The 2018 Assam panchayat election were held in two phases, on 5 and 9 December 2018. The counting of votes started on 12 December and results were declared on 15 December. More than 15.6 million people were eligible to vote and voter turnout was over 78 per cent.

The Bharatiya Janata Party won 11,325 seats in total, while the Indian National Congress won 8,970 seats. Other parties won 6,489 seats.

Background Assam Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 made provisions for establishing a three-tier Panchayati Raj system in the State at the village, intermediate and district level.

Total number of Elected Representatives and Chairpersons in the State

No. Panchayat Representatives Chairpersons 1. Zilla Parishad 420 21 2. Anchalik Panchayat 2,201 185 3. Gaon Panchayat 24,222 2,201

Election schedule The Assam State Election Commission announced that the Polls would hold in two Phases. The polling for the first phase was held on 5 December 2018, while that for the second phase took place on 9 December 2018. The final counting of votes was started from 12 December 2018 in the 26 districts across the state.

In first phase, polls were held in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Charaideo, Jorhat, Majuli, Golaghat, Nagaon, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Darrang, Morigaon, Kamrup (Metro) and Kamrup districts. In the second phase, the election were held in Nalbari, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Dhubri, South Salmara Mankachar, Goalpara, Cachar, Hailakandi, Karimganj and Hojai districts

Party wise results

Zilla Parishad The election results for 420 Zilla Parishad Members are as follows No. Political Party Seats won Seat share (in %) Seat change 1.BJP 212 50.48 197 2.INC 147 35.00 126 3. AIUDF 26 6.19 50 4. AGP 19 4.52 10 5. Others 16 3.81 11

Anchalik Panchayat The election results for 2,197 Anchalik Panchayat Members are as follows No. Political Party Seats won Seat share (in %) Seat change 1.BJP 1,025 46.66 895 2.INC 771 35.09 464 3. AIUDF 139 6.33 258 4. AGP 118 5.37 64 5. Others 144 6.55 112

Gaon Panchayat (President) The election results for 2,197 Gaon Panchayat Presidents are as follows No. Political Party Seats won Seat share (in %) Seat change 1.BJP 994 45.24 888 2.INC 760 34.59 463 3. AGP 137 6.24 46 4. AIUDF 130 5.92 257 5. Others 176 8.01 125

Gaon Panchayat (Ward) The election results for 21,970 Gaon Panchayat Wards are as follows No. Political Party Seats won Seat share (in %) Seat change 1.BJP 9,094 41.39 7,565 2.INC 7,292 33.19 3,514 3. AGP 1,689 7.69 620 4. AIUDF 1,024 4.66 1,599 5. Others 2,871 13.07 1,502

Overall result

No. Political Party Seats won Seat share (in %) Seat change 1.BJP 11,325 42.28 9,545 2.INC 8,970 33.49 4,567 3. AGP 1,963 7.33 740 4. AIUDF 1,319 4.92 2,232 5. Others 3,207 11.98 1,750

District wise results S.No.DistrictTotalBJPINCAGPAIUDFOthers1Nagaon 2,093815 764 294 110 1102Cachar 1,971919 710 15 19 3083Kamrup Rural 1,694759 536 207 5 1874Dhubri 1,608 283737 17 315 2565Barpeta 1,248 191650 73 143 1916Golaghat 1,241547 490 197 0 77Karimganj 1,160 393414 4 72 2778Dibrugarh 1,139737 296 104 0 29Jorhat 1,099 401551 133 0 1410Tinsukia 1,040745 256 18 0 2111Morigaon 1,033 370416 68 54 12512Sonitpur 1,003696 239 43 0 2513Sivasagar 1,001463 403 129 0 614Lakhimpur 989497 292 59 15 12615Goalpara 988388 355 19 80 34616Biswanath 925769 119 11 0 2617Darrang 914315 311 38 94 15618Hojai 816319 295 57 129 1619Nalbari 793523 212 27 0 3120Bongaigaon 792 156250 239 79 6821Dhemaji 787 227 248 41 027122Hailakandi 755 187 16 6 3551123Charaideo 439326 106 4 0 324South Salmara- Mankachar 425 18 127 83151 4625Bajali 329152 85 50 18 2426Kamrup Metropolitan 258175 57 22 0 427Majuli 244154 35 5 0 50 Total 26,784 11,325 8,970 1,963 1,319 3,207

Legend

Largest Party (BJP) — 17 Largest Party (INC) — 7 — 0 Largest Party (AIUDF) — 1 — 2

See also 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election 2019 Indian general election in Assam

References

External links Assam State Election Commission Chief Electoral Officer, Assam