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Legislative Assembly elections in India were conducted for nine legislative assemblies in 2013. Voting in Chhattisgarh was held in two phases on 11 November and 19 November 2013.[1] The Election Commission of India (ECI) successfully conducted elections in Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland in February[2] and in Karnataka on 5 May. The elections in Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan were conducted in December while the counting that took place on 8 December showed a clear majority for BJP in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, while Congress retained the state of Mizoram and Delhi got a hung assembly, with no single party getting a clear majority.[3]

## Legislative Assembly

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Polling Date(s)  | State  | Government before  | Chief Minister before  | Government after  | Elected Chief Minister  | Maps

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14 February 2013  | Tripura |  | Communist Party of India | Manik Sarkar |  | Communist Party of India | Manik Sarkar |
23 February 2013  | Meghalaya |  | Indian National Congress | Mukul Sangma |  | Indian National Congress | Mukul Sangma |
Nagaland |  | Naga People's Front | Neiphiu Rio |  | Naga People's Front | Neiphiu Rio |
5 May 2013  | Karnataka |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Jagadish Shettar |  | Indian National Congress | Siddaramaiah |
11 and 19 November 2013  | Chhattisgarh |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Raman Singh |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Raman Singh |
25 November 2013  | Madhya Pradesh |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Shivraj Singh Chouhan |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Shivraj Singh Chouhan |
1 December 2013  | Rajasthan |  | Indian National Congress | Ashok Gehlot |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vasundhara Raje |
4 December 2013  | Delhi |  | Indian National Congress | Sheila Dikshit |  | Aam Aadmi Party | Arvind Kejriwal |
| Indian National Congress
9 December 2013  | Mizoram |  | Indian National Congress | Lal Thanhawla |  | Indian National Congress | Lal Thanhawla |

## 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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19  | 2 June 2013  | Maharajganj | Bihar  | Uma Shankar Singh |  | Rashtriya Janata Dal | Prabhunath Singh |  | Rashtriya Janata Dal
2  | Banaskantha | Gujarat  | Mukesh Gadhvi |  | Indian National Congress | Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
11  | Porbandar | Vitthal Radadiya |  | Indian National Congress | Vitthal Radadiya |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
25  | Howrah | West Bengal  | Ambica Banerjee |  | All India Trinamool Congress | Prasun Banerjee |  | All India Trinamool Congress
2  | 23 June 2013  | Mandi | Himachal Pradesh  | Virbhadra Singh |  | Indian National Congress | Pratibha Singh |  | Indian National Congress
20  | 21 August 2013  | Mandya | Karnataka  | N. Chaluvaraya Swamy |  | Janata Dal (Secular) | Ramya |  | Indian National Congress
23  | Bangalore Rural | H. D. Kumaraswamy |  | Janata Dal (Secular) | D. K. Suresh |  | Indian National 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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76  | 21 August 2013  | Avanigadda | Ambati Brahmanaiah |  | Telugu Desam Party | Ambati Srihari Prasad  |  | Telugu Desam Party

### 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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42  | 31 October 2013  | Dambuk | Jomin Tayeng |  | Indian National Congress | Gum Tayeng |  | Indian National Congress

### Assam

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8  | 24 February 2013  | Algapur | Sahidul Alam Chodhary  |  | Asom Gana Parishad | Mandira Roy |  | 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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131  | 24 February 2013  | Kalyanpur | Ram Sewak Hazari |  | Janata Dal (United) | Manju Kumari  |  | Janata Dal (United)

### Gujarat

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

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61  | 2 June 2013  | Limbdi | Somabhai Gandalal Koli Patel |  | Indian National Congress | Kiritsinh Rana |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
74  | Jetpur | Jayesh Radadiya |  | Indian National Congress | Jayesh Radadiya |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
75  | Jetpur | Vitthal Radadiya |  | Indian National Congress | Pravin Makadiya |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
125  | Morva Hadaf | Savitaben Khant |  | Indian National Congress | Nimisha Suthar |  | Bharatiya Janata Party
167  | 4 December 2013  | Surat West | Kishor Vankawala |  | Bharatiya Janata Party | Purnesh Modi |  | 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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271  | 24 February 2013  | Chandgad | Babasaheb Kupekar  |  | Nationalist Congress Party | Sandhyadevi Kupekar  |  | Nationalist Congress Party
70  | 2 June 2013  | Yavatmal | Nilesh Shivram Deshmukh Parvekar  |  | Indian National Congress | Nandini Nilesh Deshmukh Parvekar  |  | Indian National Congress

### Mizoram

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

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8  | 23 February 2013  | Chalfilh | Chawngtinthanga  |  | Indian National Congress | Ngurdingliana  |  | Indian National Congress

### Nagaland

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

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73  | 4 September 2013  | Noksen | C. M. Chang |  | Naga People's Front | C. M. Chang |  | Naga People's Front

### Punjab

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73  | 23 February 2013  | Moga | Joginder Pal Jain  |  | Indian National Congress | Joginder Pal Jain  |  | Shiromani Akali Dal

### 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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83  | 23 February 2013  | Yercaud | C. Perumal |  | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | P. Saroja  |  | 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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340  | 23 February 2013  | Bhatpar Rani | Kameswar Upadhyay  |  | Samajwadi Party | Ashutosh Upadhyay |  | Samajwadi Party
258  | 2 June 2013  | Handia | Mahesh Narayan Singh  |  | Samajwadi Party | Prashant Singh |  | 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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51  | 23 February 2013  | English Bazar | Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury |  | Indian National Congress | Krishnendu Narayan Choudhury |  | All India Trinamool Congress
70  | Rejinagar | Humayun Kabir |  | Indian National Congress | Rabiul Alam Chowdhury |  | Indian National Congress
293  | Nalhati | Abhijit Mukherjee |  | Indian National Congress | Dipak Chatterjee |  | All India Forward Bloc

## Local body elections

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* 2013 Uttarakhand local body elections

## See also

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* V. S. Sampath

## References

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1. ^ "Election Commission announces poll dates in five states". NDTV.
2. ^ "EC announces poll dates for Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland". Niti Central. 11 January 2013. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2013.
3. ^ "Despite AAP's grand showing, Delhi faces hung Assembly". The Hindu.

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