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2004 Indian general election in Assam

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Field	Value
election_name	2004 Indian general election in Assam
country	India
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
previous_election	1999 Indian general election in Assam
previous_year	1999
next_election	2009 Indian general election in Assam
next_year	2009
election_date	April–May 2004
seats_for_election	14 seats
image1
leader1	Tarun Gogoi
party1	Indian National Congress
last_election1	10
seats1	9
seat_change1	1
popular_vote1	3,637,405
percentage1	35.07%
image2
leader2	Rameshwar Teli
party2	Bharatiya Janata Party
last_election2	2
seats2	2
seat_change2
popular_vote2	2,379,524
percentage2	22.94%
image3
party3	Asom Gana Parishad
last_election3	0
seats3	2
seat_change3	2
popular_vote3	2,069,600
percentage3	19.95%
leader3	Brindaban Goswami
map_image	Assam in India.png
map_size	200px
map_caption	Assam
title	Prime Minister
posttitle	Prime Minister after election
before_election	A. B. Vajpayee
before_party	Bharatiya Janata Party
after_election	Manmohan Singh
after_party	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.

Poll event	Phase	1
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

Parties and alliances

{{legend2|{{party color|United Progressive Alliance}}|[[United Progressive Alliance]]}}

Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Indian National Congress	[[File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg	50px]]	[[File:Hand INC.svg	50px]]	Tarun Gogoi

{{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}|[[National Democratic Alliance]]}}

Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
Bharatiya Janata Party	[[File:BJP flag.svg	50px]]	[[File:Lotus flower symbol.svg	50px]]	Rameshwar Teli
Janata Dal (United)	[[File:JanataDalUnitedFlag.PNG	50px]]	[[File:Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg	50px]]	Nitish Kumar
Independent	[[File:Blank.svg	50px]]	[[File:Blank.svg	50px]]	Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary

{{legend2|{{party color|Asom Gana Parishad}}|[[Asom Gana Parishad]]}}

Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Asom Gana Parishad		[[File:Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png	50px]]	Brindaban Goswami

List of Candidates

Constituency	NDA	1	3
Indian National Congress}}"	Bharatiya Janata Party}}"	Asom Gana Parishad}}"
Karimganj (SC)	Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya	Parimal Sukla Baidya	Nepal Chandra Das
Silchar	Sontosh Mohan Dev	Kabindra Purkyastha	Did not contest
Autonomous District (ST)	Biren Singh Engti	Ratan Teron	Sailendra Hasnu
Dhubri	Anwar Hussain	Jabeen Borbhuyan	Afzalur Rahman
Kokrajhar (ST)	Derhagra Mochahary	Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary	Did not contest
Barpeta	A. F. Golam Osmani	Ranjit Thakuria	Kumar Deepak Das
Gauhati	Kirip Chaliha	Bhupen Hazarika	Bhrigu Kumar Phukan
Mangaldoi	Madhab Rajbangshi	Narayan Chandra Borkataky	Apurba Bhattacharjee
Tezpur	Moni Kumar Subba	Ghisa Lal Agarwalla	Padma Hazarika
Nowgong	Bisnu Prasad	Rajen Gohain	Dhruba Kumar Saikia
Kaliabor	Dip Gogoi	Rashidul Haque	Keshab Mahanta
Jorhat	Bijoy Krishna Handique	Dayananda Borgohain	Dulal Chandra Baruah
Dibrugarh	Paban Singh Ghatowar	Kamakhaya Tasa	Sarbananda Sonowal
Lakhimpur	Ranee Narah	Uday Shankar Hazarika	Dr. 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
	INC	36,37,405	35.07	3.35	14	9	1
National Democratic Alliance}}		BJP	23,79,524	22.94	6.90	12	2
	IND	6,89,620	6.65		1	1	1
	JD(U)	1,25,966	1.21		1	0
	AGP	20,69,600	19.95	8.03	12	2	2
	CPI	1,72,332	1.66	1.08	1	0
	CPI(M-L)L	1,08,837	1.05	1.20	3	0	1
	SP	1,09,088	1.05	0.85	4	0
	ASDC	1,01,808	0.98		1	0
	CPI(M)	68,627	0.66	1.11	2	0
	Others	2,07,964	2.00		19	0
	IND	7,01,318	6.76	2.60	46	0	1

Results by constituency

Keys:

Constituency	Turnout	Runner-up	Margin	No.	Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Party
Karimganj	68.61	Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya	3,21,059	47.81	Parimal Suklabaidya	2,29,111	34.12	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	91948
Silchar	69.18	Sontosh Mohan Dev	2,46,215	40.48	Kabindra Purkayastha	2,24,895	36.97	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	21,320
Autonomous District	69.42	Biren Singh Engti	1,25,937	31.38	Elvin Teron	1,01,808	25.37	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	24129
Dhubri	75.1	Anwar Hussain	3,76,588	43.61	Afzalur Rahman	2,59,966	30.1	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	1,16,622
Kokrajhar	79.49	Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary	6,89,620	71.32	Sabda Ram Rabha	2,05,941	21.24	Independent (politician)}} ; color:white;"	4,84,129
Barpeta	70.9	A. F. Golam Osmani	2,66,972	35.0	Kumar Deepak Das	1,98,847	26.07	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	68,125
Gauhati	61.18	Kirip Chaliha	3,53,250	40.06	Bhupen Hazarika	2,92,099	33.13	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	61,151
Mangaldoi	70.18	Narayan Chandra Borkataky	3,45,863	40.74	Madhab Rajbangshi	3,15,997	37.22	Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"	29,866
Tezpur	71.61	Moni Kumar Subba	2,89,847	40.26	Padma Hazarika	2,19,402	30.47	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	70,445
Nowgong	68.4	Rajen Gohain	3,42,704	43.6	Bisnu Prasad	3,11,292	39.6	Bharatiya Janata Party}} ; color:white;"	31,412
Kaliabor	66.21	Dip Gogoi	3,01,893	39.56	Keshab Mahanta	2,34,695	30.75	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	67,198
Jorhat	62.0	Bijoy Krishna Handique	2,23,624	33.54	Drupad Borgohain	1,72,332	25.84	Indian National Congress}} ; color:white;"	51,292
Dibrugarh	65.12	Sarbananda Sonowal	2,20,944	35.0	Kamakhya Prasad Tasa	2,03,390	32.06	Asom Gana Parishad}} ; color:white;"	18,554
Lakhimpur	71.05	Arun Kumar Sarmah	3,00,865	37.61	Ranee Narah	2,72,717	34.09	Asom Gana Parishad}} ; color:white;"	28,148

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Assam

#	Name	Constituency
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
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

Results by constituency

References

"General Election Schedule 2004".
(11 May 2004). "Counting of votes for AP assembly begins".

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