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2020 Elections In India
Elections in India in 2020 will include by-elections to the Lok Sabha, elections to the Rajya Sabha for 73 Seats, elections to state legislative assemblies of 3 states and numerous other by-elections to state legislative assemblies, councils and local bodies. Legislative assembly elections Parliamentary Bye-election Assembly Bye-elections Chhattisgarh Gujarat Haryana Jharkhand Karnataka Madhya Pradesh Manipur Nagaland Odisha Telangana Uttar Pradesh See also * 2020 Indian Rajya Sabha elections * 2019 elections in India * 2021 elections in India 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 bo ... References External links Election Commission of India
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Lok Sabha
The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chambers of the Sansad Bhavan, New Delhi. The maximum membership of the House allotted by the Constitution of India is 552 (Initially, in 1950, it was 500). Currently, the house has 543 seats which are made up by the election of up to 543 elected members and at a maximum. Between 1952 and 2020, 2 additional members of the Anglo-Indian community were also nominated by the President of India on the advice of Government of India, which was abolished in January 2020 by the 104th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019. The ...
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Bihar
Bihar (; ) is a state in eastern India. It is the 2nd largest state by population in 2019, 12th largest by area of , and 14th largest by GDP in 2021. Bihar borders Uttar Pradesh to its west, Nepal to the north, the northern part of West Bengal to the east, and with Jharkhand to the south. The Bihar plain is split by the river Ganges, which flows from west to east. On 15 November 2000, southern Bihar was ceded to form the new state of Jharkhand. Only 20% of the population of Bihar lives in urban areas as of 2021. Additionally, almost 58% of Biharis are below the age of 25, giving Bihar the highest proportion of young people of any Indian state. The official languages are Hindi and Urdu, although other languages are common, including Maithili, Magahi, Bhojpuri and other Languages of Bihar. In Ancient and Classical India, the area that is now Bihar was considered the centre of political and cultural power and as a haven of learning. From Magadha arose India's first empire, ...
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Kiritsinh Rana
Kiritsinhji Rana (born 7 July 1964) is currently Cabinet Minister of Forest, Environment, Climate Change, Printing and Stationery in Government of Gujarat. He is Member of Legislative assembly from Limbdi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) in Gujarat . He also served as Minister of Animal Husbandry from 1998 to 2002 and Minister of Forest and Environment from 2007 to 2012. He was also Secretary of Gujarat State (BJP) from 2003 to 2006. His village is Bhalgamda. Early life Kiritsinh Rana was born on 7 July 1964. He belongs to Rajput Family. His native village is Bhalgamda, Limbdi Limbdi is a taluka in Surendranagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. History The area formed a part of the 9-gun salute state during the British Raj, when it was governed by members of a Jhala dynasty. Limbdi Satyagrah During the Saty .... Kiritsinh's father Jitubha Rana was a BJP worker and was elected MLA from Limbdi Vidhansabha in 1982 by polls and again in 1990 elections. Political car ...
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Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel
Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel (born 10 August 1940) is an Indian politician and a member of the 15th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Surendranagar constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. Patel was arrested during the Emergency in 1977–78. Somabhai Patel got the MLA ticket for the first time from the Bharatiya Janata Party in 1985, at that time Patel was a big character. Patel had turned the Koli caste, which was considered the backbone of the Congress, towards the Bharatiya Janata Party, as well as other OBC castes towards the Bharatiya Janata Party, due to which the Congress's Kham theory KHAM (hindi: खाम) stands for Koli Kshatriya, Harijan, Adivasi and Muslim. Here Kshatriya is taken to include the Kolis. In the KHAM combine, Kolis were the largest caste represented at different levels of politics, and Madhavsinh Solanki in ... was in vain. Positions held List of some positions * 1980–89 President, BJP, Taluka Viramgam, Gu ...
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Limdi (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Limbdi is one of the 182 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Gujarat state in India. It is part of Surendranagar district . List of segments This assembly seat represents the following segments # Chuda Taluka - entirely # Sayla Taluka – Entire taluka except village – Ori # Limbdi Taluka (Part) Villages – Aanandpar, Ankewaliya, Balol, Bhalgamda, Bhoika, Bhojpara, Bodiya, Borana, Borna, Choki, Choraniya, Devpara, Dholi, Dolatpar, Gedi, Ghaghretiya, Ghaghosar, Ghanshyampar, Hadala, Jakhan, Jansali, Jasapar, Kamalpur, Kanpara, Katariya, Khambhlav, the taluka seat: Limbdi (M), Liyad, Mota Timbla, Nana Timbla, Natwargadh, Pandri, Panshina, Ralol, Ramrajpar, Samla, Raska, Sauka, Tokrala, Ughal, Umedpar, Untadi, Vakhatpar, Zamdi Members of Legislative Assembly *2007 - Kiritsinh Rana, Bharatiya Janata Party *2012 - Somabhai Kolipatel, Indian National Congress *2013 - Kiritsinh Rana, Bharatiya Janata Party *2017 - Somabhai Kolipatel Indian National Congress *2020 - ...
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Abdasa (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Abdasa is one of the 182 assembly constituency of Gujarat in India. It is a segment of Kachchh Lok Sabha constituency. It has been numbered as constituency number 1. Areas under Vidhan Sabha Seat This assembly seat represents the following segments # Lakhpat Taluka # Nakhatrana Taluka # Abdasa Taluka Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2022 2020 by-election A by-election was needed as the sitting MLA, Pradhyumansinh Jadeja, resigned from the assembly and Congress party. He won the by-election as the candidate for the BJP. 2017 Vidhan Sabha 2014 by-election 2012 Vidhan Sabha 2007 Vidhan Sabha 2002 1998 1995 1990 1985 1980 1975 1972 1967 1962 See also * List of constituencies of the Gujarat Legislative Assembly Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujara ...
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Gujarat Legislative Assembly
Gujarat Legislative Assembly or Gujarat Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the Indian state of Gujarat, in the state capital Gandhinagar. Presently, 182 members of the Legislative Assembly are directly elected from single-member constituencies (seats). It has a term of 5 years unless it is dissolved sooner. 13 constituencies are reserved for scheduled castes and 27 constituencies for scheduled tribes. From its majority party group or by way of a grand coalition cabinet of its prominent members,the state's Executive namely the Government of Gujarat is formed. Since 1995 the Gujarat Legislative Assembly is controlled by the Bharatiya Janata Party with a majority after elections. History Bhavsinhji Gohil, ruler of Bhavnagar State, established ''The Peoples' Representative Assembly'' consisting of 38 members appointed by him. His succeeding son, Krishnakumar Sinhji, formed the Bhavnagar legislative assembly in 1941 having 55 members, consisting of 33 elected members, 1 ...
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Indian National Congress
The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Empire in Asia and Africa. From the late 19th century, and especially after 1920, under the leadership of Mahatma Gandhi, the Congress became the principal leader of the Indian independence movement. The Congress led India to independence from the United Kingdom, and significantly influenced other anti-colonial nationalist movements in the British Empire. Congress is one of the two major political parties in India, along with its main rival the Bharatiya Janata Party. It is a "big tent" party whose platform is generally considered to lie in the centre to of Indian politics. After Indian independence in 1947, Congress emerged as a catch-all and secular party, dominating Indian politics for the next 20 years. The party's first prime minister ...
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Krishna Kumar Dhruw
Krishna Kumar Dhruw is an Indian politician and medical practitioner from Chhattisgarh. He is the Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British E ... MLA of Marwahi state Assembly constituency. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Dhruw, Krishna Kumar Living people Indian National Congress politicians from Chhattisgarh Year of birth missing (living people) ...
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Janta Congress Chhattisgarh
Janta Congress Chhattisgarh (or Chhattisgarh Janata Congress) is a political party in the Indian state of Chhattisgarh. The party was founded by former Chief Minister, Ajit Jogi, after Jogi and his son Amit were expelled from Indian National Congress due to anti-party activities as well as sabotaging a bypoll election in Antagarh. Amit Jogi was expelled for six years. Ajit Jogi launched the party in Thathapur village of Kawardha district and directly challenged Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh Raman Singh. Chhattisgarh Assembly Election 2018 The JCC and BSP decided to fight in the 2018 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election in alliance with each other according to which, JCC contested on 55 seats while BSP contested on 35 seats. The alliance declared Ajit Jogi as its Chief Ministerial candidate. Later, the CPI also gave support to this alliance. The alliance strongly condemns the policies of both the main parties in the state, the BJP and INC and gives a new platform to t ...
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Ajit Jogi
Ajit Pramod Kumar Jogi (29 April 1946 29 May 2020) was an Indian politician, who served as the first chief minister of Chhattisgarh, India. He was a member of the political party named Janta Congress Chhattisgarh. Education Jogi studied Mechanical Engineering at Maulana Azad College of Technology (MACT), Bhopal. He was college topper and hence won the University Gold Medal in 1968. He studied law at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. After having worked briefly as a lecturer at the National Institute of Technology, Raipur, he was selected for two of the most coveted civil services of India; the Indian Police Service and the Indian Administrative Service. He was selected for the Indian Police Service at age of 22. Two years later he was selected for Indian Administrative Service (IAS). He was posted in his home state, Madhya Pradesh as an IAS officer. Personal life He was born on April 29, 1946, at Gaurela in Marwahi district of Chhattisgarh. He is survived by w ...
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Marwahi (Vidhan Sabha Constituency)
Marwahi is one of the 90 Legislative Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh state in India. It is in Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district and is reserved for candidates belonging to the Scheduled Tribes. It is a segment of Korba Lok Sabha constituency. Members of Vidhan Sabha Results 2020 by-election A by-election was needed due to the death of the sitting MLA Ajit Jogi. 2018 See also * Gaurela-Pendra-Marwahi district * Marwahi Marwahi is a village in Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi district in the state of Chhattisgarh, India. Demographics In the 2011 Census of India, the population was 4,060. 2,086 were males and 1,974 were females. The literacy rate was 83.84%, which was ... * List of constituencies of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly References {{coord, 23.01, 82.05, display=title Gaurella-Pendra-Marwahi district, Chhattisgarh Assembly constituencies of Chhattisgarh ...
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