- Upcoming elections list in India includes elections to the Rajya Sabha, elections to state legislative assembly, bye-elections to the Lok Sabha, bye-elections to state legislative assemblies.
- The listed upcoming election list is based on the recently on-going elections up to the tenure wise state elections in the upcoming years from 2021-2025.
- As per the table drawn below, Pondicherry and Bihar recently completed their assembly elections with 30 and 243 seats respectively.
- Bihar was the first big election after the world was hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Although Pondicherry didn’t get affected much, Bihar witnessed a handful of pandemics spread yet both the states managed to complete the polling processes and the result declaration.
What the sources have got to say?
- Sources say that after the obliteration of Sections 370 and 35A, the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections will be held in 2021. According to which there were a total of 111 seats in the assembly. After the formation of Ladakh’s separate union territory, it will reduce by four seats. That means 107 will be left in the J&K assembly.
- Kerala will go to polls in May 2021 to elect 140 MLAs to the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. The battle will be fierce in Kerala for the CPI (M) as it will try to hold on to power, for the Congress as it will attempt to get its ‘turn’ after five years, and for the BJP which will strive to make inroads into the southern state.
- The Tamil Nadu assembly election is slated to be held on May 2021 for the 234 seats of the Legislative Assembly in the state. This will be the first full-state legislative election without the popular J. Jayalalithaa and M. Karunanidhi. The 2021 election will be keenly contested between the arch rivals AIADMK and DMK.
- The high-stakes West Bengal assembly elections are likely to be held in May 2021The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has approved a tie up with the Congress for the upcoming polls. The move is being seen as a “tactical” move to gain some lost ground in a state which the Left ruled for an uninterrupted 34 years. It will be the first electoral contest between the two parties since this year’s Lok Sabha polls, which saw the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) emerging as the main opposition in the state, with 18 of the 42 seats in its kitty, just four less than that of the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC).
Here is the full list of upcoming elections in the various states:
| Sl. No. | Tenure | House/State | Elections Due in | Assembly Seats | Lok Sabha Seats | Rajya Sabha Seats |
| 1 | 3 Jun, 2016 – 4 Jun, 2020 | Pondicherry | 2020 | 30 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 20 Nov, 2015 – 19 Nov, 2020 | Bihar | 2020 | 243 | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 17 Mar, 2015 – 16 Mar, 2021 | Jammu and Kashmir | Jan-Feb 2020 | 87 | 6 | 4 |
| 4 | 23 May, 2016 – 22 May, 2021 | Tamilnadu | 2021 | 234 | 39 | 18 |
| 5 | 24 May, 2016 – 23 May, 2021 | Assam | 2021 | 126 | 14 | 7 |
| 6 | 25 May, 2016 – 24 May, 2021 | Kerala | 2021 | 140 | 20 | 9 |
| 7 | 27 May, 2016 – 26 May, 2021 | West Bengal | 2021 | 294 | 42 | 16 |
| 8 | 15 Mar, 2017 – 14 Mar, 2022 | Goa | 2022 | 40 | 2 | 1 |
| 9 | 15 Mar, 2017 – 14 Mar, 2022 | Manipur | 2022 | 60 | 2 | 1 |
| 10 | 16 Mar, 2017 – 15 Mar, 2022 | Punjab | 2022 | 117 | 13 | 7 |
| 11 | 18 Mar, 2017-17 Mar, 2022 | Uttarakhand | 2022 | 70 | 5 | 3 |
| 12 | 18 Mar, 2017 – 17 Mar, 2022 | Uttar Pradesh | 2022 | 403 | 80 | 31 |
| 13 | Dec, 2017-Dec, 2022 | Gujarat | 2022 | 182 | 26 | 11 |
| 14 | Dec 2017- Dec 2022 | Himachal Pradesh | 2022 | 68 | 4 | 3 |
| 15 | 10 Dec, 2018 – 07 Jan, 2023 | Madhya Pradesh | 2023 | 230 | 29 | 11 |
| 16 | 10 Dec, 2018 – 20 Jan, 2023 | Rajasthan | 2023 | 200 | 25 | 10 |
| 17 | 6 March, 2018 – 5 March, 2023 | Meghalaya | 2023 | 60 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | 6 March, 2018 – 5 March, 2023 | Nagaland | 2023 | 60 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | 14 March, 2018 – 13 March, 2023 | Tripura | 2023 | 60 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | 29 May, 2018 – 28 May, 2023 | Karnataka | 2023 | 224 | 28 | 12 |
| 21 | 11 Dec, 2018 – 10 Dec, 2023 | Chhattisgarh | 2023 | 90 | 11 | 5 |
| 22 | 10 Dec, 2018 – 10 Dec, 2023 | Telangana | 2023 | 119 | 17 | 7 |
| 23 | 16 Dec, 2018 – 15 Dec, 2023 | Mizoram | 2023 | 40 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | 28 May, 2019 – 27 May, 2024 | Sikkim | 2024 | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| 25 | 02 June, 2019 – 01 June, 2024 | Arunachal Pradesh | 2024 | 60 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | 12 June, 2019 -11 June, 2024 | Odisha | 2024 | 147 | 21 | 10 |
| 27 | 15 Jun, 2019 – 18 Jun, 2024 | Andhra Pradesh | 2024 | 175 | 25 | 11 |
| 28 | 27 Oct, 2019 – 26 Oct, 2024 | Haryana | 2024 | 90 | 10 | 5 |
| 29 | 28 Nov, 2019 – 27 Nov, 2024 | Maharashtra | 2024 | 288 | 48 | 19 |
| 30 | 29 Dec, 2019 – 28 Dec, 2024 | Jharkhand | 2024 | 81 | 14 | 6 |
| 31 | 16 Feb, 2020 – 15 Feb, 2025 | Delhi | 2025 | 70 | 7 | 3 |
| One seat each for UTs of ANI, CH, DNH, DD and LKD | 5 | |||||
| Nominated Members in Rajya Sabha | 12 | |||||
| Nominated Members in Lok Sabha | 2 | |||||
| Total | 4120 | 545 | 2 |
- We preferred to mention the recently completed state election for giving a broad interface about the prepared list.
- The following list is completely based upon the official website https://eci.gov.in/elections/future-elections. We tend to update every detail of our information as per the ECI guidelines and announcements.
- Refer to our other blogs to know more variedly about the recent elections as well as the upcoming ones.