2021 elections in India

Elections in India in 2021 include by-elections to the Lok Sabha, elections to the Rajya Sabha, elections to legislative assemblies of 4 states and 1 union territory, and other by-elections to state legislative assemblies, councils and local bodies.^[1]

Elections in India

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Legislative assembly general elections

2021 Indian election Result Colour Map

Date(s)	State/UT	Government Before		Chief Minister before election	Government After		Elected Chief Minister	Maps
27 March; 1 & 6 April 2021	Assam		Bharatiya Janata Party	Sarbananda Sonowal		Bharatiya Janata Party	Himanta Biswa Sarma
			Asom Gana Parishad			Asom Gana Parishad
						United People's Party Liberal
6 April 2021	Kerala		Left Democratic Front	Pinarayi Vijayan		Left Democratic Front	Pinarayi Vijayan
6 April 2021	Puducherry		President's rule			All India N.R. Congress	N. Rangaswamy
						Bharatiya Janata Party
6 April 2021	Tamil Nadu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Edappadi K. Palaniswami		Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. K. Stalin
27 March; 1, 6, 10, 17, 22, 26 & 29 April 2021	West Bengal		All India Trinamool Congress	Mamata Banerjee		All India Trinamool Congress	Mamata Banerjee

Lok Sabha by-elections

S.No	Date	Constituency	State/UT	MP before election	Party before election		Elected MP	Party after election		Remarks
1	6 April 2021	Kanniyakumari	Tamil Nadu	H. Vasanthakumar		Indian National Congress	Vijay Vasanth		Indian National Congress	Death of H. Vasanthakumar[2]
2		Malappuram	Kerala	P. K. Kunhalikutty		Indian Union Muslim League	M. P. Abdussamad Samadani		Indian Union Muslim League	Resignation by P. K. Kunhalikutty[3]
3	17 April 2021	Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh	Balli Durga Prasad Rao		YSR Congress Party	Maddila Gurumoorthy		YSR Congress Party	Death of Balli Durga Prasad Rao[4]
4		Belgaum	Karnataka	Suresh Angadi		Bharatiya Janata Party	Mangala Suresh Angadi		Bharatiya Janata Party	Death of Suresh Angadi[5]
5	30 October 2021	Dadra and Nagar Haveli	Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu	Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar		Independent	Kalaben Delkar		Shiv Sena	Death of Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar[6]
6		Khandwa	Madhya Pradesh	Nandkumar Singh Chauhan		Bharatiya Janata Party	Gyaneswar Patil		Bharatiya Janata Party	Death of Nandkumar Singh Chauhan[7]
7		Mandi	Himachal Pradesh	Ram Swaroop Sharma		Bharatiya Janata Party	Pratibha Singh		Indian National Congress	Death of Ram Swaroop Sharma[8]

Legislative assembly By-elections

Andhra Pradesh

Main article: 2021 Andhra Pradesh Assembly by-election

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
124	30 October 2021	Badvel	Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah		YSR Congress Party	Dasari Sudha		YSR Congress Party

Assam

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
28	30 October 2021	Gossaigaon	Majendra Narzary		Bodoland People's Front	Jiron Basumatary		United People's Party Liberal
41		Bhabanipur	Phanidhar Talukdar		All India United Democratic Front	Phanidhar Talukdar		Bharatiya Janata Party
58		Tamulpur	Leho Ram Boro		United People's Party Liberal	Jolen Daimary		United People's Party Liberal
101		Mariani	Rupjyoti Kurmi		Indian National Congress	Rupjyoti Kurmi		Bharatiya Janata Party
107		Thowra	Sushanta Borgohain		Indian National Congress	Sushanta Borgohain		Bharatiya Janata Party

Bihar

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
78	30 October 2021[9]	Kusheshwar Asthan	Shashi Bhushan Hazari		Janata Dal (United)	Aman Bhushan Hajari		Janata Dal (United)
164		Tarapur	Mewalal Chaudhary		Janata Dal (United)	Rajeev Kumar Singh		Janata Dal (United)

Gujarat

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
125	17 April 2021	Morva Hadaf	Bhupendrasinh Khant		Independent	Nimisha Suthar		Bharatiya Janata Party

Haryana

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
46	30 October 2021	Ellenabad	Abhay Singh Chautala		Indian National Lok Dal	Abhay Singh Chautala		Indian National Lok Dal

Himachal Pradesh

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
8	30 October 2021	Fatehpur	Sujan Singh Pathania		Indian National Congress	Bhawani Singh Pathania		Indian National Congress
50		Arki	Virbhadra Singh		Indian National Congress	Sanjay Awasthy[10]		Indian National Congress
65		Jubbal-Kotkhai	Narinder Bragta		Bharatiya Janata Party	Rohit Thakur		Indian National Congress

Jharkhand

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
13	17 April 2021	Madhupur	Haji Hussain Ansari		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Hafizul Hasan		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha

Karnataka

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
47	17 April 2021	Basavakalyan	B. Narayan Rao		Indian National Congress	Sharanu Salagar		Bharatiya Janata Party
59		Maski	Pratapgouda Patil		Indian National Congress	Basangouda Turvihal		Indian National Congress
33	30 October 2021	Sindagi	Mallappa Managuli		Janata Dal (Secular)	Bhusanur Ramesh Balappa		Bharatiya Janata Party
82		Hangal	C. M. Udasi		Bharatiya Janata Party	Srinivas Mane		Indian National Congress

Madhya Pradesh

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
55	17 April 2021	Damoh	Rahul Lodhi		Indian National Congress	Ajay Kumar Tandon		Indian National Congress
45	30 October 2021	Prithvipur	Brijendra Singh Rathore		Indian National Congress	Shishupal Yadav		Bharatiya Janata Party
62		Raigaon	Jugal Kishore Bagri		Bharatiya Janata Party	Kalpana Verma		Indian National Congress
192		Jobat	Kalawati Bhuria		Indian National Congress	Sulochana Rawat		Bharatiya Janata Party

Maharashtra

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
252	17 April 2021	Pandharpur	Bharat Bhalke		Nationalist Congress Party	Samadhan Autade		Bharatiya Janata Party
90	30 October 2021	Deglur[11]	Raosaheb Antapurkar		Indian National Congress	Jitesh Antapurkar		Indian National Congress

Meghalaya

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
13	30 October 2021	Mawryngkneng	David Nongrum		Indian National Congress	Pyniaid Sing Syiem		National People's Party
24		Mawphlang	Syntar Klas Sunn		Independent	Eugeneson Lyngdoh		United Democratic Party
47		Rajabala	Azad Zaman		Indian National Congress	MD. Abdus Saleh		National People's Party

Mizoram

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
26	17 April 2021	Serchhip	Lalduhoma		Zoram People's Movement	Lalduhoma		Zoram People's Movement
4	30 October 2021	Tuirial	Andrew H. Thangliana		Zoram People's Movement	K. Laldawngliana		Mizo National Front

Nagaland

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
51	17 April 2021	Noksen	C. M. Chang		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party	H. Chuba Chang		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party
58	30 October 2021	Shamator Chessore	Toshi Wungtung		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party	Keoshu Yimchunger		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party

Odisha

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
110	30 September 2021	Pipili	Pradeep Maharathy		Biju Janata Dal	Rudra Pratap Maharathy		Biju Janata Dal

Rajasthan

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
24	17 April 2021	Sujangarh	Bhanwarlal Meghwal		Indian National Congress	Manoj Meghwal		Indian National Congress
175		Rajsamand	Kiran Maheshwari		Bharatiya Janata Party	Deepti Maheshwari		Bharatiya Janata Party
179		Sahara	Kailash Chandra Trivedi		Indian National Congress	Gayatri Devi Trivedi		Indian National Congress
155	30 October 2021	Vallabhnagar	Gajendra Singh Shaktawat		Indian National Congress	Preeti Shaktawat		Indian National Congress
157		Dhariawad	Gautam Lal Meena		Bharatiya Janata Party	Nagraj Meena		Indian National Congress

Telangana

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
87	17 April 2021	Nagarjuna Sagar	Nomula Narsimhaiah		Bharat Rashtra Samithi	Nomula Bhagath		Bharat Rashtra Samithi
31	30 October 2021	Huzurabad	Etela Rajender		Bharat Rashtra Samithi	Etela Rajender		Bharatiya Janata Party

Uttarakhand

S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
49	17 April 2021	Salt	Surendra Singh Jeena		Bharatiya Janata Party	Mahesh Singh Jeena		Bharatiya Janata Party

West Bengal

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
30 September 2021	159	Bhabanipur	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay		Trinamool Congress	Resigned on 21 May 2021[12]	Mamata Banerjee		Trinamool Congress
30 October 2021	7	Dinhata	Nisith Pramanik		Bharatiya Janata Party	Resigned on 12 May 2021[13]	Udayan Guha
	86	Santipur	Jagannath Sarkar				Braja Kishore Goswami
	109	Khardaha	Kajal Sinha		Trinamool Congress	Died on 25 April 2021[14]	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
	127	Gosaba	Jayanta Naskar			Died on 19 June 2021[15]	Subrata Mondal

Local Body Elections

Andhra Pradesh

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	10 March 2021	Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation		YSR Congress Party
2.		Vijayawada Municipal Corporation
3.		Guntur Municipal Corporation
4.		Tirupati Municipal Corporation
5.		Kurnool Municipal Corporation
6.		Ongole Municipal Corporation
7.		Machilipatnam Municipal Corporation
8.		Kadapa Municipal Corporation
9.		Vizianagaram Municipal Corporation
10.		Anantapuramu Municipal Corporation
11.		Eluru Municipal Corporation
12.		Chittoor Municipal Corporation
13.	15 November 2021	Nellore Municipal Corporation

Chandigarh

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	24 December 2021	Chandigarh Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party

Chhattisgarh

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	20 December 2021	Birgaon Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress
2.		Bhilai Municipal Corporation
3.		Risali Municipal Corporation
4.		Bhilai-Charauda Municipal Corporation

Goa

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	March 2021	Municipal Corporation of Panaji		Bharatiya Janata Party

Gujarat

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	February 2021	Amdavad Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party
2.		Surat Municipal Corporation
3.		Vadodara Municipal Corporation
4.		Rajkot Municipal Corporation
5.		Jamnagar Municipal Corporation
6.		Bhavnagar Municipal Corporation
7.	October 2021	Gandhinagar Municipal Corporation

Himachal Pradesh

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	April 2021	Palampur Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress
2.		Solan Municipal Corporation
3.		Mandi Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party
4.		Dharamshala Municipal Corporation

Karnataka

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	May 2021	Ballari Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress
2.	September 2021	Kalaburagi Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party
3.		Belagavi Municipal Corporation
4.		Hubli-Dharwad Municipal Corporation

Meghalaya

S.No.	Date	Autonomous councils	Winner 2021
1.	April 2021	Garo Hills Autonomous District Council		National People's Party

Mizoram

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	February 2021	Aizawl Municipal Corporation		Mizo National Front

Punjab

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	14 February 2021	Abohar Municipal Corporation		Indian National Congress
2.		Batala Municipal Corporation
3.		Bathinda Municipal Corporation
4.		Hoshiarpur Municipal Corporation
5.		Kapurthala Municipal Corporation
6.		Mohali Municipal Corporation
7.		Moga Municipal Corporation
8.		Pathankot Municipal Corporation

Rajasthan

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	January 2021	Ajmer Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party

Sikkim

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	31 March 2021	Gangtok Municipal Corporation		Independent

Telangana

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	May 2021	Greater Warangal Municipal Corporation		Bharat Rashtra Samithi
2.		Khammam Municipal Corporation

Tripura

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations/ Autonomous councils	Winner 2021
1.	6 April 2021	Tripura Tribal Areas Autonomous District Council		Tipra Motha Party
2	25 November 2021	Agartala Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party

West Bengal

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations	Winner 2021
1.	19 December 2021	Kolkata Municipal Corporation		Trinamool Congress

See also

• 2020 elections in India
• 2022 elections in India
• 2021 Indian Rajya Sabha elections