2024 Indian general election in Assam

2024 Indian general election in Assam

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All 14 Assam seats in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Turnout	81.62% ( 0.02%)
First party Second party   Leader Sarbananda Sonowal Gaurav Gogoi Party BJP INC Alliance NDA INDIA Leader since 2018 2020 Leader's seat Dibrugarh Jorhat Last election 36.41%, 9 seats 35.79%, 3 seats Seats won 9 3 Seat change Popular vote 7,467,558 7,478,077 Percentage 37.43% 37.48% Swing 1.38% 2.04%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Atul Bora Urkhao Gwra Brahma Party AGP UPPL Alliance NDA NDA Seats won 1 1 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,289,464 484,681 Percentage 6.46% 2.43% Swing 1.85% 0.09%
Results of the 2024 Indian general election in Assam

The 2024 Indian general election in Assam was held from 19 April to 7 May 2024, to elect the 14 members of the 18th Lok Sabha. ^{[1] [2]}

Election schedule

Poll event	Phase
	I	II	III
Notification Date	20 March	28 March	12 April
Last Date for filing nomination	27 March	4 April	19 April
Scrutiny of nomination	28 March	5 April	20 April
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination	30 March	8 April	22 April
Date of poll	19 April	26 April	7 May
Date of counting of votes/Result	4 June 2024
No. of constituencies	5	5	4

Parties and alliances

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats Contested
	Bharatiya Janata Party			Sarbananda Sonowal	11
	Asom Gana Parishad			Atul Bora	2
	United People's Party Liberal			Urkhao Gwra Brahma	1
	Total				14

   Indian National Developmental Inclusive
      Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats Contested
	Indian National Congres			Gourav Gogoi	13
	Assam Jatiya Parishad			Lurinjyoti Gogoi	1
	Total				14

Others

Recognised parties

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats Contested
	All India United Democratic Front			Badruddin Ajmal	3
	Bodoland People's Front			Hagrama Mohilary	4
	All India Trinamool Congress			Ripun Bora	4
	Aam Aadmi Party			Bhaben Choudhury	2
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			Manoranjan Talukdar	1
	Communist Party of India			Kanak Gogoi	1
	Total				15

Unrecognised parties

Party		Leader	Symbol	Seats Contested
	Voters Party International			8
	Bharatiya Gana Parishad			6
	All Party Hill Leaders Conference	Jonas Ingti Kathar		1 as Independent from Diphu Lok Sabha constituency
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)	Chandralekha Das		6
	Gana Suraksha Party	Heera Saraniya		4
	Rashtriya Ulama Council			4
	Republican Party of India (Athawale)			4
	Asom Jana Morcha			3
	Bahujan Maha Party			3
	Bangali Nabanirman Sena			2
	Ekam Sanatan Bharat Dal			2
	Autonomous State Demand Committee	Jayanta Rongpi		1
	Bharatheeya Jawan Kisan Party			1
	Hindu Samaj Party			1
	Jai Prakash Janata Dal			1
	The National Road Map Party of India			1
	Total			47

Candidates

Constituency
		NDA			INDIA			Others
1	Kokrajhar (ST)		UPPL	Joyanta Basumatary		INC	Garjan Mushahary		AITC	Gauri Shankar Sarania
									BPF	Kampa Borgoyari
2	Dhubri		AGP	Zabed Islam		INC	Rakibul Hussain		AIUDF	Badruddin Ajmal
3	Barpeta		AGP	Phani Bhusan Choudhury		INC	Deep Bayan		AITC	Abul Kalam Azad
									CPI(M)	Manoranjan Talukdar
4	Darrang–Udalguri		BJP	Dilip Saikia		INC	Madhab Rajbangshi		BPF	Durga Das Boro
5	Guwahati		BJP	Bijuli Kalita Medhi		INC	Mira Barthakur Goswami		ESBD	Amitabh Sharmah
6	Diphu (ST)		BJP	Amar Sing Tisso		INC	Joyram Engleng		ASDC	Jotson Bey
7	Karimganj		BJP	Kripanath Mallah		INC	Rashid Ahmed Choudhary		AIUDF	Sahabul Islam Choudhary
8	Silchar (SC)		BJP	Parimal Suklabaidya		INC	Surjya Kanta Sarkar		AITC	Radheshyam Biswas
9	Nowgong		BJP	Suresh Bora		INC	Pradyut Bordoloi		AIUDF	Aminul Islam
10	Kaziranga		BJP	Kamakhya Prasad Tasa		INC	Roselina Tirkey		RPI(A)	Salesh Ahmed Mazumdar
11	Sonitpur		BJP	Ranjit Dutta		INC	Premlal Ganju		AAP	Rishiraj Sharma
									BPF	Raju Deuri
12	Lakhimpur		BJP	Pradan Baruah		INC	Uday Shankar Hazarika		AITC	Ghana Kanta Chutia
									CPI	Dhiren Kachari
13	Dibrugarh		BJP	Sarbananda Sonowal		AJP	Lurinjyoti Gogoi		AAP	Manoj Dhanuar
14	Jorhat		BJP	Topon Kumar Gogoi		INC	Gaurav Gogoi		ESBD	Arun Chandra Handique

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Polling agency	Date published	Margin of Error					Lead
			NDA	INDIA	AIUDF	Others
ABP News-CVoter	April 2024 [3]	±5%	12	2	0		NDA
ABP News-CVoter	March 2024 [4]	±5%	12	2	0		NDA
India TV-CNX	March 2024 [5]	±3%	12	1	1		NDA
India Today-CVoter	February 2024 [6]	±3-5%	12	2	0		NDA
Times Now-ETG	December 2023 [7]	±3%	9-11	2-4	0-1		NDA
India TV-CNX	October 2023 [8]	±3%	12	1	1		NDA
Times Now-ETG	September 2023 [9]	±3%	7-9	4-6	0-1		NDA
	August 2023	±3%	9-11	3-4	0-1		NDA
India Today-CVoter	August 2023 [10]	±3-5%	12	1	1		NDA

Polling agency	Date published	Margin of Error					Lead
			NDA	INDIA	AIUDF	Others
ABP News-CVoter	April 2024 [11]	±5%	51.8%	35.5%	16.3%		12.7
ABP News-CVoter	March 2024 [12]	±5%	45%	38%	13%		7
India Today-CVoter	February 2024 [13]	±3-5%	46%	31%	23%		15
India Today-CVoter	August 2023 [14]	±3-5%	48%	36%	16%		12

Exit polls

Polling agency					Lead
	NDA	INDIA	AIUDF	Others

Voter turnout

Phase wise

Phase	Poll Date	Constituencies	Voter Turnout (%)
I	19 April 2024	Kaziranga, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Jorhat	78.25%
II	26 April 2024	Darrang–Udalguri, Diphu (ST), Karimganj, Silchar (SC), Nowgong	81.17%
III	7 May 2024	Kokrajhar (ST), Dhubri, Barpeta, Guwahati	85.45%
Total			81.62%

Constituency wise

Constituency		Poll Date	Turnout	Swing
1	Kokrajhar (ST)	7 May 2024	83.55%	0.25%
2	Dhubri		92.08%	1.42%
3	Barpeta		85.24%	1.33%
4	Darrang–Udalguri	26 April 2024	82.01%
5	Guwahati	7 May 2024	78.39%	2.48%
6	Diphu (ST)	26 April 2024	75.74%	1.89%
7	Karimganj		80.48%	1.3%
8	Silchar (SC)		79.05%	0.46%
9	Nowgong		84.97%	1.74%
10	Kaziranga	19 April 2024	79.33%
11	Sonitpur		78.46%
12	Lakhimpur		76.42%	1.25%
13	Dibrugarh		76.75%	0.55%
14	Jorhat		79.89%	2.32%

Results

Results by alliance or party

Alliance/ Parties				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	NDA		BJP	74,67,558	37.43	1.38	11	9
			AGP	12,89,464	6.46	1.85	2	1	1
			UPPL	4,84,681	2.43		1	1	1
		Total		92,41,703	42.29		14	11	2
	INDIA		INC	74,78,077	37.48	2.04	13	3
			AJP	4,14,441	1.99	New	1	0
			APHLC	1,87,017			1	0
			AAP	1,70,912	0.85		2	0
			CPI(M)	96,138	0.48		1	0
			AITC	74,641	0.37		4	0
			CPI	19,631	0.10		1	0
		Total		84,40,856	39.47		14	3
	Others		BPF	7,77,570	3.86		4	0
			AIUDF	6,24,305	3.13	4.74	3	0	1
			GSP	1,23,365			4	0
			SUCI(C)	26,270			6	0
			ESBD	16,613			2	0
			RPI(A)	14,317			4	0
			RUC	12,952			4	0
			ASDC	9,633
			BJKP
			Independents				53	0	1
		Total
	NOTA			238,276	1.19
Total				20,864,200	100		143	14

Results by constituency

Constituency		Turnout	Winner							Runner Up							Margin
			Party		Alliance		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Alliance		Candidate	Votes	%	Votes	%
1	Kokrajhar (ST)	83.55%		UPPL		NDA	Joyanta Basumatary	488,995	39.39%		BPF		Others	Kampa Borgoyari	4,37,412	35.23%	51,583	4.16%
2	Dhubri	92.08%		INC		INDIA	Rakibul Hussain	1,471,885	59.99%		AIUDF		Others	Badruddin Ajmal	4,59,409	18.72%	10,12,476	41.27%
3	Barpeta	85.24%		AGP		NDA	Phani Bhusan Choudhury	8,60,113	51.02%		INC		INDIA	Deep Bayan	6,37,762	37.83%	2,22,351	13.19%
4	Darrang–Udalguri	82.01%		BJP		NDA	Dilip Saikia	8,68,387	47.95%		INC		INDIA	Madhab Rajbangshi	5,39,375	29.78%	3,29,012	18.17%
5	Guwahati	78.39%		BJP		NDA	Bijuli Kalita Medhi	8,94,887	55.95%		INC		INDIA	Mira Borthakur Goswami	6,43,797	40.25%	2,51,090	15.70%
6	Diphu (ST)	75.74%		BJP		NDA	Amar Sing Tisso	3,34,620	49.01%		Independent		Independent	J.I. Kathar	1,87,017	27.39%	1,47,603	21.62%
7	Karimganj	80.48%		BJP		NDA	Kripanath Mallah	5,45,093	47.53%		INC		INDIA	Hafiz Rashid Ahmed Choudhury	5,26,733	45.93%	18,360	1.60%
8	Silchar (SC)	79.05%		BJP		NDA	Parimal Suklabaidya	6,52,405	59.89%		INC		INDIA	Surya Kanta Sarkar	3,88,094	35.62%	2,64,311	24.27%
9	Nowgong	84.97%		INC		INDIA	Pradyut Bordoloi	7,88,850	50.89%		BJP		NDA	Suresh Borah	5,76,619	37.20%	2,12,331	13.69%
10	Kaziranga	79.33%		BJP		NDA	Kamakhya Prasad Tasa	8,97,043	55.04%		INC		INDIA	Roselina Tirkey	6,48,096	39.76%	2,48,947	15.28%
11	Sonitpur	78.46%		BJP		NDA	Ranjit Dutta	7,75,788	60.21%		INC		INDIA	Premlal Ganju	4,14,380	32.16%	3,61,408	28.05%
12	Lakhimpur	76.42%		BJP		NDA	Pradan Baruah	6,63,122	54.75%		INC		INDIA	Uday Shankar Hazarika	4,61,865	38.13%	2,01,257	16.62%
13	Dibrugarh	76.75%		BJP		NDA	Sarbananda Sonowal	6,93,762	54.27%		AJP		INDIA	Lurinjyoti Gogoi	4,14,441	32.42%	2,79,321	21.85%
14	Jorhat	79.89%		INC		INDIA	Gourav Gogoi	7,51,771	54.04%		BJP		NDA	Topon Kumar Gogoi	6,07,378	43.66%	1,44,393	10.38%

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party				Assembly segments	Current Position in the Assembly
	NDA		BJP	75	63
			AGP	10	8
			UPPL	7	7
		Total		92	78
	INDIA		INC	30	25
			CPI(M)	0	1
			RD	0	1
		Total		30	27
	Others		AIUDF	0	15
			BPF	4	3
			Independents	0	3
		Total		4	21
Total				126

See also

• 2024 Indian general election in Bihar
• 2024 Indian general election in Chandigarh
• 2024 Indian general election in Chhattisgarh

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