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2014 elections in India

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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, Odisha and Sikkim are due to expire during the year.

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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.

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. 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

Assembly elections to the 294-member Andhra Pradesh assembly were held on 30 April and 7 May 2014. 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. N. Chandrababu Naidu became the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.

In Telangana, Telangana Rashtra Samiti got majority in 119 member Telangana Legislative Assembly. Kalvakuntla Chandrashekar Rao became the Chief Minister of Telangana.

Arunachal Pradesh

Assembly elections to the 60-member Arunachal Pradesh assembly were held on 9 April 2014. Nabam Tuki continues as the Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.

Odisha

Assembly elections to the 147-member Odisha assembly were held on 10 April and 17 April 2014. The results were declared on 16 May 2014. Naveen Patnaik continues as the Chief Minister of Odisha.

Sikkim

Assembly elections to the 32-member Sikkim assembly were held on 12 April 2014. 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. Pawan Kumar Chamling continues as the Chief Minister of Sikkim.

Maharashtra

Devendra Fadnavis became the Chief Minister of Maharashtra.

Haryana

Manohar Lal Khattar became the Chief Minister of Haryana.

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.

References

2014 elections in India Wikipedia