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2014 Indian general election in Assam

Indian general election in Assam, 2014
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14 seats
Turnout80.12%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party BJP INC AIUDF
Last election 5 7 1
Seats won 7 3 3
Seat change Increase 2 Decrease 4 Increase 2
Percentage 36.50% 29.60% 14.80%
Map of Results

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.[1] The total voter strength of Assam is 18,723,032.[2]

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.[3][4] Voters turnout in Assam was 80% which was one of highest in India.[5]

Opinion poll

Conducted in Month(s) Ref Polling Organisation/Agency
INC BJP AGP AUDF BPF
Aug–Oct 2013 [6] Times Now-India TV-CVoter 9 3 0 1 1
Jan–Feb 2014 [7] Times Now-India TV-CVoter 7 5 0 1 1
March 2014 [8] NDTV- Hansa Research[9] 12 0 0 1 1

Election schedule

Constituency wise Election schedule are given below[1]-

Polling Day Phase Date Constituencies Voting Percentage
1 1 7 April Tezpur, Kaliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur 75[10]
2 4 12 April Karimganj, Silchar, Autonomous District 75[11]
3 6 24 April Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Gauhati, Mangaldoi, Nowgong, 70.6[12]

Results

The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014.[1] Voter Turnout was 80% despite threats from terrorist outfits[13]

7 3 1 3
BJP AIUDF IND INC
Party Seats Popular vote 2nd position[14] 3rd position
Contested Won +/− Votes % ±pp
Bharatiya Janata Party 13 7 Increase 3 55,07,152 36.50 Increase19.29 5 1
Indian National Congress 13 3 Decrease 4 44,67,295 29.60 Decrease4.31 8 2
All India United Democratic Front 10 3 Increase 2 22,37,612 14.80 Decrease2.30 0 4
Asom Gana Parishad 12 0 Decrease 1 5,77,730 3.80 Decrease8.81 0 3
Independent (politician) 58 1 Increase 1 14,36,900 9.62 Increase2.02 1 2
Bodoland People's Front 2 0 Decrease1 3,30,106 2.21 Steady 0 2

Results by Constituency

# Constituency Turnout Candidate Party Margin
1 Karimganj 76.07 Increase Radheshyam Biswas AIUDF 1,02,094
2 Silchar 75.45 Increase Sushmita Dev INC 35,241
3 Autonomous District 77.36 Increase Biren Sing Engti INC 24,095
4 Dhubri 88.35 Increase Badruddin Ajmal AIUDF 2,29,730
5 Kokrajhar 81.30 Increase Naba Kumar Sarania IND 3,55,779
6 Barpeta 84.31 Increase Sirajuddin Ajmal AIUDF 42,341
7 Gauhati 78.64 Increase Bijoya Chakravarty BJP 3,15,784
8 Mangaldoi 81.37 Increase Ramen Deka BJP 22,884
9 Tezpur 77.86 Increase Ram Prasad Sarmah BJP 86,020
10 Nowgong 80.72 Increase Rajen Gohain BJP 1,43,559
11 Kaliabor 80.50 Increase Gourav Gogoi INC 93,874
12 Jorhat 78.30 Increase Kamakhya Prasad Tasa BJP 1,02,420
13 Dibrugarh 79.25 Increase Rameswar Teli BJP 1,85,347
14 Lakhimpur 77.70 Increase Sarbananda Sonowal BJP 2,92,138

References

  1. ^ a b c "General Elections – 2014 : Schedule of Elections" (PDF). 5 March 2014. Retrieved 5 March 2014.
  2. ^ "Delhi Elections 2020 Schedule, Dates, Results". NDTV.com.
  3. ^ "Threat of Islamic terror looms large over Assam | Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses". Archived from the original on 4 September 2015. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  4. ^ "LS Poll 2014: Prospects of Ten Parties Regional Front in Northeast India | ummid.com". www.ummid.com.
  5. ^ "State-Wise Voter Turnout in General Election 2014". Election Commission of India. Government of India. Press Information Bureau. 21 May 2014. Archived from the original on 4 June 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2015.
  6. ^ "Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll". Outlook. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  7. ^ "India TV-C Voter projection: Big gains for BJP in UP, Bihar; NDA may be 45 short of magic mark". Indiatv. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  8. ^ "Battleground 2014". NDTV. 4 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2014.
  9. ^ The poll gave one seat to others.
  10. ^ "LS elections kick off with polling in Assam, Tripura". Hindustan Times. 7 April 2014. Archived from the original on 10 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
  11. ^ "High Voter Turnout in Phase 4". IBNLive. 12 April 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  12. ^ "Assam records 70.6% voting in Lok Sabha elections". Livemint. 24 April 2014. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  13. ^ "Assembly Election Results Dates Candidate List Opinion/Exit Poll Latest News, Political Consulting Survey Election Campaign Management Company India". infoelections.com.
  14. ^ "IndiaVotes PC: Party-wise performance for 2014".
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election_in_Assam