2023 elections in India

2023 Indian elections
← 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 → ;
Rajya Sabha elections
Overall control	NDA hold
Seats contested	10 (+2 by-elections)
Net seat change	NDA +1
State elections
States contested	9
Net state change
State by-elections
Seats contested	17
Net seat change	NDA +1
Local elections
Seats contested	20
Net seat change	NDA +1

Elections in India in 2023 were held in the Rajya Sabha, state legislative assemblies of nine states and several local bodies.^[1]

Lok Sabha by-elections

S.No	Date	Constituency	State/UT	MP before election	Party before election		Elected MP	Party after election		Reason
1	10 May 2023	Jalandhar	Punjab	Santokh Singh Chaudhary		Indian National Congress	Sushil Kumar Rinku^[2]		Aam Aadmi Party	Death of Santokh Singh Chaudhary^[3]

State legislative assembly elections

Polling Date(s)	State		Chief Minister before		Elected Chief Minister
16 February 2023	Tripura	Bharatiya Janata Party	Manik Saha	Bharatiya Janata Party	Manik Saha
27 February 2023	Meghalaya	Meghalaya Democratic Alliance	Conrad Sangma	Meghalaya Democratic Alliance	Conrad Sangma
	Nagaland	Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party	Neiphiu Rio	Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party	Neiphiu Rio
	Nagaland	Bharatiya Janata Party	Neiphiu Rio	Bharatiya Janata Party	Neiphiu Rio
10 May 2023	Karnataka	Bharatiya Janata Party	Basavaraj S. Bommai	Indian National Congress	Siddaramaiah
7 November 2023	Mizoram	Mizo National Front	Zoramthanga	Zoram People's Movement	Lalduhoma
7 and 17 November 2023	Chhattisgarh	Indian National Congress	Bhupesh Baghel	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vishnu Deo Sai
17 November 2023	Madhya Pradesh	Bharatiya Janata Party	Shivraj Singh Chouhan		Mohan Yadav
25 November 2023	Rajasthan	Indian National Congress	Ashok Gehlot		Bhajan Lal Sharma
30 November 2023	Telangana	Bharat Rashtra Samithi	K. Chandrasekhar Rao	Indian National Congress	Revanth Reddy

Legislative Assembly by-elections

Arunachal Pradesh

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election		Reason
27 February 2023	1	Lumla	Jambey Tashi		Bharatiya Janata Party	Tsering Lhamu^[4]		Bharatiya Janata Party	Death of Jambey Tashi^[5]

Jharkhand

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election		Reason
27 February 2023	23	Ramgarh	Mamta Devi		Indian National Congress	Sunita Choudhary^[6]		All Jharkhand Students Union	Conviction of Mamta Devi^[7]
5 September 2023	33	Dumri	Jagannath Mahto		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Baby Devi		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Death of Jagannath Mahto^[8]

Kerala

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election		Reason
5 September 2023	98	Puthuppally	Oommen Chandy		Indian National Congress	Chandy Oommen		Indian National Congress	Death of Oommen Chandy^[9]

Maharashtra

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election		Reason
26 February 2023^[10]	205	Chinchwad	Laxman Jagtap		Bharatiya Janata Party	Ashwini Jagtap^[11]		Bharatiya Janata Party	Death of Laxman Jagtap^[12]
26 February 2023^[10]	215	Kasba Peth	Mukta Tilak		Bharatiya Janata Party	Ravindra Dhangekar^[13]		Indian National Congress	Death of Mukta Tilak^[14]

Nagaland

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election		Reason
7 November 2023	48	Tapi	Noke Wangnao		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party	Wangpang Konyak		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party	Death of Noke Wangnao^[15]

Odisha

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election		Reason
10 May 2023	7	Jharsuguda	Naba Kishore Das		Biju Janata Dal	Dipali Das^[16]		Biju Janata Dal	Death of Naba Kishore Das^[17]

Tamil Nadu

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
27 February 2023	98	Erode (East)	Thirumagan Evera		Indian National Congress	E. V. K. S. Elangovan^[18]		Indian National Congress

Tripura

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
5 September 2023	20	Boxanagar	Samsul Haque		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Tafajjal Hossain		Bharatiya Janata Party
5 September 2023	23	Dhanpur	Pratima Bhoumik		Bharatiya Janata Party	Bindu Debnath		Bharatiya Janata Party

Uttarakhand

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
5 September 2023	47	Bageshwar	Chandan Ram Das		Bharatiya Janata Party	Parwati Dass		Bharatiya Janata Party

Uttar Pradesh

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election		Elected MLA
10 May 2023	34	Suar	Abdullah Azam Khan	Samajwadi Party	Shafeek Ahmed Ansari^[19]	Apna Dal (Sonelal)
10 May 2023	395	Chhanbey	Rahul Prakash Kol	Apna Dal (Sonelal)	Rinki Kol^[20]	Apna Dal (Sonelal)
5 September 2023	354	Ghosi	Dara Singh Chauhan	Samajwadi Party	Sudhakar Singh	Samajwadi Party

West Bengal

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
27 February 2023	60	Sagardighi	Subrata Saha		Trinamool Congress	Died on 29 December 2022^[21]	Bayron Biswas^[22]		Indian National Congress
5 September 2023	15	Dhupguri	Bishnu Pada Roy		Bharatiya Janata Party	Died on 25 July 2023^[23]	Nirmal Chandra Roy		Trinamool Congress

Local body elections

Himachal Pradesh

Date	Municipal corporation	Government before		Government after
2 May 2023	Shimla Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party		Indian National Congress

Ladakh

Date	Autonomous Council	Government before		Government after
4 October 2023	Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

Mizoram

Date	Autonomous Council	Government before		Government after
9 May 2023^[24]	Chakma Autonomous District Council		Mizo National Front		Mizo National Front

Uttar Pradesh

Date	Municipal Corporation	Government before
4 May 2023	Lucknow Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
	Varanasi Municipal Corporation
	Prayagraj Municipal Corporation
	Agra Municipal Corporation
	Jhansi Municipal Corporation
	Saharanpur Municipal Corporation
	Moradabad Municipal Corporation
	Mathura–Vrindavan Municipal Corporation
	Firozabad Municipal Corporation
	Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation
11 May 2023	Ayodhya Municipal Corporation
	Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation
	Kanpur Municipal Corporation
	Bareilly Municipal Corporation
	Aligarh Municipal Corporation		Bahujan Samaj Party
	Meerut Municipal Corporation		Bahujan Samaj Party
	Shahjahanpur Municipal Corporation	did not exist

References

^ "Terms of the Houses - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
^ "Jalandhar bypoll results".
^ "Congress MP Dies Of Heart Attack During Bharat Jodo Yatra, March Paused". NDTV.com. Retrieved 26 April 2023.
^ "Arunachal Pradesh: BJP Candidate Tsering Lhamu Set To Win Lungla By-Election Unopposed". Zee News. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "Arunachal BJP MLA Jambey Tashi Dies At 48, Chief Minister Pays Respects". NDTV.com. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
^ Live, A. B. P. (2 March 2023). "रामगढ़ सीट पर आगे चल रहीं NDA प्रत्याशी सुनीता चौधरी, किसकी होगी जीत, क्या है जमीनी हकीकत?". www.abplive.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "Jharkhand News: रामगढ़ की विधायक ममता देवी को 5 साल की सजा, जाएगी विधायकी, हाईकोर्ट में देंगी चुनौती". Prabhat Khabar (in Hindi). 14 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
^ "Jharkhand education minister Jagarnath Mahto passes away, two day state mourning announced". The Times of India. 6 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
^ "Former Kerala CM Oommen Chandy passes away at 79". The Hindu. 18 July 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
^ "Bye election to Assembly Constituencies of Maharashtra-Change of date of poll". Press Information Bureau, Govt of India. Retrieved 25 January 2023.
^ "Ashwini Jagtap elected first woman MLA of Pimpri-Chinchwad, Kalate plays spoilsport for Kate". The Indian Express. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ Banerjee, Shoumojit (3 January 2023). "Blow to BJP in Pune as influential MLA Laxman Jagtap passes away". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "Ravindra Dhangekar wins Pune's Kasba for Congress after nearly 30 years". cnbctv18.com. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ Banerjee, Shoumojit (23 December 2022). "BJP MLA and ex-Pune Mayor Mukta Tilak passes away at 57". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "Oldest Nagaland assembly member Noke Wangnao passes away". Hindustan Times. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "Jharsuguda bypoll: BJD's Dipali Das wins bypoll from murdered father's seat". India Today. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ Barik, Satyasundar (26 May 2023). "Naba Kishore Das murder case | Assailant developed personal grudge, anguish against Minister, says Odisha Police". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
^ "EVKS Elangovan wins Erode East byelection with a margin of 66,087 votes". The Times of India. 3 March 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "UP assembly bypolls: BJP ally Apna Dal (S)'s Shafeek Ahmed Ansari wins Suar by 8,724 votes". Hindustan Times. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "Uttar Pradesh bypolls: Apna Dal (Soneylal) candidate Rinki Kol pips SP rival Kirti Kol by 9,000 votes". The Indian Express. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "Minister of State Subrata Saha dies at 69". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
^ "Sagardighi Bypoll Election Result 2023: Congress Leads From West Bengal Assembly Seat In Setback For Mamata Banerjee's TMC". Zee News. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
^ "BJP MLA from Dhupguri Bishnu Pada Ray dies, PM Modi, Mamata condole his death". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
^ "Mizoram: Chakma Autonomous District Council Polls on May 9 - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

External links

Election Commission of India (official website)

[eci-1] "Terms of the Houses - Election Commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 25 November 2020.

[2] "Jalandhar bypoll results".

[3] "Congress MP Dies Of Heart Attack During Bharat Jodo Yatra, March Paused". NDTV.com. Retrieved 26 April 2023.

[4] "Arunachal Pradesh: BJP Candidate Tsering Lhamu Set To Win Lungla By-Election Unopposed". Zee News. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[5] "Arunachal BJP MLA Jambey Tashi Dies At 48, Chief Minister Pays Respects". NDTV.com. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

[6] Live, A. B. P. (2 March 2023). "रामगढ़ सीट पर आगे चल रहीं NDA प्रत्याशी सुनीता चौधरी, किसकी होगी जीत, क्या है जमीनी हकीकत?". www.abplive.com (in Hindi). Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[7] "Jharkhand News: रामगढ़ की विधायक ममता देवी को 5 साल की सजा, जाएगी विधायकी, हाईकोर्ट में देंगी चुनौती". Prabhat Khabar (in Hindi). 14 December 2022. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

[8] "Jharkhand education minister Jagarnath Mahto passes away, two day state mourning announced". The Times of India. 6 April 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

[9] "Former Kerala CM Oommen Chandy passes away at 79". The Hindu. 18 July 2023. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 1 December 2023.

[10] "Bye election to Assembly Constituencies of Maharashtra-Change of date of poll". Press Information Bureau, Govt of India. Retrieved 25 January 2023.

[11] "Ashwini Jagtap elected first woman MLA of Pimpri-Chinchwad, Kalate plays spoilsport for Kate". The Indian Express. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[12] Banerjee, Shoumojit (3 January 2023). "Blow to BJP in Pune as influential MLA Laxman Jagtap passes away". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[13] "Ravindra Dhangekar wins Pune's Kasba for Congress after nearly 30 years". cnbctv18.com. 2 March 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[14] Banerjee, Shoumojit (23 December 2022). "BJP MLA and ex-Pune Mayor Mukta Tilak passes away at 57". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[15] "Oldest Nagaland assembly member Noke Wangnao passes away". Hindustan Times. 28 August 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[16] "Jharsuguda bypoll: BJD's Dipali Das wins bypoll from murdered father's seat". India Today. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[17] Barik, Satyasundar (26 May 2023). "Naba Kishore Das murder case | Assailant developed personal grudge, anguish against Minister, says Odisha Police". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 February 2024.

[18] "EVKS Elangovan wins Erode East byelection with a margin of 66,087 votes". The Times of India. 3 March 2023. ISSN 0971-8257. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[19] "UP assembly bypolls: BJP ally Apna Dal (S)'s Shafeek Ahmed Ansari wins Suar by 8,724 votes". Hindustan Times. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[20] "Uttar Pradesh bypolls: Apna Dal (Soneylal) candidate Rinki Kol pips SP rival Kirti Kol by 9,000 votes". The Indian Express. 13 May 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[21] "Minister of State Subrata Saha dies at 69". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 December 2022.

[22] "Sagardighi Bypoll Election Result 2023: Congress Leads From West Bengal Assembly Seat In Setback For Mamata Banerjee's TMC". Zee News. Retrieved 10 June 2023.

[23] "BJP MLA from Dhupguri Bishnu Pada Ray dies, PM Modi, Mamata condole his death". The Indian Express. Retrieved 26 July 2023.

[24] "Mizoram: Chakma Autonomous District Council Polls on May 9 - Sentinelassam". www.sentinelassam.com. 18 April 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.

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Rajya Sabha elections
← 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 →
Overall control	NDA hold
Seats contested	10 (+2 by-elections)
Net seat change	NDA +1
State elections
States contested	9
Net state change
State by-elections
Seats contested	17
Net seat change	NDA +1
Local elections
Seats contested	20
Net seat change	NDA +1

2023 elections in India

Lok Sabha by-elections

State legislative assembly elections

Legislative Assembly by-elections

Local body elections

Himachal Pradesh

Ladakh

Mizoram

Uttar Pradesh

See also

References

External links