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Parliament By-elections took place between May and November to elect Lok Sabha members in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jharkhand and West Bengal.

Legislative Assembly elections took place in April and May 2011 to elect legislatures in the Indian states of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry.[1]

## Legislative Assembly elections

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Date(s)  | State/UT  | Government Before  | Chief Minister before election  | Government After  | Elected Chief Minister  | Maps

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4 and 11 April 2011  | Assam |  | Indian National Congress | Tarun Gogoi |  | Indian National Congress | Tarun Gogoi |
| Bodoland People's Front |  | Bodoland People's Front
13 April 2011  | Kerala |  | Left Democratic Front | V. S. Achuthanandan |  | United Democratic Front | Oommen Chandy |
Puducherry |  | Indian National Congress | V. Vaithilingam |  | All India N.R. Congress | N. Rangaswamy |
| Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Tamil Nadu |  | Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. Karunanidhi |  | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | J. Jayalalithaa |
| Indian National Congress |  | Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| Pattali Makkal Katchi |  | Communist Party of India
18 April-10 May 2011  | West Bengal |  | Left Front | Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee |  | All India Trinamool Congress | Mamata Banerjee |
| Indian National Congress

## Parliamentary By-election

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | State  | MP before election  | Party before election  | Elected MP  | Party after election

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38  | 8 May 2011  | Kadapa | Andhra Pradesh | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy |  | Indian National Congress | Y. S. Jagan Mohan Reddy |  | YSR Congress Party
10  | Bastar | Chhattisgarh | Baliram Kashyap |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Dinesh Kashyap |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
9  | 26 September 2011  | Jamshedpur | Jharkhand | Arjun Munda |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Ajoy Kumar |  | Jharkhand Vikas Morcha
4  | 13 October 2011  | Hisar | Haryana | Bhajan Lal Bishnoi |  | Haryana Janhit Congress | Kuldeep Bishnoi |  | Haryana Janhit Congress
23  | 30 November 2011  | Kolkata Dakshin | West Bengal | Mamata Banerjee |  | All India Trinamool Congress | Subrata Bakshi |  | All India Trinamool Congress

## Assembly By-elections

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### Andhra Pradesh

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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248  | 8 May 2011  | Pulivendla | Y. S. Vijayamma |  | Indian National Congress | Y. S. Vijayamma |  | YSR Congress Party
14  | 13 October 2011  | Banswada | Pocharam Srinivas Reddy |  | Telugu Desam Party | Pocharam Srinivas Reddy |  | Telangana Rashtra Samithi

### Arunachal Pradesh

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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3  | 30 May 2011  | Mukto | Dorjee Khandu |  | Indian National Congress | Pema Khandu |  | Indian National Congress

### Bihar

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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62  | 25 June 2011  | Purnia | Raj Kishore Kesri |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Kiran Devi  |  | Bharatiya Janata Party

### Chhattisgarh

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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59  | 14 February 2011  | Sanjari Balod | Madanlal Sahu  |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Kumari Bai Sahu  |  | Bharatiya Janata Party

### Gujarat

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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75  | 14 February 2011  | Khadia  | Ashok Bhatt |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Bhushan Bhatt |  | Bharatiya Janata Party

### Haryana

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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41  | 30 November 2011  | Ratia | Gian Chand  |  | Indian National Lok Dal | Jarnail Singh  |  | Indian National Congress
47  | Adampur | Kuldeep Bishnoi |  | Haryana Janhit Congress | Renuka Bishnoi |  | Haryana Janhit Congress

### Himachal Pradesh

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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12  | 30 November 2011  | Nalagarh | Hari Naraian Singh |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Lakhvinder Singh Rana |  | Indian National Congress
16  | Rainka | Prem Singh |  | Indian National Congress | Hirdaya Ram  |  | Bharatiya Janata Party

### Jharkhand

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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57  | 10 February 2011  | Kharsawan | Mangal Singh Soy  |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Arjun Munda |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
24  | 30 November 2011  | Mandu | Tek Lal Mahto |  | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | Jai Prakash Bhai Patel |  | Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

### Karnataka

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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103  | 9 April 2011  | Jagalur | S. V. Ramachandra  |  | Indian National Congress | S. V. Ramachandra  |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
147  | Bangarapet | M Narayanaswamy  |  | Indian National Congress | M Narayanaswamy  |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
185  | Channapatna | M.C. Ashwath  |  | Janata Dal (Secular) | C. P. Yogeshwara |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
64  | 26 September 2011  | Koppal | Karadi Sanganna Amarappa |  | Janata Dal (Secular) | Karadi Sanganna Amarappa |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
93  | 30 November 2011  | Bellary Rural | B. Sriramulu |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | B. Sriramulu |  | Independent

### Madhya Pradesh

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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170  | 14 February 2011  | Sonkatch | Sajjan Singh Verma |  | Indian National Congress | Rajendra Pholchand Verma  |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
198  | Kukshi | Jamuna Devi |  | Indian National Congress | Mukam Singh Kirade  |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
56  | 25 June 2011  | Jabera | Ratnesh Soloman  |  | Indian National Congress | Dashrath Singh Lodhi  |  | Bharatiya Janata Party

### Maharashtra

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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211  | 13 October 2011  | Khadakwasala | Ramesh Wanjale |  | Maharashtra Navnirman Sena | Bhimrao Tapkir |  | Bharatiya Janata Party

### Nagaland

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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26  | 7 May 2011  | Aonglenden | Nungshizenba Longkumer  |  | Indian National Congress | Toshipokba  |  | Naga People's Front

### Odisha

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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73  | 30 May 2011  | Umerkote | Jagabandhu Majhi  |  | Biju Janata Dal | Subash Gond  |  | Biju Janata Dal

### Puducherry

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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8  | 10 October 2011  | Indira Nagar | N. Rangaswamy |  | All India N.R. Congress | A.T. Selvane  |  | All India N.R. Congress

### Tamil Nadu

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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140  | 13 October 2011  | Tiruchirappalli West | M. Mariam Pichai |  | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | M. Paranjothi |  | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

### Uttar Pradesh

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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168  | 8 May 2011  | Pipraich | Jamuna Nishad |  | Bahujan Samaj Party | Rajmati Nishad  |  | Samajwadi Party

### West Bengal

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S.No  | Date  | Constituency  | MLA before election  | Party before election  | Elected MLA  | Party after election

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125  | 25 September 2011  | Basirhat Uttar | Mostafa Bin Qaseem |  | Communist Party of India | ATM Abdullah |  | All India Trinamool Congress
159  | Bhabanipur | Subrata Bakshi |  | All India Trinamool Congress | Mamata Banerjee |  | All India Trinamool Congress

## See also

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* S.Y. Quraishi

## References

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1. ^ "Press Note No.ECI/PN/17/2011:Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Pondicherry" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2 April 2011.

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