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2004 Indian general election in Assam

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The 2004 Indian general election polls in Assam were held for 14 seats in the state. The result was United Progressive Alliance winning nine out of the 14 seats, while the National Democratic Alliance, captured only three seats. Asom Gana Parishad managed to get two seats.

Quick facts 14 seats, First party ...
2004 Indian general election in Assam
← 1999
April–May 2004
2009 →
14 seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
AGP
Leader Tarun Gogoi Rameshwar Teli Brindaban Goswami
Party INC BJP Asom Gana Parishad
Last election 10 2 0
Seats won 9 2 2
Seat change Decrease 1 Steady Increase 2
Popular vote 3,637,405 2,379,524 2,069,600
Percentage 35.07% 22.94% 19.95%
Prime Minister before election

A. B. Vajpayee
BJP

 Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

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In Assam, there was a three-cornered contest between Congress, BJP and Asom Gana Parishad (the main regional party of the state). Congress contested all 14 seats in the states, BJP 12 and AGP 12. BJP supported one JD(U) candidate and the Bodo nationalist candidate in Kokrajhar. The left parties (CPI(M), CPI and CPI(ML)L) had a joint front. Congress won nine seats. AGP got a comeback, winning two seats. BJP also won two seats, although one of them was the popular singer Bhupen Hazarika. Hazarika stood in Guwahati, and his election ought to reflect his personal popularity, rather than that of the party he had just joined. CPI(ML)L lost its seat in the Karbi Anlong hills, largely due to a split in their mass organisation there and the resurgence of communal violence in the area. In Kokrajhar the Bodo nationalist and NDA-supported candidate, Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary, retained his seat.

Schedule

The schedule of the election was announced by the Election Commission of India on 29 February 2004.[1]

More information Poll event, Phase ...
Poll event[2] Phase
1 2
Date of announcement 29 February 2004
Notification date 24 March 2004 31 March 2004
Last date for filing nomination 31 March 2004 7 April 2004
Scrutiny of nomination 2 April 2004 8 April 2004
Last date for withdrawal of nomination 5 April 2004 10 April 2004
Date of poll 20 April 2004 26 April 2004
Date of counting of votes 13 May 2004
No. of constituencies 6 8
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Parties and alliances

  United Progressive Alliance

More information Party, Flag ...
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Indian National Congress Tarun Gogoi 14
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  National Democratic Alliance

More information Party, Flag ...
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party Rameshwar Teli 12
Janata Dal (United) Nitish Kumar 1
Independent Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary 1
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  Asom Gana Parishad

More information Party, Flag ...
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested
Asom Gana Parishad Brindaban Goswami 12
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List of candidates

More information Constituency, UPA ...
Constituency
UPA NDA AGP
1 Karimganj (SC) INC Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya BJP Parimal Suklabaidya AGP Nepal Chandra Das
2 Silchar INC Santosh Mohan Dev BJP Kabindra Purkayastha
3 Autonomous District (ST) INC Biren Sing Engti BJP Ratan Teron AGP Sailendra Hasnu
4 Dhubri INC Anwar Hussain BJP Jabeen Borbhuyan AGP Afzalur Rahman
5 Kokrajhar (ST) INC Derhagra Mochahary IND S. K. Bwiswmuthiary
6 Barpeta INC A. F. Golam Osmani BJP Ranjit Thakuria AGP Kumar Deepak Das
7 Gauhati INC Kirip Chaliha BJP Bhupen Hazarika AGP Bhrigu Kumar Phukan
8 Mangaldoi INC Madhab Rajbangshi BJP Narayan Chandra Borkataky AGP Apurba Bhattacharjee
9 Tezpur INC Moni Kumar Subba BJP Ghisa Lal Agarwalla AGP Padma Hazarika
10 Nowgong INC Bishnu Prasad BJP Rajen Gohain AGP Dhruba Kumar Saikia
11 Kaliabor INC Dip Gogoi] JD(U) Rashidul Haque AGP Keshab Mahanta
12 Jorhat INC Bijoy Krishna Handique BJP Dayananda Borgohain AGP Dulal Chandra Baruah
13 Dibrugarh INC Paban Singh Ghatowar BJP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa AGP Sarbananda Sonowal
14 Lakhimpur INC Ranee Narah BJP Uday Shankar Hazarika AGP Arun Kumar Sarmah
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Results by Alliance

More information Coalition/Alliance, Parties contesting in Assam from the Alliance in 1999 ...
Coalition/Alliance Parties contesting in Assam from the Alliance in 1999 Seats won in 1999 Election Parties contesting in Assam from the Alliance in 2004 Seats won in 2004 Election Swing
National Democratic Alliance -Bharatiya Janata Party (2)
-Asom Gana Parishad		 2 Bharatiya Janata Party 2 0
United Progressive Alliance Indian National Congress* 10 Indian National Congress 9 −1
Left Front -Communist Party of India
-Communist Party of India
-Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation (1)		 1 -Communist Party of India
-Communist Party of India
-Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation		 0 −1
Other parties Independent 1 -Asom Gana Parishad (2)
-Independent (1)		 3 +2
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  • Note: UPA was not in existence in 1999, instead the number of seats won in 1999, represents the seats won by Indian National Congress
  • Note: Left front, was not part of the UPA, in 2004, instead gave outside support.

Results by Party

More information Alliance/ Party, Popular vote ...
Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats
Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−
INC 36,37,405 35.07 Decrease 3.35 14 9 Decrease 1
NDA BJP 23,79,524 22.94 Decrease 6.90 12 2 Steady
IND 6,89,620 6.65 Steady 1 1 Increase 1
JD(U) 1,25,966 1.21 Steady 1 0 Steady
Total 31,95,110 30.80 Steady 14 3 Steady
AGP 20,69,600 19.95 Increase 8.03 12 2 Increase 2
CPI 1,72,332 1.66 Increase 1.08 1 0 Steady
CPI(M-L)L 1,08,837 1.05 Decrease 1.20 3 0 Decrease 1
SP 1,09,088 1.05 Increase 0.85 4 0 Steady
ASDC 1,01,808 0.98 Steady 1 0 Steady
CPI(M) 68,627 0.66 Decrease 1.11 2 0 Steady
Others 2,07,964 2.00 Steady 19 0 Steady
IND 7,01,318 6.76 Decrease 2.60 46 0 Decrease 1
Total 1,03,72,089 100% - 116 14 -
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Results by constituency

Keys:   INC (9)   BJP (2)   AGP (2)   IND (1)

More information Constituency, Winner ...
Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin %
# Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes %
1 Karimganj (SC) Lalit Suklabaidya INC 3,21,059 47.81 Parimal Suklabaidya BJP 2,29,111 34.12 91,948 13.69
2 Silchar Santosh Mohan Dev INC 2,46,215 40.48 Kabindra Purkayastha BJP 2,24,895 36.98 21,320 3.50
3 Auton. District (ST) Biren Sing Engti INC 1,25,937 31.38 Elwin Teron ASDC 1,01,808 25.36 24,129 6.02
4 Dhubri Anwar Hussain INC 3,76,588 43.61 Afzalur Rahman AGP 2,59,966 30.10 1,16,622 13.51
5 Kokrajhar (ST) S. K. Bwiswmuthiary IND 6,89,620 71.32 Sabda Ram Rabha IND 2,05,491 21.25 4,84,129 50.07
6 Barpeta A. F. Golam Osmani INC 2,66,972 35.00 Kumar Deepak Das AGP 1,98,847 26.07 68,125 8.93
7 Gauhati Kirip Chaliha INC 3,53,250 40.06 Bhupen Hazarika BJP 2,92,099 33.13 61,151 6.93
8 Mangaldoi Narayan Borkataky BJP 3,45,863 40.74 Madhab Rajbangshi INC 3,15,997 37.22 29,866 3.52
9 Tezpur Moni Kumar Subba INC 2,89,847 40.27 Padma Hazarika AGP 2,19,402 30.48 70,445 9.79
10 Nowgong Rajen Gohain BJP 3,42,704 43.60 Bisnu Prasad INC 3,11,292 39.60 31,412 4.00
11 Kaliabor Dip Gogoi INC 3,01,893 39.56 Keshab Mahanta AGP 2,34,695 30.76 67,198 8.80
12 Jorhat Bijoy Krishna Handique INC 2,23,624 33.54 Drupad Borgohain CPI 1,72,332 25.84 51,292 7.70
13 Dibrugarh Sarbananda Sonowal AGP 2,20,944 35.00 Kamakhya Tasa BJP 2,02,390 32.06 18,554 2.94
14 Lakhimpur Arun Sarmah AGP 3,00,865 37.61 Ranee Narah INC 2,72,717 34.09 28,148 3.52
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Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Assam

More information #, Name ...
# Name Constituency Designation Department From To Party
1 Manmohan Singh Rajya Sabha
(Assam)		 Prime Minister Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;
Ministry of Planning;
Department of Atomic Energy;
Department of Space		 22 May
2004		 22 May
2009		 INC
2 Santosh Mohan Dev Silchar
(Lok Sabha)		 MoS (I/C);
Cabinet Minister
(from 29 Jan 2006)		 Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises;
Ministry of Water Resources
(18 Nov 2005 – 29 Jan 2006)		 23 May
2004		 22 May
2009
3 Bijoy Krishna Handique Jorhat
(Lok Sabha)		 MoS Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
(until 6 April 2008);
Ministry of Defence
(until 29 Jan 2006);
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
(from 29 Jan 2006);
Ministry of Mines
(from 6 April 2008)		 23 May
2004		 22 May
2009
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Results by constituency

More information Party, Candidate ...
General Election, 2004: Karimganj
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya 321,059 47.81
BJP Parimal Sukla Baidya 229,111 34.12
AGP Nepal Chandra Das 106,546 15.87
Independent Babul Ram Das 3,925 0.58
Independent Sushil Kumar Das 3,641 0.54
Independent Radha Kanta Tanty 2,862 0.43
Independent Lukendra Roy 2,386 0.36
Independent Babul Roy 1,960 0.29
Majority 91,948
Turnout 671,491 68.91
INC hold Swing
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More information Party, Candidate ...
General Election, 2004: Autonomous District
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Biren Singh Engti 125,937 31.38
ASDC(U) Elwin Teron 101,808 25.36
CPI(ML)L Dr. Jayanta Rongpi 74,399 18.54
BJP Ratan Teron 57,584 14.35
Independent Sanmoni Temprai 26,713 6.66
Independent Chember G. Momin 8,003 1.99
AGP Sailendra Hasnu 3,755 0.94
SAP Harsing Teron 3,178 0.79
Majority 24,129
Turnout 401,377 69.42
INC gain from CPI(ML)L Swing
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