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 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

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Indian National Congress Tarun Gogoi 14

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Bharatiya Janata Party Rameshwar Teli 12Janata Dal (United)Nitish Kumar1 IndependentSansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary1

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Asom Gana Parishad Brindaban Goswami 12

List of candidates ConstituencyUPANDAAGP1Karimganj (SC) Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya Parimal Suklabaidya Nepal Chandra Das2Silchar Santosh Mohan Dev Kabindra Purkayastha3Autonomous District (ST) Biren Sing Engti Ratan Teron Sailendra Hasnu4Dhubri Anwar Hussain Jabeen Borbhuyan Afzalur Rahman5Kokrajhar (ST) Derhagra Mochahary S. K. Bwiswmuthiary6Barpeta A. F. Golam Osmani Ranjit Thakuria Kumar Deepak Das7Gauhati Kirip Chaliha Bhupen Hazarika Bhrigu Kumar Phukan8Mangaldoi Madhab Rajbangshi Narayan Chandra Borkataky Apurba Bhattacharjee9Tezpur Moni Kumar Subba Ghisa Lal Agarwalla Padma Hazarika10Nowgong Bishnu Prasad Rajen Gohain Dhruba Kumar Saikia 11 Kaliabor Dip Gogoi] Rashidul Haque Keshab Mahanta12 Jorhat Bijoy Krishna Handique Dayananda Borgohain Dulal Chandra Baruah 13 Dibrugarh Paban Singh Ghatowar Kamakhya Prasad Tasa Sarbananda Sonowal 14 Lakhimpur Ranee Narah Uday Shankar Hazarika 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 1rowspan="4" NDA 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 Total 31,95,110 30.80 14 3 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 Total 1,03,72,089 100% - 116 14 -

Results by constituency Keys:

Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin % # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % 1 Karimganj (SC) Lalit Suklabaidya 3,21,059 47.81 Parimal Suklabaidya 2,29,111 34.1291,94813.69 2 Silchar Santosh Mohan Dev 2,46,215 40.48 Kabindra Purkayastha 2,24,895 36.9821,3203.50 3 Auton. District (ST) Biren Sing Engti 1,25,937 31.38 Elwin Teron 1,01,808 25.3624,1296.02 4 Dhubri Anwar Hussain 3,76,588 43.61 Afzalur Rahman 2,59,966 30.101,16,62213.51 5 Kokrajhar (ST) S. K. Bwiswmuthiary 6,89,620 71.32 Sabda Ram Rabha 2,05,491 21.254,84,12950.07 6 Barpeta A. F. Golam Osmani 2,66,972 35.00 Kumar Deepak Das 1,98,847 26.0768,1258.93 7 Gauhati Kirip Chaliha 3,53,250 40.06 Bhupen Hazarika 2,92,099 33.1361,1516.93 8 Mangaldoi Narayan Borkataky 3,45,863 40.74 Madhab Rajbangshi 3,15,997 37.2229,8663.52 9 Tezpur Moni Kumar Subba 2,89,847 40.27 Padma Hazarika 2,19,402 30.4870,4459.79 10 Nowgong Rajen Gohain 3,42,704 43.60 Bisnu Prasad 3,11,292 39.6031,4124.00 11 Kaliabor Dip Gogoi 3,01,893 39.56 Keshab Mahanta 2,34,695 30.7667,1988.80 12 Jorhat Bijoy Krishna Handique 2,23,624 33.54 Drupad Borgohain 1,72,332 25.8451,2927.70 13 Dibrugarh Sarbananda Sonowal 2,20,944 35.00 Kamakhya Tasa 2,02,390 32.0618,5542.94 14 Lakhimpur Arun Sarmah 3,00,865 37.61 Ranee Narah 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 May20092Santosh 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

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