# 2012 elections in India

The elections in 2012 were scheduled for seven Vidhan Sabhas and several local elections were also conducted. The 14th presidential election to elect the 13th president of the republic was also held in 2012. The tenure of the legislative assemblies of Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand were to expire during the year. The Election Commission of India issued the dates for the elections in Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Goa to take place in the first quarter of the year. Whereas the elections were held in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat in the last quarter of the year.
In the first rounds of elections, Manipur and Punjab resulted in an incumbent government victory; while in Uttar Pradesh and Goa there was a heavy anti-incumbent victory; and Uttarakhand resulted in a hung assembly with an anti-incumbent plurality and in the second round, in Himachal Pradesh, BJP led by incumbent Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal lost due to a huge anti-incumbency wave arising mainly out of corruption and lack of good governance. Congress veteran leader Virbhadra Singh took oath for record sixth term as next Chief Minister. In the western state of Gujarat incumbent Chief Minister Narendra Modi, in power since 2002, was running for his fourth term. Elections, held in two phases, reverted Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), in power in Gujarat since 1995, with 119 seat out of 182.

## Presidential election

| Date | President before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected President | Party after election | Party after election |
| 18 July 2022 | Pratibha Patil | | Indian National Congress | Pranab Mukherjee | | Indian National Congress |
The 14th indirect presidential election, in order to elect the 13th president, was held in India on 19 July 2012. On 22 July, Pranab Mukherjee was declared the winner. Mukheree gained 373,116 MP votes and 340,647 MLA votes for a total of 713,763 votes to win the election. He defeated P. A. Sangma, who got 145,848 MP votes and 170,139 MLA votes for a total of 315,987 votes. Mukherjee's win was aided by cross-voting.

## Vice Presidential Election

| Date | President before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected President | Party after election | Party after election |
| 18 July 2022 | Mohammad Hamid Ansari | | Indian National Congress | Mohammad Hamid Ansari | | Indian National Congress |

## Legislative Assembly elections

| Date(s) | State | Government before election | Chief Minister before election | Government after election | Chief Minister after election |
| 28 January 2012 | Manipur | Indian National Congress | Okram Ibobi Singh | Indian National Congress | Okram Ibobi Singh |
| 28 January 2012 | Manipur | Communist Party of India | Okram Ibobi Singh | Indian National Congress | Okram Ibobi Singh |
| 28 January 2012 | Manipur | Manipur Peoples Party | Okram Ibobi Singh | Indian National Congress | Okram Ibobi Singh |
| 28 January 2012 | Manipur | Nationalist Congress Party | Okram Ibobi Singh | Indian National Congress | Okram Ibobi Singh |
| 30 January 2012 | Punjab | Shiromani Akali Dal | Parkash Singh Badal | Shiromani Akali Dal | Parkash Singh Badal |
| 30 January 2012 | Punjab | Bharatiya Janata Party | Parkash Singh Badal | Bharatiya Janata Party | Parkash Singh Badal |
| 30 January 2012 | Uttarakhand | Bharatiya Janata Party | B. C. Khanduri | Indian National Congress | Vijay Bahuguna |
| 8 February 2012 – 3 March 2012 | Uttar Pradesh | Bahujan Samaj Party | Mayawati | Samajwadi Party | Akhilesh Yadav |
| 3 March 2012 | Goa | Indian National Congress | Digambar Kamat | Bharatiya Janata Party | Manohar Parrikar |
| 4 November 2012 | Himachal Pradesh | Bharatiya Janata Party | Prem Kumar Dhumal | Indian National Congress | Virbhadra Singh |
| 13 and 17 December 2012 | Gujarat | Bharatiya Janata Party | Narendra Modi | Bharatiya Janata Party | Narendra Modi |

## Parliamentary By-election

| S.No | Date | Constituency | State | MP before election | Party before election | Elected MP | Party after election |
| 15 | 18 March 2012 | Udupi Chikmagalur | Karnataka | Sadananda Gowda | Bharatiya Janata Party | Jayaprakash Hegde | Indian National Congress |
| 39 | 9 June 2012 | Kannauj | Uttar Pradesh | Akhilesh Yadav | Samajwadi Party | Dimple Yadav | Samajwadi Party |
| 39 | 12 June 2012 | Nellore | Andhra Pradesh | Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy | Indian National Congress | Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 1 | 10 October 2012 | Tehri Garhwal | Uttarakhand | Vijay Bahuguna | Indian National Congress | Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 9 | 10 October 2012 | Jangipur | West Bengal | Pranab Mukherjee | Indian National Congress | Abhijit Mukherjee | Indian National Congress |

## Assembly By-elections
### Andhra Pradesh

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election |
| 7 | 10 March 2012 | Adilabad | Jogu Ramanna | Telugu Desam Party | Jogu Ramanna | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
| 16 | 18 March 2012 | Kamareddy | Gampa Govardhan | Telugu Desam Party | Gampa Govardhan | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
| 74 | 18 March 2012 | Mahbubnagar | N. Rajeshwar Reddy | Independent | Yennam Srinivas Reddy | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| 81 | 18 March 2012 | Nagarkurnool | Nagam Janardhan Reddy | Telugu Desam Party | Nagam Janardhan Reddy | Independent |
| 85 | 18 March 2012 | Kollapur | Jupally Krishna Rao | Indian National Congress | Jupally Krishna Rao | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
| 99 | 18 March 2012 | Ghanpur Station | T. Rajaiah | Indian National Congress | T. Rajaiah | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
| 235 | 18 March 2012 | Kovur | Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy | Telugu Desam Party | Nallapareddy Prasanna Kumar Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 104 | 12 June 2012 | Parkal | Konda Surekha | Indian National Congress | M. Bikshpathi | Telangana Rashtra Samithi |
| 127 | 12 June 2012 | Narasannapeta | Dharmana Krishna Das | Indian National Congress | Dharmana Krishna Das | YSR Congress Party |
| 152 | 12 June 2012 | Payakaraopet | Golla Baburao | Indian National Congress | Golla Baburao | YSR Congress Party |
| 152 | 12 June 2012 | Ramachandrapuram | Pilli Subhash Chandra Bose | Indian National Congress | Thota Trimurthulu | Indian National Congress |
| 177 | 12 June 2012 | Narasapuram | Mudnuri Prasad Raju | Indian National Congress | Kothapalli Subbarayudu | Indian National Congress |
| 186 | 12 June 2012 | Polavaram | Tellam Balaraju | Indian National Congress | Tellam Balaraju | YSR Congress Party |
| 212 | 12 June 2012 | Prathipadu | Mekathoti Sucharitha | Indian National Congress | Mekathoti Sucharitha | YSR Congress Party |
| 220 | 12 June 2012 | Macherla | Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy | Indian National Congress | Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 227 | 12 June 2012 | Ongole | Balineni Srinivasa Reddy | Indian National Congress | Balineni Srinivasa Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 242 | 12 June 2012 | Udayagiri | Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy | Indian National Congress | Mekapati Chandrasekhar Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 244 | 12 June 2012 | Rajampet | Akepati Amaranath Reddy | Indian National Congress | Akepati Amaranath Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 246 | 12 June 2012 | Kodur | Koramutla Srinivasulu | Indian National Congress | Koramutla Srinivasulu | YSR Congress Party |
| 247 | 12 June 2012 | Rayachoti | Gadikota Srikanth Reddy | Indian National Congress | Gadikota Srikanth Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 253 | 12 June 2012 | Allagadda | Shobha Nagi Reddy | Praja Rajyam Party | Shobha Nagi Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 263 | 12 June 2012 | Yemmiganur | K. Chennakesava Reddy | Indian National Congress | K. Chennakesava Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 267 | 12 June 2012 | Yemmiganur | Kapu Ramachandra Reddy | Indian National Congress | Kapu Ramachandra Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 272 | 12 June 2012 | Anantapur Urban | Bodimalla Gurunatha Reddy | Indian National Congress | Bodimalla Gurunatha Reddy | YSR Congress Party |
| 286 | 12 June 2012 | Tirupati | Konidela Chiranjeevi | Praja Rajyam Party | Bhumana Karunakar Reddy | YSR Congress Party |

### Goa

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 27 | 21 May 2012 | Cortalim | José Matanhy de Saldanha | | Bharatiya Janata Party | Alina Saldanha | | Bharatiya Janata Party |

### Gujarat

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 85 | 18 March 2012 | Mansa | Mangalbhai Patel | | Bharatiya Janata Party | Babusinhj Thakor | | Indian National Congress |

### Jharkhand

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 64 | 12 June 2012 | Hatia | Gopal Sharan Nath Shahdeo | | Indian National Congress | Navin Jaiswal | | All Jharkhand Students Union |

### Kerala

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 85 | 17 March 2012 | Piravom | T. M. Jacob | | Kerala Congress (Jacob) | Anoop Jacob | | Kerala Congress (Jacob) |
| 140 | 2 June 2012 | Neyyattinkara | R. Selvaraj | | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | R. Selvaraj | | Indian National Congress |

### Madhya Pradesh

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 183 | 12 June 2012 | Maheshwar | Vijayalaxmi Sadho | | Indian National Congress | Rajkumar Mev | | Bharatiya Janata Party |

### Maharashtra

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 232 | 12 June 2012 | Kaij | Vimal Mundada | | Nationalist Congress Party | Prithviraj Sathe | | Nationalist Congress Party |

### Odisha

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 89 | 18 March 2012 | Athagarh | Ramesh Rout | | Independent | Ranendra Pratap Swain | | Biju Janata Dal |

### Punjab

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 40 | 11 July 2012 | Athagarh | Amarjit Singh Sahi | | Bharatiya Janata Party | Sukhjit Kaur Sahi | | Bharatiya Janata Party |

### Tamil Nadu

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 219 | 18 March 2012 | Sankarankoil | C. Karuppasamy | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | V. M. Rajalakshmi | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |
| 180 | 12 June 2012 | Sankarankoil | S. P. Muthukumaran | | Communist Party of India | V. R. Karthik Thondaiman | | All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |

### Tripura

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 20 | 12 June 2012 | Nalchar | Sukumar Barman | | Communist Party of India | Tapan Chandra Das | | Communist Party of India |

### Uttar Pradesh

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 82 | 12 June 2012 | Mant | Jayant Chaudhary | | Rashtriya Lok Dal | Shyam Sunder Sharma | | All India Trinamool Congress |

### Uttarakhand

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 68 | 8 July 2012 | Sitarganj | Kiran Mandal | | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vijay Bahuguna | | Indian National Congress |

### West Bengal

| S.No | Date | Constituency | MLA before election | Party before election | Party before election | Elected MLA | Party after election | Party after election |
| 230 | 12 June 2012 | Daspur | Ajit Bhunia | | All India Trinamool Congress | Mamata Bhunia | | All India Trinamool Congress |
| 252 | 12 June 2012 | Bankura | Kashinath Misra | | All India Trinamool Congress | Minati Misra | | All India Trinamool Congress |

## Local elections

Municipal elections were held in various cities across Maharashtra on 16 February. In different cities elections results were mixed by party. The capital, Mumbai, resulted in a plurality for the Shiv Sena and the second largest city of Pune resulted in a Nationalist Congress Party plurality.