2019 Indian general election in Assam

2019 Indian general election in Assam
14 seats
Turnout	81.60% (1.48%)
	Assam
Prime Minister before election; Narendra Modi ; BJP	Prime Minister after election; Narendra Modi ; BJP

Last updated September 03, 2025

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]

Election schedule

Poll event	Phase
Poll event	I	II	III
Notification date	18 March	19 March	28 March
Last date for filing nomination	25 March	26 March	4 April
Scrutiny of nomination	26 March	27 March	5 April
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination	28 March	29 March	8 April
Date of poll	11 April	18 April	23 April
Date of counting of votes/Result	23 May 2019
No. of constituencies	5	5	4

Parties and alliances

National Democratic Alliance

	Leader	Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party	Sarbananda Sonowal	10
Asom Gana Parishad	Prafulla Kumar Mahanta	3
Bodoland People's Front	Hagrama Mohilary	1

United Progressive Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress			Tarun Gogoi	14

Others

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	All India United Democratic Front			Badruddin Ajmal	3

Candidates

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

Opinion polls

Date published	Polling agency				Lead
Date published	Polling agency	NDA	UPA	AIUDF	Lead
Jan 2019	C Voter^{[ citation needed ]}	6	7	1	1

Date published	Polling agency				Others	Lead
Date published	Polling agency	NDA	UPA	AIUDF	Others	Lead
Jan 2019	C Voter^{[ citation needed ]}	44.3%	44.6%	2.5%	8.6%	0.3%

Party-wise results

Alliance/Party				Seats			Popular vote
Alliance/Party				Contested	Won	+/−	Votes	%	±pp
	NDA		BJP	10	9	2	64,84,596	36.41%	0.09
			AGP	3	0		14,80,697	8.31%	4.51
			BPF	1	0		4,46,774	2.5%	0.29
		Total		14	9	2	84,12,067	46.78%	-
	UPA		INC	14	3		63,73,659	35.79%	6.19
-	-		AIUDF	3	1	2	14,02,088	7.87%	6.93
-	-		IND	45	1		4,84,560	4.3	5.32

Seat share

NDA (64.0%)
UPA (22.0%)
AIUDF (7.00%)
IND (7.00%)

Vote share

NDA (46.8%)
UPA (35.4%)
AIUDF (7.80%)
AITC (0.41%)
CPM (0.23%)
CPI (0.17%)
Others (9.19%)

Constituenties wise result

#	Constituency	Turnout	Candidate		Votes	Runner-up		Votes	Margin
1	Karimganj	79.18	Kripanath Mallah	Bharatiya Janata Party	4,73,046	Radheshyam Biswas	All India United Democratic Front	4,34,357	38,389
2	Silchar	79.51	Rajdeep Roy		4,99,414	Sushmita Dev	Indian National Congress	4,17,818	81,596
3	Autonomous District	77.63	Horen Singh Bey		3,81,316	Biren Singh Engti		1,41,690	2,39,626
4	Dhubri	90.66	Badruddin Ajmal	All India United Democratic Front	7,18,764	Abu Taher Bepari		4,92,506	2,26,258
5	Kokrajhar	83.30	Naba Kumar Sarania	Independent politician	4,84,560	Pramila Rani Brahma	Bodoland People's Front	4,46,744	37,786
6	Barpeta	86.57	Abdul Khaleque	Indian National Congress	6,45,173	Kumar Deepak Das	Asom Gana Parishad	5,04,866	1,40,307
7	Gauhati	80.87	Queen Oja	Bharatiya Janata Party	10,08,936	Bobbeeta Sarma	Indian National Congress	6,63,330	3,45,606
8	Mangaldoi	83.68	Dilip Saikia		7,35,469	Bhubaneshwar Kalita		5,96,924	1,38,545
9	Tezpur	79.48	Pallab Lochan Das		6,84,166	M.G.V.K Bhanu		4,41,325	2,42,841
10	Nowgong	83.23	Pradyut Bordoloi	Indian National Congress	7,39,724	Rupak Sharma	Bharatiya Janata Party	7,22,972	16,752
11	Kaliabor	82.09	Gourav Gogoi	Indian National Congress	7,86,092	Moni Madhab Mahanta	Asom Gana Parishad	5,76,098	2,09,994
12	Jorhat	77.57	Topon Kumar Gogoi	Bharatiya Janata Party	5,43,288	Sushanta Borgohain	Indian National Congress	4,60,635	82,653
13	Dibrugarh	77.30	Rameswar Teli		6,59,583	Paban Singh Ghatowar		2,95,017	3,64,566
14	Lakhimpur	75.17	Pradan Baruah		7,76,406	Anil Borgohain		4,25,855	3,50,551

Assembly segments-wise lead of parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2021 election)
	Bharatiya Janata Party	67	64
	Asom Gana Parishad	11	9
	Bodoland People's Front	4	4
	Indian National Congress	26	25
	All India United Democratic Front	12	16
	Independents	6	8
Total		126

References

↑ "Lok Sabha election results 2019: BJP bags nine of 14 seats in Assam". @businessline.
↑ "Lok Sabha election 2019: BJP surpasses 2014 tally in Assam, wins 9 seats". Zee News. May 23, 2019.
↑ Singh, Vijaita (2018-09-01). "General election will be held in 2019 as per schedule, says Rajnath Singh". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 2019-01-04.

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[1] "Lok Sabha election results 2019: BJP bags nine of 14 seats in Assam". @businessline.

[2] "Lok Sabha election 2019: BJP surpasses 2014 tally in Assam, wins 9 seats". Zee News. May 23, 2019.

[3] Singh, Vijaita (2018-09-01). "General election will be held in 2019 as per schedule, says Rajnath Singh". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X . Retrieved 2019-01-04.

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