2004 Indian general election in Assam

none December 2025 July 2016 December 2020 2004 Indian general election in Assam India parliamentary no 1999 Indian general election in Assam 1999 2009 Indian general election in Assam 2009 April–May 2004 14 seats Tarun Gogoi - Kolkata 2013-02-10 4881.JPG 100 100 120 10 25 Tarun Gogoi Indian National Congress 10 9 1 3,637,405 35.07% Rameswar Teli (cropped).jpg 100 100 120 10 10 Rameshwar Teli Bharatiya Janata Party 2 2 2,379,524 22.94% Asom Gana Parishad 120 100 Asom Gana Parishad 0 2 2 2,069,600 19.95% Brindaban Goswami Assam in India.png 200px Assam Prime Minister Prime Minister after election A. B. Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party Manmohan Singh Indian National Congress 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. 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.General Election Schedule 2004 https://hindi.eci.gov.in/files/file/3042-schedule-for-general-elections-2004/?do=download&r=7022&confirm=1&t=1&csrfKey=9b39aa893d335b61e29f64e45be0cf2d Poll eventCounting of votes for AP assembly begins https://www.rediff.com/election/2004/may/11ap.htm 11 May 2004 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 votes13 May 2004 No. of constituencies 6 8 Parties and alliances United Progressive Alliance United Progressive Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Indian National Congress Indian National Congress 50px 50px Tarun Gogoi 14 National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Bharatiya Janata Party Bharatiya Janata Party 50px 50px Rameshwar Teli 12Janata Dal (United)Janata Dal (United)50px50pxNitish Kumar1 IndependentIndependent50px50pxSansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary1 Asom Gana Parishad Asom Gana Parishad Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Asom Gana Parishad Asom Gana Parishad 50px Brindaban Goswami 12 List of candidates ConstituencyUPANDAAGP1Karimganj (SC)Indian National Congress Lalit Mohan SuklabaidyaBharatiya Janata Party Parimal SuklabaidyaAsom Gana Parishad Nepal Chandra Das2SilcharIndian National Congress Santosh Mohan DevBharatiya Janata Party Kabindra Purkayastha3Autonomous District (ST)Indian National Congress Biren Sing EngtiBharatiya Janata Party Ratan TeronAsom Gana Parishad Sailendra Hasnu4DhubriIndian National Congress Anwar HussainBharatiya Janata Party Jabeen BorbhuyanAsom Gana Parishad Afzalur Rahman5Kokrajhar (ST)Indian National Congress Derhagra MochaharyIndependent IND S. K. Bwiswmuthiary6BarpetaIndian National Congress A. F. Golam OsmaniBharatiya Janata Party Ranjit ThakuriaAsom Gana Parishad Kumar Deepak Das7GauhatiIndian National Congress Kirip ChalihaBharatiya Janata Party Bhupen Hazarika Asom Gana Parishad Bhrigu Kumar Phukan8MangaldoiIndian National Congress Madhab RajbangshiBharatiya Janata Party Narayan Chandra BorkatakyAsom Gana Parishad Apurba Bhattacharjee9TezpurIndian National Congress Moni Kumar SubbaBharatiya Janata Party Ghisa Lal AgarwallaAsom Gana Parishad Padma Hazarika10NowgongIndian National Congress Bishnu PrasadBharatiya Janata Party Rajen GohainAsom Gana Parishad Dhruba Kumar Saikia 11 Kaliabor Indian National Congress Dip Gogoi] Janata Dal (United) Rashidul Haque Asom Gana Parishad Keshab Mahanta12 Jorhat Indian National Congress Bijoy Krishna Handique Bharatiya Janata Party Dayananda Borgohain Asom Gana Parishad Dulal Chandra Baruah 13 Dibrugarh Indian National Congress Paban Singh Ghatowar Bharatiya Janata Party Kamakhya Prasad Tasa Asom Gana Parishad Sarbananda Sonowal 14 Lakhimpur Indian National Congress Ranee Narah Bharatiya Janata Party Uday Shankar Hazarika Asom Gana Parishad Arun Kumar Sarmah 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-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 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 Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/− Indian National CongressINC 36,37,405 35.07 3.35 14 9 1rowspan="4" National Democratic AllianceNDA Bharatiya Janata Party BJP 23,79,524 22.94 6.90 12 2 Independent (politician) IND 6,89,620 6.65 1 1 1 Janata Dal (United) JD(U) 1,25,966 1.21 1 0 Total 31,95,110 30.80 14 3 Asom Gana ParishadAGP 20,69,600 19.95 8.03 12 2 2 Communist Party of IndiaCPI 1,72,332 1.66 1.08 1 0 Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) LiberationCPI(M-L)L 1,08,837 1.05 1.20 3 0 1 Samajwadi PartySP 1,09,088 1.05 0.85 4 0 Autonomous State Demand CommitteeASDC 1,01,808 0.98 1 0 Communist Party of India (Marxist)CPI(M) 68,627 0.66 1.11 2 0 Other Others 2,07,964 2.00 19 0 Independent (politician) IND 7,01,318 6.76 2.60 46 0 1 Total 1,03,72,089 100% - 116 14 - Results by constituency Keys: #00FFFF INC (9) solid 1px #AAAAAA #FBB917 BJP (2) solid 1px #AAAAAA #99ccff AGP (2) solid 1px #AAAAAA #DDDDDD IND (1) solid 1px #AAAAAA Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % 1 Karimganj (SC) Lalit Suklabaidya Indian National Congress 3,21,059 47.81 Parimal Suklabaidya Bharatiya Janata Party 2,29,111 34.1291,94813.69 2 Silchar Santosh Mohan Dev Indian National Congress 2,46,215 40.48 Kabindra Purkayastha Bharatiya Janata Party 2,24,895 36.9821,3203.50 3 Auton. District (ST) Biren Sing Engti Indian National Congress 1,25,937 31.38 Elwin Teron Autonomous State Demand Committee 1,01,808 25.3624,1296.02 4 Dhubri Anwar Hussain Indian National Congress 3,76,588 43.61 Afzalur Rahman Asom Gana Parishad 2,59,966 30.101,16,62213.51 5 Kokrajhar (ST) S. K. Bwiswmuthiary Independent politician IND 6,89,620 71.32 Sabda Ram Rabha Independent politician IND 2,05,491 21.254,84,12950.07 6 Barpeta A. F. Golam Osmani Indian National Congress 2,66,972 35.00 Kumar Deepak Das Asom Gana Parishad 1,98,847 26.0768,1258.93 7 Gauhati Kirip Chaliha Indian National Congress 3,53,250 40.06 Bhupen Hazarika Bharatiya Janata Party 2,92,099 33.1361,1516.93 8 Mangaldoi Narayan Borkataky Bharatiya Janata Party 3,45,863 40.74 Madhab Rajbangshi Indian National Congress 3,15,997 37.2229,8663.52 9 Tezpur Moni Kumar Subba Indian National Congress 2,89,847 40.27 Padma Hazarika Asom Gana Parishad 2,19,402 30.4870,4459.79 10 Nowgong Rajen Gohain Bharatiya Janata Party 3,42,704 43.60 Bisnu Prasad Indian National Congress 3,11,292 39.6031,4124.00 11 Kaliabor Dip Gogoi Indian National Congress 3,01,893 39.56 Keshab Mahanta Asom Gana Parishad 2,34,695 30.7667,1988.80 12 Jorhat Bijoy Krishna Handique Indian National Congress 2,23,624 33.54 Drupad Borgohain Communist Party of India 1,72,332 25.8451,2927.70 13 Dibrugarh Sarbananda Sonowal Asom Gana Parishad 2,20,944 35.00 Kamakhya Tasa Bharatiya Janata Party 2,02,390 32.0618,5542.94 14 Lakhimpur Arun Sarmah Asom Gana Parishad 3,00,865 37.61 Ranee Narah Indian National Congress 2,72,717 34.0928,1483.52 Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Assam #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Manmohan SinghRajya Sabha(Assam)Prime MinisterMinistry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions;Ministry of Planning;Department of Atomic Energy;Department of Space22 May200422 May2009Indian National Congress 32Santosh Mohan DevSilchar(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 May200422 May20093Bijoy Krishna HandiqueJorhat(Lok Sabha)MoSMinistry 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 May200422 May2009 Results by constituency General Election, 2004: Karimganj Indian National Congress Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya 321,059 47.81 Bharatiya Janata Party Parimal Sukla Baidya 229,111 34.12 Asom Gana Parishad Nepal Chandra Das 106,546 15.87 Independent (politician) Babul Ram Das 3,925 0.58 Independent (politician) Sushil Kumar Das 3,641 0.54 Independent (politician) Radha Kanta Tanty 2,862 0.43 Independent (politician) Lukendra Roy 2,386 0.36 Independent (politician) Babul Roy 1,960 0.29 91,948 671,491 68.91 Indian National Congress General Election, 2004: Autonomous District Indian National Congress Biren Singh Engti 125,937 31.38 Autonomous State Demand Committee (United) Elwin Teron 101,808 25.36 Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation Dr. Jayanta Rongpi 74,399 18.54 Bharatiya Janata Party Ratan Teron 57,584 14.35 Independent (politician) Sanmoni Temprai 26,713 6.66 Independent (politician) Chember G. Momin 8,003 1.99 Asom Gana Parishad Sailendra Hasnu 3,755 0.94 Samata Party Harsing Teron 3,178 0.79 24,129 401,377 69.42 Indian National Congress Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation References Assam Category:Indian general elections in Assam Category:2000s in Assam