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The elections in India in 2014 include the Indian general election of 2014 and eight state legislative assembly elections. The tenure of the state legislative assemblies of
Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
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Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares ...
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Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land a ...
, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra,
Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . I ...
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Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
and
Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Silig ...
are due to expire during the year.


General election

The voting for the
general elections A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
started from 7 April 2014, and the results were announced on 16 May 2014. According to the Election Commission of India, the electoral strength in 2014 was 81.45 crores, the largest in the world.


Results by Alliance

, - ! style="text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan=2 colspan=2 , Party ! style="text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom;" rowspan=2 , Abbr. ! colspan=3, Candidates ! colspan=3, Votes ! colspan=3, Seats ! colspan=4, Alliance , - ! No. ! +/- ! % ! Number ! % ! +/- ! No. ! +/- ! % ! colspan=2, Name ! Seats ! Votes , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...
, style="text-align:left;" , BJP , 427 , -6 , 78.63% , 171,660,230 , 31.00% , 12.20% , 282 , 166 , 51.93% , style="background-color:" rowspan="16", , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="16", NDA , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="16", 336 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="16", 208,606,860 (37.64%) , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Shiv Sena , , style="text-align:left;" , SHS , , 58 , , 11 , , 10.68% , , 10,262,544 , , 1.85% , , 0.30% , , 18 , , 7 , , 3.31% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Telugu Desam Party The Telugu Desam Party (; TDP) is an Indian regional political party operating in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana at the state and central level. Since its founding by N. T. Rama Rao (often referred to as NTR) on 29 March 1982, the party has fo ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , TDP , , 30 , , -1 , , 5.52% , , 14,099,230 , , 2.55% , , 0.04% , , 16 , , 10 , , 2.95% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Lok Janshakti Party The Lok Janshakti Party ( LJP, "People’s Manpower Party") was a state political party mainly based in the state of Bihar, India. The party was formed in 2000 when Ram Vilas Paswan split from Janata Dal. The party had a considerable followin ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , LJP , , 7 , , -5 , , 1.29% , , 2,295,929 , , 0.41% , , 0.04% , , 6 , , 6 , , 1.10% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Shiromani Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Akali Party'') is a centre-right sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920. Although there are man ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , SAD , , 10 , , , , 1.84% , , 3,636,148 , , 0.66% , , 0.30% , , 4 , , , , 0.74% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party Rashtriya Lok Samta Party (abbreviated as RLSP; translation: ''National People's Equity Party'') was a political party in India led by Upendra Kushwaha. It was launched on 3 March 2013 and was based in the state of Bihar. The party came into exi ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , RLSP , , 4 , , New , , 0.74% , , 1,078,473 , , 0.19% , , New , , 3 , , New , , 0.55% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Apna Dal Apna Dal (Kamerawadi) is an Indian political party active in the state of Uttar Pradesh. Founded by Dr. Sonelal Patel Founding Apna Dal was founded on 4 November 1995 by Sone Lal Patel. Sonelal Patel had been a close associate of dalit leader ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , AD , , 7 , , -36 , , 1.29% , , 821,820 , , 0.15% , , 0.03% , , 2 , , 2 , , 0.37% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Pattali Makkal Katchi Paattali Makkal Katchi (; PMK) is a political party in Tamil Nadu, India, founded by S. Ramadoss in 1989 for the Vanniyars, a caste in northern Tamil Nadu. It is currently part of the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). It contests t ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , PMK , , 9 , , 2 , , 1.66% , , 1,827,566 , , 0.33% , , 0.14% , , 1 , , 1 , , 0.18% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Swabhimani Paksha , , style="text-align:left;" , SWP , , 2 , , 1 , , 0.37% , , 1,105,073 , , 0.20% , , 0.08% , , 1 , , , , 0.18% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Naga People's Front The Naga People's Front (NPF) is a regional political party in Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh . It headed the Nagaland government with the Bharatiya Janata Party, as part of the Democratic Alliance of Nagaland from 2003 to 2018. NP ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , NPF , , 2 , , 1 , , 0.37% , , 994,505 , , 0.18% , , 0.02% , , 1 , , , , 0.18% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
All India N.R. Congress All India N.R. Congress (abbr. AINRC) is a regional political party formed by the Chief Minister of Puducherry, N. Rangaswamy in the Indian union territory of Puducherry. He announced the party formation on 7 February 2011 in the party's h ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , AINRC , , 1 , , New , , 0.18% , , 255,826 , , 0.05% , , New , , 1 , , New , , 0.18% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam The Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (; DMDK) is an Indian regional political party in the state of Tamil Nadu. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former leader of the opposition in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Vijayakant (Captai ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , DMDK , , 14 , , -26 , , 2.58% , , 2,078,843 , , 0.38% , , 0.37% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam ( 'Renaissance Dravidian Progressive Federation') is a political party active in the Indian states of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry. It was established by Vaiko in 1994 after he left the Dravida Munnetra ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , MDMK , , 7 , , 3 , , 1.29% , , 1,417,535 , , 0.26% , , 0.01% , , 0 , , 1 , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Haryana Janhit Congress (BL) , , style="text-align:left;" , HJCBL , , 2 , , -8 , , 0.37% , , 703,698 , , 0.13% , , 0.07% , , 0 , , 1 , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha Rashtriya Samaj Paksha ("National Society Party") is an Indian political party based in Maharashtra, founded in 2003. Mahadev Jankar was the founder and President of the party. Prabodhankar Govindram Shurnar from Nanded has been working as a ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , RSPS , , 5 , , -27 , , 0.92% , , 458,480 , , 0.08% , , 0.03% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Republican Party of India (A) The Republican Party of India (Athawale) ( RPI(A)) is a political party in India. The party is a splinter group of the Republican Party of India and has its roots in the Scheduled Castes Federation led by B. R. Ambedkar. The president of the pa ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , RPI(A) , , 45 , , -10 , , 8.10% , , 206,689 , , 0.04% , , 0.05% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , National People's Party , , style="text-align:left;" , NPP , , 7 , , 7 , , 1.29% , , 576,448 , , 0.10% , , New , , 1 , , New , , 0.18% , - , style="background-color:" , , style="text-align:left;" ,
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 ...
, style="text-align:left;" , INC , 464 , 24 , 85.45% , 106,935,942 , 19.31% , 9.24% , 44 , 162 , 8.10% , style="background-color:" rowspan="11", , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="10", UPA , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="11", 60 , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="11", 127,844,769 (23.06%) , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Nationalist Congress Party The Nationalist Congress Party ( NCP) is one of the nine national parties in India. The party generally supports Indian nationalism and Gandhian secularism. It is the largest opposition party in Maharashtra and is also a significant party ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , NCP , , 36 , , -32 , , 6.63% , , 8,635,558 , , 1.56% , , 0.58% , , 6 , , 3 , , 1.10% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Rashtriya Janata Dal , , style="text-align:left;" , RJD , , 29 , , -14 , , 5.52% , , 7,440,937 , , 1.34% , , 0.07% , , 4 , , , , 0.74% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha Jharkhand Mukti Morcha ( lit. ''Jharkhand Liberation Front''; JMM) is a State political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by Binod Bihari Mahato. It has one seat in the 17th Lok Sabha. Shibu Soren is the president of t ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , JMM , , 21 , , -21 , , 3.87% , , 1,637,994 , , 0.30% , , 0.10% , , 2 , , , , 0.37% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Indian Union Muslim League The Indian Union Muslim League (abbreviated as the I. U. M. L. or the League) is an Indian political party primarily based in the Indian state of Kerala. It is recognised as a State Party in Kerala by the Election Commission of India. The first ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , IUML , , 25 , , 8 , , 4.60% , , 1,100,096 , , 0.20% , , 0.01% , , 2 , , , , 0.37% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Kerala Congress (M) Kerala Congress (M) is a state-level political party in the Indian state of Kerala, currently led by chairman Jose K. Mani. It was formed by K. M. Mani in 1979, after a split from the Kerala Congress. They are part of the Left Democratic Front ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , KEC(M) , , 1 , , , , 0.18% , , 424,194 , , 0.08% , , 0.02% , , 1 , , , , 0.18% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Rashtriya Lok Dal Rashtriya Lok Dal (abbreviated as RLD) (translation: National People's Party) is a political party in India founded by Chaudhary Ajit Singh. He was carrying on the political legacy of his father and former Prime Minister of India, Chaudhary Ch ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , RLD , , 10 , , 1 , , 1.84% , , 696,918 , , 0.13% , , 0.31% , , 0 , , 5 , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Jammu & Kashmir National Conference The Jammu & Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) is a regional political party in the Indian union territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Founded as the ''All Jammu and Kashmir Muslim Conference'' by Sheikh Abdullah and Chaudhry Ghulam A ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , JKNC , , 3 , , , , 0.55% , , 396,713 , , 0.07% , , 0.05% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Bodoland People's Front The Bodoland People's Front (BPF) is a state political party in Assam, India. The party is headquartered in Kokrajhar Town and previously was in ruling government in the autonomous region of Bodoland. The party joined United Progressive Allian ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , BPF , , 2 , , , , 0.37% , , 330,106 , , 0.06% , , 0.10% , , 0 , , 1 , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Socialist Janata (Democratic) , , style="text-align:left;" , SJD , , 1 , , New , , 0.18% , , 307,597 , , 0.06% , , New , , 0 , , New , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Revolutionary Socialist Party , , style="text-align:left;" , RSP , , 6 , , -11 , , 1.10% , , 1,666,380 , , 0.30% , , 0.08% , , 1 , , 1 , , 0.18% , , style="text-align:left;", LF, UPA , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , CPI(M) , , 93 , , 11 , , 17.13% , , 17,988,955 , , 3.25% , , 2.08% , , 9 , , 7 , , 1.66% , , style="background-color:" rowspan="3", , , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2", LF, LDF , , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3", 10, , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="3", 23,527,833 (4.24%) , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Communist Party of India , , style="text-align:left;" , CPI , , 67 , , 11 , , 12.34% , , 4,327,460 , , 0.78% , , 0.65% , , 1 , , 3 , , 0.18% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , All India Forward Bloc , , style="text-align:left;" , AIFB , , 39 , , 17 , , 7.18% , , 1,211,418 , , 0.22% , , 0.16% , , 0 , , 2 , , 0.00% , , style="text-align:left;" , LF , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Quami Ekta Dal Quami Ekta Dal, (Hindi: कौमी एकता दल; English: ''Religious Unity Party''; abbreviated QED) was a regional party in Uttar Pradesh, India, founded in 2010. The QED's president was Afzal Ansari and was affiliated with Ekta Man ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , QED , , 9 , , New , , 1.66% , , 354,577 , , 0.06% , , New , , 0 , , New , , 0.00% , , style="background-color:" rowspan="2", , , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2", EM , , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2", 0 , , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2", 473,524 (0.08%) , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party , , style="text-align:left;" , SBSP , , 13 , , -7 , , 2.39% , , 118,947 , , 0.02% , , 0.06% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; DMK) is a political party based in the state of Tamil Nadu where it is currently the ruling party having a comfortable majority without coalition support and the union territory of Puducherry where it is curre ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , DMK , , 35 , , 13 , , 6.45% , , 9,631,246 , , 1.74% , , 0.09% , , 0 , , 18 , , 0.00% , , rowspan="4" , , , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4", DPA , , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4", 0 , , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="4", 10,736,847 (1.93%) , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Puthiya Tamilagam , , style="text-align:left;" , PT , , 1 , , -2 , , 0.18% , , 262,812 , , 0.05% , , 0.02% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Manithaneya Makkal Katchi Manithaneya Makkal Katchi is a political party in Tamil Nadu, India. Its president is M. H. Jawahirullah. In 2009 election Manithaneya makkal Katchi contested in railway engine symbol.2011 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, the party jo ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , MAMAK , , 1 , , -3 , , 0.18% , , 236,679 , , 0.04% , , 2.00% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (; VCK) formerly known as the Dalit Panthers of India or the Dalit Panthers Iyyakkam (; DPI) is an Indian social movement and political party that seeks to combat caste based discrimination, active in the state o ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , VCK , , 2 , , -1 , , 0.37% , , 606,110 , , 0.11% , , 0.07% , , 0 , , 1 , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (; AIADMK) is an Indian regional political party with great influence in the  state of Tamil Nadu and the  union territory of  Puducherry. It is a Dravidian party founded by the former chief mi ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , AIADMK , , 40 , , 17 , , 7.37% , , 18,111,579 , , 3.27% , , 1.60% , , 37 , , 28 , , 6.81% , , rowspan="46" , , , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="46", Everyone Else , , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="46", 137 , , style="text-align:left;" rowspan="46", 190,121,841(34.31%) , - , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , All India Trinamool Congress , , style="text-align:left;" , AITC , , 131 , , 96 , , 24.13% , , 21,262,665 , , 3.84% , , 0.34% , , 34 , , 15 , , 6.26% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the party ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , BJD , , 21 , , 3 , , 3.87% , , 9,489,946 , , 1.71% , , 0.12% , , 20 , , 6 , , 3.68% , - , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Telangana Rashtra Samithi Bharat Rashtra Samithi ( ; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a sing ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , TRS , , 17 , , 8 , , 3.13% , , 6,736,270 , , 1.22% , , 0.60% , , 11 , , 9 , , 2.03% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
YSR Congress Party The Yuvajana Shramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP or YCP; ) is an Indian regional political party based in the state of Andhra Pradesh. Its president Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy serves as the state's chief minister. It is currently the fifth la ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , YSRCP , , 38 , , New , , 7.00% , , 13,995,435 , , 2.53% , , New , , 9 , , New , , 1.66% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Samajwadi Party , , style="text-align:left;" , SP , , 197 , , 4 , , 36.28% , , 18,673,089 , , 3.37% , , 0.05% , , 5 , , 18 , , 0.92% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Aam Aadmi Party , , style="text-align:left;" , AAP , , 432 , , New , , 79.56% , , 11,325,387 , , 2.05% , , New , , 4 , , New , , 0.74% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
All India United Democratic Front The All India United Democratic Front (also known as AIUDF and ''Sarva Bharatiya Sanyukt Ganatantric Morcha'') is a political party active in the Indian state of Assam. It is the 3rd largest political party in Assam Legislative Assembly after ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , AIUDF , , 18 , , -7 , , 3.31% , , 2,333,040 , , 0.42% , , 0.10% , , 3 , , 2 , , 0.55% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party Jammu is the winter capital of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It is the headquarters and the largest city in Jammu district of the union territory. Lying on the banks of the river Tawi, the city of Jammu, with an area of ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , JKPDP , , 5 , , -1 , , 0.92% , , 732,644 , , 0.13% , , 0.01% , , 3 , , , , 0.55% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) ("People’s Party (United)”) abbreviated as JD(U) is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar , Arunachal Pr ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , JD(U) , , 93 , , 38 , , 17.13% , , 5,992,281 , , 1.08% , , 0.44% , , 2 , , 18 , , 0.37% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Janata Dal (Secular) , , style="text-align:left;" , JD(S) , , 34 , , 1 , , 6.26% , , 3,731,481 , , 0.67% , , 0.15% , , 2 , , 1 , , 0.37% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Indian National Lok Dal Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) is a political party in India, in the state of Haryana. INLD was founded in October 1996 as Haryana Lok Dal (Rashtriya) by Choudhary Devi Lal, who served as Deputy Prime Minister of India in the V.P. Singh's Cab ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , INLD , , 10 , , 5 , , 1.84% , , 2,799,899 , , 0.51% , , 0.20% , , 2 , , 2 , , 0.37% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen The All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen ( en, All India Council for Unity of Muslims) ( AIMIM) is an Indian political party based primarily in the city of Hyderabad. It is also a significant political party in the Indian States of Telangana ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , AIMIM , , 5 , , 4 , , 0.92% , , 685,730 , , 0.12% , , 0.05% , , 1 , , , , 0.18% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Sikkim Democratic Front Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Sikkim. It was the ruling party in Sikkim from 12 December 1994 to 23 May 2019. History The party was founded by Pawan Kumar Chamling in 1993. It has ruled th ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , SDF , , 1 , , , , 0.18% , , 163,698 , , 0.03% , , 0.01% , , 1 , , , , 0.18% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Bahujan Samaj Party , , style="text-align:left;" , BSP , , 503 , , 3 , , 92.63% , , 22,946,346 , , 4.14% , , 2.03% , , 0 , , 21 , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) (JVM (P)) ( 'Jharkhand Development Front (Democratic)') was a state political party in the Indian state of Jharkhand which was founded by former Union Minister and First Chief Minister of Jharkhand, Babulal ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , JVM(P) , , 16 , , , , 2.95% , , 1,579,772 , , 0.29% , , 0.06% , , 0 , , 1 , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation The Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation (abbreviated: CPI(ML)L or CPI-ML(L) or CPIML Liberation) also referred to as the Liberation Group, is a Communist political party in India. History In 1973 the original Commun ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , CPI(ML)L , , 82 , , 2 , , 15.10% , , 1,007,275 , , 0.18% , , 0.07% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Bahujan Mukti Party The Bahujan Mukti Party (BMP) is a political party in India launched on 6 December 2012. Pravendra Pratap Singh is National President Bahujan Mukti Party. Merger proposal with Loktantrik Janata Dal A merger with Loktantrik Janata Dal (founded ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , BMP , , 233 , , New , , 42.73% , , 791,951 , , 0.14% , , New , , 0 , , New , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Maharashtra Navnirman Sena , , style="text-align:left;" , MNS , , 10 , , -1 , , 1.84% , , 708,010 , , 0.13% , , 0.23% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Asom Gana Parishad Asom Gana Parishad (translation: ''Assam People's Council'', AGP) is a state political party in Assam, India. The AGP was formed after the historic Assam Accord of 1985 and formally launched at the Golaghat Convention held from 13–14 Octobe ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , AGP , , 12 , , 6 , , 2.21% , , 577,730 , , 0.10% , , 0.33% , , 0 , , 1 , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) The Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) or SUCI(C), previously called the Socialist Unity Centre of India and "Socialist Unity Centre", is an anti-revisionist Marxist-Leninist communist party in India. The party was founded by Shib ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , SUCI(C) , , 80 , , ? , , 14.73% , , 520,972 , , 0.09% , , New , , 0 , , New , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Peace Party of India The Peace Party (PECP) is a political party in India. It became the sixth largest political party of India's most populous state, Uttar Pradesh, following the state legislative assembly elections of 2012. It won three seats in those election ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , PPI , , 51 , , 31 , , 9.39% , , 518,724 , , 0.09% , , 0.04% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Peasants and Workers Party of India , , style="text-align:left;" , PWPI , , 3 , , 3 , , 0.55% , , 497,721 , , 0.09% , , New , , 0 , , New , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
All Jharkhand Students Union All Jharkhand Students Union or AJSU PARTY is a state political party of Jharkhand state, India. AJSU PARTY was founded on June 22, 1986, modelled after All Assam Students Union. The founders of AJSU were disillusioned with the previous politic ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , AJSU , , 10 , , 4 , , 1.84% , , 488,719 , , 0.09% , , 0.05% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Social Democratic Party of India The Social Democratic Party of India, popularly known as SDPI, is an Indian political party which was founded on 21 June 2009 in New Delhi. The party is considered the political wing of the banned Islamic organization Popular Front of India (P ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , SDPI , , 29 , , New , , 5.34% , , 396,524 , , 0.07% , , New , , 0 , , New , , 0.00% , -` , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh The Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh (IAST: Bhāripa Bahujana Mahāsaṅgha; BBM) was an Indian political party founded by Prakash Ambedkar on 4 July 1994. The party was a splinter group of the Republican Party of India and had its roots in the Sched ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , BBM , , 23 , , -16 , , 4.24% , , 360,854 , , 0.07% , , 0.05% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Gondwana Ganatantra Party Gondwana Gantantra Party or ''GGP'' is a state party in India, Founded by Hira Singh Markam. It primarily works for the tribal community and its politics. History GGP was formed in 1991 to plead for the rights of the Gondi people, and to estab ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , GGP , , 27 , , -1 , , 4.97% , , 301,366 , , 0.05% , , , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi , , style="text-align:left;" , BVA , , 1 , , , , 0.18% , , 293,681 , , 0.05% , , , , 0 , , 1 , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Welfare Party of India , , style="text-align:left;" , WPI , , 25 , , New , , 4.60% , , 228,642 , , 0.04% , , New , , 0 , , New , , 0.00% , - , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Jai Bharat Samanta Party The Jai Bharat Samanta Party was a political party in India. It was led by Madhu Koda, former Chief Minister of Jharkhand. The party fielded nine candidates in the October 2009 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election. One was elected: Geeta Ko ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , JBSP , , 1 , , -2 , , 0.18% , , 215,607 , , 0.04% , , 0.04% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , , , style="text-align:left;" , Jai Samaikyandhra Party , , style="text-align:left;" , JaSPa , , 27 , , New , , 4.97% , , 204,260 , , 0.04% , , New , , 0 , , New , , 0.00% , - , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Jharkhand Party The Jharkhand Party (JP) (Hindi:झापा ) is an oldest Political Party in India formed in the year of 5 March 1949 by Jaipal Singh Munda.Which grew out of the demand for a separate Jharkhand state. Jharkhand Party participated in Electio ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , JKP , , 4 , , -3 , , 0.74% , , 203,869 , , 0.04% , , 0.01% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Pyramid Party of India , , style="text-align:left;" , PPOI , , 38 , , -13 , , 7.00% , , 185,478 , , 0.03% , , 0.04% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Ambedkarite Party of India , , style="text-align:left;" , API , , 34 , , New , , 6.26% , , 185,095 , , 0.03% , , New , , 0 , , New , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Lok Satta Party Lok Satta is a classical liberal political party in India, founded by Nagabhairava Jaya Prakash Narayana, a former I.A.S. officer and renowned activist from Andhra Pradesh. Since 1996, the Lok Satta Movement functioned as a non-governmental ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , LSP , , 7 , , -25 , , 1.29% , , 165,670 , , 0.03% , , 0.10% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Aama Odisha Party The Aama Odisha Party (AOP) was a state political party of the Indian state of Odisha led by Soumya Ranjan Patnaik. It was founded on 26 November 2013. Aama Odisha Party was allotted pot symbol by the Election Commission of India. On 22 March 20 ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , AOP , , 9 , , New , , 1.66% , , 155,900 , , 0.03% , , New , , 0 , , New , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
National Unionist Zamindara Party The National Unionist Zamindara Party is a political party in Rajasthan, India. It was founded in 2013 by Guar farmers to represent their interests. While there is no connection to the historic Punjab Unionists, the party honours the legacy of ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , NUZP , , 3 , , New , , 0.55% , , 124,990 , , 0.02% , , New , , 0 , , New , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Sikkim Krantikari Morcha Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (translation: ''Sikkim Revolutionary Front'') is a political party in the Indian state of Sikkim which was the ruling party of Sikkim in 2020. P.S. Golay, a former member of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly, was one of ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , SKM , , 1 , , New , , 0.18% , , 121,956 , , 0.02% , , New , , 0 , , New , , 0.00% , - , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star The Communist Party of India (CPI) is the oldest Marxism–Leninism, Marxist–Leninist communist party in India and one of the nine List of political parties in India#National parties, national parties in the country. The CPI was founded ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , CPI(ML)RS , , 47 , , New , , 8.66% , , 114,323 , , 0.02% , , New , , 0 , , New , , 0.00% , - , , , style="text-align:left;" , Marxist Co-ordination Committee , , style="text-align:left;" , MCO , , 1 , , -1 , , 0.18% , , 110,185 , , 0.02% , , , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Jharkhand Disom Party , , style="text-align:left;" , JDP , , 19 , , 10 , , 3.50% , , 109,843 , , 0.02% , , , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , United Democratic Party , , style="text-align:left;" , UDP , , 1 , , , , 0.18% , , 106,817 , , 0.02% , , 0.01% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" ,
Independent Independent or Independents may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Artist groups * Independents (artist group), a group of modernist painters based in the New Hope, Pennsylvania, area of the United States during the early 1930s * Independ ...
, , style="text-align:left;" , IND , , 3,235 , , 596 , , , , 16,743,719 , , 3.02% , , -2.17% , , 3 , , -6 , , 0.55% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , Others , , , , 1,182 , , , , , , 4,023,271 , , 0.73% , , -4.14% , , 0 , , , , 0.00% , - , style="background-color:" , , , style="text-align:left;" , None of the above , , style="text-align:left;" , NOTA , , , , , , , , 6,000,197 , , 1.08% , , New , , 0 , , New , , 0.00% , - style="font-weight:bold" class="sortbottom" , colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" , Valid Votes , , , , , , , , 553,802,946 , , 99.93% , , , , 543 , , , , 100.00% , , colspan="4" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , , - class="sortbottom" , colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" , Rejected Votes , , , , , , , , 372,309 , , 0.07% , colspan="8" rowspan="3" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , , - class="sortbottom" , colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" , Total Polled/Turnout , , , , , , , , 554,175,255 , , 66.44% , - class="sortbottom" , colspan=3 style="text-align:left;" , Registered Electors , , , , , , , , 834,082,814 , , colspan="1" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" , , - class="sortbottom" , colspan=16 style="text-align:left;" , Sources
Election Commission of IndiaElection Commission of India


Parliamentary By-election


Legislative Assembly elections

In 2014, legislative assembly elections took place for eight states
Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
,
Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares ...
,
Haryana Haryana (; ) is an Indian state located in the northern part of the country. It was carved out of the former state of East Punjab on 1 Nov 1966 on a linguistic basis. It is ranked 21st in terms of area, with less than 1.4% () of India's land a ...
, Jammu and Kashmir,
Jharkhand Jharkhand (; ; ) is a state in eastern India. The state shares its border with the states of West Bengal to the east, Chhattisgarh to the west, Uttar Pradesh to the northwest, Bihar to the north and Odisha to the south. It has an area of . I ...
, Maharashtra,
Odisha Odisha (English: , ), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of ...
and
Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Silig ...
. In first phase, the legislative elections in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim will take place along with
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-p ...
elections. The elections in Andhra Pradesh will be for the two states which will be created on 2 June, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh(post division).


Andhra Pradesh

Assembly elections to the 294-member Andhra Pradesh assembly were held on 30 April and 7 May 2014. Once the province was officially split on 2 June, this election yielded legislators for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh(Rayalaseema & coastal Andhra). In
Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...
(Rayalaseema & coastal Andhra), TDP-BJP alliance got majority in 175 member legislative assembly. N. Chandrababu Naidu became the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. In
Telangana Telangana (; , ) is a state in India situated on the south-central stretch of the Indian peninsula on the high Deccan Plateau. It is the eleventh-largest state and the twelfth-most populated state in India with a geographical area of and 3 ...
,
Telangana Rashtra Samiti Bharat Rashtra Samithi ( ; BRS), formerly known as Telangana Rashtra Samithi ( TRS), is an Indian political party which is predominantly active in the state of Telangana. It was founded on 27 April 2001 as by K. Chandrashekar Rao, with a sing ...
got majority in 119 member
Telangana Legislative Assembly The Telangana Legislative Assembly or Telangana Śāsana Sabha is the lower house of the Telangana Legislature. The Legislative Assembly of Telangana currently consists of 119 elected members and 1 nominated member from the Anglo-Indian commu ...
.
Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao (born 17 February 1954), often referred to by his initials KCR, is an Indian politician serving as the first and current Chief Minister of Telangana since 2 June 2014. He is the founder and leader of the Bharat Ra ...
became the Chief Minister of Telangana.


Arunachal Pradesh

Assembly elections to the 60-member Arunachal Pradesh assembly were held on 9 April 2014. Nabam Tuki continues as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.


Odisha

Assembly elections to the 147-member Odisha assembly were held on 10 April and 17 April 2014. The results were declared on 16 May 2014.
Naveen Patnaik Naveen Patnaik (born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician serving as the current and 14th Chief Minister of Odisha. He is also the president of the Biju Janata Dal, a writer and has authored three books. He is the longest-serving chief min ...
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Biju Janata Dal The Biju Janata Dal (; BJD) is a regional political party in the Indian state of Odisha founded and led by Naveen Patnaik, the current Chief Minister of Odisha and the son of former Chief Minister of Odisha Biju Patnaik, after whom the party ...
, , 117, , 9,334,852, , 43.4, , 14 , - , , align="left",
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 ...
, , 16, , 5,535,670, , 25.7, , 11 , - , , align="left",
Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; ; ) is a political party in India, and one of the two major Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. Since 2014, it has been the ruling political party in India under Narendra Mod ...
, , 10, , 3,874,739, , 18.0, , 4 , - , , align="left",
Communist Party of India (Marxist) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the na ...
, , 1, , 80,274, , 0.4, , 1 , - , , align="left",
Samata Kranti Dal Samata Kranti Dal (SKD) is a state political party of the Indian state of Odisha led by Braja Kishore Tripathy. It was founded on 13 May 2013. Samata Kranti Dal is allotted 'Scissor' symbol by the Election Commission of India. Ahead of the 201 ...
, , 1, , 86,539, , 0.4, , 1 , - , , align="left", Independents, , 2, , 1,084,764, , 5.0, , 4 , - , , align="left", Total, , 147, , , , , , , -


Sikkim

Assembly elections to the 32-member Sikkim assembly were held on 12 April 2014.ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES IN SIKKIM IN EACH SCHEDULE
Election Commission of India, p 54-56 Votes were counted and results were declared on 16 May 2014. SDF lost 10 seats to SKM resulting in formation of opposition in the assembly which did not exist in previous assembly.
Pawan Kumar Chamling Pawan Kumar Chamling (born 22 September 1949) is an Indian politician and the former Chief Minister of Sikkim. Chamling is the Founding President of the Sikkim Democratic Front, which governed the state for five successive terms since 1994. Ch ...
continues as the Chief Minister of Sikkim.


Maharashtra

Devendra Fadnavis Devendra Gangadharrao Fadnavis (Marathi pronunciation: ेवेंद्र फडणवीस born 22 July 1970) is an Indian politician serving as the 9th and current Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra since 30 June 2022. He served as ...
became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.


Haryana

Manohar Lal Khattar Manohar Lal Khattar (born 05 May 1954) is an Indian politician serving as the 10th and current chief minister of Haryana. He is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and a former RSS pracharak. He represents Karnal constituency in Haryana ...
became the Chief Minister of Haryana.


Jammu and Kashmir


Jharkhand

The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand expires on 3 January 2015. Assembly elections of Jharkhand have been held on November–December 2014.


Assembly By-elections


Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh (, abbr. AP) is a state in the south-eastern coastal region of India. It is the seventh-largest state by area covering an area of and tenth-most populous state with 49,386,799 inhabitants. It is bordered by Telangana to the ...


Arunachal Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh (, ) is a state in Northeastern India. It was formed from the erstwhile North-East Frontier Agency (NEFA) region, and became a state on 20 February 1987. It borders the states of Assam and Nagaland to the south. It shares ...


Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur ...


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 ...


Chhattisgarh


Gujarat Gujarat (, ) is a state along the western coast of India. Its coastline of about is the longest in the country, most of which lies on the Kathiawar peninsula. Gujarat is the fifth-largest Indian state by area, covering some ; and the ninth ...


Karnataka Karnataka (; ISO: , , also known as Karunāḍu) is a state in the southwestern region of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, with the passage of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as Mysore State , it was renamed ''Karnat ...


Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh (, ; meaning 'central province') is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal, and the largest city is Indore, with Jabalpur, Ujjain, Gwalior, Sagar, and Rewa being the other major cities. Madhya Pradesh is the seco ...


Manipur Manipur () ( mni, Kangleipak) is a state in Northeast India, with the city of Imphal as its capital. It is bounded by the Indian states of Nagaland to the north, Mizoram to the south and Assam to the west. It also borders two regions of ...


Nagaland Nagaland () is a landlocked state in the northeastern region of India. It is bordered by the Indian states of Arunachal Pradesh to the north, Assam to the west, Manipur to the south and the Sagaing Region of Myanmar to the east. Its capital cit ...


Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ...


Rajasthan Rajasthan (; lit. 'Land of Kings') is a state in northern India. It covers or 10.4 per cent of India's total geographical area. It is the largest Indian state by area and the seventh largest by population. It is on India's northwestern s ...


Sikkim Sikkim (; ) is a state in Northeastern India. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China in the north and northeast, Bhutan in the east, Province No. 1 of Nepal in the west and West Bengal in the south. Sikkim is also close to the Silig ...


Tripura Tripura (, Bengali: ) is a state in Northeast India. The third-smallest state in the country, it covers ; and the seventh-least populous state with a population of 36.71 lakh ( 3.67 million). It is bordered by Assam and Mizoram to the ea ...


Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh (; , 'Northern Province') is a state in northern India. With over 200 million inhabitants, it is the most populated state in India as well as the most populous country subdivision in the world. It was established in 1950 ...


Uttarakhand Uttarakhand ( , or ; , ), also known as Uttaranchal ( ; the official name until 2007), is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the "Devbhumi" (literally 'Land of the Gods') due to its religious significance and ...


West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fou ...


See also

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V. S. Sampath Veeravalli Sundaram Sampath (Tamil: வீரவல்லி சுந்தரம் சம்பத்) served as 18th Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of the Election Commission of India from 2012 to 2015 . He succeeded S. Y. Quraishi as ...


References


External links


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