2009 Indian general election in Assam

2009 Indian general election in Assam

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14 seats
Turnout	69.54%
First party Second party   Party UPA NDA Last election 9 2 Seats won 7 5 Seat change 2 3 Percentage 34.89% 30.81%
Partywise result Alliance-wise result
Prime Minister before election Manmohan Singh INC Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

The 2009 Indian general election polls in Assam were held for 14 seats in the state. ^[1] United Progressive Alliance won 7 of the 14 seats, these all 7 seats were won by Congress. The NDAs Bharatiya Janata Party won 4 seats and Asom Gana Parishad won one seat.

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Sarbananda Sonowal	7
	Asom Gana Parishad			Chandra Mohan Patowary	6
	Rashtrawadi Sena			Arun Das	1

   United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Tarun Gogoi	13
	Bodoland People's Front			Hagrama Mohilary	1 + 1 [a]
Total					14 + 1 [b]

Others

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Assam United Democratic Front			Badruddin Ajmal	9

List of Candidates

Constituency
		NDA			UPA			AUDF
1	Karimganj		BJP	Sudhangshu Das		INC	Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya		AIUDF	Rajesh Mallah
2	Silchar		BJP	Kabindra Purkayastha		INC	Santosh Mohan Dev		AIUDF	Badruddin Ajmal
3	Autonomous District		BJP	Kulendra Daulagupu		INC	Biren Singh Engti		Did not contest
4	Dhubri		RWS	Arun Das		INC	Anwar Hussain		AIUDF	Badruddin Ajmal
5	Kokrajhar		AGP	Sabda Ram Rabha		BPF	Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary		Did not contest
6	Barpeta		AGP	Bhupen Ray		INC	Ismail Hussain		AIUDF	Abdus Samad Ahmed
7	Gauhati		BJP	Bijoya Chakravarty		INC	Robin Bordoloi		AIUDF	Sonabor Ali
8	Mangaldoi		BJP	Ramen Deka		INC	Madhab Rajbangshi		AIUDF	Badiuj Zamal
9	Tezpur		AGP	Joseph Toppo		INC	Moni Kumar Subba		AIUDF	Deba Orang
10	Nowgong		BJP	Rajen Gohain		INC	Anil Raja		AIUDF	Sirajuddin Ajmal
11	Kaliabor		AGP	Gunin Hazarika		INC	Dip Gogoi		AIUDF	Sirajuddin Ajmal
12	Jorhat		BJP	Kamakhya Tasa		INC	Bijoy Krishna Handique		Did not contest
13	Dibrugarh		AGP	Sarbananda Sonowal		INC	Paban Singh Ghatowar		Did not contest
14	Lakhimpur		AGP	Arun Kumar Sarmah		INC	Ranee Narah		Did not contest

Results

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	UPA		INC	42,35,681	34.89	0.18	13	7	2
			BPF	6,56,430	5.41	New	1+1	1	1
		Total		48,92,111	40.30		14+1	8
	NDA		BJP	19,67,813	16.21	6.73	7	4	2
			AGP	17,73,103	14.60	5.35	6	1	1
			RWS	96,499	0.79	New	1+4	0
		Total		38,37,415	31.60		14+4	5
	AUDF			19,54,901	16.10	New	9	1	1
	Others			5,35,365	4.41		43	0
	IND			9,21,379	7.59	5.82	73	0	1
Total				1,21,41,171	100%	-	158	14	-

Winning candidates

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Karimganj	Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya		INC	259,717	37.89	Rajesh Mallah		AUDF	251,797	36.74	7,920	1.15
2	Silchar	Kabindra Purkayastha		BJP	243,532	35.37	Badruddin Ajmal		AUDF	202,062	29.35	41,470	6.02
3	Autonomous District	Biren Singh Engti		INC	197,835	41.17	Elwin Teron		ASDC	123,287	25.66	74,548	15.51
4	Dhubri	Badruddin Ajmal		AUDF	540,820	51.66	Anwar Hussain		INC	356,401	34.04	184,419	17.62
5	Kokrajhar	Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary		BOPF	495,211	48.80	Urkhao Gwra Brahma		IND	304,889	30.04	190,322	18.76
6	Barpeta	Ismail Hussain		INC	322,137	35.75	Bhupen Ray		AGP	291,708	32.37	30,429	3.38
7	Gauhati	Bijoya Chakravarty		BJP	496,047	44.74	Capt. Robin Bordoloi		INC	484,192	43.67	11,855	1.07
8	Mangaldoi	Ramen Deka		BJP	307,881	31.15	Madhab Rajbangshi		INC	252,032	25.50	55,849	5.65
9	Tezpur	Joseph Toppo		AGP	352,246	41.78	Moni Kumar Subba		INC	322,093	38.21	30,153	3.57
10	Nowgong	Rajen Gohain		BJP	380,921	38.11	Anil Raja		INC	335,541	33.57	45,380	4.54
11	Kaliabor	Dip Gogoi		INC	434,676	45.25	Gunin Hazarika		AGP	282,687	29.43	151,989	15.82
12	Jorhat	Bijoy Krishna Handique		INC	362,320	47.46	Kamakhya Tasa		BJP	290,406	38.04	71,914	9.42
13	Dibrugarh	Paban Singh Ghatowar		INC	359,163	47.87	Sarbananda Sonowal		AGP	324,020	43.19	35,143	4.68
14	Lakhimpur	Ranee Narah		INC	352,330	38.73	Dr. Arun Kr. Sarma		AGP	307,758	33.83	44,572	4.90

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Assam

#	Name	Constituency	Designation	Department	From	To	Party
1	Manmohan Singh	Assam (Rajya Sabha)	Prime Minister	Prime Minister; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Atomic Energy; Space; Planning	22 May 2009	26 May 2014		INC
2	Bijoy Krishna Handique	Jorhat	Cabinet Minister	Mines	28 May 2009	19 January 2011
				Development of North Eastern Region	28 May 2009	12 July 2011
3	Paban Singh Ghatowar	Dibrugarh	MoS (I/C)	Development of North Eastern Region	12 July 2011	26 May 2014
			MoS	Parliamentary Affairs	20 July 2011	28 October 2012
4	Ranee Narah	Lakhimpur	MoS	Tribal Affairs	28 October 2012	26 May 2014

References

1. "General Election 2009". Election Commission of India . Retrieved 22 October 2021.

Notes

1. Friendly Contest on Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency between INC and BPF.
2. Friendly Contest on Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency between INC and BPF.