2014 elections in India

The elections in India in 2014 include the Indian general election of 2014 and seven 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]

**Summary of the 2014 Indian general election**
	Party	Alliance	Abbr.	Candidates			Votes			Seats
	Party	Alliance	Abbr.	No.	+/-	%	Number	%	+/-	No.	+/-	%
	Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	BJP	428	-5	78.82%	171,660,230	31.00%	12.20%	282	166	51.93%
	Indian National Congress	UPA	INC	464	24	85.45%	106,935,942	19.31%	9.24%	44	162	8.10%
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam		AIADMK	40	17	7.37%	18,111,579	3.27%	1.60%	37	28	6.81%
	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%
	Shiv Sena	NDA	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%
	Telangana Rashtra Samithi		TRS	17	8	3.13%	6,736,270	1.22%	0.60%	11	9	2.03%
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	LF, LDF	CPI(M)	93	11	17.13%	17,988,955	3.25%	2.08%	9	7	1.66%
	YSR Congress Party		YSRCP	38	New	7.00%	13,995,435	2.53%	New	9	New	1.66%
	Nationalist Congress Party	UPA	NCP	36	-32	6.63%	8,635,558	1.56%	0.58%	6	3	1.10%
	Lok Janshakti Party	NDA	LJP	7	-5	1.29%	2,295,929	0.41%	0.04%	6	6	1.10%
	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%
	Rashtriya Janata Dal	UPA	RJD	29	-14	5.52%	7,440,937	1.34%	0.07%	4		0.74%
	Shiromani Akali Dal	NDA	SAD	10		1.84%	3,636,148	0.66%	0.30%	4		0.74%
	All India United Democratic Front		AIUDF	18	-7	3.31%	2,333,040	0.42%	0.10%	3	2	0.55%
	Rashtriya Lok Samata Party	NDA	RLSP	4	New	0.74%	1,078,473	0.19%	New	3	New	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%
	Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	UPA	JMM	21	-21	3.87%	1,637,994	0.30%	0.10%	2		0.37%
	Indian Union Muslim League	UPA	IUML	25	8	4.60%	1,100,096	0.20%	0.01%	2		0.37%
	Apna Dal	NDA	AD	7	-36	1.29%	821,820	0.15%	0.03%	2	2	0.37%
	Communist Party of India	LF, LDF	CPI	67	11	12.34%	4,327,460	0.78%	0.65%	1	3	0.18%
	Pattali Makkal Katchi	NDA	PMK	9	2	1.66%	1,827,566	0.33%	0.14%	1	1	0.18%
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	LF, UPA	RSP	6	-11	1.10%	1,666,380	0.30%	0.08%	1	1	0.18%
	Swabhimani Paksha	NDA	SWP	2	1	0.37%	1,105,073	0.20%	0.08%	1		0.18%
	Naga People's Front	NDA	NPF	2	1	0.37%	994,505	0.18%	0.02%	1		0.18%
	All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen		AIMIM	5	4	0.92%	685,730	0.12%	0.05%	1		0.18%
	National People's Party	NDA	NPP	7	7	1.29%	576,448	0.10%	New	1	New	0.18%
	Kerala Congress	UPA	KEC(M)	1		0.18%	424,194	0.08%	0.02%	1		0.18%
	All India N.R. Congress	NDA	AINRC	1	New	0.18%	255,826	0.05%	New	1	New	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%
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	DPA	DMK	35	13	6.45%	9,631,246	1.74%	0.09%	0	18	0.00%
	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam	NDA	DMDK	14	-26	2.58%	2,078,843	0.38%	0.37%	0		0.00%
	Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik)		JVM(P)	16		2.95%	1,579,772	0.29%	0.06%	0	1	0.00%
	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	NDA	MDMK	7	3	1.29%	1,417,535	0.26%	0.01%	0	1	0.00%
	All India Forward Bloc	LF	AIFB	39	17	7.18%	1,211,418	0.22%	0.16%	0	2	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%
	Haryana Janhit Congress (BL)	NDA	HJCBL	2	-8	0.37%	703,698	0.13%	0.07%	0	1	0.00%
	Rashtriya Lok Dal	UPA	RLD	10	1	1.84%	696,918	0.13%	0.31%	0	5	0.00%
	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi	DPA	VCK	2	-1	0.37%	606,110	0.11%	0.07%	0	1	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%
	Rashtriya Samaj Paksha	NDA	RSPS	5	-27	0.92%	458,480	0.08%	0.03%	0		0.00%
	Jammu & Kashmir National Conference	UPA	JKNC	3		0.55%	396,713	0.07%	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%
	Quami Ekta Dal	EM	QED	9	New	1.66%	354,577	0.06%	New	0	New	0.00%
	Bodoland People's Front	UPA	BPF	2		0.37%	330,106	0.06%	0.10%	0	1	0.00%
	Socialist Janata (Democratic)	UPA	SJD	1	New	0.18%	307,597	0.06%	New	0	New	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%
	Puthiya Tamilagam	DPA	PT	1	-2	0.18%	262,812	0.05%	0.02%	0		0.00%
	Manithaneya Makkal Katchi	DPA	MAMAK	1	-3	0.18%	236,679	0.04%	2.00%	0		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%
	Republican Party of India (A)	NDA	RPI(A)	45	-10	8.10%	206,689	0.04%	0.05%	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%
	Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party	EM	SBSP	13	-7	2.39%	118,947	0.02%	0.06%	0		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							553,801,801	100.00%		543		100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors							834,101,479	66.40%
Sources: Election Commission of India Election Commission of India

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

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	YSR Congress	67	44.4	67
3	Bharatiya Janata Party	4	2.2	4
4	Independent	1	-
5	Indian National Congress	0	32.60	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

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 results of the Arunachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, 2014 ^[8]
Political Party	Seats Contested	Won	Net Change in seats	% of Seats	Votes	Vote %	Change in vote %
Indian National Congress	60	42	1	70.0	2,51,575	49.5	0.88
Bharatiya Janata Party	42	11	8	18.33	1,57,412	30.97	25.79
People's Party of Arunachal	16	5	1	8.33	45,532	8.96	1.69
Independents	16	2	1	0.03	24,985	-	-
	Total	60	Voters	7,59,344	Turnout	4,93,928 (64.99 %)

Odisha

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

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.

Summary of results of the Sikkim Legislative Assembly election, 2014
		Total	478,861	Turnout	-	Voters	-
Political Party	Flag	Candidates	Number of Votes	Seats Won	Net Change in seats	% of Votes	Change in % of vote
SDF		32	169983	22	10	55.0%
SKM		32	126024	10	10	40.8%	-
INC		32	4390	0	0	1.4%
BJP		13	2208	0	0	0.7%
Trinamool Congress		7	586	0	0	0.2%	-
Independent		5	1227	0	0	0.4
NOTA		-	4460	-	-	1.4%	-

Maharashtra

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%	N/A
Total^[14]	288	N/A

Haryana

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		N/A
	Total	90	N/A

Jammu and Kashmir

Jammu and Kashmir

Party	Seats won^[15]	Vote %^[15]	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	-

Jharkhand

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	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

References

↑ "Terms of Houses, Election Commission of India". Retrieved 2014-03-05.
↑ "Number of Registered Voters in India reaches 814.5 Mn in 2014". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
↑ "GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2014 : SCHEDULE OF ELECTIONS" (PDF). 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-03-05.
↑ ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES IN ANDHRA PRADESH IN EACH SCHEDULE, Election Commission of India, p 49-53
↑ Election Commission Of India General\Bye Election To Vidhan Sabha Trends & Result 2014 Archived 20 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine.
1 2 "Partywise assembly election result status". ECI. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
↑ Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh, Election Commission of India
↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 : To the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.
↑ ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES IN ODISHA IN EACH SCHEDULE, Election Commission of India, p 54-56
↑ "India votes in longest Lok Sabha polls from April 7 to May 12, counting on May 16". Hindustan Times. 5 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
↑ Prafulla Das (21 May 2014). "Naveen Patnaik sworn-in as fourth time CM in Odisha". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 23 May 2014.
↑ Election Results on Election Commission of India website
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↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
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↑ "2014 Assembly Election Results of Jammu & Kasmir / Jharkhand". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-23.

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[1] "Terms of Houses, Election Commission of India". Retrieved 2014-03-05.

[2] "Number of Registered Voters in India reaches 814.5 Mn in 2014". IANS. news.biharprabha.com. Retrieved 2014-03-05.

[mospi.gov.in-3] "GENERAL ELECTIONS - 2014 : SCHEDULE OF ELECTIONS" (PDF). 2014-03-05. Retrieved 2014-03-05.

[4] ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES IN ANDHRA PRADESH IN EACH SCHEDULE, Election Commission of India, p 49-53

[5] Election Commission Of India General\Bye Election To Vidhan Sabha Trends & Result 2014 Archived 20 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine.

[eci-6] 1 2 "Partywise assembly election result status". ECI. Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2014.

[7] Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh, Election Commission of India

[ArunachalPECI2014-8] "Statistical Report on General Election, 2014 : To the Legislative Assembly of Arunachal Pradesh" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Retrieved July 11, 2015.

[9] ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES IN ODISHA IN EACH SCHEDULE, Election Commission of India, p 54-56

[10] "India votes in longest Lok Sabha polls from April 7 to May 12, counting on May 16". Hindustan Times. 5 March 2014. Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

[thehindu-11] Prafulla Das (21 May 2014). "Naveen Patnaik sworn-in as fourth time CM in Odisha". The Hindu. The Hindu. Retrieved 23 May 2014.

[12] Election Results on Election Commission of India website

[13] ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES IN SIKKIM IN EACH SCHEDULE, Election Commission of India, p 54-56

[14] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 November 2014. Retrieved 7 January 2015.

[hr-15] 1 2 3 4 Haryana Results Archived 3 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine.

[16] "2014 Assembly Election Results of Jammu & Kasmir / Jharkhand". Election Commission of India. Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 2014-12-23.

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