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.

Elections in India

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Presidential election

Main article: 2012 Indian presidential election

Date	President before election	Party before election		Elected President	Party after election
18 July 2022	Pratibha Patil		Indian National Congress	Pranab Mukherjee		Indian National Congress

Pranab Mukherjee

The 14th indirect presidential election, in order to elect the 13th president, was held in India on 19 July 2012.^[1] On 22 July, Pranab Mukherjee was declared the winner.^[2] 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.^[3] Mukherjee's win was aided by cross-voting.^[4]

Vice Presidential Election

Main article: 2012 Indian vice presidential election

Date	Vice-President before election	Party before election		Elected Vice-President	Party after election
18 July 2022	Mohammad Hamid Ansari		Indian National Congress	Mohammad Hamid Ansari		Indian National Congress

Legislative Assembly elections

Date(s)	State	Government before election		Chief Minister before election	Government after election		Chief Minister after election	Maps
28 January 2012	Manipur		Indian National Congress	Okram Ibobi Singh		Indian National Congress	Okram Ibobi Singh
			Communist Party of India
			Manipur Peoples Party
			Nationalist Congress Party
30 January 2012	Punjab		Shiromani Akali Dal	Parkash Singh Badal		Shiromani Akali Dal	Parkash Singh Badal
			Bharatiya Janata Party			Bharatiya Janata Party
	Uttarakhand		Bharatiya Janata Party	B. C. Khanduri		Indian National Congress	Vijay Bahuguna
8 February 2012 – 3 March 2012	Uttar Pradesh		Bahujan Samaj Party	Mayawati		Samajwadi Party	Akhilesh Yadav
3 March 2012	Goa		Indian National Congress	Digambar Kamat		Bharatiya Janata Party	Manohar Parrikar
4 November 2012	Himachal Pradesh		Bharatiya Janata Party	Prem Kumar Dhumal		Indian National Congress	Virbhadra Singh
13 and 17 December 2012	Gujarat		Bharatiya Janata Party	Narendra Modi		Bharatiya Janata Party	Narendra Modi

Parliamentary By-election

S.No	Date	Constituency	State	MP before election	Party before election		Elected MP	Party after election
15	18 March 2012	Udupi Chikmagalur	Karnataka	Sadananda Gowda		Bharatiya Janata Party	Jayaprakash Hegde		Indian National Congress
39	9 June 2012	Kannauj	Uttar Pradesh	Akhilesh Yadav		Samajwadi Party	Dimple Yadav		Samajwadi Party
39	12 June 2012	Nellore	Andhra Pradesh	Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy		Indian National Congress	Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy		YSR Congress Party
1	10 October 2012	Tehri Garhwal	Uttarakhand	Vijay Bahuguna		Indian National Congress	Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah		Bharatiya Janata Party
9		Jangipur	West Bengal	Pranab Mukherjee		Indian National Congress	Abhijit Mukherjee		Indian National Congress

Assembly By-elections

Andhra Pradesh

Main article: 2012 Andhra Pradesh by-elections

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
7	10 March 2012	Adilabad	Jogu Ramanna		Telugu Desam Party	Jogu Ramanna		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
16	18 March 2012	Kamareddy	Gampa Govardhan		Telugu Desam Party	Gampa Govardhan		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
74		Mahbubnagar	N. Rajeshwar Reddy		Independent	Yennam Srinivas Reddy		Bharatiya Janata Party
81		Nagarkurnool	Nagam Janardhan Reddy		Telugu Desam Party	Nagam Janardhan Reddy		Independent
85		Kollapur	Jupally Krishna Rao		Indian National Congress	Jupally Krishna Rao		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
99		Ghanpur Station	T. Rajaiah		Indian National Congress	T. Rajaiah		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
235		Kovur	Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy		Telugu Desam Party	Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy		YSR Congress Party
104	12 June 2012	Parkal	Konda Surekha		Indian National Congress	M. Bikshpathi		Telangana Rashtra Samithi
127		Narasannapeta	Dharmana Krishna Das		Indian National Congress	Dharmana Krishna Das		YSR Congress Party
152		Payakaraopet	Golla Baburao		Indian National Congress	Golla Baburao		YSR Congress Party
152		Ramachandrapuram	Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose		Indian National Congress	Thota Trimurthulu		Indian National Congress
177		Narasapuram	Mudnuri Prasad Raju		Indian National Congress	Kothapalli Subbarayudu		Indian National Congress
186		Polavaram	Tellam Balaraju		Indian National Congress	Tellam Balaraju		YSR Congress Party
212		Prathipadu	Mekathoti Sucharitha		Indian National Congress	Mekathoti Sucharitha		YSR Congress Party
220		Macherla	Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy		Indian National Congress	Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy		YSR Congress Party
227		Ongole	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy		Indian National Congress	Balineni Srinivasa Reddy		YSR Congress Party
242		Udayagiri	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy		Indian National Congress	Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy		YSR Congress Party
244		Rajampet	Akepati Amaranath Reddy		Indian National Congress	Akepati Amaranath Reddy		YSR Congress Party
246		Kodur	Koramutla Srinivasulu		Indian National Congress	Koramutla Srinivasulu		YSR Congress Party
247		Rayachoti	Gadikota Srikanth Reddy		Indian National Congress	Gadikota Srikanth Reddy		YSR Congress Party
253		Allagadda	Shobha Nagi Reddy		Praja Rajyam Party	Shobha Nagi Reddy		YSR Congress Party
263		Yemmiganur	K. Chennakesava Reddy		Indian National Congress	K. Chennakesava Reddy		YSR Congress Party
267		Yemmiganur	Kapu Ramachandra Reddy		Indian National Congress	Kapu Ramachandra Reddy		YSR Congress Party
272		Anantapur Urban	Bodimalla Gurunatha Reddy		Indian National Congress	Bodimalla Gurunatha Reddy		YSR Congress Party
286		Tirupati	Konidela Chiranjeevi		Praja Rajyam Party	Bhumana Karunakar Reddy		YSR Congress Party

Goa

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
27	21 May 2012	Cortalim	José Matanhy de Saldanha		Bharatiya Janata Party	Alina Saldanha		Bharatiya Janata Party

Gujarat

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
85	18 March 2012	Mansa	Mangalbhai Patel		Bharatiya Janata Party	Babusinhj Thakor		Indian National Congress

Jharkhand

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
64	12 June 2012	Hatia	Gopal Sharan Nath Shahdeo		Indian National Congress	Navin Jaiswal		All Jharkhand Students Union

Kerala

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
85	17 March 2012	Piravom	T. M. Jacob		Kerala Congress (Jacob)	Anoop Jacob		Kerala Congress (Jacob)
140	2 June 2012	Neyyattinkara	R. Selvaraj		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	R. Selvaraj		Indian National Congress

Madhya Pradesh

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
183	12 June 2012	Maheshwar	Vijayalaxmi Sadho		Indian National Congress	Rajkumar Mev		Bharatiya Janata Party

Maharashtra

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
232	12 June 2012	Kaij	Vimal Mundada		Nationalist Congress Party	Prithviraj Sathe		Nationalist Congress Party

Odisha

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
89	18 March 2012	Athagarh	Ramesh Rout		Independent	Ranendra Pratap Swain		Biju Janata Dal

Punjab

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
40	11 July 2012	Athagarh	Amarjit Singh Sahi		Bharatiya Janata Party	Sukhjit Kaur Sahi		Bharatiya Janata Party

Tamil Nadu

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
219	18 March 2012	Sankarankoil	C. Karuppasamy		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	V. M. Rajalakshmi		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
180	12 June 2012	Sankarankoil	S. P. Muthukumaran		Communist Party of India	V. R. Karthik Thondaiman		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Tripura

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
20	12 June 2012	Nalchar	Sukumar Barman		Communist Party of India	Tapan Chandra Das		Communist Party of India

Uttar Pradesh

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
82	12 June 2012	Mant	Jayant Chaudhary		Rashtriya Lok Dal	Shyam Sunder Sharma		All India Trinamool Congress

Uttarakhand

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
68	8 July 2012	Sitarganj	Kiran Mandal		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vijay Bahuguna		Indian National Congress

West Bengal

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
230	12 June 2012	Daspur	Ajit Bhunia		All India Trinamool Congress	Mamata Bhunia		All India Trinamool Congress
252		Bankura	Kashinath Misra		All India Trinamool Congress	Minati Misra		All India Trinamool Congress

Local elections

Main article: 2012 Maharashtra municipal 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.

See also

• Elections in Uttar Pradesh
• S. Y. Quraishi
• V. S. Sampath