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. The total voter strength of Assam is 18,723,032.
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. Voters turnout in Assam was 80% which was one of highest in India.
Election schedule
Constituency wise Election schedule are given below- Polling Day Phase Date Constituencies Voting Percentage 1 1 7 April Tezpur, Kaliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur 75 2 4 12 April Karimganj, Silchar, Autonomous District 7536 24 April Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Gauhati, Mangaldoi, Nowgong, 70.6
Parties and alliances
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Bharatiya Janata Party Sarbananda Sonowal 13 Independent Naba Kumar Sarania 1
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Indian National Congress Tarun Gogoi 13 Bodoland People's Front Hagrama Mohilary 1 + 1
Others Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Asom Gana Parishad Prafulla Kumar Mahanta 12 All India United Democratic Front Badruddin Ajmal 10
List of candidates ConstituencyNDAUPAAGPAIUDF1Karimganj Krishna Das Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya Rabindra Nath Choudhury Radheshyam Biswas2Silchar Kabindra Purkayastha Sushmita Dev Bijoy Krishna Nath Kutub Ah. Mazumder3Autonomous District Joyram Engleng Biren Singh Engti4Dhubri Debomoy Sanyal Wazed Ali Choudhury Anwar Hussain Badruddin Ajmal5Kokrajhar Heera Saraniya Chandan Brahma6Barpeta Chandra Mohan Patowary Ismail Hussain Phani Bhusan Choudhury Sirajuddin Ajmal7Gauhati Bijoya Chakravarty Manash Borah Birendra Prasad Baishya Gopinath Das8MangaldoiRamen Deka Kirip ChalihaMadhab RajbangshiParesh Baishya Sahadev Das9Tezpur Ram Prasad Sharma Bhupen Kumar Borah Joseph Toppo10Nowgong Rajen Gohain Jonjonali Baruah Mridula Barkakoty Aditya Langthasa11Kaliabor Mrinal Saikia Gaurav Gogoi Arun Kumar Sarma Bijoy Kumar Tiru12Jorhat Kamakhya Prasad Tasa Bijoy Krishna Handique Prodip Hazarika Nasir Ahmed13Dibrugarh Rameswar Teli Paban Singh Ghatowar Anup Phukan14Lakhimpur Sarbananda Sonowal Ranee Narah Hari Prasad Dihingia M. I. Haque Ch.
Opinion poll
Conducted in Month(s) Ref Polling Organisation/Agency INC BJP AGP AUDF BPF Aug–Oct 2013 Times Now-India TV-CVoter 9 3 0 1 1 Jan–Feb 2014 Times Now-India TV-CVoter 7 5 0 1 1 March 2014 NDTV- Hansa ResearchThe poll gave one seat to others. 12 0 0 1 1
Results The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014. Voter Turnout was 80% despite threats from terrorist outfits
+ 7 3 1 3 BJP AIUDF IND INC Results by Party/Alliance Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−rowspan="3" NDA BJP 55,07,152 36.51 20.30 13 7 3 IND 6,34,428 4.20 4.20 1 1 1 Total 61,41,580 40.71 14 8 rowspan="3" UPAINC 44,67,295 29.61 5.28 13 3 4 BOPF 3,30,106 2.19 3.22 1 + 1 0 1 Total 47,97,401 31.80 8.50 14 + 1 3 5 AIUDF 22,37,612 14.83 1.27 10 3 2 AGP 5,77,730 3.83 10.77 12 0 1 Others 3,82,031 2.53 54 0 IND 8,02,472 5.32 2.27 57 1 1 Total 1,50,85,883 100% - 162 14 -
Results by constituency Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %1KarimganjRadheshyam BiswasAIUDF362,86640.87Lalit Mohan SuklabaidyaINC226,56225.52136,30415.352SilcharSushmita DevINC336,45142.05Kabindra PurkayasthaBJP301,21037.6535,2414.403Autonomous DistrictBiren Sing EngtiINC213,15239.20Joyram EnglengBJP189,05734.7724,0954.434DhubriBadruddin AjmalAIUDF592,56943.26Wazed Ali ChoudhuryINC362,83926.49229,73016.775KokrajharHeera SaraniyaIND634,42851.82Urkhao Gwra BrahmaIND278,64922.76355,77929.066BarpetaSirajuddin AjmalAIUDF394,70232.70Chandra Mohan PatowaryBJP352,36129.1942,3413.517GauhatiBijoya ChakravartyBJP764,98550.59Manash BorahINC449,20129.70315,78420.898MangaldoiRamen DekaBJP486,35739.43Kirip ChalihaINC463,47337.5722,8841.869TezpurRam Prasad SharmaBJP446,51145.52Bhupen Kumar BorahINC360,49136.7586,0208.7710NowgongRajen GohainBJP494,14640.16Jonjonali BaruahINC350,58728.49143,55911.6711KaliaborGaurav GogoiINC443,31537.97Mrinal SaikiaBJP349,44129.9393,8748.0412JorhatKamakhya Prasad TasaBJP456,42048.99Bijoy Krishna HandiqueINC354,00038.00102,42010.9913DibrugarhRameswar TeliBJP494,36455.48Paban Singh GhatowarINC309,01734.68185,34720.8014LakhimpurSarbananda SonowalBJP612,54355.05Ranee NarahINC320,40528.80292,13826.25
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