2014 elections in India
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, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Odisha and Sikkim are due to expire during the year.
General election
The voting for the general 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.Parliamentary By-election
Legislative Assembly elections
In 2014, legislative assembly elections took place for eight states Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Odisha and Sikkim. In first phase, the legislative elections in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim will take place along with Lok Sabha elections. The elections in Andhra Pradesh will be for the two states which will be created on 2 June, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh.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.In Andhra Pradesh, TDP-BJP alliance got majority in 175 member legislative assembly. N. Chandrababu Naidu became the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
S. No. | Party | Seats won | Vote % | Seat change |
1 | Telugu Desam Party | 102 | 44.6 | 44 |
2 | YSR Congress | 67 | 44.4 | 67 |
3 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 4 | 2.2 | 4 |
4 | Independent | 1 | - | |
5 | Indian National Congress | 0 | 8.8 | 100 |
Total | 175 |
In Telangana, Telangana Rashtra Samiti got majority in 119 member Telangana Legislative Assembly. Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao became the Chief Minister of Telangana.
S. No. | Party | Seats won | Vote % | Seat change |
1 | Telangana Rashtra Samiti | 63 | 34.0 | 50 |
2 | Indian National Congress | 21 | 25.0 | 30 |
3 | Telugu Desam Party | 15 | 14.5 | 19 |
4 | All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen | 7 | 3.7 | 0 |
5 | Bharatiya Janata Party | 5 | 7.0 | 3 |
6 | YSR Congress | 3 | 3.4 | 3 |
7 | Bahujan Samaj Party | 2 | 1.3 | 2 |
7 | Communist Party of India | 1 | 1.5 | 0 |
7 | Communist Party of India | 1 | 0.9 | 3 |
7 | Independent | 1 | - | - |
Total | 119 | - |
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 continues as the Chief Minister of Odisha.'''
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Sikkim
Assembly elections to the 32-member Sikkim assembly were held on 12 April 2014. 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 continues as the Chief Minister of Sikkim.Maharashtra
became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.Haryana
became the Chief Minister of Haryana.Party | Seats won | Vote % | Seat change |
Bharatiya Janata Party | 47 | 33.2 | 43 |
Indian National Lok Dal | 19 | 24.1 | 12 |
Indian National Congress | 15 | 20.6 | 25 |
Haryana Janhit Congress-BL | 2 | 3.6 | 3 |
Bahujan Samaj Party | 1 | 4.4 | 0 |
Shiromani Akali Dal | 1 | 0.6 | 0 |
Independent | 5 | ||
Total | 90 |
Jammu and Kashmir
Party | Seats won | Vote % | Seat change |
People's Democratic Party | 28 | 22.7% | 7 |
Bhartiya Janata Party | 25 | 23.0% | 14 |
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference | 15 | 20.8% | 13 |
Indian National Congress | 12 | 18.0% | 5 |
Others | 7 | - | - |
Total | 87 | - |