2014 Indian general election in Assam

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Indian general election in Assam, 2014
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  2009 9 April 2019  

14 seats
Turnout80.12%
 First partySecond partyThird party
 
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Party BJP INC AIUDF
Last election571
Seats won733
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Decrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 2
Percentage36.50%29.60%14.80%

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Map of Results

Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

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]

Contents

The main political parties in Assam are Indian National Congress (INC), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Asom Gana Parishad, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) and others.

Despite threats from insurgent militant groups in Northeast India, people turned out in large numbers for voting. [3] [4] Voters turnout in Assam was 80% which was one of highest in India. [5]

Election schedule

Constituency wise Election schedule are given below [1] -

Polling DayPhaseDateConstituenciesVoting Percentage
117 April Tezpur, Kaliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur 75 [6]
2412 April Karimganj, Silchar, Autonomous District 75 [7]
3624 April Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Gauhati, Mangaldoi, Nowgong,70.6 [8]

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg Lotus flower symbol.svg Sarbananda Sonowal 13
Independent No image available.svg No image available.svg Naba Kumar Sarania 1

   United Progressive Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
Indian National Congress Indian National Congress Flag.svg Hand INC.svg Tarun Gogoi 13
Bodoland People's Front BPF-Flag.svg Indian Election Symbol Nangol.svg Hagrama Mohilary 1 + 1

Others

PartyFlagSymbolLeaderSeats contested
Asom Gana Parishad Asom Gana Parishad Flag.jpg Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png Prafulla Kumar Mahanta 12
All India United Democratic Front AIUDF logo.webp Indian Election Symbol Lock And Key.svg Badruddin Ajmal 10

Opinion poll

Conducted in Month(s)RefPolling Organisation/Agency
INC BJP AGP AUDF BPF
Aug–Oct 2013 [9] Times Now-India TV-CVoter93011
Jan–Feb 2014 [10] Times Now-India TV-CVoter75011
March 2014 [11] NDTV- Hansa Research [12] 120011

Results

The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014. [1] Voter Turnout was 80% despite threats from terrorist outfits [13]

7313
BJPAIUDFINDINC
PartySeatsPopular vote2nd position [14] 3rd position
ContestedWon+/−Votes%±pp
Bharatiya Janata Party 137Increase2.svg 355,07,15236.50Increase2.svg19.2951
Indian National Congress 133Decrease2.svg 444,67,29529.60Decrease2.svg4.3182
All India United Democratic Front 103Increase2.svg 222,37,61214.80Decrease2.svg2.3004
Asom Gana Parishad 120Decrease2.svg 15,77,7303.80Decrease2.svg8.8103
Independent (politician) 581Increase2.svg 114,36,9009.62Increase2.svg2.0212
Bodoland People's Front 20Decrease2.svg13,30,1062.21Steady2.svg02
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Results by Constituency

#ConstituencyTurnoutCandidatePartyMargin
1 Karimganj 76.07 Increase2.svg Radheshyam Biswas AIUDF 1,02,094
2 Silchar 75.45 Increase2.svg Sushmita Dev INC 35,241
3 Autonomous District 77.36 Increase2.svg Biren Sing Engti INC 24,095
4 Dhubri 88.35 Increase2.svg Badruddin Ajmal AIUDF 2,29,730
5 Kokrajhar 81.30 Increase2.svg Naba Kumar Sarania IND 3,55,779
6 Barpeta 84.31 Increase2.svg Sirajuddin Ajmal AIUDF 42,341
7 Gauhati 78.64 Increase2.svg Bijoya Chakravarty BJP 3,15,784
8 Mangaldoi 81.37 Increase2.svg Ramen Deka BJP 22,884
9 Tezpur 77.86 Increase2.svg Ram Prasad Sarmah BJP 86,020
10 Nowgong 80.72 Increase2.svg Rajen Gohain BJP 1,43,559
11 Kaliabor 80.50 Increase2.svg Gourav Gogoi INC 93,874
12 Jorhat 78.30 Increase2.svg Kamakhya Prasad Tasa BJP 1,02,420
13 Dibrugarh 79.25 Increase2.svg Rameswar Teli BJP 1,85,347
14 Lakhimpur 77.70 Increase2.svg Sarbananda Sonowal BJP 2,92,138

References

  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. "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.
  7. "High Voter Turnout in Phase 4". IBNLive. 12 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  8. "Assam records 70.6% voting in Lok Sabha elections". Livemint. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  9. "Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll". Outlook. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  10. "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.
  11. "Battleground 2014". NDTV. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  12. The poll gave one seat to others.
  13. "Assembly Election Results Dates Candidate List Opinion/Exit Poll Latest News, Political Consulting Survey Election Campaign Management Company India". infoelections.com.
  14. "IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2014".