In which of the following states/union territories was an election NOT held during March-April 2021?
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Option 2 : Bihar
The correct answer is Bihar.
- The election was NOT held in Bihar during March-April 2021.
- Members of the Seventeenth Bihar Legislative Assembly were elected in three parts from October to November.
- The previous Bihar Sixteenth Legislative Assembly's tenure concluded on November 29, 2020.
- Following the elections, incumbent Chief Minister Nitish Kumar was re-sworn in as Chief Minister after being chosen as the leader of the National Democratic Alliance in Bihar, and two new deputy Chief Ministers, Tarkishore Prasad, and Renu Devi were recruited into the new administration.
- The election for 292 of the 294 constituencies of West Bengal's Legislative Assembly in 2021 was held in eight phases between March 27 and April 29, 2021.
- The election for the remaining two seats had been postponed until September 30, 2021.
- Despite opinion surveys generally expecting a close fight against the Bharatiya Janata Party, which formed the formal opposition with 77 seats, the incumbent All India Trinamool Congress administration led by Mamata Banerjee won the election by a substantial margin.
- On April 6, 2021, the Sixteenth Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly Election was conducted to elect representatives from the state's 234 constituencies. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) won the election, ending the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's decade-long reign (AIADMK).
- M. K. Stalin, the leader of the DMK, was elected as the eighth Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, and the 12th since the 1956 reorganization. He took the place of AIADMK leader Edappadi K. Palaniswami.
- The fifteenth legislative assembly election was held on April 6, 2021, in the union territory of Puducherry, India, to elect members to the Legislative Assembly from 30 constituencies.
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