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{{Infobox election
| election_name = Elections in India
| country = India
| previous_election = 2002 elections in India
| previous_year = 2002
| election_date = 2003
| next_election = 2004 elections in India
| next_year = 2004
}}
{{Politics of India}}

==Overall result==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Polling Date(s)
! State
! colspan="2" |Government before
! Chief Minister before
! colspan="2" |Government after
! Elected Chief Minister
! Maps
|- style="text-align:center;"
|rowspan="4" | 26 February 2003
|[[2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election|Tripura]]
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Manik Sarkar]]
| {{Party color cell|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| align="left"|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[Manik Sarkar]]
|[[File:IN-TR.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;
|[[2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election|Meghalaya]]
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|[[Flinder Anderson Khonglam]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[D. D. Lapang]]
|[[File:IN-ML.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2003 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election|Nagaland]]
| {{Party color cell|Indian National Congress}}
| align="left"|[[Indian National Congress]]
|[[S. C. Jamir]]
| {{Party color cell|Naga People's Front}}
| align="left"|[[Democratic Alliance of Nagaland]]
|[[Neiphiu Rio]]
|[[File:IN-NL.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Himachal Pradesh]]
|{{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|[[Prem Kumar Dhumal]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|[[Virbhadra Singh]]
| [[File:IN-HP.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 20 November 2003
| [[2003 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election|Mizoram]]
| {{Full party name with color|Mizo National Front}}
| [[Zoramthanga]]
| {{Full party name with color|Mizo National Front}}
| [[Zoramthanga]]
| [[File:IN-MZ.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| 27 November 2003
| [[2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election|Madhya Pradesh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Digvijaya Singh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Uma Bharti]]
| [[File:IN-MP.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| rowspan="3"| 1 December 2003
| [[2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election|Chhattisgarh]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Ajit Jogi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Raman Singh]]
| [[File:IN-CT.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2003 Delhi Legislative Assembly election|Delhi]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Sheila Dikshit]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Sheila Dikshit]]
| [[File:IN-DL.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
| [[2003 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election|Rajasthan]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Ashok Gehlot]]
| {{Full party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[Vasundhara Raje]]
| |[[File:IN-RJ.svg|50px]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|}Rabi Gouda

==Legislative Assembly elections==
===Chhattisgarh===
{{Main|2003 Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly election}}
[[File:Chhattisgarh in India.png|thumb|right|[[Chhattisgarh]]]]
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_NOV_2003/StatisticalReports_CHH_Nov2003.pdf |title=Chhattisgarh legislative assembly election, 2003 results}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party
! No. of candidates
! No. of elected
! No. of votes
! %
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 90
|50
| 3789914 || 39,26%
|-
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| 54
| 2
| 429334
| 4,45%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| 18
| 0
| 103776 || 1.08%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| 6
| 0
| 27521
| 0,29%
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 90
|30
| 3543754 || 36,71%
|-
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 89
| 1
| 677983
| 7,02%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]]
| 5
| 0
| 4888 || 0,05%
|-
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 18
| 0
| 16657
| 0,17%
|-
| [[Jharkhand Mukti Morcha]]
| 8
| 0
| 10008 || 0,10%
|-
| [[Shiv Sena (1966–2022)|Shiv Sena]]
| 2
| 0
| 2087
| 0,02%
|-
| [[Samajwadi Party]]
| 52
| 0
| 91905 || 0,95%
|-
| [[Akhil Bharatiya Bharat Mata – Putra Paksha]]
| 1
| 0
| 2655
| 0,03%
|-
| [[Akhil Bharatiya Hindu Mahasabha]]
| 3
| 0
| 1384 || 0,01%
|-
| Akhil Bharatiya Jan Sangh
| 1
| 0
| 1462
| 0,02%
|-
| [[Akhil Bharatiya Manav Adhikar Dal]]
| 1
| 0
| 74 || 0,00%
|-
| [[Apna Dal (Kamerawadi)|Apna Dal]]
| 7
| 0
| 12749
| 0,13%
|-
| [[Chhattisgarh Mukti Morcha]]
| 8
| 0
| 37335 || 0,39%
|-
| [[Chhattisgarhi Samaj Party]]
| 20
| 0
| 18284
| 0,19%
|-
| [[Gondvana Gantantra Party]]
| 41
| 0
| 154446 || 1,60%
|-
| [[Jai Prakash Janata Dal]]
| 4
| 0
| 3995
| 0,04%
|-
| [[Lok Janshakti Party]]
| 12
| 0
| 8059 || 0,08%
|-
| [[Lokpriya Samaj Party]]
| 2
| 0
| 1115
| 0,01%
|-
| [[Loktantrik Samajwadi Party]]
| 11
| 0
| 8365 || 0,09%
|-
| [[Republican Party of India]]
| 5
| 0
| 5411
| 0,06%
|-
| [[Republican Party of India (Athvale)]]
| 6
| 0
| 2540 || 0,03%
|-
| [[Shoshit Samaj Party]]
| 1
| 0
| 406
| 0,00%
|-
| [[Samajwadi Janata Party (Rashtriya)]]
| 3
| 0
| 679 || 0,01%
|-
| [[Yuva Gantantra Party]]
| 7
| 0
| 9843
| 0,10%
|-
| Independents
| 254
| 0
| 686942
| 7,12%
|-
| '''Total:'''
| 819
| 90
| 9653571
|
|}

===Delhi===
{{Main|2003 Delhi Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref>{{cite web |url=http://delhiassembly.nic.in/Ex_Mla.htm |title=Delhi Legislative Assembly, MLA List (2003 - 2008)}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_NOV_2003/StatisticalReports_DEL_Nov2003.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of NCT of Delhi |publisher=eci.nic.in |access-date=17 January 2014 |archive-date=12 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180712172518/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_NOV_2003/StatisticalReports_DEL_Nov2003.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party No. of candidates !! No. of elected !! No. of votes !! %
|-
| Indian National Congress || 70 ||47||
|-
| Bharatiya Janta Party || 70 ||20||
|-
| Others || 70 ||1||
|}

===Himachal Pradesh===
{{Main|2003 Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
Source: <ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/SE_Feb_2003/StatReport2003_HP.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120117194636/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_Feb_2003/StatReport2003_HP.pdf |archive-date=17 January 2012 }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align: center;"
! align="center" | Rank
! align="center" | Party
! align="center" | Seats Contested
! align="center" | Seats won
! align="center" | % votes
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
|1||align="left"|'''[[Indian National Congress]]'''||68||'''43'''||'''41'''
|-
|2||align="left"|'''[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]'''||68||'''16'''||'''35.38'''
|-
|3||align="left"|'''[[Independent (politician)|Independent]]'''||68||'''6'''||'''12.60'''
|-
|4||align="left"|'''[[Himachal Vikas Congress]]'''||49||'''1'''||'''5.87'''
|-
|5||align="left"|'''[[Lok Jan Shakti Party]]'''||27||'''1'''||'''1'''
|-
|6||align="left"|'''[[Loktantrik Morcha Himachal Pradesh]]'''||14||'''1'''||'''2.17'''
|-
| ||align="centre"|'''Total '''|| ||'''68'''||''' '''
|}

===Madhya Pradesh===
{{Main|2003 Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
! SN
! Party
! Seats Contested
! Seats won
! Seats Changed
! % Votes
|-
|- style="background: #90EE90;"
| 1
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 225
|173
| +90
| 43.72
|-
| 2
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 224
|38
| -86
| 32.58
|-
| 3
| [[Samajwadi Party]]
| 158
| 7
| + 5
| 3.89
|-
| 4
| [[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
| 153
| 2
| +1
| 7.58
|-
| 5
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 4
|0
| + 1
| 1.23
|-
| 6
| [[Independent (politician)|Independent]]s
| 215
|0
| - 6
| 4.71
|-
|
| '''Total'''
|
| '''230'''
|
|
|}

=== Meghalaya ===
{{Main|2003 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ [[1998 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election#Results|←]] Summary of the 23 February 2003 [[Meghalaya Legislative Assembly]] election results [[2008 Meghalaya Legislative Assembly election#Results|→]]
|-
|-
! style="text-align:left;" rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Parties and coalitions
! colspan="3"| Popular vote
! colspan="2"| Seats
|-
! Votes
! %
! ±[[Percentage point|pp]]
! Won
! +/−
|-
| width="1" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| align="left"| [[Indian National Congress]] (INC)
| 270,269 || 29.96 ||5.07 {{decrease}}
| 22 || 3 {{decrease}}
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" |
| align="left" |[[Nationalist Congress Party]] (NCP)
| 174,972 || 19.40 ||bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
| 14 || bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)}}"|
| align="left"| [[United Democratic Party (Meghalaya)|United Democratic Party]] (UDP)
| 144,255 || 15.99 || 11 {{decrease}}
| 9 || 11 {{decrease}}
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| align="left"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] (BJP)
|48,932
|5.42
|0.41 {{Decrease}}
|2
|1 {{Decrease}}
|-
| bgcolor="red" |
| align="left" |[[Meghalaya Democratic Party]] (MDP)
|47,852
|5.31
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|4
| style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Hill State People's Democratic Party}}"|
| align="left"| [[Hill State People's Democratic Party]] (HPDP/HSPDP)
| 44,520 || 4.94 ||1.83 {{Decrease}}
| 2 || 1 {{Decrease}}
|-
| bgcolor="light blue"|
|align="left"|[[Khun Hynniewtrep National Awakening Movement|Khun Hynnieutrip National Awakaning Movement]]
|32,677
|3.62
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|2
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
| bgcolor="yellow" |
| align="left" | [[Garo National Council]] (GNC)
| 8,483 || 0.94 ||1.17 {{Decrease}}
| 0 || 1 {{Decrease}}
|-
|
|align="left" |People's Democratic Movement (PDM)
|16,245
|1.80
|5.15 {{Decrease}}
|0
|3 {{Decrease}}
|-
|
|align="left" |Khasi Farmers Democratic Party (KFDP)
|2,478
|0.27
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|align="left" |[[Communist Party of India]]
|551
|0.06
|0.11 {{Decrease}}
|0
|{{Steady}}
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Samata Party}}" |
|align="left" |[[Samata Party]] (SAP)
|811
|0.09
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|0
|style="color:inherit;background:#E9E9E9"|
|-
|style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Samajwadi Party}}" |
|align="left" |[[Samajwadi Party]] (SP)
|245
|0.03
|0.06 {{Decrease}}
|0
|{{Steady}}
|-
| style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
| align="left" |[[Independent (politician)|Independents]] (IND)
| 109,686 || 12.16 ||4.0 {{Decrease}}
| 5 ||{{Steady}}
|-
| colspan="7" bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
|- style="font-weight:bold;"
| align="left" colspan="2"| Total
| 901,976 || 100.00 || bgcolor="#E9E9E9"|
| 60 || ±0
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" | Source: [[Election Commission of India]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3687-meghalaya-2003/|title=Meghalaya 2003|website=Election Commission of India|access-date=5 March 2020}}</ref>
|}

===Mizoram===
{{Main|2003 Mizoram Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|image=[[File:India Mizoram Legislative Assembly 2003.svg]]
|party1=[[Mizo National Front]]|votes1=132507|seats1=21|sc1=0
|party2=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes2=125690|seats2=12|sc2={{increase}}6
|party3=[[Mizoram People's Conference]]|votes3=67576|seats3=3|sc3={{decrease}}9
|party4=[[Zoram Nationalist Party]]|votes4=61466|seats4=2|sc4=New
|party5=[[Maraland Democratic Front]]|votes5=8146|seats5=1|sc5={{increase}}1
|party6=[[Hmar People's Convention]]|votes6=2195|seats6=1|sc6=New
|party7=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes7=7823|seats7=0|sc7=0
|party8=[[Janata Dal (United)]]|votes8=1864|seats8=0|sc8=New
|party9=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes9=124|seats9=0|sc9=New
|party10=[[Ephraim Union]]|votes10=123|seats10=0|sc10=New
|party11=[[Independent (politics)|Independents]]|votes11=10599|seats11=0|sc11={{decrease}}1
|total_sc=0
|invalid=307
|electorate=532028
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3664-mizoram-2003/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Mizoram |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date= 18 July 2021}}</ref>
}}

===Nagaland===
{{Main|2003 Nagaland Legislative Assembly election}}
{{Election results
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=318671|seats1=21|sc1=–32
|party2=[[Nagaland Peoples Front]]|votes2=264534|seats2=19|sc2=New
|party3=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes3=96658|seats3=7|sc3=New
|party4=[[Nationalist Democratic Movement]]|votes4=84699|seats4=5|sc4=New
|party5=[[Janata Dal (United)]]|votes5=51562|seats5=3|sc5=New
|party6=[[Samata Party]]|votes6=10456|seats6=1|sc6=New
|party7=[[Nationalist Congress Party]]|votes7=17726|seats7=0|sc7=New
|party8=[[All India Trinamool Congress]]|votes8=2951|seats8=0|sc8=New
|party9=[[Rashtriya Lok Dal]]|votes9=1796|seats9=0|sc9=New
|party10=[[Nagaland Democratic Party]]|votes10=423|seats10=0|sc10=New
|party11=Independents|votes11=39285|seats11=4|sc11=–3
|total_sc=0
|source=ECI<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3642-nagaland-2003/ |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 2003 to the Legislative Assembly of Nagaland |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=3 September 2021}}</ref>
}}

=== Rajasthan ===
{{Main|2003 Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election}}
Source:<ref name=election2003>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3403-rajasthan-2003/ |title=Statistical Data of Rajasthan Legislative Assembly election 2003 |publisher=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=14 January 2022}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party
! No. of candidates
! No. of elected
! No. of votes
! %
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| 200
|120
| ||
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 200
|56
| ||
|-
| Others
| 200
|0
| ||
|}

===Tripura===
{{Main|2003 Tripura Legislative Assembly election}}
[[File:Tripura in India.png|thumb|right|[[Tripura]]]]
Source:<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3306-tripura-2003/|title=Tripura Election Result 2003-ECI}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Party
! No. of candidates
! No. of elected
! No. of votes
! %
|-
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|
| 0
| 20032 || 1,32%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India]]
|
|
| 23443 || 1,54%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|
|37
| 711119
| 46,28%
|-
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 60
|13
| 498749 || 32,84%
|-
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| 12
| 0
| 4553
| 0,30%
|-
| [[All India Forward Bloc]]
| 1
| 0
| 9844 || 0,65%
|-
| [[All India Trinamool Congress]]
| 18
| 0
| 6493 || 0,43%
|-
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation]]
| 8
| 0
| 2615 || 0,17%
|-
| [[Indigenous Nationalist Party of Twipra]]
| 18
|0
| 189186
| 12,46%
|-
| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| 2
|0
| 28688
| 1,89%
|-
| [[Janata Dal (United)]]
| 4
| 0
| 944
| 0,06%
|-
| [[Amra Bangalee]]
| 9
| 0
| 6791
| 0,45%
|-
| [[Lok Janshakti Party]]
| 10
| 0
| 3544 || 0,23%
|-
| Independents
| 52
| 0
| 12788
| 0,84%
|-
| '''Total:'''
| 254
| 60
| 1518789
|
|}

== Legislative By-elections==

===Jammu and Kashmir===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Results by constituency |
* Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/ByeElection/ByeFeb2003/index.htm |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date = 1 January 2025 |title=Key Statistics - Bye Elections - Feb-Mar. 2003 |publisher=Election Commission Of India |website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency
!Turnout
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner Up
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Margin
|-
! #k
! Names
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
|-
|1||[[Pampore Assembly constituency|Pampore]]||37.6%||[[Zahoor Ahmad Mir]]||{{party name with color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}||14,317||1.4%||Mushtaq Ahmad||{{party name with color|Jammu & Kashmir National Conference}}||1,535||2.45%||style="background:{{party color|Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party}}"|'''12,782'''
|-
|}
===Jharkhand===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Results by constituency |
* Winner, runner-up, voter turnout, and victory margin in every constituency
! colspan="2" |Assembly Constituency
!Turnout
! colspan="5" |Winner
! colspan="5" |Runner Up
! rowspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Margin
|-
! #k
! Names
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
! Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party
! data-sort-type=number | Votes
!%
|-
|1||[[Poreyahat Assembly constituency|Poreyahat]]||68.75%||Prashant Kumar ||{{party name with color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}||58,924||.52%||Ajit Kumar ||{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}||58,316||.66%||style="background:{{party color|Jharkhand Mukti Morcha}}"|'''608'''
|-
|}

==Rajya Sabha==
{{Main|2003 Indian Rajya Sabha elections}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
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{{Indian elections}}
{{Legislatures of India}}

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