The elections held in India in 2019 includes the general election, by-elections to the Lok Sabha, elections to 7 state legislative assemblies and numerous other by-elections to state legislative assemblies, councils and local bodies.
General Elections
General elections were held in India in April to May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The BJP-led NDA won the elections.
The phase-wise schedule, the number of seats in each phase and their State-wise break-up:
Phase 1, 11 April 91 seats, 20 states
A.P. (all 25), Arunachal Pradesh (2), Assam (5), Bihar (4), Chhattisgarh (1) J&K (2), Maharashtra (7), Manipur (1), Meghalaya (2), Mizoram (1), Nagaland (1), Odisha (4), Sikkim (1), Telangana (17), Tripura (1), U.P. (8), Uttarakhand (5), W.B. (2), Andaman and Nicobar Islands (1), Lakshadweep (1)
Phase 2, 18 April 97 seats, 13 states
Assam (5), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (3), J&K (2), Karnataka (14) Maharashtra (10), Manipur (1), Odisha (5), Tamil Nadu. (all 39), Tripura (1), U.P. (8), West Bengal (3), Puducherry (1)
Phase 3, 23 April 115 seats, 14 states
Assam (4), Bihar (5), Chhattisgarh (7), Gujarat (all 26), Goa (all 2), J&K (1), Karnataka (14), Kerala (all 20), Maharashtra (14), Odisha (6), U.P. (10), West Bengal (5), Dadra and Nagar Haveli (1), Daman and Diu (1)
Phase 4, 29 April 71 seats, 9 states
Bihar (5), J&K (1), Jharkhand (3), M.P. (6), Maharashtra (17), Odisha (6), Rajasthan (13), U.P. (13), West Bengal (8)
Phase 5, 6 May 51 seats, 7 states
Bihar (5), Jharkhand (4), J&K (2), M.P. (7), Rajasthan (12), U.P. (14), West Bengal (7)
Phase 6, 12 May 59 seats, 7 states
Bihar (8), Haryana (10), Jharkhand (4), M.P. (8), U.P. (14), West Bengal (8), NCR (all 7)
Phase 7, 19 May 59 seats, 8 states
Bihar (8), Jharkhand (3), M.P. (8), Punjab (all 13), West Bengal (9), Chandigarh (1), U.P. (13), Himachal Pradesh (all 4)
Date of counting: May 23
Date CountryGovernment before Prime Minister before election Government after Elected Prime Minister April to May 2019 India National Democratic Alliance Narendra Modi National Democratic Alliance Narendra Modi
Lok Sabha by-elections S.NoDateConstituencyState/UTMP before electionParty before electionElected MPParty after electionRemarks121 October 2019SamastipurBiharRam Chandra PaswanPrince RajDeath of Ram Chandra Paswan2SataraMaharashtraUdayanraje BhosaleShriniwas Dadasaheb PatilResignation by Udayanraje Bhosale
Legislative assembly elections
Assembly elections of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Sikkim, were held simultaneously with the general elections
Legislative assembly elections of Haryana, Maharashtra held on 21 October 2019.
Legislative assembly elections of Jharkhand were held between 30 November to 20 December.
Date(s) StateGovernment before Chief Minister beforeGovernment after Elected Chief Minister 11 April 2019Andhra PradeshTelugu Desam PartyN. Chandrababu NaiduYSR Congress PartyY.S. Jaganmohan Reddy11 April 2019Arunachal PradeshBharatiya Janata PartyPema KhanduBharatiya Janata PartyPema KhanduNational People's Party 11, 18, 23, 29 April 2019OdishaBiju Janata DalNaveen PatnaikBiju Janata DalNaveen Patnaik 11 April 2019SikkimSikkim Democratic FrontPawan Kumar ChamlingSikkim Krantikari MorchaPrem Singh Tamang 21 October 2019HaryanaBharatiya Janata PartyManohar Lal KhattarBharatiya Janata PartyManohar Lal KhattarJannayak Janata Party 21 October 2019MaharashtraBharatiya Janata Party Devendra FadnavisShiv SenaUddhav ThackerayNationalist Congress PartyShiv SenaIndian National Congress 30 November; 7, 12, 16, 20 December 2019JharkhandBharatiya Janata PartyRaghubar DasJharkhand Mukti MorchaHemant SorenIndian National Congress
Assembly By-elections Arunachal Pradesh S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election121 October 2019Khonsa WestTirong AbohNational People's PartyChakat AbohIndependent
Assam S.NoDate ConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election121 October 2019RatabariKripanath MallahBharatiya Janata PartyBijoy MalakarBharatiya Janata Party2RangaparaPallab Lochan DasRajen Borthakur3SonariTopon Kumar GogoiNabanita Handique4JaniaAbdul KhalequeIndian National CongressRafiqul IslamAll India United Democratic Front
Bihar S.NoDate ConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election111 April 2019NawadaRajballabh PrasadRashtriya Janata DalKaushal YadavJanata Dal (United)219 May 2019DehriMohd. Iliyas HussainSatyanarayan SinghBharatiya Janata Party321 October 2019Simri BakhtiarpurDinesh Chandra YadavJanata Dal (United)Zafar AlamRashtriya Janata Dal4BelharGiridhari YadavRamdeo Yadav5DaraundaKavita SinghKarnjeet SinghIndependent6NathnagarAjay Kumar MandalLakshmikant MandalJanata Dal (United)7KishanganjMohammad JawedIndian National CongressQamrul HodaAll India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen
Chhattisgarh S.NoDate ConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election123 September 2019DantewadaBhima MandaviBharatiya Janata PartyDevati KarmaIndian National Congress221 October 2019ChitrakotDeepak BaijIndian National CongressRajman Venjam
Gujarat S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election123 April 2019DharangadhraParsottam Ukabhai SabariyaIndian National CongressParsottam Ukabhai SabariyaBharatiya Janata Party2Jamnagar RuralVallabh DharaviyaRaghavji Patel3ManavadarJawaharbhai ChavdaJawaharbhai Chavda4UnjhaAsha PatelAsha Patel521 October 2019RadhanpurAlpesh ThakorRaghubhai Merajbhai DesaiIndian National Congress6BayadDhavalsinh ZalaJashubhai Shivabhai Patel7TharadParbatbhai PatelBharatiya Janata PartyGulabsinh Pirabhai Rajput8KheraluBharatsinhji DabhiAjmalji Valaji ThakorBharatiya Janata Party9AmraiwadiHasmukhbhai PatelJagdish Ishwarbhai Patel10LunawadaRatansinh RathodIndependentJigneshkumar Sevak
Goa S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election123 April 2019MandremDayanand SopteIndian National CongressDayanand SopteBharatiya Janata Party2SirodaSubhash ShirodkarSubhash Shirodkar3MapusaFrancis DsouzaBharatiya Janata PartyJoshua D'Souza419 May 2019PanajiManohar ParrikarAtanasio MonserrateIndian National Congress
Haryana S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionsParty before electionElected MLAParty after election128 January 2019JindHari Chand MiddhaIndian National Lok DalKrishan Lal MiddhaBharatiya Janata Party
Himachal Pradesh S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election121 October 2019DharamshalaKishan KapoorBharatiya Janata PartyVishal NehriaBharatiya Janata Party2PachhadSuresh KumarReena Kashyap
Karnataka
S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election123 April 2019KundgolChannabasappa Satyappa ShivalliIndian National CongressKusumavati Channabasappa ShivalliIndian National Congress 2ChincholiUmesh. G. JadhavAvinash Umesh JadhavBharatiya Janata Party35 December 2019AthaniMahesh KumathalliMahesh Kumathalli4KagwadShrimant Balasaheb Patil Shrimant Balasaheb Patil5GokakRamesh Jarkiholi Ramesh Jarkiholi6Yellapur Arbail Shivaram Hebbar Arbail Shivaram Hebbar7HirekerurB. C. Patil B. C. Patil8VijayanagaraAnand Singh Anand Singh9ChikkaballapurDr. K. Sudhakar Dr. K. Sudhakar10K.R. Puram Byrati Basavaraj Byrati Basavaraj11Yeshvanthapura S. T. Somashekhar S. T. Somashekhar12Ranibennur R. ShankarKarnataka Pragnyavantha Janatha Party Arun Kumar Guththur13Mahalakshmi Layout K. Gopalaiah Janata Dal (Secular) K. Gopalaiah14Krishnarajpet Narayana Gowda Narayana Gowda15HunsurAdagur H. Vishwanath H. P. ManjunathIndian National Congress16Shivajinagar R. Roshan BaigIndian National Congress Rizwan Arshad17Hosakote M. T. B. Nagaraju Sharath Kumar Bache Gowda Independent
Kerala
S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election123 September 2019PalaK. M. ManiKerala Congress (M)Mani C. KappanNationalist Congress Party221 October 2019ManjeshwaramP. B. Abdul RazakIndian Union Muslim LeagueM. C. KamaruddinIndian Union Muslim League3AroorA. M. AriffCommunist Party of India (Marxist)Shanimol UsmanIndian National Congress4ErnakulamHibi EdenIndian National CongressT. J. Vinod5KonniAdoor PrakashK. U. Jenish KumarCommunist Party of India (Marxist)6VattiyoorkavuK. MuraleedharanV. K. Prasanth
Madhya Pradesh S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election129 April 2019ChhindwaraDeepak SaxenaIndian National CongressKamal NathIndian National Congress221 October 2019JhabuaGuman Singh DamorBharatiya Janata PartyKantilal Bhuria
Meghalaya S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election111 April 2019SelsellaClement MarakIndian National CongressFerlin C. A. SangmaNational People's Party221 October 2019ShellaDonkupar RoyUnited Democratic PartyBalajied Kupar SynremUnited Democratic Party
Mizoram S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election111 April 2019Aizawl West ILalduhawmaZoram People's MovementZothantluangaMizo National Front
Nagaland S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election111 April 2019AonglendenImtikumzuk LongkumerNationalist Democratic Progressive PartySharingain LongkumerNationalist Democratic Progressive Party
Odisha S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election121 October 2019BijepurNaveen PatnaikBiju Janata DalRita SahuBiju Janata Dal
Puducherry S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election118 April 2019ThattanchavadyAshok AnandAll India N.R. CongressK. VenkatesanDravida Munnetra Kazhagam221 October 2019Kamraj NagarV. VaithilingamIndian National CongressA. JohnkumarIndian National Congress
Punjab S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election121 October 2019PhagwaraSom ParkashBharatiya Janata PartyBalwinder Singh DhaliwalIndian National Congress2MukerianRajnish Kumar BabbiIndian National CongressIndu Bala3JalalabadSukhbir Singh BadalShiromani Akali DalRaminder Singh Awla4DakhaHarvinder Singh PhoolkaAam Aadmi PartyManpreet Singh AyaliShiromani Akali Dal
Rajasthan S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election121 October 2019MandawaNarendra KumarBharatiya Janata PartyRita ChoudharyIndian National Congress2KhinwsarHanuman BeniwalRashtriya Loktantrik PartyNarayan BeniwalRashtriya Loktantrik Party
Sikkim S.NoDateConstituencyMLA before electionParty before electionElected MLAParty after election121 October 2019Poklok-KamrangPawan Kumar ChamlingSikkim Democratic FrontPrem Singh TamangSikkim Krantikari Morcha2Martam-RumtekDorjee Tshering LepchaSonam VenchungpaBharatiya Janata Party3GangtokKunga Nima LepchaSikkim Krantikari MorchaYong Tshering Lepcha
Tamil Nadu