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2019 Indonesian general election
Indonesia's April 17, 2019 general election (Pemilu 2019), the country's first simultaneous presidential and legislative vote: about 193 million voters, 81.9% turnout, Jokowi re-elected over Prabowo 55.5% to 44%.
2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election
2019 Jharkhand Legislative Assembly election: five-phase polling, 30 November to 20 December 2019, for 81 seats. The JMM-Congress-RJD Mahagathbandhan under Hemant Soren won 47 seats, defeating the BJP (25), whose tribal vote collapsed amid land-law disputes.
2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election
The 2019 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election elected all 288 members on 21 October 2019; the BJP and Shiv Sena won a majority, but a coalition under Uddhav Thackeray took office.
2019 Sri Lankan presidential election
The 2019 Sri Lankan presidential election, also called the eighth presidential election, held 16 November 2019; Gotabaya Rajapaksa won 52.25% over Sajith Premadasa after the Easter Sunday attacks, first poll with no sitting president, PM, or opposition leader contesting.
2019 Thai general election
The 2019 Thai general election, held 24 March 2019 under the military-drafted 2017 Constitution, was Thailand's first election since 2011. Palang Pracharat led the vote, Pheu Thai won most seats, and junta leader Prayut Chan-o-cha stayed prime minister via a 19-party coalition and the appointed 250-seat Senate.
2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election
2020 Bihar Legislative Assembly election: three-phase poll (Oct 28, Nov 3, Nov 7, 2020) for 243 seats, India's first major COVID-era election; NDA won, BJP took 74 seats, Nitish Kumar returned as Chief Minister.
2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election
2020 Delhi Legislative Assembly election, held 8 February 2020, elected Delhi's 70-seat assembly; AAP under Arvind Kejriwal won 62 seats with 53.58%, BJP 8 with 38.5%, Congress 0 with 4.26%.
2020 Singaporean general election
The 2020 Singaporean general election, held 10 July 2020 during COVID-19, returned the PAP to power with 83 of 93 seats and 61.24% of the vote, while the Workers' Party won 10 seats including Sengkang GRC and Pritam Singh became the first formal Leader of the Opposition.
2020 Sri Lankan parliamentary election
Sri Lankan parliamentary general election held 5 August 2020 after two COVID-19 postponements from the original 25 April date. Gotabaya Rajapaksa's SLPP won 145 of 225 seats, about 59% of votes, and with allies secured a two-thirds majority.
2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election
2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: 126-seat polls in Assam, India, held in three phases with results May 2, 2021. The BJP-led NDA (BJP, AGP, UPPL) won 75 seats over the Congress-led Mahajot's 50; BJP took 60 seats at 33.21% vote share, the first non-Congress government re-elected in the state.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, held 6 April 2021 (results 2 May): the CPI(M)-led LDF won 99 of 140 seats against the Congress-led UDF's 41, becoming the first incumbent front returned to power since the 1980s; BJP won no seats despite 11.3% vote share.
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election
2021 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election, held 6 April 2021: DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance under M. K. Stalin won 159 of 234 seats, ending AIADMK rule; polling conducted during COVID-19 second wave.
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election
2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: eight-phase poll. TMC under Mamata Banerjee won 213 seats with 47.94% of the vote; BJP 77 seats, 38.13%; CPI(M) and Congress won none.
2022 Delhi Municipal Corporation election
The 2022 Delhi Municipal Corporation election, also called the MCD election 2022, was held for 250 wards of the unified Municipal Corporation of Delhi. AAP won 134 wards with 42.05% vote share, ending the BJP's 15-year rule; the BJP took 104 wards and 39.09%, Congress 9.
2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election
2022 Goa Legislative Assembly election, held 14 February 2022, also called the Eighth Vidhan Sabha poll: BJP won 20 of 40 seats (33.31% votes), one short of majority, and retained power with MGP and independent support under Pramod Sawant; Congress won 11, AAP 2, TMC 0 despite a 5.21% vote share.
2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election
2022 Gujarat Legislative Assembly election: state election for all 182 Gujarat seats, held in two phases on 1 and 5 December 2022 with counting on 8 December; 92 seats needed for majority; BJP, Congress, and AAP contested.
2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
2022 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, the 14th Vidhan Sabha poll held 12 November 2022: Congress won 40 of 68 seats, defeating the incumbent BJP's Jai Ram Thakur government and continuing the state's anti-incumbency pattern.
2022 Malaysian general election
The 15th Malaysian general election (GE15), held 19 November 2022, produced Malaysia's first hung parliament: PH 82, PN 74, BN 30 of 222 seats, leading to Anwar Ibrahim's unity government.
2022 Nepalese general election
2022 Nepalese general election, held 20 November 2022, elected Nepal's 275-member House of Representatives (165 FPTP, 110 PR) and provincial assemblies; Nepali Congress won 89 seats, CPN-UML 78, producing a hung parliament and a fragile Dahal-led coalition.
2022 Philippine general election
2022 Philippine general election (May 9, 2022): Marcos Jr.-Sara Duterte UniTeam landslide, 59% and 61% wins, machine failures, disinformation, and the return of the Marcos dynasty to power.
2022 Philippine presidential election
2022 Philippine presidential election (9 May 2022): Ferdinand Marcos Jr. won 31,629,783 votes (58.77%) as 17th president, Sara Duterte took the record vice-presidential vote, turnout hit 83%, audits upheld the count amid machine failures and disinformation.
2022 Philippine Senate election
Held May 9, 2022, this election filled 12 of 24 Philippine Senate seats; 64 candidates ran, turnout was 83.1%, and Marcos-Duterte allies won 11 of 12 seats, leaving Risa Hontiveros the sole opposition senator.
2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election
2022 Punjab Legislative Assembly election, 16th Vidhan Sabha polls, results 10 March 2022: Aam Aadmi Party won 92 of 117 seats under Bhagwant Mann, sworn in 16 March 2022, defeating Congress and SAD-BJP.
2022 Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
Seven-phase February-March 2022 election for Uttar Pradesh's 403-seat assembly; BJP under Yogi Adityanath won 255 seats, a second consecutive term, defeating Akhilesh Yadav's SP (111) and a collapsing BSP.
2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election
2022 Uttarakhand Legislative Assembly election: single-phase poll on 14 February 2022 for all 70 seats; BJP won 47 seats and retained power under Pushkar Singh Dhami, who lost Khatima and later entered via the Champawat by-election; Congress 19, BSP 2, independents 2.
2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election
The 2023 Karnataka Legislative Assembly election was held in Karnataka, India, on 10 May 2023, with the Indian National Congress winning a majority of 135 seats.
2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
2023 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election, held 17 November 2023: BJP won 163 of 230 seats (49.03%) for a fifth term under Shivraj Singh Chouhan's welfare-led campaign; Congress 66 (40.8%); turnout 77.82%.
2023 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections
2023 Philippine barangay and Sangguniang Kabataan elections (BSKE), held October 30, 2023 after the Supreme Court voided RA 11935's postponement of the December 2022 polls; featured first mall voting, an automation pilot, 19 election-related deaths, and about 70 percent turnout.
2023 Singaporean presidential election
The 2023 Singaporean presidential election, held 1 September 2023, elected Tharman Shanmugaratnam as ninth President with 70.41% of votes over Ng Kok Song (15.72%) and Tan Kin Lian (13.87%); first contested race since 2011.
2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election
The 2023 Telangana Legislative Assembly election (30 November polling, 3 December counting) elected 119 seats; the Congress won 64 seats (39.40%), ending BRS rule under K. Chandrashekar Rao, with Revanth Reddy becoming chief minister.