2012 elections in India

The elections in 2012 were scheduled for seven Vidhan Sabhas and several local elections were also conducted. The 14th presidential election to elect the 13th president of the republic was also held in 2012. The tenure of the legislative assemblies of Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand were to expire during the year. The Election Commission of India issued the dates for the elections in Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Goa to take place in the first quarter of the year. Whereas the elections were held in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat in the last quarter of the year.

In the first rounds of elections, Manipur and Punjab resulted in an incumbent government victory; while in Uttar Pradesh and Goa there was a heavy anti-incumbent victory; and Uttarakhand resulted in a hung assembly with an anti-incumbent plurality and in the second round, in Himachal Pradesh, BJP led by incumbent Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal lost due to a huge anti-incumbency wave arising mainly out of corruption and lack of good governance. Congress veteran leader Virbhadra Singh took oath for record sixth term as next Chief Minister. In the western state of Gujarat incumbent Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in power since 2002, was running for his fourth term. Elections, held in two phases, reverted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in power in Gujarat since 1995, with 119 seat out of 182.

Presidential election

DatePresident before electionParty before electionElected PresidentParty after election18 July 2022Pratibha Patil Pranab Mukherjee

The 14th indirect presidential election, in order to elect the 13th president, was held in India on 19 July 2012. On 22 July, Pranab Mukherjee was declared the winner. Mukheree gained 373,116 MP votes and 340,647 MLA votes for a total of 713,763 votes to win the election. He defeated P. A. Sangma, who got 145,848 MP votes and 170,139 MLA votes for a total of 315,987 votes. Mukherjee's win was aided by cross-voting. Vice Presidential Election

DateVice-President before electionParty before electionElected Vice-PresidentParty after election18 July 2022Mohammad Hamid Ansari Mohammad Hamid Ansari

Legislative Assembly elections Date(s)StateGovernment before electionChief Minister before electionGovernment after electionChief Minister after electionMaps 28 January 2012 Manipur Okram Ibobi SinghOkram Ibobi Singh 30 January 2012Punjab Parkash Singh Badal Parkash Singh Badal Uttarakhand B.C. Khanduri Vijay Bahuguna 8 February 2012 – 3 March 2012 Uttar Pradesh Mayawati Akhilesh Yadav 3 March 2012 Goa Digambar Kamat Manohar Parrikar 4 November 2012 Himachal Pradesh Prem Kumar Dhumal Virbhadra Singh 13 and 17 December 2012 Gujarat Narendra Modi Narendra Modi

Parliamentary By-election S.NoDateConstituencyStateMP before electionParty before electionElected MPParty after election1518 March 2012Udupi ChikmagalurKarnatakaSadananda GowdaJayaprakash Hegde399 June 2012KannaujUttar PradeshAkhilesh YadavDimple Yadav3912 June 2012NelloreAndhra PradeshMekapati Rajamohan ReddyMekapati Rajamohan Reddy110 October 2012Tehri GarhwalUttarakhandVijay BahugunaMala Rajya Laxmi Shah9JangipurWest BengalPranab MukherjeeAbhijit Mukherjee

Assembly By-elections Andhra Pradesh

S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election710 March 2012AdilabadJogu RamannaTelugu Desam PartyJogu RamannaTelangana Rashtra Samithi1618 March 2012KamareddyGampa GovardhanTelugu Desam PartyGampa GovardhanTelangana Rashtra Samithi74MahbubnagarN. Rajeshwar Reddy Yennam Srinivas ReddyBharatiya Janata Party81NagarkurnoolNagam Janardhan ReddyTelugu Desam PartyNagam Janardhan Reddy 85KollapurJupally Krishna RaoIndian National CongressJupally Krishna RaoTelangana Rashtra Samithi99Ghanpur StationT. RajaiahIndian National CongressT. RajaiahTelangana Rashtra Samithi235KovurNallapareddy Prasanna Kumar ReddyTelugu Desam PartyNallapareddy Prasanna Kumar ReddyYSR Congress Party10412 June 2012ParkalKonda SurekhaIndian National CongressM. BikshpathiTelangana Rashtra Samithi127NarasannapetaDharmana Krishna DasIndian National CongressDharmana Krishna DasYSR Congress Party152PayakaraopetGolla BaburaoIndian National CongressGolla BaburaoYSR Congress Party161RamachandrapuramPilli Subhash Chandra BoseIndian National CongressThota TrimurthuluIndian National Congress177NarasapuramMudnuri Prasad RajuIndian National CongressKothapalli SubbarayuduIndian National Congress186PolavaramTellam BalarajuIndian National CongressTellam BalarajuYSR Congress Party212PrathipaduMekathoti SucharithaIndian National CongressMekathoti SucharithaYSR Congress Party220MacherlaPinnelli Ramakrishna ReddyIndian National CongressPinnelli Ramakrishna ReddyYSR Congress Party227OngoleBalineni Srinivasa ReddyIndian National CongressBalineni Srinivasa ReddyYSR Congress Party242UdayagiriMekapati Chandrasekhar ReddyIndian National CongressMekapati Chandrasekhar ReddyYSR Congress Party244RajampetAkepati Amaranath ReddyIndian National CongressAkepati Amaranath ReddyYSR Congress Party246KodurKoramutla SrinivasuluIndian National CongressKoramutla SrinivasuluYSR Congress Party247RayachotiGadikota Srikanth ReddyIndian National CongressGadikota Srikanth ReddyYSR Congress Party253AllagaddaShobha Nagi ReddyPraja Rajyam PartyShobha Nagi ReddyYSR Congress Party263YemmiganurK. Chennakesava ReddyIndian National CongressK. Chennakesava ReddyYSR Congress Party267RayadurgKapu Ramachandra ReddyIndian National CongressKapu Ramachandra ReddyYSR Congress Party272Anantapur Urban Bodimalla Gurunatha ReddyIndian National CongressBodimalla Gurunatha ReddyYSR Congress Party286TirupatiKonidela ChiranjeeviPraja Rajyam PartyBhumana Karunakar ReddyYSR Congress Party

Goa S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election2721 May 2012CortalimJosé Matanhy de SaldanhaAlina Saldanha Gujarat S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election8518 March 2012MansaMangalbhai PatelBabusinhj ThakorIndian National Congress

Jharkhand S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election6412 June 2012HatiaGopal Sharan Nath ShahdeoNavin Jaiswal

Kerala S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election8517 March 2012PiravomT. M. JacobKerala Congress (Jacob)Anoop JacobKerala Congress (Jacob)1402 June 2012NeyyattinkaraR. SelvarajCommunist Party of India (Marxist)R. SelvarajIndian National Congress

Madhya Pradesh S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election18312 June 2012MaheshwarVijayalaxmi Sadho Rajkumar Mev

Maharashtra S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election23212 June 2012KaijVimal Mundada Prithviraj Sathe

Odisha S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election8918 March 2012AthagarhRamesh Rout Ranendra Pratap SwainBiju Janata Dal

Punjab S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election4011 July 2012AthagarhAmarjit Singh Sahi Sukhjit Kaur Sahi

Tamil Nadu S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election21918 March 2012SankarankoilC. Karuppasamy V. M. Rajalakshmi 18012 June 2012SankarankoilS. P. Muthukumaran V. R. Karthik Thondaiman

Tripura S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election2012 June 2012NalcharSukumar Barman Tapan Chandra Das Uttar Pradesh S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election8212 June 2012MantJayant Chaudhary Shyam Sunder Sharma Uttarakhand S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election688 July 2012SitarganjKiran Mandal Vijay Bahuguna

West Bengal S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election23012 June 2012DaspurAjit Bhunia Mamata Bhunia 252BankuraKashinath Misra Minati Misra

Local elections

Municipal elections were held in various cities across Maharashtra on 16 February. In different cities elections results were mixed by party. The capital, Mumbai, resulted in a plurality for the Shiv Sena and the second largest city of Pune resulted in a Nationalist Congress Party plurality.

2012 elections in India

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