Municipal elections was held in the Indian state of Assam on 6 March 2022; the results were declared on 9 March. The elections was scheduled for 80 urban local bodies. Elections were originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but were delayed because of pandemic.
Schedule Poll eventScheduleNotification date9 February 2022Last Date for filing nomination15 February 2022Last Date for withdrawal of nomination20 February 2022Date of poll6 March 2022Date of counting of votes9 March 2022
Voter statistics
Gender No. of voters. Male 8,32,348Female 8,41,534Other 17 Total 16,73,899
List of municipalities ward wise Sl. No.District Municipal BoardsWardsVoters (2022) 1Karimganj Karimganj Badarpur
Ramkrishna Nagar27 11
10 49,374 14,144
11,0942HailakandiHailakandi Lala 16 1028,474 9,6783CacharSonai Lakhipur 11 10 14,077 10,1494Dhubri Dhubri
Gauripur
Golakganj
Chapar
Bilasipara
Sapatgram 16 13
10
10
14
1049,144 20,786
10,199
16,438
29,942
10,5255Bongaigaon Bongaigaon Abhayapuri25 11 39,557 13,1696Goalpara Goalpara Lakhipur 19 10 41,408 10,7907BarpetaBarpeta Barpeta Road
Howly
Sarthebari
Sorbhog22 10
10
10
10 36,292 28,737
14,385
6,153
6,8468Bajali Patshala Patacharkuchi 10 10 12,817 3,0899Nalbari Nalbari Tihu 17 10 36,599 11,55110KamrupNorth Guwahati Palashbari
Rangia 10 10
10 19,531 4,213
22,00711Darrang Sipajhar Mongoldoi
Kharupetia 10 10
11 9,618 21,001
17,02112Morigaon Morigaon 1122,89613NagaonNagaon Dhing
Raha
Kampur 29 10
10
10 98,542 15,324
9,612
8,56014Hojai Hojai Lanka
Lumding
Doboka 19 11
13
10 27,991 30,181
23,750
9,56715Sonitpur Tezpur Rangapara
Dhekiajuli
Jamugurihat 19 10
10
10 49,594 11,280
16,558
6,71216Biswanath Biswanath Gohpur
Sootea12 10
10 14,662 9,890
9,66417Lakhimpur North Lakhimpur
Bihpuria
Narayanpur
Dhakuakhana 21 10
10
10 44,671 8,912
4,143
10,18218Dhemaji Dhemaji Silapathar 10 12 24,166 19,52019Golaghat Golaghat Sarupathar
Barpathar
Dergaon
Bokakhat 12 10
10
10
10 28,050 11,084
7,716
16,984
14,70620Jorhat Jorhat Teok
Titabar
Mariani 19 10
10
10 57,095 7,389
13,882
16,78421Sibsagar Sibsagar Amguri
Dimow
Nazira
Simaluguri 14 10
10
10
1032,196 5,826
6,037
10,188
6,57622Charaideo Sonari Moran 16 11 20,507 5,43923Dibrugarh Dibrugarh Naharkatia
Chabua
Namrup 22 10
10
10 1,17,690 15,046
6,242
9,97624Tinsukia Tinsukia Makum
Doomdooma
Chapakhowa
Margherita
Digboi15 10
10
10
10
10 78,900 13,543
16,631
8,078
23,263
18,996
Parties and alliances Following is a list of political parties and alliances which contested in this election:
PartySymbolLeaderContesting SeatsBharatiya Janata PartyBJPHimanta Biswa SarmaTBDAsom Gana ParishadAGPAtul BoraTBD
PartySymbolLeader Contesting SeatsIndian National CongressINCDebabrata SaikiaTBDAssam Jatiya ParishadAJP Lurinjyoti Gogoi TBD
PartySymbolLeaderContesting SeatsAll India United Democratic FrontAIUDFBadruddin AjmalTBDRaijor DalRD Akhil GogoiTBDAam Aadmi PartyAAPDr.Bhaben Chowdhry TBD
Voter turnout Sl. No.District Municipal BoardsTurnout (%)1Karimganj Karimganj Badarpur
Ramkrishna Nagar 65.40 64.86
70.922HailakandiHailakandi Lala66.65 73.973CacharSonai Lakhipur 74.00 67.494Dhubri Dhubri
Gauripur
Golakganj
Chapar
Bilasipara
Sapatgram 70.80 71.30
74.35
81.43
78.19
70.365Bongaigaon Bongaigaon Abhayapuri 74.32 67.046Goalpara Goalpara Lakhipur 79.00 82.007BarpetaBarpeta Barpeta Road
Howly
Sarthebari
Sorbhog 71.55 75.14
80.67
79.90
79.00 8Bajali Patshala Patacharkuchi 68.60 79.109Nalbari Nalbari Tihu 72.27 71.4810KamrupNorth Guwahati Palashbari
Rangia 59.07 69.34
82.1011Darrang Sipajhar Mongoldoi
Kharupetia 75.73 68.18
73.9712Morigaon Morigaon 72.1213NagaonNagaon Dhing
Raha
Kampur 61.14 70.42
70.32
69.89 14Hojai Hojai Lanka
Lumding
Doboka 72.26 68.50
61.29
74.7115Sonitpur Tezpur Rangapara
Dhekiajuli
Jamugurihat 62.68 69.24
72.00
72.9716Biswanath Biswanath Gohpur
Sootea 69.51 69.99
72.0717Lakhimpur North Lakhimpur
Bihpuria
Narayanpur
Dhakuakhana 68.91 73.05
83.01
78.6918Dhemaji Dhemaji Silapathar 67.25 68.4219Golaghat Golaghat Sarupathar
Barpathar
Dergaon
Bokakhat 60.33 71.74
69.58
52.23
67.2820Jorhat Jorhat Teok
Titabar
Mariani 58.40 72.51
65.19
66.5021Sibsagar Sibsagar Amguri
Dimow
Nazira
Simaluguri 64.36 74.24
66.38
65.11
74.0722Charaideo Sonari Moran 63.52 70.4223Dibrugarh Dibrugarh Naharkatia
Chabua
Namrup 58.02 64.54
77.79
51.9124Tinsukia Tinsukia Makum
Doomdooma
Chapakhowa
Margherita
Digboi 62.73 51.25
54.80
73.12
63.87
59.32 Total 80 Boards 69.66
Results "State Election Commission, Assam" https://sec.assam.gov.in
References
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5. "Assam: 69.66 per cent voter turnout in Municipal Board Election" https://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/assam-69-66-per-cent-voter-turnout-in-municipal-board-elections.html
External links Assam State Election Commission