2015 elections in India

The elections in India in 2015 include the two state legislative assembly elections. The tenure of the state legislative assembly of Bihar are due to expire during the year and the Delhi Legislative Assembly Re-Election will also be held due to the inability to form the government.[1]

Legislative Assembly election

Delhi

Delhi

The assembly state elections in Delhi were held in a single phase on February 7, followed by counting on the 10th of February.[2]

← Summary of the 7 February 2015 Delhi Legislative Assembly election results
Parties and coalitions Popular vote Seats
Votes%±ppContestedWon+/−%
Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)48,78,397 54.3Increase24.8 7067Increase3995.7
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)28,90,485 32.2Decrease0.8 693Decrease284.2
Indian National Congress (INC)8,66,814 9.7Decrease14.9 700Decrease80.0
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)117,093 1.3Decrease4.1 700Steady0.0
Indian National Lok Dal (INLD)54,4640.6Steady 20Steady0.0
Independents (IND)47,6230.5Decrease2.4 2220Decrease10.0
Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)44,8800.5Decrease0.5 10Decrease10.0
Other parties and candidates 42,589 0.5 Decrease2.1 376 0 Steady 0.0
None of the Above (NOTA)35,9240.4Steady
Total 89,78,269 100.00 880 70 ±0 100.0
Valid votes 89,42,372 99.56
Invalid votes 39,856 0.44
Votes cast / turnout 89,82,228 67.47
Abstentions 43,31,067 32.53
Registered voters 1,33,13,295
Source: Election Commission of India[3]

Background

In the 2013 Delhi state elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (along with its pre-poll ally Shiromani Akali Dal) emerged as the single-largest party, winning 32 out of the 70 seats. However they fell short of an outright majority and therefore were unable to form the government. This led the then Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung to invite the Aam Aadmi Party, the second largest party after the BJP, to form the government.[4] On 28 December 2013, AAP formed the state government after taking outside support from the Indian National Congress.[5] AAP's leader Arvind Kejriwal, who defeated the incumbent chief minister Sheila Dikshit, became the 7th chief minister of Delhi. However, on 14 February 2014 (after 49 days of rule), Arvind Kejriwal resigned from his post citing the reason as his government's inability to table the Jan Lokpal Bill in Delhi Assembly for discussion due to stiff opposition from other political parties in the house.

Delhi remained thereafter under President's Rule for about a year. On 4 November 2014, the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi Najeeb Jung recommended the Union Cabinet the dissolution of Delhi assembly and conduct fresh elections.[6][7] On 12 January 2015, the Election Commission of India announced that state assembly elections would be held on 7 February 2015 with results being announced on 10 February 2015.[8]

Bihar

Bihar

The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Bihar expired on November 29, 2015.

 Summary of results of the Bihar Legislative Assembly election, 2015[9][10]
Alliance Political partySeats
Contested		WonNet change
in seats		% of
Seats		 VotesVote %Change
in vote %		Vote % in
Seats Contested
Mahagathbandhan Janata Dal (United) 10171Decrease4429.216,416,41416.8Decrease5.81Increase40.65
Rashtriya Janata Dal 10180Increase6832.926,995,50918.4Decrease0.44Increase44.35
Indian National Congress 4127Increase2311.112,539,6386.7Decrease1.68Increase39.49
NDA Bharatiya Janata Party 15953Decrease3821.819,308,01524.4Increase7.94Decrease37.48
Lok Janshakti Party 402Decrease10.821,840,8344.8Decrease1.95Increase28.79
Rashtriya Lok Samata Party 232Increase20.82976,7872.6N/A0.64
Hindustani Awam Morcha 211Increase10.41864,8562.3N/A26.90
Left parties Communist Party of India 910Decrease10516,6991.4Decrease0.29Decrease3.43
CPI(ML) Liberation 783Increase31.23587,7011.5Decrease0.29Decrease3.82
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 380Steady0232,1490.6Decrease0.21Decrease3.32
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 100Steady011,6210.03Decrease0.02Decrease0.74
All India Forward Bloc 80Steady06,9360.00Steady0.00Decrease0.21
Revolutionary Socialist Party 30Steady03,0450.01Steady0.00Decrease0.64
Socialist
Secular
Morcha		 Samajwadi Party 850Steady0385,5111.0Increase0.45Increase1.83
Jan Adhikar Party 640Steady0514,7481.4N/AN/A
Nationalist Congress Party 400Steady0185,4370.5Decrease1.32Increase2.82
Samras Samaj Party 280Steady0N/AN/AN/AN/A
Samajwadi Janata Party 230Steady0N/AN/AN/AN/A
National People's Party 30Steady0N/AN/AN/AN/A
Others Bahujan Samaj Party 2430Steady0788,0242.1Decrease1.11Decrease2.21
Shiv Sena 1500Steady0211,1310.6Increase0.21Decrease1.84
Sarvajan Kalyan Loktantrik Party 900Steady0108,8510.3N/A0.91
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha N/A0Steady0103,9400.3Decrease0.31Decrease2.02
Garib Janata Dal (Secular) N/A0Steady092,2790.2N/A0.66
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen 60Steady080,2480.2N/A8.04
Independents N/A4Decrease21.643,580,9539.4Increase3.82Decrease9.57
NOTA 243N/AN/AN/A947,2762.5N/A2.49
Total 243Voters37,696,978Turnout 56.90%

Lok Sabha by-election

The Jhabua-Ratlam Lok Sabha constituency by-election was won by Kantilal Bhuria of the Indian National Congress by 88800 votes.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Terms of Houses, Election Commission of India". Retrieved 2014-07-30.
  2. ↑ Delhi to go to polls on February 7, counting on February 10th: EC
  3. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2015/StatReportDelhi_AE2015.pdf
  4. ↑ "BJP rejects offer to form govt". The Tribune. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Arvind Kejriwal of Aam Admi Party to be Delhi's new chief minister". Livemint. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "President Dissolves Delhi Assembly, Fresh Polls in 2015". Outlook. 5 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "Delhi assembly dissolved, by-polls cancelled". The Times of India. The Times Group. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  8. ↑ "EC cracks whip as Delhi goes to polls". The Hindu. 13 January 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Partywise Result". eciresults.nic.in. Retrieved 24 November 2015.
  10. ↑ http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2015/Stat_Bihar_AE2015.pdf
  11. ↑ Ghatwai, Milind (25 November 2015). "Madhya Pradesh: BJP loses crucial Ratlam bypoll, Congress claims 'revival' in victory". The Indian Express. Bhopal. Retrieved 4 December 2015.


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