2019 Indian general election in Assam explained

Election Name:	2019 Indian general election in Assam
Country:	India
Type:	parliamentary
Previous Election:	2014 Indian general election in Assam
Previous Year:	2014
Election Date:	11, 18, 23, April 2019
Next Year:	2024
Seats For Election:	14 seats
Turnout:	81.60%(1.48%)
Party1:	Bharatiya Janata Party
Image1:	File:Sarbananda Sonowal with PM Modi (cropped).jpg
Leader1:	Sarbananda Sonowal
Leaders Seat1:	did not contest
Leader Since1:	2018
Alliance1:	NDA
Last Election1:	7 seats
Seats1:	9^[1]
Seat Change1:	2
Popular Vote1:	64,17,519
Percentage1:	36.05%
Swing1:	0.45%
Party2:	Indian National Congress
Alliance2:	United Progressive Alliance
Leader2:	Tarun Gogoi
Leader Since2:	2018
Leaders Seat2:	did not contest
Last Election2:	3 seats
Seats2:	3^[2]
Popular Vote2:	63,08,928
Percentage2:	35.44%
Swing2:	5.84%
Image3:	M-badruddin-ajmal.JPG
Leader3:	Badruddin Ajmal
Party3:	All India United Democratic Front
Alliance3:	-
Leaders Seat3:	Dhubri
Leader Since3:	2005
Last Election3:	3 seats
Seats3:	1
Seat Change3:	2
Popular Vote3:	13,88,534
Percentage3:	7.80%
Swing3:	7%
Map Size:	500px
Ongoing:	no
Next Election:	2024 Indian general election in Assam

The 2019 Indian general election held in India between April and May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The elections could be held at an earlier date if the Council of Ministers recommends dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha to the President of India. However, the government has publicly announced that the elections will be held according to schedule.^[3]

Election schedule

Poll event	Phase
	I	II	III
Notification Date	18 March	19 March	28 March
Last Date for filing nomination	25 March	26 March	4 April
Scrutiny of nomination	26 March	27 March	5 April
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination	28 March	29 March	8 April
Date of poll	11 April	18 April	23 April
Date of counting of votes/Result	23 May 2019
No. of constituencies	5	5	4

Candidates

No	Constituency	Candidates
				UPA
1	Karimganj		Kripanath Mallah		Swarup Das		Radheshyam Biswas
2	Silchar		Rajdeep Roy		Sushmita Dev	DNF
3	Autonomous District		Horen Sing Bey		Biren Singh Engti	DNF
4	Dhubri		Zabed Islam		Abu Taher Ali Bepari		Badruddin Ajmal
5	Kokrajhar		Pramila Rani Brahma		Sabda Ram Rabha	DNF
6	Barpeta		Kumar Deepak Das		Abdul Khaleque		Haji Rafiqul Islam
7	Gauhati		Queen Oja		Bobbeeta Sharma	DNF
8	Mangaldoi		Dilip Saikia		Bhubaneswar Kalita	DNF
9	Tezpur		Pallab Lochan Das		MGVK Bhanu	DNF
10	Nowgong		Rupak Sharma		Pradyut Bordoloi	DNF
11	Kaliabor		Mani Madhav Mahanta		Gaurav Gogoi	DNF
12	Jorhat		Topon Kumar Gogoi		Sushanta Borgohain	DNF
13	Dibrugarh		Rameswar Teli		Paban Singh Ghatowar	DNF
14	Lakhimpur		Pradan Baruah		Anil Borgohain	DNF

Party wise results

Alliance/Party				Seats			Popular vote
				Contested	Won	+/−	Votes	%	±pp
NDA		BJP	10	9	2	64,84,596	36.41%	0.09
		3	0		14,80,697	8.31%	4.51
		1	0		4,46,774	2.5%	0.29
Total		14	9	2	84,12,067	46.78%	-
bgcolor=				INC	14	3		63,73,659	35.79%	6.19
-	-		AIUDF	3	1	2	14,02,088	7.87%	6.93
-	-		IND	45	1		4,84,560	4.3	5.32

Vote Share

Constituenties wise result

	Constituency	Turnout	Candidate	Party		Votes	Runner Up	Party		Votes	Margin
1	Karimganj	79.18	Kripanath Mallah		4,73,046	Radheshyam Biswas		4,34,357	38,389
2	Silchar	79.51	Rajdeep Roy	4,99,414	Sushmita Dev		4,17,818	81,596
3	Autonomous District	77.63	Horen Singh Bey	3,81,316	Biren Singh Engti	1,41,690	2,39,626
4	Dhubri	90.66	Badruddin Ajmal		7,18,764	Abu Taher Bepari	4,92,506	2,26,258
5	Kokrajhar	83.30	Naba Kumar Sarania		4,84,560	Pramila Rani Brahma		4,46,744	37,786
6	Barpeta	86.57	Abdul Khaleque		6,45,173	Kumar Deepak Das		5,04,866	1,40,307
7	Gauhati	80.87	Queen Oja		10,08,936	Bobbeeta Sarma		6,63,330	3,45,606
8	Mangaldoi	83.68	Dilip Saikia	7,35,469	Bhubaneshwar Kalita	5,96,924	1,38,545
9	Tezpur	79.48	Pallab Lochan Das	6,84,166	M.G.V.K Bhanu	4,41,325	2,42,841
10	Nowgong	83.23	Pradyut Bordoloi		7,39,724	Rupak Sharma		7,22,972	16,752
11	Kaliabor	82.09	Gourav Gogoi	7,86,092	Moni Madhab Mahanta		5,76,098	2,09,994
12	Jorhat	77.57	Topon Kumar Gogoi		5,43,288	Sushanta Borgohain		4,60,635	82,653
13	Dibrugarh	77.30	Rameswar Teli	6,59,583	Paban Singh Ghatowar	2,95,017	3,64,566
14	Lakhimpur	75.17	Pradan Baruah	7,76,406	Anil Borgohain	4,25,855	3,50,551

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party		Assembly segments	Position in Assembly (as of 2021 election)
	Bharatiya Janata Party	67	64
	Asom Gana Parishad	11	9
	Bodoland People's Front	4	4
	Indian National Congress	26	25
	All India United Democratic Front	12	16
	Independents	6	8
Total		126

See also

• 2018 Assam panchayat election
• 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election

Notes and References

1. Web site: Lok Sabha election results 2019: BJP bags nine of 14 seats in Assam. @businessline.
2. Web site: Lok Sabha election 2019: BJP surpasses 2014 tally in Assam, wins 9 seats. May 23, 2019. Zee News.
3. News: General election will be held in 2019 as per schedule, says Rajnath Singh. Singh. Vijaita. 2018-09-01. The Hindu. 2019-01-04. en-IN. 0971-751X.