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Elections in India in 2021 includeby-elections to theLok Sabha, elections to theRajya Sabha, elections tolegislative assemblies of 4 states and 1 union territory, and other by-elections to state legislative assemblies, councils and local bodies.^[1]

Legislative assembly general elections

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Date(s)	State/UT		Chief Minister before election		Elected Chief Minister
27 March – 6 April 2021	Assam	Bharatiya Janata Party	Sarbananda Sonowal	Bharatiya Janata Party	Himanta Biswa Sarma
27 March – 6 April 2021	Assam	Asom Gana Parishad	Sarbananda Sonowal	Asom Gana Parishad	Himanta Biswa Sarma
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
6 April 2021	Puducherry	President's rule		Bharatiya Janata Party	N. Rangaswamy
6 April 2021	Tamil Nadu	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Edappadi K. Palaniswami	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. K. Stalin
27 March – 29 April 2021	West Bengal	Trinamool Congress	Mamata Banerjee	Trinamool Congress	Mamata Banerjee

Lok Sabha by-elections

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S.No	Date	Constituency	State/UT	MP before election		Elected MP		Remarks
1	6 April 2021	Kanniyakumari	Tamil Nadu	H. Vasanthakumar	Indian National Congress	Vijay Vasanth	Indian National Congress	Death ofH. Vasanthakumar^[2]
2	6 April 2021	Malappuram	Kerala	P. K. Kunhalikutty	Indian Union Muslim League	M. P. Abdussamad Samadani	Indian Union Muslim League	Resignation byP. K. Kunhalikutty^[3]
3	17 April 2021	Tirupati	Andhra Pradesh	Balli Durga Prasad Rao	YSR Congress Party	Maddila Gurumoorthy	YSR Congress Party	Death ofBalli Durga Prasad Rao^[4]
4	17 April 2021	Belgaum	Karnataka	Suresh Angadi	Bharatiya Janata Party	Mangala Suresh Angadi	Bharatiya Janata Party	Death ofSuresh 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 ofMohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar^[6]
6		Khandwa	Madhya Pradesh	Nandkumar Singh Chauhan	Bharatiya Janata Party	Gyaneswar Patil	Bharatiya Janata Party	Death ofNandkumar Singh Chauhan^[7]
7		Mandi	Himachal Pradesh	Ram Swaroop Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party	Pratibha Singh	Indian National Congress	Death ofRam Swaroop Sharma^[8]

Legislative assembly By-elections

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Andhra Pradesh

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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

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S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election		Elected MLA
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

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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	30 October 2021^[9]	Tarapur	Mewalal Chaudhary		Janata Dal (United)	Rajeev Kumar Singh		Janata Dal (United)

Gujarat

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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

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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

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S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election		Elected MLA
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

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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

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S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election		Elected MLA
47	17 April 2021	Basavakalyan	B. Narayan Rao	Indian National Congress	Sharanu Salagar	Bharatiya Janata Party
59	17 April 2021	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	30 October 2021	Hangal	C. M. Udasi	Bharatiya Janata Party	Srinivas Mane	Indian National Congress

Madhya Pradesh

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S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election		Elected MLA
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

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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

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S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election		Elected MLA
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

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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

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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

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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

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S.No	Date	Constituency	MLA before election		Elected MLA
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	30 October 2021	Dhariawad	Gautam Lal Meena	Bharatiya Janata Party	Nagraj Meena	Indian National Congress

Telangana

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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

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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

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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	Bharatiya Janata Party	Resigned on 12 May 2021^[13]	Braja Kishore Goswami
	109	Khardaha	Kajal Sinha	Trinamool Congress	Died on 25 April 2021^[14]	Sovandeb Chattopadhyay
	127	Gosaba	Jayanta Naskar	Trinamool Congress	Died on 19 June 2021^[15]	Subrata Mondal

Local Body Elections

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Andhra Pradesh

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Main article:2021 Andhra Pradesh municipal elections

S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations
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

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

Chhattisgarh

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

Goa

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

Gujarat

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S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations
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

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

Karnataka

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S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations
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

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

Mizoram

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

Punjab

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S.No.	Date	Municipal corporations
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

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

Sikkim

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

Telangana

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

Tripura

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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

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

References

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