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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]
Constituency wise Election schedule are given below [1] -
Polling Day | Phase | Date | Constituencies | Voting Percentage |
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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] |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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Bharatiya Janata Party | ![]() | ![]() | Sarbananda Sonowal | 13 | |
Independent | ![]() | ![]() | Naba Kumar Sarania | 1 | |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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Indian National Congress | ![]() | ![]() | Tarun Gogoi | 13 | |
Bodoland People's Front | ![]() | ![]() | Hagrama Mohilary | 1 + 1 |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
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Asom Gana Parishad | ![]() | ![]() | Prafulla Kumar Mahanta | 12 | |
All India United Democratic Front | ![]() | ![]() | Badruddin Ajmal | 10 | |
Conducted in Month(s) | Ref | Polling Organisation/Agency | |||||
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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 |
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 | |||||
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Contested | Won | +/− | Votes | % | ±pp | ||||
Bharatiya Janata Party | 13 | 7 | ![]() | 55,07,152 | 36.50 | ![]() | 5 | 1 | |
Indian National Congress | 13 | 3 | ![]() | 44,67,295 | 29.60 | ![]() | 8 | 2 | |
All India United Democratic Front | 10 | 3 | ![]() | 22,37,612 | 14.80 | ![]() | 0 | 4 | |
Asom Gana Parishad | 12 | 0 | ![]() | 5,77,730 | 3.80 | ![]() | 0 | 3 | |
Independent (politician) | 58 | 1 | ![]() | 14,36,900 | 9.62 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | |
Bodoland People's Front | 2 | 0 | ![]() | 3,30,106 | 2.21 | ![]() | 0 | 2 |
# | Constituency | Turnout | Candidate | Party | Margin | |
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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 |