2004 Indian general election in Assam

2004 Indian general election in Assam

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14 seats
First party Second party Third party   AGP Leader Tarun Gogoi Rameshwar Teli Brindaban Goswami Party INC BJP Asom Gana Parishad Last election 10 2 0 Seats won 9 2 2 Seat change 1 2 Popular vote 3,637,405 2,379,524 2,069,600 Percentage 35.07% 22.94% 19.95%
Assam
Prime Minister before election A. B. Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

The 2004 Indian general election polls in Assam were held for 14 seats in the state. The result was United Progressive Alliance winning nine out of the 14 seats, while the National Democratic Alliance, captured only three seats. Asom Gana Parishad managed to get two seats.

In Assam, there was a three-cornered contest between Congress, BJP and Asom Gana Parishad (the main regional party of the state). Congress contested all 14 seats in the states, BJP 12 and AGP 12. BJP supported one JD(U) candidate and the Bodo nationalist candidate in Kokrajhar. The left parties (CPI(M), CPI and CPI(ML)L) had a joint front. Congress won nine seats. AGP got a comeback, winning two seats. BJP also won two seats, although one of them was the popular singer Bhupen Hazarika. Hazarika stood in Guwahati, and his election ought to reflect his personal popularity, rather than that of the party he had just joined. CPI(ML)L lost its seat in the Karbi Anlong hills, largely due to a split in their mass organisation there and the resurgence of communal violence in the area. In Kokrajhar the Bodo nationalist and NDA-supported candidate, Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary, retained his seat.

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004. ^[1]

Poll event [2]	Phase
	1	2
Date of announcement	29 February 2004
Notification date	24 March 2004	31 March 2004
Last date for filing nomination	31 March 2004	7 April 2004
Scrutiny of nomination	2 April 2004	8 April 2004
Last date for withdrawal of nomination	5 April 2004	10 April 2004
Date of poll	20 April 2004	26 April 2004
Date of counting of votes	13 May 2004
No. of constituencies	6	8

Parties and alliances

   United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Tarun Gogoi	14

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Rameshwar Teli	12
	Janata Dal (United)			Nitish Kumar	1
	Independent			Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary	1

   Asom Gana Parishad

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Asom Gana Parishad			Brindaban Goswami	12

Results by Alliance

Coalition/Alliance	Parties contesting in Assam from the Alliance in 1999	Seats won in 1999 Election	Parties contesting in Assam from the Alliance in 2004	Seats won in 2004 Election	Swing
National Democratic Alliance	-Bharatiya Janata Party (2) -Asom Gana Parishad	2	Bharatiya Janata Party	2	0
United Progressive Alliance	Indian National Congress*	10	Indian National Congress	9	−1
Left Front	-Communist Party of India -Communist Party of India -Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation (1)	1	-Communist Party of India -Communist Party of India -Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	0	−1
Other parties	Independent	1	-Asom Gana Parishad (2) -Independent (1)	3	+2

• Note: UPA was not in existence in 1999, instead the number of seats won in 1999, represents the seats won by Indian National Congress
• Note: Left front, was not part of the UPA, in 2004, instead gave outside support.

Results by Party

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	INC			36,37,405	35.07	3.35	14	9	1
	NDA		BJP	23,79,524	22.94	6.90	12	2
			IND	6,89,620	6.65		1	1	1
			JD(U)	1,25,966	1.21		1	0
		Total		31,95,110	30.80		14	3
	AGP			20,69,600	19.95	8.03	12	2	2
	CPI			1,72,332	1.66	1.08	1	0
	CPI(M-L)L			1,08,837	1.05	1.20	3	0	1
	SP			1,09,088	1.05	0.85	4	0
	ASDC			1,01,808	0.98		1	0
	CPI(M)			68,627	0.66	1.11	2	0
	Others			2,07,964	2.00		19	0
	IND			7,01,318	6.76	2.60	46	0	1
Total				1,03,72,089	100%	-	116	14	-

Results by constituency

Keys:   INC (9)    BJP (2)    AGP (2)    Independent (1)

Constituency		Turnout	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
No.	Name		Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Karimganj	68.61		INC	Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya	3,21,059	47.81		BJP	Parimal Suklabaidya	2,29,111	34.12	91948	13.69
2	Silchar	69.18		INC	Sontosh Mohan Dev	2,46,215	40.48		BJP	Kabindra Purkayastha	2,24,895	36.97	21,320	3.51
3	Autonomous District	69.42		INC	Biren Singh Engti	1,25,937	31.38		ASDC	Elvin Teron	1,01,808	25.37	24129	6.01
4	Dhubri	75.1		INC	Anwar Hussain	3,76,588	43.61		AGP	Afzalur Rahman	2,59,966	30.1	1,16,622	13.5
5	Kokrajhar	79.49		Independent	Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary	6,89,620	71.32		Independent	Sabda Ram Rabha	2,05,941	21.24	4,84,129	50.07
6	Barpeta	70.9		INC	A. F. Golam Osmani	2,66,972	35.0		AGP	Kumar Deepak Das	1,98,847	26.07	68,125	8.93
7	Gauhati	61.18		INC	Kirip Chaliha	3,53,250	40.06		BJP	Bhupen Hazarika	2,92,099	33.13	61,151	6.93
8	Mangaldoi	70.18		BJP	Narayan Chandra Borkataky	3,45,863	40.74		INC	Madhab Rajbangshi	3,15,997	37.22	29,866	3.52
9	Tezpur	71.61		INC	Moni Kumar Subba	2,89,847	40.26		AGP	Padma Hazarika	2,19,402	30.47	70,445	9.79
10	Nowgong	68.4		BJP	Rajen Gohain	3,42,704	43.6		INC	Bisnu Prasad	3,11,292	39.6	31,412	4.00
11	Kaliabor	66.21		INC	Dip Gogoi	3,01,893	39.56		AGP	Keshab Mahanta	2,34,695	30.75	67,198	8.81
12	Jorhat	62.0		INC	Bijoy Krishna Handique	2,23,624	33.54		CPI	Drupad Borgohain	1,72,332	25.84	51,292	7.69
13	Dibrugarh	65.12		AGP	Sarbananda Sonowal	2,20,944	35.0		BJP	Kamakhya Prasad Tasa	2,03,390	32.06	18,554	2.94
14	Lakhimpur	71.05		AGP	Arun Kumar Sarmah	3,00,865	37.61		INC	Ranee Narah	2,72,717	34.09	28,148	3.52

Results by constituency

General Election, 2004: Karimganj

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya	321,059	47.81
	BJP	Parimal Sukla Baidya	229,111	34.12
	AGP	Nepal Chandra Das	106,546	15.87
	Independent	Babul Ram Das	3,925	0.58
	Independent	Sushil Kumar Das	3,641	0.54
	Independent	Radha Kanta Tanty	2,862	0.43
	Independent	Lukendra Roy	2,386	0.36
	Independent	Babul Roy	1,960	0.29
Majority			91,948
Turnout			671,491	68.91
	INC hold		Swing

General Election, 2004: Autonomous District

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Biren Singh Engti	125,937	31.38
	ASDC(U)	Elwin Teron	101,808	25.36
	CPI(ML)L	Dr. Jayanta Rongpi	74,399	18.54
	BJP	Ratan Teron	57,584	14.35
	Independent	Sanmoni Temprai	26,713	6.66
	Independent	Chember G. Momin	8,003	1.99
	AGP	Sailendra Hasnu	3,755	0.94
	Samata Party	Harsing Teron	3,178	0.79
Majority			24,129
Turnout			401,377	69.42
	INC gain from CPI(ML)L		Swing

References

1. "General Election Schedule 2004".
2. "Counting of votes for AP assembly begins". 11 May 2004.