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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.^[1]

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.^[2]

Results by Alliance

Summary of the 2014 Indian general election

Party		Abbr.	Candidates			Votes			Seats			Alliance
			No.	+/-	%	Number	%	+/-	No.	+/-	%	Name		Seats	Votes
	Bharatiya Janata Party	BJP	427	-6	78.63%	171,660,230	31.00%	12.20%	282	166	51.93%		NDA	336	208,606,860 (37.64%)
	Shiv Sena	SHS	58	11	10.68%	10,262,544	1.85%	0.30%	18	7	3.31%
	Telugu Desam Party	TDP	30	-1	5.52%	14,099,230	2.55%	0.04%	16	10	2.95%
	Lok Janshakti Party	LJP	7	-5	1.29%	2,295,929	0.41%	0.04%	6	6	1.10%
	Shiromani Akali Dal	SAD	10		1.84%	3,636,148	0.66%	0.30%	4		0.74%
	Rashtriya Lok Samta Party	RLSP	4	New	0.74%	1,078,473	0.19%	New	3	New	0.55%
	Apna Dal	AD	7	-36	1.29%	821,820	0.15%	0.03%	2	2	0.37%
	Pattali Makkal Katchi	PMK	9	2	1.66%	1,827,566	0.33%	0.14%	1	1	0.18%
	Swabhimani Paksha	SWP	2	1	0.37%	1,105,073	0.20%	0.08%	1		0.18%
	Naga People's Front	NPF	2	1	0.37%	994,505	0.18%	0.02%	1		0.18%
	All India N.R. Congress	AINRC	1	New	0.18%	255,826	0.05%	New	1	New	0.18%
	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	DMDK	14	-26	2.58%	2,078,843	0.38%	0.37%	0		0.00%
	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	MDMK	7	3	1.29%	1,417,535	0.26%	0.01%	0	1	0.00%
	Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)	HJCBL	2	-8	0.37%	703,698	0.13%	0.07%	0	1	0.00%
	Rashtriya Samaj Paksha	RSPS	5	-27	0.92%	458,480	0.08%	0.03%	0		0.00%
	Republican Party of India (A)	RPI(A)	45	-10	8.10%	206,689	0.04%	0.05%	0		0.00%
	National People's Party	NPP	7	7	1.29%	576,448	0.10%	New	1	New	0.18%
	Indian National Congress	INC	464	24	85.45%	106,935,942	19.31%	9.24%	44	162	8.10%		UPA	60	127,844,769 (23.06%)
	Nationalist Congress Party	NCP	36	-32	6.63%	8,635,558	1.56%	0.58%	6	3	1.10%
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	RJD	29	-14	5.52%	7,440,937	1.34%	0.07%	4		0.74%
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	JMM	21	-21	3.87%	1,637,994	0.30%	0.10%	2		0.37%
	Indian Union Muslim League	IUML	25	8	4.60%	1,100,096	0.20%	0.01%	2		0.37%
	Kerala Congress (M)	KEC(M)	1		0.18%	424,194	0.08%	0.02%	1		0.18%
	Rashtriya Lok Dal	RLD	10	1	1.84%	696,918	0.13%	0.31%	0	5	0.00%
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference |	JKNC	3		0.55%	396,713	0.07%	0.05%	0		0.00%
	Bodoland People's Front	BPF	2		0.37%	330,106	0.06%	0.10%	0	1	0.00%
	Socialist Janata (Democratic)	SJD	1	New	0.18%	307,597	0.06%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	RSP	6	-11	1.10%	1,666,380	0.30%	0.08%	1	1	0.18%		LF, UPA
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	CPI(M)	93	11	17.13%	17,988,955	3.25%	2.08%	9	7	1.66%		LF, LDF	10	23,527,833 (4.24%)
	Communist Party of India	CPI	67	11	12.34%	4,327,460	0.78%	0.65%	1	3	0.18%
	All India Forward Bloc	AIFB	39	17	7.18%	1,211,418	0.22%	0.16%	0	2	0.00%		LF
	Quami Ekta Dal	QED	9	New	1.66%	354,577	0.06%	New	0	New	0.00%		EM	0	473,524 (0.08%)
	Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party	SBSP	13	-7	2.39%	118,947	0.02%	0.06%	0		0.00%
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DMK	35	13	6.45%	9,631,246	1.74%	0.09%	0	18	0.00%		DPA	0	10,736,847 (1.93%)
	Puthiya Tamilagam	PT	1	-2	0.18%	262,812	0.05%	0.02%	0		0.00%
	Manithaneya Makkal Katchi	MAMAK	1	-3	0.18%	236,679	0.04%	2.00%	0		0.00%
	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	VCK	2	-1	0.37%	606,110	0.11%	0.07%	0	1	0.00%
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	AIADMK	40	17	7.37%	18,111,579	3.27%	1.60%	37	28	6.81%		Everyone Else	137	190,121,841(34.31%)
	All India Trinamool Congress	AITC	131	96	24.13%	21,262,665	3.84%	0.34%	34	15	6.26%
	Biju Janata Dal	BJD	21	3	3.87%	9,489,946	1.71%	0.12%	20	6	3.68%
	Telangana Rashtra Samithi	TRS	17	8	3.13%	6,736,270	1.22%	0.60%	11	9	2.03%
	YSR Congress Party	YSRCP	38	New	7.00%	13,995,435	2.53%	New	9	New	1.66%
	Samajwadi Party	SP	197	4	36.28%	18,673,089	3.37%	0.05%	5	18	0.92%
	Aam Aadmi Party	AAP	432	New	79.56%	11,325,387	2.05%	New	4	New	0.74%
	All India United Democratic Front	AIUDF	18	-7	3.31%	2,333,040	0.42%	0.10%	3	2	0.55%
	Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party	JKPDP	5	-1	0.92%	732,644	0.13%	0.01%	3		0.55%
	Janata Dal (United)	JD(U)	93	38	17.13%	5,992,281	1.08%	0.44%	2	18	0.37%
	Janata Dal (Secular)	JD(S)	34	1	6.26%	3,731,481	0.67%	0.15%	2	1	0.37%
	Indian National Lok Dal	INLD	10	5	1.84%	2,799,899	0.51%	0.20%	2	2	0.37%
	All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen	AIMIM	5	4	0.92%	685,730	0.12%	0.05%	1		0.18%
	Sikkim Democratic Front	SDF	1		0.18%	163,698	0.03%	0.01%	1		0.18%
	Bahujan Samaj Party	BSP	503	3	92.63%	22,946,346	4.14%	2.03%	0	21	0.00%
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)	JVM(P)	16		2.95%	1,579,772	0.29%	0.06%	0	1	0.00%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	CPI(ML)L	82	2	15.10%	1,007,275	0.18%	0.07%	0		0.00%
	Bahujan Mukti Party	BMP	233	New	42.73%	791,951	0.14%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	MNS	10	-1	1.84%	708,010	0.13%	0.23%	0		0.00%
	Asom Gana Parishad	AGP	12	6	2.21%	577,730	0.10%	0.33%	0	1	0.00%
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	SUCI(C)	80	?	14.73%	520,972	0.09%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Peace Party of India	PPI	51	31	9.39%	518,724	0.09%	0.04%	0		0.00%
	Peasants and Workers Party of India	PWPI	3	3	0.55%	497,721	0.09%	New	0	New	0.00%
	All Jharkhand Students Union	AJSU	10	4	1.84%	488,719	0.09%	0.05%	0		0.00%
	Social Democratic Party of India	SDPI	29	New	5.34%	396,524	0.07%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh	BBM	23	-16	4.24%	360,854	0.07%	0.05%	0		0.00%
	Gondwana Ganatantra Party	GGP	27	-1	4.97%	301,366	0.05%		0		0.00%
	Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi	BVA	1		0.18%	293,681	0.05%		0	1	0.00%
	Welfare Party of India	WPI	25	New	4.60%	228,642	0.04%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Jai Bharat Samanta Party	JBSP	1	-2	0.18%	215,607	0.04%	0.04%	0		0.00%
	Jai Samaikyandhra Party	JaSPa	27	New	4.97%	204,260	0.04%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Jharkhand Party	JKP	4	-3	0.74%	203,869	0.04%	0.01%	0		0.00%
	Pyramid Party of India	PPOI	38	-13	7.00%	185,478	0.03%	0.04%	0		0.00%
	Ambedkarite Party of India	API	34	New	6.26%	185,095	0.03%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Lok Satta Party	LSP	7	-25	1.29%	165,670	0.03%	0.10%	0		0.00%
	Aama Odisha Party	AOP	9	New	1.66%	155,900	0.03%	New	0	New	0.00%
	National Unionist Zamindara Party	NUZP	3	New	0.55%	124,990	0.02%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Sikkim Krantikari Morcha	SKM	1	New	0.18%	121,956	0.02%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star	CPI(ML)RS	47	New	8.66%	114,323	0.02%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Marxist Co-ordination Committee	MCO	1	-1	0.18%	110,185	0.02%		0		0.00%
	Jharkhand Disom Party	JDP	19	10	3.50%	109,843	0.02%		0		0.00%
	United Democratic Party	UDP	1		0.18%	106,817	0.02%	0.01%	0		0.00%
	Independent	IND	3,235	596		16,743,719	3.02%	-2.17%	3	-6	0.55%
	Others		1,182			4,023,271	0.73%	-4.14%	0		0.00%
	None of the above	NOTA				6,000,197	1.08%	New	0	New	0.00%
Valid Votes						553,802,946	99.93%		543		100.00%
Rejected Votes						372,309	0.07%
Total Polled/Turnout						554,175,255	66.44%
Registered Electors						834,082,814
Sources: Election Commission of India Archived 15 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine Election Commission of India

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.^[3] The elections in Andhra Pradesh will be for the two states which will be created on 2 June, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh(post division).

Andhra Pradesh

Assembly elections to the 294-member Andhra Pradesh assembly were held on 30 April and 7 May 2014.^[4] Once the province was officially split on 2 June, this election yielded legislators for Telangana and Andhra Pradesh(Rayalaseema & coastal Andhra).

In Andhra Pradesh (Rayalaseema & coastal Andhra), TDP-BJP alliance got majority in 175 member legislative assembly.^[5] 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	Bharatiya Janata Party	4	2.2	4
3	YSR Congress	67	44.4	67
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.^[6] 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 (Marxist)	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.^[7] Nabam Tuki continues as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.

Summary of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election result

Parties and Coalitions		Popular vote			Seats
		Vote	%	+/-	Contested	Won	+/-
	Indian National Congress	2,51,575	49.50	0.88	60	42
	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,57,412	30.97	25.76	42	11	8
	People's Party of Arunachal	45,532	8.96	1.69	16	5	1
	Nationalist Congress Party	19505	3.84	15.49	9	0	5
	Naga People's Front	3,788	0.75	0.75	11	0
	Aam Aadmi Party	142	0.03	0.03	1	0
	Independents	24,985	4.92	2.77	16	2	1
	None of the above	5,322	1.05	1.05	60
Total		5,08,261	100.00		60	100.00	±0

Source:^[8]

Odisha

Assembly elections to the 147-member Odisha assembly were held on 10 April and 17 April 2014.^[9] The results were declared on 16 May 2014.^[10] Naveen Patnaik continues as the Chief Minister of Odisha.

Results of the Odisha Legislative Assembly election, 2014^[11][12]

	Political Party	Seats won	Number of Votes	% of Votes	Seat change
	Biju Janata Dal	117	9,334,852	43.4	14
	Indian National Congress	16	5,535,670	25.7	11
	Bharatiya Janata Party	10	3,874,739	18.0	4
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	80,274	0.4	1
	Samata Kranti Dal	1	86,539	0.4	1
	Independents	2	1,084,764	5.0	4
	Total	147

Sikkim

Assembly elections to the 32-member Sikkim assembly were held on 12 April 2014.^[13] 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.^[6] Pawan Kumar Chamling continues as the Chief Minister of Sikkim.

Political Party		Candidates	Votes	Seats Won	Seats +/-	% of Votes	% +/-
	SDF	32	169983	22	10	55.0%	10.9
	SKM	32	126024	10	10	40.8%	40.8
	INC	32	4390	0	0	1.4%	26.2
	BJP	13	2208	0	0	0.7%	-
	AITC	7	586	0	0	0.2%	0.2%
	Independents	5	1227	0	0	0.4	0.9%
	NOTA	-	4460	-	-	1.4%
		Total	478,861	Turnout	-	Voters	-

Maharashtra

Devendra Fadnavis became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

Party	Seats won	Votes	Vote %	Seat change
Bharatiya Janata Party	122	14,709,455	27.8%	76
Shiv Sena	63	10,235,972	19.3%	19
Indian National Congress	42	9,496,144	18.0%	40
Nationalist Congress Party	41	9,122,299	17.2%	21
Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi	3	329,457	0.6%	1
Peasants and Workers Party of India	3	533,309	1.0%	1
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen	2	489,614	0.9%	2
Bharipa Bahujan Mahasangh	1	472,925	0.9%	1
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	207,933	0.4%	0
Maharashtra Navnirman Sena	1	1,665,033	3.7%	12
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha	1	256,662	0.5%	0
Samajwadi Party	1	92,304	0.2%	3
Independent	7	2,494,016	4.7%	—
Total[14]	288	—

Haryana

Manohar Lal Khattar became the Chief Minister of Haryana.

Party	Seats won[15]	Vote %[15]	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[15]	Vote %[15]	Seat change
People's Democratic Party	28	22.7%	7
Bharatiya 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	-

Jharkhand

The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Jharkhand expires on 3 January 2015. Assembly elections of Jharkhand have been held on November–December 2014.

Source:^[16]

Party	Flag/Symbol	Seats Won	Vote Percantage
Bharatiya Janata Party		37	31.3%
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha		19	20.4%
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (P)		8	10%
Indian National Congress		6	10.5%
All Jharkhand Students Union		5	3.7%
Bahujan Samaj Party		1	1.8%
Communist Party of India (ML)(L)		1	1.5%
Jharkhand Party		1	1.1%
Marxist Co-ordination Committee		1	1.0%
Jai Bharat Samanta Party		1	0.8%
Navjawan Sangharsh Morcha		1	0.5%
Nominated		1

Assembly By-elections

Andhra Pradesh

Arunachal Pradesh

Assam

Bihar

Chhattisgarh

Gujarat

Himachal Pradesh

2014 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly by-election : Sujanpur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Narinder Thakur	22,993	49.78%	30.14
	INC	Anita Kumari Rana	22,455	48.62%	25.30
	BSP	Parveen Thakur	387	0.84%	0.27
	Independent	Subhash Chand	352	0.76%	New
	NOTA	Nota	351	0.76%	New
Margin of victory			538	1.16%	30.26
Turnout			46,187	100.00%	29.65
Registered electors			46,659		28.22
	BJP gain from Independent		Swing	4.96

Karnataka

Madhya Pradesh

Manipur

Nagaland

Punjab

Rajasthan

Sikkim

Tripura

Uttar Pradesh

Uttarakhand

West Bengal