharatiya Janata Party
Madhya Pradesh S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election113 February 2016MaiharNarayan Prasad Indian National CongressNarayan Tripathi Bharatiya Janata Party230 May 2016GhoradongriSajjan Singh UikeyBharatiya Janata PartyMangal Singh Dhruve Bharatiya Janata Party319 November 2016NepanagarRajendra Shyamlal DaduBharatiya Janata PartyManju Rajendra Dadu Bharatiya Janata Party
Maharashtra S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election113 February 2016PalgharKrushna Arjun GhodaShiv SenaAmit Krushna Ghoda Shiv Sena
Puducherry S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election119 November 2016NellithopeA. JohnkumarIndian National CongressV. Narayanasamy Indian National Congress
Punjab S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election113 February 2016Khadoor SahibRamanjit Singh SikkiIndian National CongressRanjit Singh Brahampura Shiromani Akali Dal
Tamil Nadu S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election119 November 2016ThiruparankundramS. M. SeenivelAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra KazhagamA. K. Bose All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Telangana S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election113 February 2016NarayankhedPatlolla Kishta Reddy Indian National CongressMahareddy Bhupal ReddyBharat Rashtra Samithi216 May 2016PalairRamireddy Venkatareddy Indian National CongressTummala Nageswara RaoBharat Rashtra Samithi
Tripura S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election113 February 2016AmarpurManoranjan AcharjeeCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Parimal Debnath Communist Party of India (Marxist)219 November 2016BarjalaJitendra SarkarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Jhumu Sarkar Communist Party of India (Marxist)3KhowaiSamsir DebsarkarCommunist Party of India (Marxist) Biswajit Dutta Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Uttar Pradesh S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election113 February 2016DeobandRajendra Singh RanaSamajwadi PartyMavia Ali Indian National Congress2MuzaffarnagarChitranjan SwaroopSamajwadi PartyKapil Dev Aggarwal Bharatiya Janata Party3BikapurMitrasen YadavSamajwadi PartyAnand Sen Samajwadi Party416 May 2016BilariMohd. IrfanSamajwadi PartyMohd. Faeem Samajwadi Party5JangipurKailashSamajwadi PartyKismatiya Samajwadi Party
West Bengal S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election119 November 2016MonteswarSajal PanjaAll India Trinamool CongressSaikat Panja All India Trinamool Congress
Local Body Elections Chandigarh DateMunicipal Bodies Winner 2016 18 December 2016Chandigarh Municipal CorporationBharatiya Janata Party
References
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