2023 elections in India

2023 Indian elections

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Rajya Sabha elections
Overall control	NDA hold
Seats contested	10 (+2 by-elections)
Net seat change	NDA +1
State elections
States contested	9
Net state change
State by-elections
Seats contested	17
Net seat change	NDA +1
Local elections
Seats contested	20
Net seat change	NDA +1

Elections in India in 2023 were held in the Rajya Sabha, state legislative assemblies of nine states and several local bodies.

Lok Sabha by-elections

S.No	Date	Constituency	State/UT	MP before election	Party before election		Elected MP	Party after election		Reason
1	10 May 2023	Jalandhar	Punjab	Santokh Singh Chaudhary		Indian National Congress	Sushil Kumar Rinku		Aam Aadmi Party	Death of Santokh Singh Chaudhary

State legislative assembly elections

Polling Date(s)	State	Government before		Chief Minister before	Government after		Elected Chief Minister	Maps
16 February 2023	Tripura		Bharatiya Janata Party	Manik Saha		Bharatiya Janata Party	Manik Saha
			Indigenous People's Front of Tripura			Indigenous People's Front of Tripura
27 February 2023	Meghalaya		Meghalaya Democratic Alliance	Conrad Sangma		Meghalaya Democratic Alliance	Conrad Sangma
	Nagaland		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party	Neiphiu Rio		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party	Neiphiu Rio
			Bharatiya Janata Party			Bharatiya Janata Party
10 May 2023	Karnataka		Bharatiya Janata Party	Basavaraj S. Bommai		Indian National Congress	Siddaramaiah
7 November 2023	Mizoram		Mizo National Front	Zoramthanga		Zoram People's Movement	Lalduhoma
7 and 17 November 2023	Chhattisgarh		Indian National Congress	Bhupesh Baghel		Bharatiya Janata Party	Vishnu Deo Sai
17 November 2023	Madhya Pradesh		Bharatiya Janata Party	Shivraj Singh Chouhan		Bharatiya Janata Party	Mohan Yadav
25 November 2023	Rajasthan		Indian National Congress	Ashok Gehlot		Bharatiya Janata Party	Bhajan Lal Sharma
30 November 2023	Telangana		Bharat Rashtra Samithi	K. Chandrasekhar Rao		Indian National Congress	Revanth Reddy

Legislative Assembly by-elections

Arunachal Pradesh

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election		Reason
27 February 2023	1	Lumla	Jambey Tashi		Bharatiya Janata Party	Tsering Lhamu		Bharatiya Janata Party	Death of Jambey Tashi

Jharkhand

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election		Reason
27 February 2023	23	Ramgarh	Mamta Devi		Indian National Congress	Sunita Choudhary		All Jharkhand Students Union	Conviction of Mamta Devi
5 September 2023	33	Dumri	Jagannath Mahto		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Baby Devi		Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Death of Jagannath Mahto

Kerala

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election		Reason
5 September 2023	98	Puthuppally	Oommen Chandy		Indian National Congress	Chandy Oommen		Indian National Congress	Death of Oommen Chandy

Maharashtra

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
26 February 2023	205	Chinchwad	Laxman Jagtap		Bharatiya Janata Party	Ashwini Jagtap		Bharatiya Janata Party
	215	Kasba Peth	Mukta Tilak		Bharatiya Janata Party	Ravindra Dhangekar		Indian National Congress

Nagaland

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
7 November 2023	48	Tapi	Noke Wangnao		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party	Wangpang Konyak		Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party

Odisha

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
10 May 2023	7	Jharsuguda	Naba Kishore Das		Biju Janata Dal	Dipali Das		Biju Janata Dal

Tamil Nadu

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
27 February 2023	98	Erode (East)	Thirumagan Evera		Indian National Congress	E. V. K. S. Elangovan		Indian National Congress

Tripura

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
5 September 2023	20	Boxanagar	Samsul Haque		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Tafajjal Hossain		Bharatiya Janata Party
	23	Dhanpur	Pratima Bhoumik		Bharatiya Janata Party	Bindu Debnath

Uttarakhand

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
5 September 2023	47	Bageshwar	Chandan Ram Das		Bharatiya Janata Party	Parwati Dass		Bharatiya Janata Party

Uttar Pradesh

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
10 May 2023	34	Suar	Abdullah Azam Khan		Samajwadi Party	Shafeek Ahmed Ansari		Apna Dal (Sonelal)
	395	Chhanbey	Rahul Prakash Kol		Apna Dal (Sonelal)	Rinki Kol
5 September 2023	354	Ghosi	Dara Singh Chauhan		Samajwadi Party	Sudhakar Singh		Samajwadi Party

West Bengal

Date	S.No	Constituency	MLA before election	Party before election		Elected MLA	Party after election
27 February 2023	60	Sagardighi	Subrata Saha		Trinamool Congress	Bayron Biswas		Indian National Congress
5 September 2023	15	Dhupguri	Bishnupada Roy		Bharatiya Janata Party	Nirmal Chandra Roy		Trinamool Congress

Local body elections

Himachal Pradesh

Date	Municipal corporation	Government before		Government after
2 May 2023	Shimla Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party		Indian National Congress

Ladakh

Date	Autonomous Council	Government before		Government after
4 October 2023	Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council, Kargil		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference		Jammu & Kashmir National Conference

Mizoram

Date	Autonomous Council	Government before		Government after
9 May 2023	Chakma Autonomous District Council		Mizo National Front		Mizo National Front

Uttar Pradesh

Date	Municipal Corporation	Government before		Government after
4 May 2023	Lucknow Municipal Corporation		Bharatiya Janata Party		Bharatiya Janata Party
	Varanasi Municipal Corporation
	Prayagraj Municipal Corporation
	Agra Municipal Corporation
	Jhansi Municipal Corporation
	Saharanpur Municipal Corporation
	Moradabad Municipal Corporation
	Mathura–Vrindavan Municipal Corporation
	Firozabad Municipal Corporation
	Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation
11 May 2023	Ayodhya Municipal Corporation
	Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation
	Kanpur Municipal Corporation
	Bareilly Municipal Corporation
	Aligarh Municipal Corporation		Bahujan Samaj Party
	Meerut Municipal Corporation
	Shahjahanpur Municipal Corporation	did not exist

See also

• 2024 elections in India
• 2022 elections in India
• 2023 Rajya Sabha elections