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This article outlines the events leading up to the2014 Indian general election from 7 April to 12 May 2014, starting with the prior election in2009.

• 16 May:Result for2009 general election are declared. IncumbentUPA government retains a majority in parliament.
• 16 May: Result forLegislative Assembly elections declared.
  • INC leaderY. S. Rajasekhara Reddy iselected as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh.
  • BJD chairpersonNaveen Patnaik iselected as Chief Minister of Odisha.
  • SDF chairpersonPawan Kumar Chamling iselected as Chief Minister of Sikkim for an unprecedented fourth consecutive term.
• 18 May: 14th Lok Sabha dissolved by thePresident with immediate effect.
• 18 May:Manmohan Singh submits the resignation of his Council of Ministers to the President.
• 22 May: Secondgovernment ofManmohan Singh sworn in.
• 1 June: Inaugural session of15th Lok Sabha.
• 15 August: 62ndIndependence Day celebrated.
• 2 September:Y. S. Rajasekhara Reddy, the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh dies in a tragichelicopter crash.
• 22 October: Result forLegislative Assembly elections declared.
  • INC incumbentDorjee Khandu iselected as Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh.
  • INC incumbentBhupinder Singh Hooda iselected as Chief Minister of Haryana.
  • INC incumbentAshok Chavan iselected as Chief Minister of Maharashtra.
• 23 December:BJP,JD(U) andJMM strike a deal to form a government in Jharkhand after anelection returned a hung assembly.

• 26 January: Diamond Jubilee of Indian Republic. 60thRepublic Day celebrated.
• 12 March: India and Russia signs a nuclear reactordeal.
• 1 April:The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act to provide free and compulsory education comes into force.
• 3 October:XIX Commonwealth Games held in Delhi.
• 24 November:BJP andJD(U) alliance winselection in Bihar. IncumbentNitish Kumar is sworn in as Chief Minister of Bihar.
• 30 December:Srikrishna Committee on Telangana submits its report to the Ministry of Home Affairs.

• 2 February: Telecom MinisterA. Raja sent to Tihar Jail in2G spectrum case.
• 5 April:Anna Hazare undertakes fast forJan Lokpal Bill
• 13 May: Result forLegislative Assembly elections declared.
  • INC incumbentTarun Gogoi iselected as Chief Minister of Assam.
  • Oommen Chandy ofUDF alliance iselected as Chief Minister of Kerala.
  • N. Rangaswamy iselected as Chief Minister of Puducherry.
  • AIADMK leaderJ. Jayalalithaa iselected as Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu.
  • AITMC chairpersonMamata Banerjee iselected as Chief Minister of West Bengal defeating the longest serving democratically elected Communist government in the world after the 34-year rule of the Left Front government.

• 6 March: Result forLegislative Assembly elections declared.
  • BJP wins a majority in anelection for legislative assembly of Goa.Manohar Parrikar is sworn in as Chief Minister.
  • Election in Manipur returns incumbentOkram Ibobi Singh to be re-elected for the post of Chief Minister.
  • SAD –BJP alliance led byParkash Singh Badal winselections in Punjab despite a traditional anti-incumbency.
  • Elections in Uttarakhand leads to a hung assembly.Vijay Bahuguna ofINC is sworn in as Chief Minister.
  • Akhilesh Yadav, son ofSP chairpersonMulayam Singh is sworn in as Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh.
• 22 July: Finance MinisterPranab Mukherjee iselected as the 13th president of the Republic.
• 20 December: Result forLegislative Assembly elections declared.
  • BJP leaderNarendra Modi forms the state government in Gujarat for the fourth consecutive term in anelection.
  • INC leaderVirbhadra Singh iselected as Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.

• February:Election to state assembly of Tripura returnsCPI(M) leaderManik Sarkar as Chief Minister.
• Anelection in Meghalaya sees incumbentMukul Sangma to be re-elected for the post of Chief Minister.
• NPF leaderNeiphiu Rio is re-elected as Chief Minister in anelection.
• 8 May:Election to state assembly of Karnataka gives a majority toINC withSiddaramaiah being sworn in as Chief Minister.
• 10 June:BJP leaderNarendra Modi is declared as the head of poll campaign for the party.
• 13 September:BJP leader and four time CM of GujaratNarendra Modi is chosen as the Prime Ministerial candidate for the party.
• 8 December: Result forLegislative Assembly elections declared.
  • A high voltageelection to state assembly of Delhi resulted in a hung assembly withBJP winning largest number of seats. The newcomer of Indian politicsAAP formed the government with support of theINC.
  • BJP wins a four-fifths majority in anelection to state assembly of Rajasthan.Vasundhara Raje is sworn in as Chief Minister.
  • BJP wins a third consecutiveelection in Madhya Pradesh.Shivraj Singh Chouhan is sworn in as Chief Minister.
  • BJP wins a third consecutive anelection in Chhattisgarh.Raman Singh is sworn in as Chief Minister.
  • INC leaderPu Lalthanhawla is sworn in as Chief Minister of Mizoram in anelection.

• 5 March : TheElection Commission of India announce election scheduled to the16th Lok Sabha.^[1][2]
• 5 March: the Model code of conduct comes into force.
• 14 March: Issue of notification for the first poll day.
• 15 March: Issue of notification for the second and third poll days.
• 19 March: Issue of notification for the fourth and fifth poll days.
• 21 March: Last date for filing nominations for the first poll day.
• 21 March: Last date for filing nominations for the second and third poll days.
• 21 March: Last date for filing nominations for the fourth and fifth poll days.
• 29 March: Issue of notification for the sixth poll day.
• 2 April: Issue of notification for the seventh poll day.
• 5 April: Last date for filing nominations for the sixth poll day.
• 7 April: Polling held at 6 parliamentary constituencies spanning over 2 states for the first poll day.
• 7 April: theBJP release its election manifesto.
• 9 April: Last date for filing nominations for the seventh poll day.
• 9 April: Polling held at 7 parliamentary constituencies spanning over 5 states for the second poll day.
• 10 April: Polling held at 92 parliamentary constituencies spanning over 14 states for the third poll day.
• 12 April: Issue of notification for the penultimate eighth poll day.
• 12 April: Polling held at 5 parliamentary constituencies spanning over 3 states for the fourth poll day.
• 17 April: Issue of notification for the last and ultimate ninth poll day.
• 17 April: Polling held at 122 parliamentary constituencies spanning over 13 states for the fifth poll day.
• 19 April: Last date for filing nominations for the eighth poll day.
• 24 April: Last date for filing nominations for the ninth poll day.
• 24 April: Polling held at 117 parliamentary constituencies spanning over 12 states for the sixth poll day.
• 30 April: Polling held at 89 parliamentary constituencies spanning over 9 states for the seventh poll day.
• 7 May: Polling held at 64 parliamentary constituencies spanning over 7 states for the eighth poll day.
• 12 May: Polling held at 41 parliamentary constituencies spanning over 3 states for the ninth poll day.
• 16 May: Counting of votes and declaration of results for all poll days of the election.

• 17 May: Incumbent PM Manmohan Singh is due to resign after a decade long of service.
• 26 May: Elected PM Narendra Modi gets sworn as the Prime Minister of India.

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