2009 Indian general election in Assam

Indian general election in Assam, 2009

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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%
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

Winning candidates

No.	Constituency	Turnout%	Name of elected M.P.	Party affiliation		Margin
1	Karimganj	64.13	Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya		Indian National Congress	7,920
2	Silchar	70.37	Kabindra Purkayastha		Bharatiya Janata Party	41,470
3	Autonomous District	69.40	Biren Singh Engti		Indian National Congress	74,548
4	Dhubri	76.31	Badruddin Ajmal		Assam United Democratic Front	1,84,419
5	Kokrajhar	73.65	Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary		Bodaland Peoples Front	1,90,322
6	Barpeta	72.70	Ismail Hussain		Indian National Congress	30,429
7	Gauhati	64.46	Bijoya Chakravarty		Bharatiya Janata Party	11,855
8	Mangaldoi	69.85	Ramen Deka		Bharatiya Janata Party	55,849
9	Tezpur	69.67	Joseph Toppo		Asom Gana Parishad	30,153
10	Nowgong	70.85	Rajen Gohain		Bharatiya Janata Party	45,380
11	Kaliabor	71.24	Dip Gogoi		Indian National Congress	1,51,989
12	Jorhat	64.58	Bijoy Krishna Handique		Indian National Congress	71,914
13	Dibrugarh	67.29	Paban Singh Ghatowar		Indian National Congress	35,143
14	Lakhimpur	68.35	Ranee Narah		Indian National Congress	44,572

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.