2014 Indian general election in Assam

2014 Indian general election in Assam

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14 seats
Turnout	80.12%
First party Second party Third party   Party BJP INC AIUDF Last election 5 7 1 Seats won 7 3 3 Seat change 2 4 2 Percentage 36.50% 29.60% 14.80%
Partywise result Alliance-wise result
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]

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 Day	Phase	Date	Constituencies	Voting Percentage
1	1	7 April	Tezpur, Kaliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur	75 [6]
2	4	12 April	Karimganj, Silchar, Autonomous District	75 [7]
3	6	24 April	Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Gauhati, Mangaldoi, Nowgong,	70.6 [8]

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Sarbananda Sonowal	13
	Independent			Naba Kumar Sarania	1

   United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Tarun Gogoi	13
	Bodoland People's Front			Hagrama Mohilary	1 + 1

Others

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Asom Gana Parishad			Prafulla Kumar Mahanta	12
	All India United Democratic Front			Badruddin Ajmal	10

List of Candidates

Constituency
		NDA			UPA			AGP			AIUDF
1	Karimganj		BJP	Krishna Das		INC	Lalit Mohon Suklabaidya		AGP	Rabindra Nath Choudhury		AIUDF	Radheshyam Biswas
2	Silchar		BJP	Kabindra Purkayastha		INC	Sushmita Dev		AGP	Bijoy Krishna Nath		AIUDF	Kutub Ahmed Mazumder
3	Autonomous District		BJP	Joy Ram Engleng		INC	Biren Singh Engti		Did not contest			Did not contest
4	Dhubri		BJP	Dr. Debamoy Sanyal		INC	Wazed Ali Choudhury		AGP	Anowar Hussain		AIUDF	Badruddin Ajmal
5	Kokrajhar		IND	Naba Kumar Sarania		BPF	Chandan Brahma		Did not contest			Did not contest
6	Barpeta		BJP	Chandra Mohan Patowary		INC	Ismail Hussain		AGP	Phani Bhusan Choudhury		AIUDF	Siraj Uddin Ajmal
7	Gauhati		BJP	Bijoya Chakravarty		INC	Manash Borah		AGP	Birendra Prasad Baishya		AIUDF	Gopi Nath Das
8	Mangaldoi		BJP	Ramen Deka		INC	Kirip Chaliha		AGP	Madhab Rajbangshi		AIUDF	Paresh Baishya
						BPF	Sahadev Das
9	Tezpur		BJP	Ram Prasad Sarmah		INC	Bhupen Kumar Borah		AGP	Joseph Toppo		Did not contest
10	Nowgong		BJP	Rajen Gohain		INC	Jonjonali Baruah		AGP	Mridula Barkakoty		AIUDF	Dr. Aditya Langthasa
11	Kaliabor		BJP	Mrinal Kumar Saikia		INC	Gourav Gogoi		AGP	Dr. Arun Kumar Sarma		AIUDF	Bijoy Kumar Tiru
12	Jorhat		BJP	Kamakhya Prasad Tasa		INC	Bijoy Krishna Handique		AGP	Prodip Hazarika		AIUDF	Nasir Ahmed
13	Dibrugarh		BJP	Rameswar Teli		INC	Paban Singh Ghatowar		AGP	Anup Phukon		Did not contest
14	Lakhimpur		BJP	Sarbananda Sonowal		INC	Ranee Narah		AGP	Hari Prasad Dihingia		AIUDF	Mamun Imdadul Haque Chawdhury

Opinion poll

Conducted in Month(s)	Ref	Polling Organisation/Agency
			INC	BJP	AGP	AUDF	BPF
Aug–Oct 2013	[9]	Times Now-India TV-CVoter	9	3	0	1	1
Jan–Feb 2014	[10]	Times Now-India TV-CVoter	7	5	0	1	1
March 2014	[11]	NDTV- Hansa Research [12]	12	0	0	1	1

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

Results by Party/Alliance

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	NDA		BJP	55,07,152	36.51	20.30	13	7	3
			IND	6,34,428	4.20	4.20	1	1	1
		Total		61,41,580	40.71		14	8
	UPA		INC	44,67,295	29.61	5.28	13	3	4
			BOPF	3,30,106	2.19	3.22	1 + 1	0	1
		Total		47,97,401	31.80	8.50	14 + 1	3	5
	AIUDF			22,37,612	14.83	1.27	10	3	2
	AGP			5,77,730	3.83	10.77	12	0	1
	Others			3,82,031	2.53		54	0
	IND			8,02,472	5.32	2.27	57	1	1
Total				1,50,85,883	100%	-	162	14	-

Results by Constituency

Constituency		Winner					Runner-up					Margin
		Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Karimganj	Radheshyam Biswas		AIUDF	362,866	40.87	Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya		INC	226,562	25.52	136,304	15.35
2	Silchar	Sushmita Dev		INC	336,451	42.05	Kabindra Purkayastha		BJP	301,210	37.65	35,241	4.40
3	Autonomous District	Biren Sing Engti		INC	213,152	39.20	Joyram Engleng		BJP	189,057	34.77	24,095	4.43
4	Dhubri	Badruddin Ajmal		AIUDF	592,569	43.26	Wazed Ali Choudhury		INC	362,839	26.49	229,730	16.77
5	Kokrajhar	Heera Saraniya		IND	634,428	51.82	Urkhao Gwra Brahma		IND	278,649	22.76	355,779	29.06
6	Barpeta	Sirajuddin Ajmal		AIUDF	394,702	32.70	Chandra Mohan Patowary		BJP	352,361	29.19	42,341	3.51
7	Gauhati	Bijoya Chakravarty		BJP	764,985	50.59	Manash Borah		INC	449,201	29.70	315,784	20.89
8	Mangaldoi	Ramen Deka		BJP	486,357	39.43	Kirip Chaliha		INC	463,473	37.57	22,884	1.86
9	Tezpur	Ram Prasad Sharma		BJP	446,511	45.52	Bhupen Kumar Borah		INC	360,491	36.75	86,020	8.77
10	Nowgong	Rajen Gohain		BJP	494,146	40.16	Jonjonali Baruah		INC	350,587	28.49	143,559	11.67
11	Kaliabor	Gaurav Gogoi		INC	443,315	37.97	Mrinal Kumar Saikia		BJP	349,441	29.93	93,874	8.04
12	Jorhat	Kamakhya Prasad Tasa		BJP	456,420	48.99	Bijoy Krishna Handique		INC	354,000	38.00	102,420	10.99
13	Dibrugarh	Rameswar Teli		BJP	494,364	55.48	Paban Singh Ghatowar		INC	309,017	34.68	185,347	20.80
14	Lakhimpur	Sarbananda Sonowal		BJP	612,543	55.05	Ranee Narah		INC	320,405	28.80	292,138	26.25

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