2009 elections in India

The 2009 elections in India includes the general election and elections to the Rajya Sabha, to state legislative assemblies, to Panchayats and urban local bodies.

2009 Indian elections

← 2007          2008          2009          2010          2011 →
Incumbent Prime Minister	Manmohan Singh (UPA)
Next Lok Sabha	15th
Rajya Sabha elections
Overall control	Indian National Congress
Seats contested	TBD
Net seat change	TBD
Lok Sabha elections
Seats contested	543
State elections
States contested	7
Net state change	TBD
State by-elections
Seats contested	TBD
Net seat change	TBD
Local elections
Seats contested	TBD
Net seat change	TBD

General election

Main article: 2009 Indian general election

A national election occurred between 16 April and 13 May 2009, to constitute the 15th Lok Sabha.

Date*	Election	Government before		Prime Minister before election	Government after		Elected Prime Minister
16 April – 13 May 2009	Lok Sabha		United Progressive Alliance	Manmohan Singh		United Progressive Alliance	Manmohan Singh

Lok Sabha by-elections

S.No	Date	Constituency	State/UT	MP before election	Party before election		Reason	Elected MP	Party after election
1	7 November 2009	Firozabad	Uttar Pradesh	Akhilesh Yadav		Samajwadi Party	Retained Kannauj and vacated Firozabad	Raj Babbar		Indian National Congress

Legislative Assembly elections

Indian media reporting indicate elections for the following state legislative assemblies held in 2009.

Date(s)	State	Government before		Chief Minister before	Government after		Elected Chief Minister	Maps
16 April 2009 & 23 April 2009	Andhra Pradesh		Indian National Congress	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy		Indian National Congress	Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy
	Odisha		Biju Janata Dal	Naveen Patnaik		Biju Janata Dal	Naveen Patnaik
30 April 2009	Sikkim		Sikkim Democratic Front	Pawan Kumar Chamling		Sikkim Democratic Front	Pawan Kumar Chamling
13 October 2009	Arunachal Pradesh		Indian National Congress	Dorjee Khandu		Indian National Congress	Dorjee Khandu
	Haryana		Indian National Congress	Bhupinder Singh Hooda		Indian National Congress	Bhupinder Singh Hooda
	Maharashtra		Indian National Congress	Ashok Chavan		Indian National Congress	Ashok Chavan
			Nationalist Congress Party			Nationalist Congress Party
25 November 2009 - 18 December 2009	Jharkhand		Independent politician	Madhu Koda		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Shibu Soren
						Bharatiya Janata Party

Legislative assembly by elections

Uttar Pradesh

Date	Constituency		Previous MLA			Reason	Elected MLA
7 November 2009	45	Powayan	Mithlesh Kumar		Samajwadi Party	Died	Dhirendra Prasad		Bahujan Samaj Party
	86	Lucknow West	Lalji Tandon		Bharatiya Janata Party	Elected to 15th Lok Sabha	Shyam Kishore Shukla		Indian National Congress
	181	Padrauna	Ratanjit Pratap Narain Singh		Indian National Congress	Elected to 15th Lok Sabha	Swami Prasad Maurya		Bahujan Samaj Party
	239	Rari	Dhananjay Singh		Janata Dal	NA	Rajdeo Singh
	288	Etawah	Mahendra Singh Rajput		Samajwadi Party	Resigned	Mahendra Singh Rajput		Bahujan Samaj Party
	290	Bharthana	Mulayam Singh Yadav			Elected to 15th Lok Sabha	Shiv Prasad Yadav

See also

• Navin Chawla
• N. Gopalaswami

External links

• Election Commission of India