Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly were held in 2001 to elect members of 114 constituencies in Assam, India. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and Tarun Gogoi was appointed as the Chief Minister of Assam. The number of constituencies was set as 126, by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.

After the elections, the incumbent Member of Parliament for Kaliabor, Tarun Gogoi, became the Chief Minister of Assam. His brother, Dip Gogoi, the winner from Titabar assembly constituency, resigned from his seat in order that Tarun Gogoi could win the assembly seat in the by-election. Dip Gogoi later fought and won the by-election for the, now vacant, Kaliabor Lok Sabha seat.

Background In the 1996 elections, a five-party electoral alliance headed by the Asom Gana Parishad formed the government. Between 1997 and 2001, the insurgency in Assam led to 1548 deaths, including 333 security personnel. The mass-killings of Hindi-speaking migrants by the United Liberation Front of Assam (ULFA) became a political and security issue. In December 2000, the Union Government of India headed by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) authorised the Indian army to execute military operations against the ULFA. In April 2001, the Asom Gana Parishad ruling in Assam, and the Bharatiya Janata Party heading the federal NDA-led Union Government of India, formed an electoral alliance against the Indian National Congress.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/agp-strikes-a-deal-with-bjp-joins-nda/articleshow/37142678.cmshttps://frontline.thehindu.com/other/article30250270.ece

Schedule EventDate Date for Nominations 16 April 2001 Last Date for filing Nominations 23 April 2001 Date for scrutiny of nominations 24 April 2001 Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 26 April 2001 Date of poll 10 May 2001 Date of counting 13 May 2001

Parties and alliances

colspan="6" Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Tarun Gogoi 126

colspan="6" National Democratic Alliance Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats Prafulla Kumar Mahanta 77 Narayan Chandra Borkataky 46 All Bodo Students Union 11 5 Total126+13

Result

Result by constituency

Assembly Constituency Winner Runner Up Margin # Name Candidate Party Votes % Candidate Party Votes % 1 Ratabari (SC) Rathish Ranjan Choudhury 22322 33.4 Sambhu Sing Mallah 20809 31.1 1513 2 Patharkandi Monilal Gowala 46443 53.4 Shukhendu Shekhar Dutta 20178 23.2 26265 3 Karimganj North Mission Ranjan Das 45429 46.4 Rashid Ahmed Choudhury 28108 28.7 17321 4 Karimganj South Siddique Ahmed 31639 38.3 Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury 28280 34.2 3359 5 Badarpur Jamal Uddin Ahmed 30471 40.6 Dipak Deb 28563 38.1 1908 6 Hailakandi Sahab Uddin Choudhury 35629 42.2 Mrityunjoy Chakraborty 26805 31.7 8824 7 Katlicherra Gautam Roy 48069 55.2 Misbahul Islam Laskar 13378 15.4 34691 8 Algapur Sahidul Alam Choudhury 48144 57.6 Maharam Ali Mazumder 32264 38.6 15880 9 Silchar Bimolangshu Roy 45308 48.9 Kamalendu Bhattacharjee 45237 48.9 71 10 Sonai Anwar Hussain Laskar 28523 33.9 Kutub Ahmed Mazumder 23064 27.4 5459 11 Dholai (SC) Parimal Suklabaidya 26284 34.7 Kamakhya Prasad Mala 22930 30.3 3354 12 Udharbond Ajit Singh 30657 43.5 Joy Prakash Tewari 26668 37.8 3989 13 Lakhipur Dinesh Prasad Goala 36570 45.3 Reena Singh 26815 33.2 9755 14 Barkhola Misbahul Islam Laskar 34530 48.0 Trailakshya Bhusan Nath 31025 43.1 3505 15 Katigorah Kali Ranjan Deb 28766 36.27 Prodip Nandy 22184 27.97 6582 16 Haflong (ST) Gobinda Chandra Langthasa 33781 45.44 Prakanta Warisa 43731 29.29 12003 17 Bokajan (ST) Jagat Sing Engti 23748 34.82 Hidhinath Rongpi 20459 30.00 3289 18 Howraghat (ST) Dharamsing Teron 27058 39.10 Rabi Kumar Phangcho 20825 30.09 6233 19 Diphu (ST) Bidya Sing Engleng 32244 33.38 Babu Rongpi 25143 26.03 7101 20 Baithalangso (ST) Rupon Sing Ronghang 39446 41.81 Haliram Terang 38469 40.77 977 21 Mankachar Hosenara Islam 35699 36.45 Motiur Rohman Mondal 32010 32.68 3689 22 Salmara South Wazed Ali Choudhury 47329 59.18 Dewan Joynal Abedin 27183 33.99 20146 23 Dhubri Nazibul Umar 45113 51.21 Dhruba Kumar Sen 36847 31.54 17331 24 Gauripur Banendra Mushahary 50624 51.12 Mohibul Hoque 47332 47.80 3292 25 Golakganj Dinesh Chandra Sarkar 48808 51.26 Alauddin Sarkar 25039 26.30 23769 26 Bilasipara West Ali Akbar Miah 23801 29.93 Hatem Ali Choudhury 21576 27.13 2225 27 Bilasipara East Prasanta Kumar Baruah 38380 38.19 Mozibar Rahman 28816 28.67 9564 28 Gossaigaon Mithius Tudu 61504 54.92 Bibhuti Bhusan Brahma 40337 36.02 21167 29 Kokrajhar West (ST) Hemendra Nath Brahma 74971 71.51 Lahendra Basumatary 12544 11.96 62427 30 Kokrajhar East (ST) Pramila Rani Brahma 90553 81.91 Charan Narzary 14358 12.99 76195 31 Sidli (ST) Matindra Basumatary 82876 72.61 Andrias Hajoary PDF 16550 14.50 66326 32 Bongaigaon Phani Bhusan Choudhury 52814 61.52 Rajeswar Choudhury 25954 30.23 26860 33 Bijni Romio Brahma 34449 46.09 Dhiresh Barman 18267 24.44 16182 34 Abhayapuri North Bhupen Roy 34241 43.30 Abdul Hai Nagori 32774 41.45 1467 35 Abhayapuri South (SC) Chandan Kumar Sarkar 45318 50.02 Rabin Banikya 41685 46.01 3633 36 Dudhnai (ST) Pranoy Rabha 45417 51.54 Akan Rabha 33256 37.74 12161 37 Goalpara East Shadeed Mazumder 36766 38.88 Jyotish Das 24166 25.55 12600 38 Goalpara West Sheikh Shah Alam 27098 35.70 Abu Bakkar Siddique Jotdar 13994 18.43 13104 39 Jaleswar Aftabuddin 36444 53.03 Afzalur Rahman 19849 28.88 16595 40 Sorbhog Samsul Hoque 31890 32.90 Anilananda Pathak 27819 28.70 4071 41 Bhabanipur Sarbananda Choudhury 33974 44.65 Milan Baro 28409 37.34 5565 42 Patacharkuchi Pabindra Deka 16586 21.98 Manoranjan Das 16487 21.85 99 43 Barpeta Ismail Hussain 46326 45.95 Kumar Deepak Das 46133 45.76 193 44 Jania Asahaque Ali 27401 33.73 A. Jalil Talukdar 23995 29.54 3406 45 Baghbor Dilder Rezza 38537 57.69 Md. Raham Ali 17164 25.70 21373 46 Sarukhetri Tara Prasad Das 34782 37.97 Nizam Uddin Khan 19895 21.72 14887 47 Chenga Sukur Ali Ahmed 24686 39.80 Liakat Ali 23719 38.24 967 48 Boko (SC) Gopinath Das 56177 56.66 Jyoti Prasad Das 56177 33.08 23379 49 Chaygaon Rana Goswami 50675 57.48 Kamala Kanta Kalita 37482 42.52 13193 50 Palasbari Pranab Kalita 30943 37.30 Jatin Mali 30308 36.54 635 51 Jalukbari Himanta Biswa Sarma 45054 46.76 Bhrigu Phukan 35035 36.36 10019 52 Dispur Robin Bordoloi 46871 36.92 Atul Bora 43492 34.26 3379 53 Gauhati East Pankaj Bora 47713 53.31 Biraj Kumar Sarma 31766 35.49 15947 54 Gauhati West Hemanta Talukdar 36471 35.26 Manoj Ram Phookun 36471 30.87 4547 55 Hajo Haren Das 40726 48.91 Nurul Hussain 30306 36.40 10420 56 Kamalpur Uttara Kalita 37520 42.47 Satyabrat Kalita 14545 16.46 22975 57 Rangia Bhubaneswar Kalita 33308 35.09 Ananta Deka 31560 33.25 1748 58 Tamulpur Biswajit Daimary 56017 53.21 Padum Chauhan 39163 37.20 16854 59 Nalbari Madan Kalita 45125 47.47 Alaka Sarma 30489 32.07 14636 60 Barkhetry Bhumidhar Barman 64748 66.86 Pulakesh Barua 64748 29.76 35925 61 Dharmapur Nilamani Sen Deka 37674 50.64 Chandra Mohan Patowary 36223 48.69 1451 62 Barama (ST) Paniram Rabha 34331 39.04 Nageswar Choudhury 26079 29.65 8252 63 Chapaguri (ST) Tijen Basumatary 64427 70.30 Suren Swargiary 7354 8.02 57073 64 Panery Kamali Basumatari 37956 51.46 Mridula Saharia 21035 28.52 16921 65 Kalaigaon Nathu Ram Boro 27493 30.00 Mukul Saikia 24412 26.64 3081 66 Sipajhar Zoii Nath Sarmah 45978 49.24 Binanda Kumar Saikia 45764 49.01 214 67 Mangaldoi Basanta Das 46443 44.15 Hiren Kumar Das 35467 33.72 10976 68 Dalgaon Abdul Jabbar 45860 45.38 Anwara Taimur 29131 28.82 16729 69 Udalguri (ST) Rihon Daimary 30170 38.39 Jaman Singh Brahma 27847 35.43 2323 70 Majbat Karendra Basumatary 42234 57.45 Silvius Condpan 28186 38.34 14048 71 Dhekiajuli Joseph Toppo 40394 50.24 Hiranya Bora 35551 44.21 4843 72 Barchalla Tanka Bahadur Rai 26567 35.79 Prafulla Goswami 17455 23.51 9112 73 Tezpur Brindaban Goswami 30030 38.61 Robindra Kumar Goswami 29036 37.33 994 74 Rangapara Bhimananda Tanti 40043 51.28 Rishilal Upadhyaya 17464 22.36 22579 75 Sootea Praneswar Basumatary 43559 48.67 Padma Hazarika 42794 47.82 765 76 Biswanath Nurjamal Sarkar 39399 48.55 Prabin Hazarika 35951 44.30 3448 77 Behali Ranjit Dutta 33348 50.65 Barnabash Tanti 19819 30.10 13529 78 Gohpur Ripun Bora 58850 53.23 Ganesh Kutum 48864 44.19 9986 79 Jagiroad (SC) Bubul Das 53652 52.71 Bibekananda Dalai 47380 46.55 6272 80 Marigaon Jonjonali Baruah 37521 42.07 Munin Mahanta 20368 22.84 17153 81 Laharighat Nazrul Islam 45523 55.99 Woli Ullah 34636 42.60 10887 82 Raha (SC) Ananda Ram Baruah 47700 47.14 Umesh Das 32972 32.59 14728 83 Dhing Idris Ali 49703 53.06 Md. Muzibur Rahman 36340 38.80 13363 84 Batadroba Gautam Bora 35078 43.53 Khagen Bordoloi 21762 27.00 13316 85 Rupohihat Sarifa Begum 37745 42.65 Md. Abdul Aziz 37210 42.04 535 86 Nowgong Girindra Kumar Baruah 37099 43.48 Nripen Goswami 37099 33.40 8603 87 Barhampur Prafulla Kumar Mahanta 38590 44.63 Chitralekha Phukan 33203 38.40 5387 88 Samaguri Rakibul Hussain 38022 48.91 Atul Kumar Sarma 34636 44.55 3386 89 Kaliabor Gunin Hazarika 32293 46.65 Simanchal Digal 31757 45.88 536 90 Jamunamukh Khalilur Rahman Chowdhury 47255 55.53 Abdul Jalil Ragibi 37614 44.20 9641 91 Hojai Ardhendu Kumar Dey 51048 47.54 Ramaprasad Sahu 44887 41.80 6161 92 Lumding Sushil Dutta 28631 33.34 Maya Chakraborty 27273 31.75 1358 93 Bokakhat Jiten Gogoi 33595 49.07 Bhupendra Nath Bhuyan 25650 37.47 7945 94 Sarupathar Alius Tirkey 50038 44.22 Binod Gowala 43234 38.20 6804 95 Golaghat Ajanta Neog 52134 55.14 Atul Bora 41204 43.58 10930 96 Khumtai Jiba Kanta Gogoi 32012 45.87 Probin Kumar Gogoi 29511 42.28 2501 97 Dergaon (SC) Hemprakash Narayan 44311 52.79 Sushila Hazarika 36899 43.96 7412 98 Jorhat Hitendra Nath Goswami 39421 49.52 Padma Nath Sarma 33380 41.93 6041 99 Majuli (ST) Rajib Lochan Pegu 22608 31.61 Padmeswar Deley 20208 28.25 2400 100 Titabar Dip Gogoi 33804 44.86 Hemanta Kalita 25141 33.37 8663 101 Mariani Rupam Kurmi 23010 37.16 Binode Gogoi 20177 32.58 2833 102 Teok Membor Gogoi 34462 49.98 Renupoma Rajkhowa 18628 27.02 15834 103 Amguri Anjan Dutta 40779 55.50 Prodip Hazarika 30379 41.34 10400 104 Nazira Hemoprova Saikia 44170 68.19 Cheniram Borgohain 8666 13.38 35504 105 Mahmara Sarat Saikia 44770 64.63 Hiranya Kumar Konwer 21851 31.54 22919 106 Sonari Sarat Barkotoky 59554 67.25 Babul Khatoniar 24613 27.79 34941 107 Thowra Devanand Konwar 24976 43.91 Kushal Dowari 12720 22.36 12256 108 Sibsagar Pranab Kumar Gogoi 30919 41.18 Pranabjit Chaliha Ramu 17957 23.92 12962 109 Bihpuria Premadhar Bora 20944 27.73 Borgoram Deuri 19672 26.04 1272 110 Naoboicha Sultan Sadik 29813 31.07 Moniram Pathari 22105 23.04 7708 111 Lakhimpur Utpal Dutta 39936 46.59 Indra Gogoi 39252 45.80 684 112 Dhakuakhana (ST) Bharat Narah 41190 42.77 Deben Pegu 35414 36.77 5776 113 Dhemaji (ST) Dilip Kumar Saikia 31166 29.25 Sumitra Patir 30685 28.79 481 114 Jonai (ST) Pradan Baruah 55116 45.64 Bhubon Pegu 38954 32.26 16162 115 Moran Sarbananda Sonowal 27777 42.64 Jibontara Ghatowar 26927 41.33 850 116 Dibrugarh Kalyan Kumar Gogoi 40675 67.57 Ajit Chaliha 14714 24.44 25961 117 Lahowal Prithibi Majhi 41806 68.52 Rebati Phukan 14124 23.15 27682 118 Duliajan Rameswar Teli 34335 50.75 Amiya Gogoi 26740 39.53 7595 119 Tingkhong Atuwa Munda 31743 45.37 Anup Phukan 31339 44.79 404 120 Naharkatia Pranati Phukan 42765 65.94 Kusumbar Tairai Gogoi 12730 19.63 30035 121 Chabua Raju Sahu 34801 47.65 Bhaben Baruah 20749 28.41 14052 122 Tinsukia Rajendra Prasad Singh 35496 51.49 Shio Shambhu Ojha 23412 33.96 12084 123 Digboi Rameswar Dhanowar 35418 60.22 Bhaben Sharma 17764 30.20 17654 124 Margherita Pradyut Bordoloi 48377 57.07 Debojit Boruah 22759 26.85 25618 125 Doomdooma Dileswar Tanti 52846 77.93 Pratap Tanty 14968 22.07 37878 126 Sadiya Jagadish Bhuyan 35748 45.26 Bolin Chetia 35552 45.02 196

See also List of constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly 2001 elections in India

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