2004 Indian general election in Assam

Indian general election in Assam, 2004

April-May 2004
14 seats
First party Second party   Party UPA NDA
Assam

The Indian general election, 2004 polls in Assam were held for 14 seats in the state. The result was United Progressive Alliance winning 9 out of the 14 seats, while the National Democratic Alliance, captured only 2 seats. Asom Gana Parishad managed to get 2 seats.

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 organization there and the resurgence of communal violence in the area. In Kokrajhar the Bodo nationalist and NDA-supported candidate, Sansuma Khunggur Bwismuthiary, retained his seat.

Results by Alliance

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 (Marxist) -Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation (1)	1	-Communist Party of India -Communist Party of India (Marxist) -Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation	0	-1
Other parties	Independent	1	-Asom Gana Parishad (2) -Independent (1)	3	+2

• 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

Party	Alliance	Seats Contested	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
Bharatiya Janata Party	National Democratic Alliance	12	2,379,524	22.94	n/a	2	n/a
Communist Party of India	Left Front	1	172,332	1.66	n/a	0	n/a
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Left Front	2	68,627	0.66	n/a	0	n/a
Indian National Congress	United Progressive Alliance	14	3,637,405	35.07	n/a	9	n/a
Asom Gana Parishad	none	12	2,069,600	19.95	n/a	2	+2
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation	Left Front	3	108,837	1.05	n/a	0	-1
Janata Dal (United)	National Democratic Alliance	1	125,966	1.21	n/a	0	0
Indian Union Muslim League	United Progressive Alliance	1	3,533	0.03	n/a	0	0
Independent	none	47	1,390,938	13.41	n/a	1	0
Total	-	116	10,372,089	-	-	14	-

Party	Votes	%	Change	Seats	Change
Bharatiya Janata Party	2,379,524	22.94	-6.9	2	-
Communist Party of India	172,332	1.66	+1.08	0	-
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	68,627	0,66	-1.11	0	-
Indian National Congress	3637405	35.07	-3.35	9	-1
Asom Gana Parishad	2,069,600	19.95	+8.03	2	+2
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation	108,837	1.05	-1.12	0	-1
Janata Dal (United)	125,966	1.21	-	0	-
Indian Union Muslim League	3,533	0.03	-	0	-
Revolutionary Socialist Party	11,757	0.11	-	0	-
Samajwadi Party	109,088	1.05	+0.85	0	-
Other parties	294,482	2.84	-	0	-
Independents	1,390,938	13.41	+4.05	1	-
Total	10,372,089	-	-	12	-

Results by constituency

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

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
	Samata Party	Harsing Teron	3,178	0.79
Majority			24,129
Turnout			401,377	69.42
	INC gain from CPI(ML)L		Swing