2016 elections in India

The elections in India in 2016 include the five state legislative assembly elections.[1] The tenure of the state legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Puducherry, Assam, expired during the year.[2][3] More than 18,000 Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPATs) in 64 Assembly constituencies were used in these 5 elections.[4] The dates of these elections were announced on 4 March 2016.[5]

Legislative Assembly Elections

Start date	End date	State	Government before		Chief Minister before	Government after		Elected Chief Minister
4 April 2016	11 April 2016	Assam		Indian National Congress	Tarun Gogoi		Bharatiya Janata Party	Sarbananda Sonowal
							Asom Gana Parishad
							Bodoland People's Front
16 May 2016		Kerala		United Democratic Front	Oommen Chandy		Left Democratic Front	Pinarayi Vijayan
16 May 2016	16 May 2016	Puducherry		All India N.R. Congress	N. Rangaswamy		Indian National Congress	V. Narayanasamy
				Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
16 May 2016		Tamil Nadu		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	J. Jayalalithaa		All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	J. Jayalalithaa
4 April 2016	5 May 2016	West Bengal		All India Trinamool Congress	Mamata Banerjee		All India Trinamool Congress	Mamata Banerjee

Assam

The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Assam expired on June 5, 2016. The polls for the incumbent assembly were held in two phases on April 4 and 11 2016 to elect members of the 126 constituencies in Assam. BJP won 60 seats and became biggest party in the election.

Alliance		Party	Contested	Won	+/-	Votes	%
NDA		Bharatiya Janata Party	89	60	55	4,992,185	29.5
		Asom Gana Parishad	30	14	5	1,377,482	8.1
		Bodoland People's Front	13	12		666,057	3.9
		Rabha Jatiya Aikya Manch	1	0
		Tiwa Jatiya Aikya Manch	1	0
UPA		Indian National Congress	122	26	53	5,238,655	31.0
		United People’s Party	4	0
G.A		All India United Democratic Front	74	13	5	2,207,945	13.0
		Rashtriya Janata Dal	12	0
		Janata Dal (United)	12	0
Left		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	19	0		93,508	0.6
		Communist Party of India	15	0		37,243	0.2
None		Independents		1	2	1,867,532	11.0
Total				126

West Bengal

The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal expired on May 29, 2016. Like in 2011, the polls for the next assembly were held in six phases. The first phase, held in Naxal-affected areas, had two polling dates — April 4 and April 11. The other phases were held on April 17, 21, 25, 30 and May 5.[6][7]

West Bengal election results were announced along with other four assemblies on 19 May 2016. All India Trinamool Congress under Mamata Banerjee won 211 seats, and thus was reelected with an enhanced majority.[8]

Pos		Party	Contested	Seats	Swing	Votes	Vote %	Vote swing
1		Trinamool Congress	293	211	27	24,564,523	44.9	5.97
2		Indian National Congress	92	44	2	6,700,938	12.3	3.21
		Left Front	199	32	30	14,216,327	25.9	14.13
3		BJP	294	6	3	5,809,760	10.7	5.92
4		SUCI		0	1	365,996	0.7	0.26
5		Independents		1	1	1,184,047	2.2	0.93
6		NOTA				831,845	1.5
	Total			294

Kerala

The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Kerala expired on May 31, 2016. The polls for the next assembly were held on 16 May 2016. The Left Democratic Front won a clear victory with 91 in 140 seats.[9]

LDF+	SEATS	UDF+	SEATS	NDA+	SEATS	OTHERS	SEATS
CPI(M)	58	INC	22	BJP	1	P. C. George (IND)	1
CPI	19	IUML	18	BDJS	0
JD(S)	3	KC(M)	6	KC	0
NCP	2	KC(J)	1	JRS	0
IND	5	CMP	0	JSS	0
IC(S)	1	JD(U)	0
KC(B)	1	RSP	0
RSP(L)	1
CMP	1
KC	0
KC(D)	0
INL	0
TOTAL (2016)	91	TOTAL (2016)	47	TOTAL (2016)	1	TOTAL (2016)	1
TOTAL (2011)	68	TOTAL (2011)	72	TOTAL (2011)	0	TOTAL (2011)	0
TOTAL (2006)	98	TOTAL (2006)	42	TOTAL (2006)	0	TOTAL (2006)	0
TOTAL (2001)	40	TOTAL (2001)	99	TOTAL (2001)	0	TOTAL (2001)	1

Puducherry

The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Puducherry expired on June 2, 2016. The polls for the next assembly were held on 16 May 2016 to elect members of the 30 constituencies in the non-contiguous territory. INC won 15 out of 30 seats.

Alliance	Party		Contested	Won	Change	Votes	Vote %	Vote Swing
UPA		INC	21	15	8	244,886	30.6	5.54
		DMK	9	2		70,836	8.9	1.78
None		AINRC	30	8	7	225,082	28.1	3.65
		AIADMK	30	4	1	134,597	16.8	3.05
NDA		BJP	30	0		19,303	2.4	1.08
None		Independents		1		62,884	7.9	–
		NOTA	–	–	13,240	1.7	–
		Total	30
Source: International Business Times

Tamil Nadu

The tenure of the Legislative Assembly of Tamil Nadu expired on May 22, 2016. The polls for the next assembly were held on 16 May 2016 for the 234 seats of the Legislative Assembly in the state of Tamil Nadu in India.[10] In the previous election in 2011, the AIADMK, under the leadership of Jayalalithaa, won a majority and formed the government.[11] The results declared on 19 May 2016 and AIADMK was able to retain power with a comfortable majority of 133 seats out of 231.

 Summary of the 2016 Tamil Nadu legislative election[12]

Parties and Coalitions		Votes	%	Seats
				Contested	Won	+/-
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK)	17,806,490	40.88%	234	136	14
	Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK)	13,670,511	31.39%	178	89	66
	Indian National Congress (DMK)	2,774,075	6.47%	41	8	3
	Indian Union Muslim League (DMK)	313,808	0.73%	5	1	1
	Pattali Makkal Katchi	2,302,564	5.36%	234	0	3
	Bharatiya Janata Party	1,235,660	2.86%	234	0
	Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (PWF)	1,037,431	2.41%	105	0	29
	Independents	617,907	1.44%	234	0
	Naam Tamilar Katchi	460,089	1.07%	234	0
	Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (PWF)	373,713	0.87%	28	0
	Communist Party of India (PWF)	340,290	0.79%	25	0	9
	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (PWF)	331,849	0.77%	25	0
	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (PWF)	307,303	0.72%	25	0	10
	Tamil Maanila Congress (PWF)	230,711	0.54%	26	0
	Puthiya Tamilagam (DMK)	219,830	0.51%	4	0	2
	Manithaneya Makkal Katchi	197,150	0.46%	4	0	2
	Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi	167,560	0.39%	72	0
	Bahujan Samaj Party	97,823	0.23%	n/a	0
	Social Democratic Party of India	65,978	0.15%	n/a	0
	None of the above	5,65,077	1.31%	234	–	–
Total		4,35,56,184	100.00	-	234	-
Valid votes		4,35,56,184	99.93
Invalid votes		29,507	0.07
Votes cast / turnout		4,35,85,691	74.81
Abstentions		1,46,74,574	25.19
Registered voters		5,82,60,506

Election to two assembly constituencies were cancelled by the Election Commission on confirmed reports of bribing voters in Aravakurichi and Thanjavur. Elections were held later there on 26 October 2016 [13][14]

References

1. "Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam polls in April–May".
2. "Terms of Houses, Election Commission of India". Retrieved 2015-11-16.
3. "Assembly polls: Chasing the Muslim vote".
4. "VVPAT usage in 64 seats in 5 states Schedule for the General Elections to the Legislative Assemblies of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Puducherry" (PDF).
5. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Election-Commission-announces-dates-for-5-state-polls-in-April-and-May/articleshow/51254477.cms
6. "West Bengal Assembly Election Schedule 2016 - infoelections.com".
7. http://infoelections.com/infoelection/index.php/kolkata/6333-west-bengal-assembly-election-schedule.html
8. "It's 'Mamata wave' in West Bengal as voters reject Congress-Left alliance". Ritesh K Srivastava. Zee News. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 20 May 2016.
9. "2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly Election Results Constituency Wise".
10. "4 States, Puducherry to go to polls between April 4 and May 16". The Hindu. 4 March 2016.
11. "Can BJP give Tamil Nadu's Dravidian parties a jolt in 2016? Possibly". First Post. Retrieved 2014-12-30.
12. "General Election to Legislative Assembly Trends & Results 2016". Election Commission of India.
13. "EC recommends to TN Governor cancellation of polls to 2 seats". Deccan Herald. 28 May 2016.
14. "EC cancels polls". The Hindu. 29 May 2016.

External links

• Election Commission of India
• West Bengal Election Opinion Poll
• Kerala Election Opinion Poll
• Tamil Nadu Election Opinion Poll
• Assam Election Opinion Poll
• Puducherry Election Opinion Poll
• Election India Android Application