The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is a centre-right coalition of political parties in India. At the time of its formation in 1998, it was led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and had thirteen constituent parties. Its chairman was Late former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Also representing the alliance are L. K. Advani, former Deputy Prime Minister, who is the acting chairman of the Alliance, Narendra Modi, current Prime Minister and Leader of the House in Lok Sabha; and Arun Jaitley, Leader of the House in Rajya Sabha and Finance minister. The coalition ruled from 1998 to 2004. The alliance returned to power in the 2014 General election with a combined vote share of 38.5%. Its leader, Narendra Modi, was sworn in as Prime Minister of India on 26 May 2014.
Asom Gana Parishad is a state political party in Assam, India. The AGP was formed after the historic Assam Accord of 1985 and formally launched at the Golaghat Convention held from 13–14 October, 1985 in Golaghat, that let Prafulla Kumar Mahanta to be elected as the youngest chief minister of the state. The AGP has formed government twice from 1985 to 1989 and from 1996 to 2001.
Tarun Gogoi is an Indian politician who served as the Chief Minister of Assam from 2001 to 2016. He is a member of the Indian National Congress and led the party to a record three consecutive electoral victories in Assam. He completed 15 consecutive years as Chief Minister of Assam on 18 May 2016.
Dip Gogoi is an Indian politician who was a Member of Parliament from Lok Sabha. He represents the Kaliabor constituency in Assam and is a member of the Indian National Congress.
Sarbananda Sonowal is an Indian politician who has been Chief Minister of Assam since 2016.
The Bodoland People's Front (BPF) is a state political party in Assam, India. The party has its headquarters in Kokrajhar Town and currently rules the autonomous region of Bodoland. It is also an ally of Bharatiya Janata Party whose alliance known as NDA formed the Government of Assam in 2016, it is also a member of the regional alliance of North East Democratic Alliance.
Bhumidhar Barman is an Indian Politician belonging to the Indian National Congress. He was the Chief Minister of Assam from 22 April 1996 to 14 May 1996. He has been a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly being elected 7 times. He was first elected in 1967. Recently, Barman has admitted of paying money to suspected terrorist Riazul Islam Choudhury for building a Madrassa in the state.
Himanta Biswa Sarma is an Indian politician and an youth Icon who has served as MLA from the Jalukbari constituency in Assam from 2001 till 2015 from Indian National Congress ticket and from May 2016 as Bharatiya Janata Party member. A former member of the Indian National Congress, Sarma joined Bharatiya Janata Party in August 2015.
Gaurav Gogoi is an active Assamese politician of Indian National Congress in Assam state of India from Tai-Ahom community. He contested for the Indian general elections, 2014 from Kaliabor seat and won. Gaurav left his job at Airtel to join a Delhi-based NGO called Pravah in 2005.
This article outlines the events leading up to the Indian general election, 2014 from 7 April to 12 May 2014, starting with the prior election in 2009.
Ajanta Neog is an Indian politician who has served as Member of the Legislative Assembly of India from the Golaghat constituency in Assam. She is a member of the Indian National Congress. She first entered the assembly in the 2001 elections by defeating her nearest rival by over 10000 votes. She was again victorious in the subsequent election held in 2006. In the 2011 assembly elections she won by a huge margin of 46171 votes. Consecutively she won 2016 assembly elections. She held the position of Minister for the Public Works Department, Urban Development & Housing, and had been in the last three Cabinets. She was conferred with the Golaghat ratna award by the united chamber of commerce, golaghat.
The Assam Legislative Assembly Election of 2016 was held in two phases, on 4 and 11 April 2016, to elect members of the 126 constituencies in Assam, a state in North-eastern India. The overall voter turnout was 84.72%, which set a new record for Assam. The turnout was an increase from the 2011 Assembly election figure of 75%.
The North-East Democratic Alliance or NEDA is a political coalition that was formed on May 24, 2016 by Bharatiya Janata Party along with regional political parties of North East India like Naga People's Front, Sikkim Democratic Front, People's Party of Arunachal, Asom Gana Parishad and Bodoland People's Front in Northeast India. The motive of the new political front was to protect the interest of the people of the region as well as uniting non-Congress parties in Northeast India. Himanta Biswa Sarma was appointed as the convenor of the front.
Dr. Hemo Prova Saikia was member of Assam Legislative Assembly. Saikia was elected to the Assam Legislative Assembly in 2001 and 2006 from Nazira constituency. She was a minister of Handloom and Textiles in Tarun Gogoi government. She was defected by Drupad Borgohain of Communist Party of India. She was also chairman of Assam Tourism Development Corporation. She was the wife of former Chief Minister of Assam, Hiteswar Saikia and her son Debabrata Saikia is current Leader of Opposition in the Assam Legislative Assembly.
Algapur Vidhan Sabha Constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituency in Hailakandi district in the North-East Indian state of Assam.
Satyabrat Kalita is an Asom Gana Parishad politician from Assam. He has been elected in Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2016 from Kamalpur.
Capt. Robin Bordoloi, son of Gopinath Bordoloi, is a Bharatiya Janata Party politician from Assam. He has been elected in Assam Legislative Assembly election in 2006 and 2011 from Guwahati East constituency as an Indian National Congress candidates. He was also elected Dispur constituency in 2001 against AGP founder and former Chief Minister of Assam Prafulla Mahanta.
Elections in the Republic of India in 2018 included by-elections to the Lok Sabha, elections to the Rajya Sabha, elections to legislative assemblies of eight states and numerous other by-elections to state legislative assemblies, councils and local bodies.
