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The elections in India in 2015 include the two state legislative assembly elections. The tenures of the state legislative assembly of Bihar were due to expire during the year, and the Delhi Legislative Assembly re-election would also be held due to the inability to form the government.[1]
Legislative Assembly election
[edit]Delhi
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Delhi_in_India.png/220px-Delhi_in_India.png)
The assembly state elections in Delhi were held in a single phase on 7 February, followed by counting on 10 February.[2]
Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||||
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Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | % | ||
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) | 48,78,397 | 54.3 | ![]() |
70 | 67 | ![]() |
95.7 | |
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) | 28,90,485 | 32.2 | ![]() |
69 | 3 | ![]() |
4.2 | |
Indian National Congress (INC) | 8,66,814 | 9.7 | ![]() |
70 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | |
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) | 117,093 | 1.3 | ![]() |
70 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | |
Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) | 54,464 | 0.6 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | |
Independents (IND) | 47,623 | 0.5 | ![]() |
222 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | |
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) | 44,880 | 0.5 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | |
Other parties and candidates | 42,589 | 0.5 | ![]() |
376 | 0 | ![]() |
0.0 | |
None of the Above (NOTA) | 35,924 | 0.4 | ![]() |
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Total | 89,78,269 | 100.00 | 880 | 70 | ±0 | 100.0 | ||
Valid votes | 89,42,372 | 99.56 | ||||||
Invalid votes | 39,856 | 0.44 | ||||||
Votes cast / turnout | 89,82,228 | 67.47 | ||||||
Abstentions | 43,31,067 | 32.53 | ||||||
Registered voters | 1,33,13,295 | |||||||
Source: Election Commission of India[3] |
Background
[edit]In the 2013 Delhi state elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (along with its pre-poll ally Shiromani Akali Dal) emerged as the single-largest party, winning 32 out of the 70 seats. However they fell short of an outright majority and therefore were unable to form the government. This led the then Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung to invite the Aam Aadmi Party, the second largest party after the BJP, to form the government.[4] On 28 December 2013, AAP formed the state government after taking outside support from the Indian National Congress.[5] AAP's leader Arvind Kejriwal, who defeated the incumbent chief minister Sheila Dikshit, became the 7th chief minister of Delhi. However, on 14 February 2014 (after 49 days of rule), Arvind Kejriwal resigned from his post citing the reason as his government's inability to table the Jan Lokpal Bill in Delhi Assembly for discussion due to stiff opposition from other political parties in the house.
Delhi remained thereafter under President's Rule for about a year. On 4 November 2014, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung recommended the Union Cabinet the dissolution of Delhi assembly and conduct fresh elections.[6][7] On 12 January 2015, the Election Commission of India announced that state assembly elections would be held on 7 February 2015 with results being announced on 10 February 2015.[8]
Bihar
[edit]![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Bihar_in_India.png/220px-Bihar_in_India.png)
The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar expired on 29 November 2015.
Alliance | Political party | Votes | Vote % | Change in vote % |
Vote % in seats contested |
Seats contested |
Won | Net change in seats |
% of seats | ||
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Mahagathbandhan | Rashtriya Janata Dal | 69,95,509 | 18.4 | ![]() |
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101 | 80 | ![]() |
32.92 | ||
Janata Dal (United) | 64,16,414 | 16.8 | ![]() |
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101 | 71 | ![]() |
29.21 | |||
Indian National Congress | 25,39,638 | 6.7 | ![]() |
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41 | 27 | ![]() |
11.11 | |||
NDA | Bharatiya Janata Party | 93,08,015 | 24.4 | ![]() |
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157 | 53 | ![]() |
21.81 | ||
Lok Janshakti Party | 18,40,834 | 4.8 | ![]() |
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42 | 2 | ![]() |
0.82 | |||
Rashtriya Lok Samata Party | 9,76,787 | 2.6 | - | 0.64 | 23 | 2 | ![]() |
0.82 | |||
Hindustani Awam Morcha | 8,64,856 | 2.3 | - | 26.90 | 21 | 1 | ![]() |
0.41 | |||
Left Front | Communist Party of India | 5,16,699 | 1.36 | ![]() |
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98 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ||
CPI(ML) Liberation | 5,87,701 | 1.54 | ![]() |
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98 | 3 | ![]() |
1.23 | |||
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 2,32,149 | 0.61 | ![]() |
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43 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | |||
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) | 11,621 | 0.03 | ![]() |
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10 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | |||
All India Forward Bloc | 6,936 | 0.02 | ![]() |
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9 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | |||
Revolutionary Socialist Party | 3,045 | 0.01 | ![]() |
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3 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | |||
Socialist Secular Morcha |
Samajwadi Party | 3,85,511 | 1.0 | ![]() |
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85 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ||
Jan Adhikar Party (Loktantrik) | 5,14,748 | 1.4 | — | — | 64 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | |||
Nationalist Congress Party | 1,85,437 | 0.5 | ![]() |
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40 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | |||
Samras Samaj Party | — | — | — | — | 28 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | |||
Samajwadi Janata Dal Democratic | — | — | — | — | 23 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | |||
National People's Party | — | — | — | — | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | |||
Others | Bahujan Samaj Party | 7,88,024 | 2.1 | ![]() |
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243 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | ||
Shiv Sena | 2,11,131 | 0.6 | ![]() |
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150 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | |||
Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party | 1,08,851 | 0.3 | — | 0.91 | 90 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | |||
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha | 1,03,940 | 0.3 | ![]() |
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— | 0 | ![]() |
0 | |||
Garib Janata Dal (Secular) | 92,279 | 0.2 | — | 0.66 | — | 0 | ![]() |
0 | |||
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 80,248 | 0.2 | — | 8.04 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
0 | |||
Independents | 35,80,953 | 9.4 | ![]() |
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1150 | 4 | ![]() |
1.64 | |||
NOTA | 9,47,276 | 2.5 | — | 2.49 | 243 | — | — | — | |||
Total | 3,76,73,594 | 100.00 | 243 | ||||||||
Valid votes | 3,76,73,594 | 99.94 | |||||||||
Invalid votes | 23,384 | 0.06 | |||||||||
Votes cast / turnout | 3,76,73,594 | 56.91 | |||||||||
Abstentions | 2,85,46,215 | 43.09 | |||||||||
Registered voters | 6,62,43,193 |
Parliamentary by-election
[edit]S.No | Date | Constituency | MP before election | Party before election | Elected MP | Party after election | ||
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1 | 13 February 2015 | Bangaon | Kapil Krishna Thakur | All India Trinamool Congress | Mamata Thakur | All India Trinamool Congress | ||
2 | 21 November 2015 | Warangal | Kadiyam Srihari | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | Pasunuri Dayakar | Telangana Rashtra Samithi | ||
3 | Ratlam | Dileep Singh Bhuria | Bharatiya Janata Party | Kantilal Bhuria | Indian National Congress |
Assembly by-elections
[edit]S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
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1 | 13 February 2015 | Tirupati | M.Venkataramana | Telugu Desam Party | M Suguna | Telugu Desam Party |
S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
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1 | 13 February 2015 | Liromba | Jarbom Gamlin | Indian National Congress | Nyamar Karbak | Indian National Congress |
S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 February 2015 | Panaji | Manohar Parrikar | Bharatiya Janata Party | Sidharth Kuncalienker | Bharatiya Janata Party |
S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 14 December 2015 | Lohardaga | Kamal Kishore Bhagat | All Jharkhand Students Union | Sukhdeo Bhagat | Indian National Congress |
S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 27 June 2015 | Aruvikkara | G. Karthikeyen | Indian National Congress | K. S. Sabarinadhan | Indian National Congress |
S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
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1 | 27 June 2015 | Garoth | Rajesh Yadav | Bharatiya Janata Party | Chander Singh Sisodia | Bharatiya Janata Party |
S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 February 2015 | Mukhed | Govind Rathod | Bharatiya Janata Party | Tushar Rathod | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
2 | 11 April 2015 | Tasgaon | R. R. Patil | Nationalist Congress Party | Suman Patil | Nationalist Congress Party | ||
3 | Vandre East | Prakash Sawant | Shiv Sena | Trupti Sawant | Shiv Sena |
S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 21 November 2015 | Thongju | Thongam Biswajit Singh | All India Trinamool Congress | Thongam Biswajit Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||
2 | Thangmeiband | Khumukcham Joykishan | Khumukcham Joykishan |
S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 27 June 2015 | Chokpot | Clifford Marak | Garo National Council | Bluebell Sangma | Indian National Congress | ||
2 | 21 November 2015 | Nongstoin | Hopingstone Lyngdoh | Hill State People's Democratic Party | Diostar Jyndiang | Hill State People's Democratic Party |
S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 21 November 2015 | Aizawl North 3 | Lal Thanzara | Indian National Congress | Lal Thanzara | Indian National Congress |
S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 February 2015 | Srirangam | J. Jayalalithaa | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | S. Valarmathi | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | ||
2 | 27 June 2015 | Radhakrishnan Nagar | P. Vetriivel | J. Jayalalithaa |
S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 27 June 2015 | Pratapgarh | Anil Sarkar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Ramu Das | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||
2 | Surma | Sudhir Das | Anjan Das |
S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
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1 | 11 April 2015 | Charkhari | Kaptan Singh | Samajwadi Party | Urmila Rajput | Samajwadi Party | ||
2 | 30 April 2015 | Pharenda | Bajrang Bahadur Singh | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vinod Tiwari |
S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 February 2015 | Krishnaganj | Sushil Biswas | All India Trinamool Congress | Satyajit Biswas | All India Trinamool Congress |
References
[edit]- ^ "Terms of Houses, Election Commission of India". Retrieved 30 July 2014.
- ^ "Delhi to go to polls on 7 February, counting on 10 February: EC". The Times of India. 12 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 July 2018. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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