2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election
Indian state election
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Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly were held in 2001 to elect members of 114 constituencies in Assam, India. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and Tarun Gogoi was appointed as the Chief Minister of Assam.[1][2] The number of constituencies was set as 126, by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.[3]
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10 May 2001
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126 seats in the Assam Legislative Assembly 64 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 14,439,167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 75.1% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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After the elections, the incumbent Member of Parliament for Kaliabor, Tarun Gogoi, became the Chief Minister of Assam. His brother, Dip Gogoi, the winner from Titabar assembly constituency, resigned from his seat in order that Tarun Gogoi could win the assembly seat in the by-election. Dip Gogoi later fought and won the by-election for the, now vacant, Kaliabor Lok Sabha seat.
Background
In the 1996 elections, a five-party electoral alliance headed by the Asom Gana Parishad formed the government. Between 1997 and 2001, the insurgency in Assam led to 1548 deaths, including 333 security personnel. The mass-killings of Hindi-speaking migrants by the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) became a political and security issue.[4][5] In December 2000, the Union Government of India headed by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) authorised the Indian army to execute military operations against the ULFA.[6] In April 2001, the Asom Gana Parishad ruling in Assam, and the Bharatiya Janata Party heading the federal NDA-led Union Government of India, formed an electoral alliance against the Indian National Congress.[7][8]
Schedule
| Event | Date |
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| Date for Nominations | 16 April 2001 |
| Last Date for filing Nominations | 23 April 2001 |
| Date for scrutiny of nominations | 24 April 2001 |
| Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 26 April 2001 |
| Date of poll | 10 May 2001 |
| Date of counting | 13 May 2001 |
Result
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| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
| Indian National Congress | 4,230,676 | 39.75 | 71 |  37 | |
| Asom Gana Parishad | 2,130,118 | 20.02 | 20 |  39 | |
| Bharatiya Janata Party | 995,004 | 9.35 | 8 | 4 | |
| Nationalist Congress Party | 267,173 | 2.51 | 3 | 1 | |
| Autonomous State Demand Committee | 118,610 | 1.11 | 2 | 3 | |
| Samajwadi Party | 109,822 | 1.03 | 1 | New | |
| Samata Party | 83,815 | 0.79 | 1 | New | |
| All India Trinamool Congress | 58,361 | 0.55 | 1 | New | |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 189,349 | 1.78 | 0 | 2 | |
| Communist Party of India | 116,889 | 1.10 | 0 | 3 | |
| Autonomous State Demand Committee (Progressive) | 98,032 | 0.92 | 0 | New | |
| United Minorities Front, Assam | 43,712 | 0.41 | 0 | 2 | |
| People's Democratic Front (India) | 35,147 | 0.33 | 0 | New | |
| Others | 88,626 | 0.83 | 0 | 0 | |
| Independents | 2,076,653 | 19.51 | 19 | 8 | |
| Total | 10,641,987 | 100.00 | 126 | 4 | |
| Valid votes | 10,641,987 | 98.26 | |||
| Invalid/blank votes | 188,628 | 1.74 | |||
| Total votes | 10,830,615 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 14,439,167 | 75.01 | |||
| Source: ECI[9] | |||||