2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election

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2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election
India
←  3 April 2006 (Phase 1)
10 April 2006 (Phase 2)		 2011 →
All 126 seats in the Assam Legislative Assembly
64 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.77%
Party Leader % Seats +/–
AGP 20.39% 24 +4
AGP(P) 2.51% 1
AUDF 9.03% 10
ASDC 0.89% 1 -1
BJP 11.98% 10 +2
CPI 1.02% 1
CPI(M) 1.43% 2
INC Tarun Gogoi 31.08% 53 -18
0.25% 1
NCP 2.13% 1
Independents 16.6% 22 +3
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Chief Minister before Chief Minister after
Tarun Gogoi
INC		 Tarun Gogoi
INC

Legislative Assembly elections were held in Assam in two phases between 3 and 10 April 2006 to elect members from all 126 constituencies of the state .[1][2]

Schedule[]

Schedule[3]

Poll Event Phase 1 Phase 2
Issue of notification of election Friday Mar 10, 2006 Friday Mar 17, 2006
Last Date for filing nomination Friday Mar 17, 2006 Friday Mar 24, 2006
Scrutiny of Nominations Saturday Mar 18, 2006 Saturday Mar 25, 2006
Withdrawal of Candidature Monday Mar 20, 2006 Monday Mar 27, 2006
Date of Poll Monday Apr 3, 2006 Monday Apr 10, 2006
Date of Counting Thursday May 11, 2006 Thursday May 11, 2006
Date of Completion Saturday May 20, 2006 Saturday May 20, 2006

Results[]

PartyVotes%Seats
Indian National Congress4,102,47931.0853
Asom Gana Parishad2,692,12320.3924
Bharatiya Janata Party1,581,92511.9810
Assam United Democratic Front1,191,5009.0310
331,4912.511
Nationalist Congress Party281,0382.131
Communist Party of India (Marxist)188,9011.432
Communist Party of India134,4381.021
Autonomous State Demand Committee117,9410.891
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation99,8810.760
Trinamool Gana Parishad89,6490.680
Samajwadi Party80,5380.610
32,5110.251
Navbharat Nirman Party21,0600.160
Lok Jan Shakti Party13,7970.100
Janata Dal (United)12,3370.090
Rashtriya Janata Dal7,4760.060
Revolutionary Socialist Party7,0590.050
United Reservation Movement Council of Assam4,5410.030
National Loktantrik Party3,5950.030
Janata Dal (Secular)3,2610.020
Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Rasik Bhatt)2,1290.020
All India Minorities Front2,0270.020
Samata Party1,6460.010
United Minorities Front, Assam1,4270.010
Muslim League Kerala State Committee1,1800.010
Hindusthan Suraksha Party9150.010
Navbharat Nirman Party8500.010
Republican Party of India5870.000
Lok Shakti5000.000
Independents2,191,16716.6021
Total13,199,969100.00125
Valid votes13,199,96999.98
Invalid/blank votes2,3110.02
Total votes13,202,280100.00
Registered voters/turnout17,434,01975.73
Source: ECI

References[]

  1. ^ "Assam Assembly Election Results in 2006". www.elections.in. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  2. ^ Farz, Ahmed (2006-05-22). "Assembly elections 2006: Voters deny absolute majority to Congress in Assam". India Today. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
  3. ^ Staff (2006-05-09). "State Assembly Election schedule for Assam". oneindia.com. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
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