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Elections in India in 2022 include election to the office of the President of India, vice president of India, by-elections to the Lok Sabha, elections to the Rajya Sabha, elections to state legislative assemblies of 7 (seven) states, by-elections to state legislative assemblies and numerous other elections and by-elections to state legislative councils and local bodies.
The election schedule was announced by the Election Commission of India on 8 January 2022. [23] However, the election date was postponed from 14 February 2022 to 20 February 2022 on account of Guru Ravidass Jayanti. [24] Map of Assembly Constituencies of Punjab, India in 2022
Members of the State Legislative Assembly, the only house of State Legislature in 22 states and 3 union territories of India and the lower house of 6 states, are elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of India enlisted in the voter list of their respective state/union territory, from a set of candidates who stand in their respective constituencies.
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Gujarat from 1 to 5 December 2022 in two phases, to elect 182 members of 15th Gujarat Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 8 December 2022. The Bharatiya Janata Party won a super majority of 156 seats, the most ever won by any party in Gujarat's history.
The previous assembly elections were held in February 2017 to elect the members of the Seventh Goa Legislative Assembly. After the election, a coalition of Bharatiya Janata Party , Goa Forward Party and Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party formed the state government , with Manohar Parrikar becoming the Chief Minister .
Legislative Assembly elections were held in Uttar Pradesh from 10 February to 7 March 2022 in seven phases to elect all 403 members for the 18th Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the results were declared on 10 March 2022.
In January 2021, Arvind Kejriwal announced that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) would be contesting in six state elections in 2022 including Uttarakhand. [10] On 17 August 2021, AAP declared Ajay Kothiyal as their Chief Ministerial candidate for the assembly election.
The defection of the two senior Congress officials was deemed to be a major blow to the party just a few months prior to the Assembly election. [9] On 28 September 2022, Himachal Pradesh state Congress working president and former cabinet minister Harsh Mahajan joined BJP. The defection was another shock to Congress. [10] [11]