2019 Indian general election in Assam

The 2019 Indian general election held in India between April and May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The elections could be held at an earlier date if the Council of Ministers recommends dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha to the President of India. However, the government has publicly announced that the elections will be held according to schedule.[3]

2019 Indian general election in Assam

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14 seats
Turnout81.60% (Increase1.48%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Sarbananda Sonowal Tarun Gogoi Badruddin Ajmal
Party BJP INC AIUDF
Alliance NDA UPA -
Leader since 2018 2018 2005
Leader's seat did not contest did not contest Dhubri
Last election 7 seats 3 seats 3 seats
Seats won 9[1] 3[2] 1
Seat change Increase 2 Steady Decrease 2
Popular vote 64,17,519 63,08,928 13,88,534
Percentage 36.05% 35.44% 7.80%
Swing Decrease 0.45% Increase 5.84% Decrease 7%

Election schedule

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Poll event Phase
I II III
Notification Date 18 March 19 March 28 March
Last Date for filing nomination 25 March 26 March 4 April
Scrutiny of nomination 26 March 27 March 5 April
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination 28 March 29 March 8 April
Date of poll 11 April 18 April 23 April
Date of counting of votes/Result 23 May 2019
No. of constituencies 5 5 4

Opinion polls

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Date published Polling agency Lead
NDA UPA AIUDF
Jan 2019 C Voter[citation needed] 6 7 1 1
Date published Polling agency Others Lead
NDA UPA AIUDF
Jan 2019 C Voter[citation needed] 44.3% 44.6% 2.5% 8.6% 0.3%

Candidates

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No Constituency Candidates
NDA

  BJP (10)   AGP (3)   BPF (1)

UPA

  INC (14)

  AIUDF(3)
1 Karimganj Kripanath Mallah Swarup Das Radheshyam Biswas
2 Silchar Rajdeep Roy Sushmita Dev DNF
3 Autonomous District Horen Sing Bey Biren Singh Engti DNF
4 Dhubri Zabed Islam Abu Taher Ali Bepari Badruddin Ajmal
5 Kokrajhar Pramila Rani Brahma Sabda Ram Rabha DNF
6 Barpeta Kumar Deepak Das Abdul Khaleque Haji Rafiqul Islam
7 Gauhati Queen Oja Bobbeeta Sharma DNF
8 Mangaldoi Dilip Saikia Bhubaneswar Kalita DNF
9 Tezpur Pallab Lochan Das MGVK Bhanu DNF
10 Nowgong Rupak Sharma Pradyut Bordoloi DNF
11 Kaliabor Mani Madhav Mahanta Gaurav Gogoi DNF
12 Jorhat Topon Kumar Gogoi Sushanta Borgohain DNF
13 Dibrugarh Rameswar Teli Paban Singh Ghatowar DNF
14 Lakhimpur Pradan Baruah Anil Borgohain DNF

Party wise results

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Alliance/Party Seats Popular vote
Contested Won +/− Votes % ±pp
NDA BJP 10 9  2 64,84,596 36.41%  0.09
AGP 3 0   14,80,697 8.31%  4.51
BPF 1 0   4,46,774 2.5%  0.29
Total 14 9  2 84,12,067 46.78% -
UPA INC 14 3   63,73,659 35.79%  6.19
- - AIUDF 3 1  2 14,02,088 7.87%  6.93
- - IND 45 1   4,84,560 4.3  5.32

Seat Share

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  NDA (64%)
  UPA (22%)
  AIUDF (7%)
  IND (7%)

Vote Share

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  NDA (46.76%)
  UPA (35.44%)
  AIUDF (7.80%)
  AITC (0.41%)
  CPM (0.23%)
  CPI (0.17%)
  Others (9.19%)

Constituenties wise result

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# Constituency Turnout Candidate Party Votes Runner Up Party Votes Margin
1 Karimganj 79.18   Kripanath Mallah Bharatiya Janata Party 4,73,046 Radheshyam Biswas All India United Democratic Front 4,34,357 38,389
2 Silchar 79.51   Rajdeep Roy 4,99,414 Sushmita Dev Indian National Congress 4,17,818 81,596
3 Autonomous District 77.63   Horen Singh Bey 3,81,316 Biren Singh Engti 1,41,690 2,39,626
4 Dhubri 90.66   Badruddin Ajmal All India United Democratic Front 7,18,764 Abu Taher Bepari 4,92,506 2,26,258
5 Kokrajhar 83.30   Naba Kumar Sarania Independent politician 4,84,560 Pramila Rani Brahma Bodoland People's Front 4,46,744 37,786
6 Barpeta 86.57   Abdul Khaleque Indian National Congress 6,45,173 Kumar Deepak Das Asom Gana Parishad 5,04,866 1,40,307
7 Gauhati 80.87   Queen Oja Bharatiya Janata Party 10,08,936 Bobbeeta Sarma Indian National Congress 6,63,330 3,45,606
8 Mangaldoi 83.68   Dilip Saikia 7,35,469 Bhubaneshwar Kalita 5,96,924 1,38,545
9 Tezpur 79.48   Pallab Lochan Das 6,84,166 M.G.V.K Bhanu 4,41,325 2,42,841
10 Nowgong 83.23   Pradyut Bordoloi Indian National Congress 7,39,724 Rupak Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party 7,22,972 16,752
11 Kaliabor 82.09   Gourav Gogoi 7,86,092 Moni Madhab Mahanta Asom Gana Parishad 5,76,098 2,09,994
12 Jorhat 77.57   Topon Kumar Gogoi Bharatiya Janata Party 5,43,288 Sushanta Borgohain Indian National Congress 4,60,635 82,653
13 Dibrugarh 77.30   Rameswar Teli 6,59,583 Paban Singh Ghatowar 2,95,017 3,64,566
14 Lakhimpur 75.17   Pradan Baruah 7,76,406 Anil Borgohain 4,25,855 3,50,551

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

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Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly (as of 2021 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 67 64
Asom Gana Parishad 11 9
Bodoland People's Front 4 4
Indian National Congress 26 25
All India United Democratic Front 12 16
Independents 6 8
Total 126

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Lok Sabha election results 2019: BJP bags nine of 14 seats in Assam". @businessline.
  2. ^ "Lok Sabha election 2019: BJP surpasses 2014 tally in Assam, wins 9 seats". Zee News. May 23, 2019.
  3. ^ Singh, Vijaita (2018-09-01). "General election will be held in 2019 as per schedule, says Rajnath Singh". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2019-01-04.