2014 Indian general election in Assam

2014 Indian general election in Assam
9 April
14 seats
Turnout80.12%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party BJP INC AIUDF
Last election 5 7 1
Seats won 7 3 3
Seat change 2 4 2
Percentage 36.50% 29.60% 14.80%
Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2014 Indian general election polls in Assam for 14 Lok Sabha seats was held in three phases on 7, 12 and 24 April 2014.[1] The total voter strength of Assam is 18,723,032.[2]

The main political parties in Assam are Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Asom Gana Parishad, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and others.

Despite threats from insurgent militant groups in Northeast India, people turned out in large numbers for voting.[3][4] Voters turnout in Assam was 80% which was one of highest in India.[5]

Election schedule

Constituency wise Election schedule are given below[1]-

Polling Day Phase Date Constituencies Voting Percentage
1 1 7 April Tezpur, Kaliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur 75[6]
2 4 12 April Karimganj, Silchar, Autonomous District 75[7]
3 6 24 April Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Gauhati, Mangaldoi, Nowgong, 70.6[8]

Parties and alliances

  National Democratic Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party Sarbananda Sonowal 13
Independent Naba Kumar Sarania 1

  United Progressive Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Tarun Gogoi 13
Bodoland People's Front Hagrama Mohilary 1 + 1

Others

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Asom Gana Parishad Prafulla Kumar Mahanta 12
All India United Democratic Front Badruddin Ajmal 10

Opinion poll

Conducted in Month(s) Ref Polling Organisation/Agency
INC BJP AGP AUDF BPF
Aug–Oct 2013 [9] Times Now-India TV-CVoter 9 3 0 1 1
Jan–Feb 2014 [10] Times Now-India TV-CVoter 7 5 0 1 1
March 2014 [11] NDTV- Hansa Research[12] 12 0 0 1 1

Results

The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014.[1] Voter Turnout was 80% despite threats from terrorist outfits[13]

7 3 1 3
BJP AIUDF IND INC
Party Seats Popular vote 2nd position[14] 3rd position
Contested Won +/− Votes % ±pp
Bharatiya Janata Party 13 7 3 55,07,152 36.50 19.29 5 1
Indian National Congress 13 3 4 44,67,295 29.60 4.31 8 2
All India United Democratic Front 10 3 2 22,37,612 14.80 2.30 0 4
Asom Gana Parishad 12 0 1 5,77,730 3.80 8.81 0 3
Independent (politician) 58 1 1 14,36,900 9.62 2.02 1 2
Bodoland People's Front 2 0 1 3,30,106 2.21 0 2

Results by Constituency

Constituency Winner Runner-up Margin
Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % Votes %
1 Karimganj Radheshyam Biswas AIUDF 362,866 40.87 Lalit Mohon Suklabaidya INC 226,562 25.52 136,304 15.35
2 Silchar Sushmita Dev INC 336,451 42.05 Kabindra Purkayastha BJP 301,210 37.65 35,241 4.40
3 Autonomous District Biren Singh Engti INC 213,152 39.20 Joy Ram Engleng BJP 189,057 34.77 24,095 4.43
4 Dhubri Badruddin Ajmal AIUDF 592,569 43.26 Wazed Ali Choudhury INC 362,839 26.49 229,730 16.77
5 Kokrajhar Naba Kumar Sarania (Hira) IND 634,428 51.82 Urkhao Gwra Brahma IND 278,649 22.76 355,779 29.06
6 Barpeta Siraj Uddin Ajmal AIUDF 394,702 32.70 Chandra Mohan Patowary BJP 352,361 29.19 42,341 3.51
7 Gauhati Bijoya Chakravarty BJP 764,985 50.59 Manash Borah INC 449,201 29.70 315,784 20.89
8 Mangaldoi Ramen Deka BJP 486,357 39.43 Kirip Chaliha INC 463,473 37.57 22,884 1.86
9 Tezpur Ram Prasad Sarmah BJP 446,511 45.52 Bhupen Kumar Borah INC 360,491 36.75 86,020 8.77
10 Nowgong Rajen Gohain BJP 494,146 40.16 Jonjonali Baruah INC 350,587 28.49 143,559 11.67
11 Kaliabor Gourav Gogoi INC 443,315 37.97 Mrinal Kumar Saikia BJP 349,441 29.93 93,874 8.04
12 Jorhat Kamakhya Prasad Tasa BJP 456,420 48.99 Bijoy Krishna Handique INC 354,000 38.00 102,420 10.99
13 Dibrugarh Rameswar Teli BJP 494,364 55.48 Paban Singh Ghatowar INC 309,017 34.68 185,347 20.80
14 Lakhimpur Sarbananda Sonowal BJP 612,543 55.05 Ranee Narah INC 320,405 28.80 292,138 26.25

References

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  12. ^ The poll gave one seat to others.
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