The 2019 Indian general election held in India between April and May 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. The elections could be held at an earlier date if the Council of Ministers recommends dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha to the President of India. However, the government has publicly announced that the elections will be held according to schedule.
Election schedule Poll event Phase I II III Notification date 18 March 19 March 28 March Last date for filing nomination 25 March 26 March 4 April Scrutiny of nomination 26 March 27 March 5 April Last Date for withdrawal of nomination 28 March 29 March 8 April Date of poll 11 April 18 April 23 April Date of counting of votes/Result 23 May 2019 No. of constituencies 5 5 4
Parties and alliances
National Democratic Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Bharatiya Janata Party Sarbananda Sonowal 10 Asom Gana Parishad Prafulla Kumar Mahanta 3 Bodoland People's Front Hagrama Mohilary 1
United Progressive Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Indian National Congress Tarun Gogoi 14
Others Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested All India United Democratic Front Badruddin Ajmal 3
Candidates ConstituencyNDAUPAAIUDF # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Karimganj Kripanath Mallah Swarup Das Radheshyam Biswas 2 Silchar Rajdeep Roy Sushmita Dev 3 Autonomous District Horen Sing Bey Biren Sing Engti 4 Dhubri Zabed Islam Abu Taher Ali Bepari Badruddin Ajmal 5 Kokrajhar Pramila Rani Brahma Sabda Ram Rabha 6 Barpeta Kumar Deepak Das Abdul Khaleque Haji Rafiqul Islam 7 Gauhati Queen Oja Bobbeeta Sharma 8 Mangaldoi Dilip Saikia Bhubaneswar Kalita 9 Tezpur Pallab Lochan Das M. G. V. K Bhanu 10 Nowgong Rupak Sarmah Pradyut Bordoloi 11 Kaliabor Mani Madhav Mahanta Gaurav Gogoi 12 Jorhat Topon Kumar Gogoi Sushanta Borgohain 13 Dibrugarh Rameswar Teli Paban Singh Ghatowar 14 Lakhimpur Pradan Baruah Anil Borgohain
Opinion polls Date publishedPolling agency LeadNDAUPAAIUDF Jan 2019 C Voter 6 7 11
Date publishedPolling agency Others LeadNDAUPAAIUDF Jan 2019 C Voter 44.3% 44.6% 2.5% 8.6%0.3%
Party-wise results Results by Party/Alliance Alliance/ Party Popular vote Seats Votes % ±pp Contested Won +/−rowspan="4" NDA BJP 64,84,596 36.05 0.46 10 9 2 AGP 14,80,697 8.23 6.60 3 0 BOPF 4,46,774 2.48 0.29 1 0 Total 84,12,067 46.76 13 9 2UPAINC 63,73,659 35.44 5.83 14 3 AIUDF 14,02,088 7.80 7.03 3 1 2 Others 7,51,184 4.18 68 0 IND 8,68,715 4.83 0.49 46 1 NOTA 1,78,353 0.99 Total 1,79,86,066 100% - 144 14 -
Seat share
Vote share
Constituenties wise result # Constituency Turnout Candidate Party Votes Runner-up Party Votes Margin 1 Karimganj 79.18 Kripanath Mallah 4,73,046 Radheshyam Biswas 4,34,357 38,389 2 Silchar 79.51 Rajdeep Roy 4,99,414 Sushmita Dev 4,17,818 81,596 3 Autonomous District 77.63 Horen Singh Bey 3,81,316 Biren Singh Engti 1,41,690 2,39,626 4 Dhubri 90.66 Badruddin Ajmal 7,18,764 Abu Taher Bepari 4,92,506 2,26,258 5 Kokrajhar 83.30 Naba Kumar Sarania 4,84,560 Pramila Rani Brahma 4,46,744 37,786 6 Barpeta 86.57 Abdul Khaleque 6,45,173 Kumar Deepak Das 5,04,866 1,40,307 7 Gauhati 80.87 Queen Oja 10,08,936 Bobbeeta Sarma 6,63,330 3,45,606 8 Mangaldoi 83.68 Dilip Saikia 7,35,469 Bhubaneshwar Kalita 5,96,924 1,38,545 9 Tezpur 79.48 Pallab Lochan Das 6,84,166 M.G.V.K Bhanu 4,41,325 2,42,841 10 Nowgong 83.23 Pradyut Bordoloi 7,39,724 Rupak Sharma 7,22,972 16,752 11 Kaliabor 82.09 Gourav Gogoi 7,86,092 Moni Madhab Mahanta 5,76,098 2,09,994 12 Jorhat 77.57 Topon Kumar Gogoi 5,43,288 Sushanta Borgohain 4,60,635 82,653 13 Dibrugarh 77.30 Rameswar Teli 6,59,583 Paban Singh Ghatowar 2,95,017 3,64,566 14 Lakhimpur 75.17 Pradan Baruah 7,76,406 Anil Borgohain 4,25,855 3,50,551
Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Assam #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1Sarbananda SonowalRajya Sabha (Assam)Cabinet MinisterMinister of AYUSHMinister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways7 July20219 June20242Rameswar TeliDibrugarhMoSMinistry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (from July 2021) Ministry of Labour and Employment(from July 2021)Ministry of Food Processing Industries(until July 2021)31 May2019
Assembly segments-wise lead of parties
Party Assembly segments Position in Assembly 2016 (as of 2021 election) Bharatiya Janata Party 67 64 Asom Gana Parishad 11 9 Bodoland People's Front 4 4 Indian National Congress 26 25 All India United Democratic Front 12 16 Independents 6 8 Total 126
See also 2018 Assam Panchayat Election 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election
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