2001 Assam Legislative Assembly 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]

Registered14,439,167
Turnout75.1%
Quick facts 126 seats in the Assam Legislative Assembly 64 seats needed for a majority, Registered ...
2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election
← 1996
10 May 2001
2006 â†’
126 seats in the Assam Legislative Assembly
64 seats needed for a majority
Registered14,439,167
Turnout75.1%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Tarun Gogoi Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
Party INC AGP
Last election 34 59
Seats won 71 20
Seat change Increase 37 Decrease 39
Percentage 39.75% 20.02%
CM before election

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
AGP

 Elected CM

Tarun Gogoi
INC

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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

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Event Date
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
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Result

More information Party, Votes ...
PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Indian National Congress4,230,67639.7571Increase37
Asom Gana Parishad2,130,11820.0220Decrease39
Bharatiya Janata Party995,0049.358Increase4
Nationalist Congress Party267,1732.513Increase1
Autonomous State Demand Committee118,6101.112Decrease3
Samajwadi Party109,8221.031New
Samata Party83,8150.791New
All India Trinamool Congress58,3610.551New
Communist Party of India (Marxist)189,3491.780Decrease2
Communist Party of India116,8891.100Decrease3
Autonomous State Demand Committee (Progressive)98,0320.920New
United Minorities Front, Assam43,7120.410Decrease2
People's Democratic Front (India)35,1470.330New
Others88,6260.8300
Independents2,076,65319.5119Increase8
Total10,641,987100.00126Increase4
Valid votes10,641,98798.26
Invalid/blank votes188,6281.74
Total votes10,830,615100.00
Registered voters/turnout14,439,16775.01
Source: ECI[9]
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Result by constituency

More information Assembly Constituency, Winner ...
Assembly Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin
# Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Ratabari (SC) Rathish Ranjan Choudhury IND 22322 33.4 Sambhu Sing Mallah BJP 20809 31.1 1513
2 Patharkandi Monilal Gowala INC 46443 53.4 Shukhendu Shekhar Dutta BJP 20178 23.2 26265
3 Karimganj North Mission Ranjan Das BJP 45429 46.4 Rashid Ahmed Choudhury UMFA 28108 28.7 17321
4 Karimganj South Siddique Ahmed SAP 31639 38.3 Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury INC 28280 34.2 3359
5 Badarpur Jamal Uddin Ahmed AITC 30471 40.6 Dipak Deb BJP 28563 38.1 1908
6 Hailakandi Sahab Uddin Choudhury IND 35629 42.2 Mrityunjoy Chakraborty IND 26805 31.7 8824
7 Katlicherra Gautam Roy INC 48069 55.2 Misbahul Islam Laskar IND 13378 15.4 34691
8 Algapur Sahidul Alam Choudhury AGP 48144 57.6 Maharam Ali Mazumder INC 32264 38.6 15880
9 Silchar Bimolangshu Roy BJP 45308 48.9 Kamalendu Bhattacharjee INC 45237 48.9 71
10 Sonai Anwar Hussain Laskar SP 28523 33.9 Kutub Ahmed Mazumder INC 23064 27.4 5459
11 Dholai (SC) Parimal Suklabaidya BJP 26284 34.7 Kamakhya Prasad Mala IND 22930 30.3 3354
12 Udharbond Ajit Singh INC 30657 43.5 Joy Prakash Tewari BJP 26668 37.8 3989
13 Lakhipur Dinesh Prasad Goala INC 36570 45.3 Reena Singh BJP 26815 33.2 9755
14 Barkhola Misbahul Islam Laskar INC 34530 48.0 Trailakshya Bhusan Nath BJP 31025 43.1 3505
15 Katigorah Kali Ranjan Deb BJP 28766 36.27 Prodip Nandy INC 22184 27.97 6582
16 Haflong (ST) Gobinda Chandra Langthasa INC 33781 45.44 Prakanta Warisa ASDC(P) 43731 29.29 12003
17 Bokajan (ST) Jagat Sing Engti ASDC(U) 23748 34.82 Hidhinath Rongpi INC 20459 30.00 3289
18 Howraghat (ST) Dharamsing Teron ASDC(U) 27058 39.10 Rabi Kumar Phangcho ASDC(P) 20825 30.09 6233
19 Diphu (ST) Bidya Sing Engleng INC 32244 33.38 Babu Rongpi ASDC(U) 25143 26.03 7101
20 Baithalangso (ST) Rupon Sing Ronghang INC 39446 41.81 Haliram Terang ASDC(U) 38469 40.77 977
21 Mankachar Hosenara Islam NCP 35699 36.45 Motiur Rohman Mondal IND 32010 32.68 3689
22 Salmara South Wazed Ali Choudhury INC 47329 59.18 Dewan Joynal Abedin IND 27183 33.99 20146
23 Dhubri Nazibul Umar INC 45113 51.21 Dhruba Kumar Sen BJP 36847 31.54 17331
24 Gauripur Banendra Mushahary AGP 50624 51.12 Mohibul Hoque INC 47332 47.80 3292
25 Golakganj Dinesh Chandra Sarkar BJP 48808 51.26 Alauddin Sarkar CPI 25039 26.30 23769
26 Bilasipara West Ali Akbar Miah AGP 23801 29.93 Hatem Ali Choudhury INC 21576 27.13 2225
27 Bilasipara East Prasanta Kumar Baruah AGP 38380 38.19 Mozibar Rahman INC 28816 28.67 9564
28 Gossaigaon Mithius Tudu INC 61504 54.92 Bibhuti Bhusan Brahma IND 40337 36.02 21167
29 Kokrajhar West (ST) Hemendra Nath Brahma IND 74971 71.51 Lahendra Basumatary IND 12544 11.96 62427
30 Kokrajhar East (ST) Pramila Rani Brahma IND 90553 81.91 Charan Narzary INC 14358 12.99 76195
31 Sidli (ST) Matindra Basumatary IND 82876 72.61 Andrias Hajoary PDF 16550 14.50 66326
32 Bongaigaon Phani Bhusan Choudhury AGP 52814 61.52 Rajeswar Choudhury INC 25954 30.23 26860
33 Bijni Romio Brahma IND 34449 46.09 Dhiresh Barman INC 18267 24.44 16182
34 Abhayapuri North Bhupen Roy AGP 34241 43.30 Abdul Hai Nagori IND 32774 41.45 1467
35 Abhayapuri South (SC) Chandan Kumar Sarkar INC 45318 50.02 Rabin Banikya AGP 41685 46.01 3633
36 Dudhnai (ST) Pranoy Rabha INC 45417 51.54 Akan Rabha AGP 33256 37.74 12161
37 Goalpara East Shadeed Mazumder NCP 36766 38.88 Jyotish Das AGP 24166 25.55 12600
38 Goalpara West Sheikh Shah Alam NCP 27098 35.70 Abu Bakkar Siddique Jotdar INC 13994 18.43 13104
39 Jaleswar Aftabuddin INC 36444 53.03 Afzalur Rahman SAP 19849 28.88 16595
40 Sorbhog Samsul Hoque IND 31890 32.90 Anilananda Pathak BJP 27819 28.70 4071
41 Bhabanipur Sarbananda Choudhury INC 33974 44.65 Milan Baro IND 28409 37.34 5565
42 Patacharkuchi Pabindra Deka IND 16586 21.98 Manoranjan Das IND 16487 21.85 99
43 Barpeta Ismail Hussain INC 46326 45.95 Kumar Deepak Das AGP 46133 45.76 193
44 Jania Asahaque Ali INC 27401 33.73 A. Jalil Talukdar IND 23995 29.54 3406
45 Baghbor Dilder Rezza INC 38537 57.69 Md. Raham Ali AGP 17164 25.70 21373
46 Sarukhetri Tara Prasad Das IND 34782 37.97 Nizam Uddin Khan CPI(M) 19895 21.72 14887
47 Chenga Sukur Ali Ahmed INC 24686 39.80 Liakat Ali IND 23719 38.24 967
48 Boko (SC) Gopinath Das INC 56177 56.66 Jyoti Prasad Das AGP 56177 33.08 23379
49 Chaygaon Rana Goswami INC 50675 57.48 Kamala Kanta Kalita AGP 37482 42.52 13193
50 Palasbari Pranab Kalita IND 30943 37.30 Jatin Mali AGP 30308 36.54 635
51 Jalukbari Himanta Biswa Sarma INC 45054 46.76 Bhrigu Phukan NCP 35035 36.36 10019
52 Dispur Robin Bordoloi INC 46871 36.92 Atul Bora IND 43492 34.26 3379
53 Gauhati East Pankaj Bora INC 47713 53.31 Biraj Kumar Sarma AGP 31766 35.49 15947
54 Gauhati West Hemanta Talukdar INC 36471 35.26 Manoj Ram Phookun BJP 36471 30.87 4547
55 Hajo Haren Das INC 40726 48.91 Nurul Hussain AGP 30306 36.40 10420
56 Kamalpur Uttara Kalita AGP 37520 42.47 Satyabrat Kalita IND 14545 16.46 22975
57 Rangia Bhubaneswar Kalita BJP 33308 35.09 Ananta Deka CPI(M) 31560 33.25 1748
58 Tamulpur Biswajit Daimary IND 56017 53.21 Padum Chauhan INC 39163 37.20 16854
59 Nalbari Madan Kalita INC 45125 47.47 Alaka Sarma AGP 30489 32.07 14636
60 Barkhetry Bhumidhar Barman INC 64748 66.86 Pulakesh Barua IND 64748 29.76 35925
61 Dharmapur Nilamani Sen Deka INC 37674 50.64 Chandra Mohan Patowary AGP 36223 48.69 1451
62 Barama (ST) Paniram Rabha INC 34331 39.04 Nageswar Choudhury IND 26079 29.65 8252
63 Chapaguri (ST) Tijen Basumatary IND 64427 70.30 Suren Swargiary IND 7354 8.02 57073
64 Panery Kamali Basumatari IND 37956 51.46 Mridula Saharia INC 21035 28.52 16921
65 Kalaigaon Nathu Ram Boro IND 27493 30.00 Mukul Saikia INC 24412 26.64 3081
66 Sipajhar Zoii Nath Sarmah AGP 45978 49.24 Binanda Kumar Saikia INC 45764 49.01 214
67 Mangaldoi Basanta Das INC 46443 44.15 Hiren Kumar Das AGP 35467 33.72 10976
68 Dalgaon Abdul Jabbar AGP 45860 45.38 Anwara Taimur INC 29131 28.82 16729
69 Udalguri (ST) Rihon Daimary IND 30170 38.39 Jaman Singh Brahma INC 27847 35.43 2323
70 Majbat Karendra Basumatary IND 42234 57.45 Silvius Condpan INC 28186 38.34 14048
71 Dhekiajuli Joseph Toppo AGP 40394 50.24 Hiranya Bora INC 35551 44.21 4843
72 Barchalla Tanka Bahadur Rai INC 26567 35.79 Prafulla Goswami AGP 17455 23.51 9112
73 Tezpur Brindaban Goswami AGP 30030 38.61 Robindra Kumar Goswami INC 29036 37.33 994
74 Rangapara Bhimananda Tanti INC 40043 51.28 Rishilal Upadhyaya INC 17464 22.36 22579
75 Sootea Praneswar Basumatary INC 43559 48.67 Padma Hazarika AGP 42794 47.82 765
76 Biswanath Nurjamal Sarkar INC 39399 48.55 Prabin Hazarika INC 35951 44.30 3448
77 Behali Ranjit Dutta BJP 33348 50.65 Barnabash Tanti INC 19819 30.10 13529
78 Gohpur Ripun Bora INC 58850 53.23 Ganesh Kutum AGP 48864 44.19 9986
79 Jagiroad (SC) Bubul Das AGP 53652 52.71 Bibekananda Dalai INC 47380 46.55 6272
80 Marigaon Jonjonali Baruah INC 37521 42.07 Munin Mahanta INC 20368 22.84 17153
81 Laharighat Nazrul Islam INC 45523 55.99 Woli Ullah BJP 34636 42.60 10887
82 Raha (SC) Ananda Ram Baruah INC 47700 47.14 Umesh Das BJP 32972 32.59 14728
83 Dhing Idris Ali INC 49703 53.06 Md. Muzibur Rahman SP 36340 38.80 13363
84 Batadroba Gautam Bora INC 35078 43.53 Khagen Bordoloi BJP 21762 27.00 13316
85 Rupohihat Sarifa Begum INC 37745 42.65 Md. Abdul Aziz AGP 37210 42.04 535
86 Nowgong Girindra Kumar Baruah AGP 37099 43.48 Nripen Goswami INC 37099 33.40 8603
87 Barhampur Prafulla Kumar Mahanta AGP 38590 44.63 Chitralekha Phukan INC 33203 38.40 5387
88 Samaguri Rakibul Hussain INC 38022 48.91 Atul Kumar Sarma AGP 34636 44.55 3386
89 Kaliabor Gunin Hazarika AGP 32293 46.65 Simanchal Digal INC 31757 45.88 536
90 Jamunamukh Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury AGP 47255 55.53 Abdul Jalil Ragibi INC 37614 44.20 9641
91 Hojai Ardhendu Kumar Dey INC 51048 47.54 Ramaprasad Sahu BJP 44887 41.80 6161
92 Lumding Sushil Dutta BJP 28631 33.34 Maya Chakraborty INC 27273 31.75 1358
93 Bokakhat Jiten Gogoi IND 33595 49.07 Bhupendra Nath Bhuyan INC 25650 37.47 7945
94 Sarupathar Alius Tirkey INC 50038 44.22 Binod Gowala AGP 43234 38.20 6804
95 Golaghat Ajanta Neog INC 52134 55.14 Atul Bora AGP 41204 43.58 10930
96 Khumtai Jiba Kanta Gogoi INC 32012 45.87 Probin Kumar Gogoi AGP 29511 42.28 2501
97 Dergaon (SC) Hemprakash Narayan INC 44311 52.79 Sushila Hazarika AGP 36899 43.96 7412
98 Jorhat Hitendra Nath Goswami AGP 39421 49.52 Padma Nath Sarma INC 33380 41.93 6041
99 Majuli (ST) Rajib Lochan Pegu INC 22608 31.61 Padmeswar Deley IND 20208 28.25 2400
100 Titabar Dip Gogoi INC 33804 44.86 Hemanta Kalita AGP 25141 33.37 8663
101 Mariani Rupam Kurmi INC 23010 37.16 Binode Gogoi AGP 20177 32.58 2833
102 Teok Membor Gogoi INC 34462 49.98 Renupoma Rajkhowa AGP 18628 27.02 15834
103 Amguri Anjan Dutta INC 40779 55.50 Prodip Hazarika AGP 30379 41.34 10400
104 Nazira Hemoprova Saikia INC 44170 68.19 Cheniram Borgohain CPI 8666 13.38 35504
105 Mahmara Sarat Saikia INC 44770 64.63 Hiranya Kumar Konwer AGP 21851 31.54 22919
106 Sonari Sarat Barkotoky INC 59554 67.25 Babul Khatoniar BJP 24613 27.79 34941
107 Thowra Devanand Konwar INC 24976 43.91 Kushal Dowari IND 12720 22.36 12256
108 Sibsagar Pranab Kumar Gogoi INC 30919 41.18 Pranabjit Chaliha Ramu IND 17957 23.92 12962
109 Bihpuria Premadhar Bora IND 20944 27.73 Borgoram Deuri INC 19672 26.04 1272
110 Naoboicha Sultan Sadik IND 29813 31.07 Moniram Pathari AGP 22105 23.04 7708
111 Lakhimpur Utpal Dutta AGP 39936 46.59 Indra Gogoi INC 39252 45.80 684
112 Dhakuakhana (ST) Bharat Narah INC 41190 42.77 Deben Pegu BJP 35414 36.77 5776
113 Dhemaji (ST) Dilip Kumar Saikia AGP 31166 29.25 Sumitra Patir INC 30685 28.79 481
114 Jonai (ST) Pradan Baruah INC 55116 45.64 Bhubon Pegu IND 38954 32.26 16162
115 Moran Sarbananda Sonowal AGP 27777 42.64 Jibontara Ghatowar INC 26927 41.33 850
116 Dibrugarh Kalyan Kumar Gogoi INC 40675 67.57 Ajit Chaliha BJP 14714 24.44 25961
117 Lahowal Prithibi Majhi INC 41806 68.52 Rebati Phukan BJP 14124 23.15 27682
118 Duliajan Rameswar Teli BJP 34335 50.75 Amiya Gogoi INC 26740 39.53 7595
119 Tingkhong Atuwa Munda INC 31743 45.37 Anup Phukan AGP 31339 44.79 404
120 Naharkatia Pranati Phukan INC 42765 65.94 Kusumbar Tairai Gogoi AGP 12730 19.63 30035
121 Chabua Raju Sahu INC 34801 47.65 Bhaben Baruah AGP 20749 28.41 14052
122 Tinsukia Rajendra Prasad Singh INC 35496 51.49 Shio Shambhu Ojha BJP 23412 33.96 12084
123 Digboi Rameswar Dhanowar INC 35418 60.22 Bhaben Sharma BJP 17764 30.20 17654
124 Margherita Pradyut Bordoloi INC 48377 57.07 Debojit Boruah BJP 22759 26.85 25618
125 Doomdooma Dileswar Tanti INC 52846 77.93 Pratap Tanty AGP 14968 22.07 37878
126 Sadiya Jagadish Bhuyan AGP 35748 45.26 Bolin Chetia INC 35552 45.02 196
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