2013 – Election year for India

India will witness Nine Assembly elections in 2013.

February 2013: Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura

May 2013: Karnataka

December 2013: Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram and Delhi

The above states are quite a representative spread across the country and a mixture of Congress and BJP ruled states. Therefore, the political stakes are high in 2013. This is not just for the Congress and UPA but also for the main opposition party, the BJP, which hasn’t quite presented itself as a government-in-waiting.

There is much confusion about who exactly will lead the BJP in the General Elections (Same in Congress too)

          As of now (Dec 31, 2012) Congress rules in 6 States and 1 Union Territory with absolute majority while BJP rules in 5 States. There are 28 States and 7 Union Territories including the NCT. Of these, 28 States and 2 Union Territories have their own legislatures. Here is the complete list of the political parties and the number of states that they rule:-

Party	States	UT
Congress	6	1
Congress+	7	--
BJP	5	--
BJP+	4	--
AIADMK	1	--
CPI(M)	1	--
BJD	1	--
SP	1	--
SDP	1	--
AINRC	--	1