2014 Indian general election in Assam

Indian general election in Assam, 2014
14 seats
Turnout	80.12%
	Map of Results

Last updated August 24, 2024

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]

Opinion poll

Conducted in Month(s)	Ref	Polling Organisation/Agency	INC	BJP	AGP	AUDF	BPF
Conducted in Month(s)	Ref	Polling Organisation/Agency
Aug–Oct 2013	^[6]	Times Now-India TV-CVoter	9	3	0	1	1
Jan–Feb 2014	^[7]	Times Now-India TV-CVoter	7	5	0	1	1
March 2014	^[8]	NDTV- Hansa Research ^[9]	12	0	0	1	1

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^[10]
2	4	12 April	Karimganj, Silchar, Autonomous District	75^[11]
3	6	24 April	Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Gauhati, Mangaldoi, Nowgong,	70.6^[12]

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
Party		Contested	Won	+/−	Votes	%	±pp	2nd position^[14]	3rd position
	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	Turnout	Candidate		Margin
1	Karimganj	76.07	Radheshyam Biswas	AIUDF	1,02,094
2	Silchar	75.45	Sushmita Dev	INC	35,241
3	Autonomous District	77.36	Biren Sing Engti	INC	24,095
4	Dhubri	88.35	Badruddin Ajmal	AIUDF	2,29,730
5	Kokrajhar	81.30	Naba Kumar Sarania	IND	3,55,779
6	Barpeta	84.31	Sirajuddin Ajmal	AIUDF	42,341
7	Gauhati	78.64	Bijoya Chakravarty	BJP	3,15,784
8	Mangaldoi	81.37	Ramen Deka	BJP	22,884
9	Tezpur	77.86	Ram Prasad Sarmah	BJP	86,020
10	Nowgong	80.72	Rajen Gohain	BJP	1,43,559
11	Kaliabor	80.50	Gourav Gogoi	INC	93,874
12	Jorhat	78.30	Kamakhya Prasad Tasa	BJP	1,02,420
13	Dibrugarh	79.25	Rameswar Teli	BJP	1,85,347
14	Lakhimpur	77.70	Sarbananda Sonowal	BJP	2,92,138

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[mospi.gov.in-1] 1 2 3 "General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections" (PDF). 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.

[2] "Delhi Elections 2020 Schedule, Dates, Results". NDTV.com.

[3] "Threat of Islamic terror looms large over Assam | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses". Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

[4] "LS Poll 2014: Prospects of Ten Parties Regional Front in Northeast India | ummid.com". www.ummid.com.

[5] "State-Wise Voter Turnout in General Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Government of India. Press Information Bureau. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2015.

[6] "Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll". Outlook. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.

[7] "India TV-C Voter projection: Big gains for BJP in UP, Bihar; NDA may be 45 short of magic mark". Indiatv. Retrieved 13 February 2013.

[8] "Battleground 2014". NDTV. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.

[9] The poll gave one seat to others.

[10] "LS elections kick off with polling in Assam, Tripura". Hindustan Times. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.

[11] "High Voter Turnout in Phase 4". IBNLive. 12 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.

[12] "Assam records 70.6% voting in Lok Sabha elections". Livemint. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.

[13] "Assembly Election Results Dates Candidate List Opinion/Exit Poll Latest News, Political Consulting Survey Election Campaign Management Company India". infoelections.com.

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