2019 Indian general election in Assam

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2019 Indian general election in Assam
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  2014 11, 18, 23, April 2019 2024  

14 seats
Turnout81.60% (Increase2.svg1.48%)
 First partySecond partyThird party
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Leader Sarbananda Sonowal Tarun Gogoi Badruddin Ajmal
Party BJP INC AIUDF
Alliance NDA UPA -
Leader since201820182005
Leader's seatdid not contestdid not contest Dhubri
Last election7 seats3 seats3 seats
Seats won9 [1] 3 [2] 1
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 2Steady2.svgDecrease2.svg 2
Popular vote64,17,51963,08,92813,88,534
Percentage36.05%35.44%7.80%
SwingDecrease2.svg 0.45%Increase2.svg 5.84%Decrease2.svg 7%

Assam Lok Sabha election result 2019.png

The 2019 Indian general election held in India between April and May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The elections could be held at an earlier date if the Council of Ministers recommends dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha to the President of India. However, the government has publicly announced that the elections will be held according to schedule. [3]

Contents

Opinion polls

Date publishedPolling agencyLead
NDA UPA AIUDF
Jan 2019C Voter[ citation needed ]6711
Date publishedPolling agencyOthersLead
NDA UPA AIUDF
Jan 2019C Voter[ citation needed ]44.3%44.6%2.5%8.6%0.3%

Candidates

NoConstituencyCandidates
NDA

   BJP (10)   AGP (3)   BPF (1)

UPA

   INC (14)

   AIUDF(3)
1 Karimganj Kripanath Mallah Swarup Das Radheshyam Biswas
2 Silchar Rajdeep Roy Sushmita Dev DNF
3 Autonomous District Horen Sing Bey Biren Singh Engti DNF
4 Dhubri Zabed Islam Abu Taher Ali Bepari Badruddin Ajmal
5 Kokrajhar Pramila Rani Brahma Sabda Ram RabhaDNF
6 Barpeta Kumar Deepak Das Abdul Khaleque Haji Rafiqul Islam
7 Gauhati Queen Oja Bobbeeta SharmaDNF
8 Mangaldoi Dilip Saikia Bhubaneswar Kalita DNF
9 Tezpur Pallab Lochan Das MGVK BhanuDNF
10 Nowgong Rupak Sharma Pradyut Bordoloi DNF
11 Kaliabor Mani Madhav Mahanta Gaurav Gogoi DNF
12 Jorhat Topon Kumar Gogoi Sushanta BorgohainDNF
13 Dibrugarh Rameswar Teli Paban Singh Ghatowar DNF
14 Lakhimpur Pradan Baruah Anil BorgohainDNF

Party wise results

No.
PartySeats wonPopular votes
1. NDA

   BJP    AGP    BPF

9

   BJP (9)   AGP (0)   BPF (0)

83,24,083
2. UPA

   INC

363,08,928
3. AIUDF 113,88,534
4. IND 14,84,560

Seat Share

   NDA (64%)
   UPA (22%)
   AIUDF (7%)
   IND (7%)

Vote Share

   NDA (46.76%)
   UPA (35.44%)
   AIUDF (7.80%)
   AITC (0.41%)
   CPM (0.23%)
   CPI (0.17%)
  Others (9.19%)

Constituenties wise result

#ConstituencyTurnoutCandidatePartyVotesRunner UpPartyVotesMargin
1 Karimganj 79.18 Increase2.svg Kripanath Mallah

BJP

4,73,046 Radheshyam Biswas AIUDF 4,34,35738,389
2 Silchar 79.51 Increase2.svg Rajdeep Roy BJP 4,99,414 Sushmita Dev INC 4,17,81881,596
3 Autonomous District 77.63 Decrease2.svg Horen Singh Bey BJP 3,81,316 Biren Singh Engti INC 1,41,6902,39,626
4 Dhubri 90.66 Increase2.svg Badruddin Ajmal AIUDF 7,18,764 Abu Taher Bepari INC 4,92,5062,26,258
5 Kokrajhar 83.30 Increase2.svg Naba Kumar Sarania IND 4,84,560 Pramila Rani Brahma BPF 4,46,74437,786
6 Barpeta 86.57 Increase2.svg Abdul Khaleque INC 6,45,173 Kumar Deepak Das AGP 5,04,8661,40,307
7 Gauhati 80.87 Increase2.svg Queen Oja BJP 10,08,936 Bobbeeta Sarma INC 6,63,3303,45,606
8 Mangaldoi 83.68 Increase2.svg Dilip Saikia BJP 7,35,469 Bhubaneshwar Kalita INC 5,96,9241,38,545
9 Tezpur 79.48 Increase2.svg Pallab Lochan Das BJP 6,84,166 M.G.V.K Bhanu INC 4,41,3252,42,841
10 Nowgong 83.23 Increase2.svg Pradyut Bordoloi INC 7,39,724 Rupak Sharma BJP 7,22,97216,752
11 Kaliabor 82.09 Increase2.svg Gourav Gogoi INC 7,86,092 Moni Madhab Mahanta AGP 5,76,0982,09,994
12 Jorhat 77.57 Decrease2.svg Topon Kumar Gogoi BJP 5,43,288 Sushanta Borgohain INC 4,60,63582,653
13 Dibrugarh 77.30 Decrease2.svg Rameswar Teli BJP 6,59,583 Paban Singh Ghatowar INC 2,95,0173,64,566
14 Lakhimpur 75.17 Decrease2.svg Pradan Baruah BJP 7,76,406 Anil Borgohain INC 4,25,8553,50,551

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

2019 Lok Sabha In Assam.svg

PartyAssembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2021 election)
Bharatiya Janata Party 6764
Asom Gana Parishad 119
Bodoland People's Front 44
Indian National Congress 2625
All India United Democratic Front 1216
Independents 68
Total126

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References

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