Elections in Assam – 2014 Results

The General elections in the country will be carried out in nine phases. The election process in Assam will be carried out in 3 phases. Elections will be conducted on 7th April, 12th April and 24th April. The counting of votes will be done on 16th, May 2014.

 

Assam General Elections – 2014

 

Phase 1st
No of PCs going to poll 5 (PC No. 9, 11, 12, 13, 14)
Issue of Notification 14 Mar 14 (Fri)
Last Date for filing Nominations 21 Mar 14 (Fri)
Scrutiny of Nominations 22 Mar 14 (Sat)
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature 24 Mar 14 (Mon)
Date of Poll 07 Apr 14 (Mon)
Counting of Votes 16 May 14 (Fri)
Date before which the election shall be completed 28 May 14 (Wed)
Phase 4th
No of PCs going to poll 3 (PC no. 1, 2, 3)
Issue of Notification 19 Mar 14 (Wed)
Last Date for filing Nominations 26 Mar 14 (Wed)
Scrutiny of Nominations 27 Mar 14 (Thu)
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature 29 Mar 14 (Sat)
Date of Poll 12 Apr 14 (Sat)
Counting of Votes 16 May 14 (Fri)
Date before which the election shall be completed 28 May 14 (Wed)
Phase 6th
No of PCs going to poll 6 (PC no. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10)
Issue of Notification 29 Mar 14 (Sat)
Last Date for filing Nominations 05 Apr 14 (Sat)
Scrutiny of Nominations 07 Apr 14 (Mon)
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature 09 Apr 14 (Wed)
Date of Poll 24 Apr 14 (Thu)
Counting of Votes 16 May 14 (Fri)
Date before which the election shall be completed 28 May 14 (Wed)

 

Assam Elections

Assam is one of the important states of North – East India. Many of the other north eastern states were formed after dividing Assam. A State election Commission has been set up there so as to take care of and supervise all the election process within the state. There are 126 constituencies in Assam. Congress party is a strong contender there as it has won elections thrice in a row.

 

Political Parties in Assam

The politics of Assam is influenced by both national and state level parties. The parties at the national level are:

BJP
CPI
NCP
The parties at the state level are:
Asom Gana Parishad
Asom gana parishad (progressive)
Trinamul Gana Parishad
Autonomous State Demand Committee
Bodo People’s Progressive Front
United Minority Front
Communist Party of India (marxist)
Purbanchaliya Loka Parishad

Assam Legislative Assembly

Assam has a unicameral type of legislative Assembly and has Legislative Assembly with 126 members. The term of the House is five years and elections are held to elect new members when the term expires. The whole process of election is managed by State Election Commission of Assam.

 

List of Chief Ministers of Assam

 

Sr.No. Name of Chief Minister From To Party
1 Gopinath Bordoloi Feb 11, 1946 Aug 6, 1950 INC
2 Bishnu Ram Medhi Aug 9, 1950 Dec 27, 1957 INC
3 Bimala Prasad Chaliha Dec 28, 1957 Nov 6, 1970 INC
4 Mahendra Mohan Choudhry Nov 11, 1970 Jan 30, 1972 INC
5 Sarat Chandra Sinha Jan 31, 1972 Mar 12, 1978 INC
6 Golap Borbora Mar 12, 1978 Sep 4, 1979 JNP
7 Jogendra Nath Hazarika Sep 9, 1979 Dec 11, 1979 JNP
President’s rule Dec 12, 1979 Dec 5, 1980
8 Anowara Taimur Dec 6, 1980 Jun 30, 1981 INC
President’s rule Jun 30, 1981 Jan 13, 1982
9 Kesab Chandra Gogoi Jan 13, 1982 Mar 19, 1982 INC
President’s rule Mar 19, 1982 Feb 27, 1983
10 Hiteswar Saikia Feb 27, 1983 Dec 23, 1985 INC
11 Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Dec 24, 1985 Nov 28, 1990 AGP
President’s rule Nov 28, 1990 Jun 30, 1991
12 Hiteswar Saikia Jun 30, 1991 Apr 22, 1996 INC
13 Bhumidhar Barman Apr 22, 1996 May 14, 1996 INC
Prafulla Kumar Mahanta May 15, 1996 May 17, 2001 AGP
14 Tarun Gogoi May 17, 2001 Present INC

 

List of Governors of Assam

 

Sr.No. Name of Governors From To
1 Sir Muhammad Saleh Akbar Hydari Aug 15, 1947 Dec 28, 1948
2 Ronald Francis Lodge Dec 30, 1948 Feb 16, 1949
3 Sri Prakasa Feb 16, 1949 May 27, 1950
4 Jairam Das Daulatram May 27, 1950 May 15, 1956
5 Saiyid Fazal Ali May 15, 1956 Aug 22, 1959
6 Chandreswar Prasad Sinha Aug 23, 1959 Oct 14, 1959
7 Satyavant Mallannah Shrinagesh Oct 14, 1959 Nov 12, 1960
8 Vishnu Sahay Nov 12, 1960 Jan 13, 1961
9 Mallannah Shrinagesh Jan 13, 1961 Sep 7, 1962
10 Vishnu Sahay Sep 7, 1962 Apr 17, 1968
11 Braj Kumar Nehru Apr 17, 1968 Sep 19, 1973
12 Justice P. K. Goswami Dec 8, 1970 Jan 4, 1971
13 Lallan Prasad Singh Sep 19, 1973 Aug 10, 1981
14 Prakash Chandra Mehrotra Aug 10, 1981 Mar 28, 1984
15 Justice T. S. Mishra Mar 28, 1984 Apr 15, 1984
16 Bhishma Narain Singh Apr 15, 1984 May 10, 1989
17 Harideo Joshi May 10, 1989 Jul 21, 1989
18 Justice Anisetti Raghuvir Jul 21, 1989 May 2, 1990
19 Justice Devi Das Thakur May 2, 1990 Mar 17, 1991
20 Loknath Mishra Mar 17, 1991 Sep 1, 1997
21 Srinivas Kumar Sinha Sep 1, 1997 Apr 21, 2003
22 Arvind Dave IPS Apr 21, 2003 Jun 5, 2003
23 Ajai Singh Jun 5, 2003 Jul 4, 2008
24 Shiv Charan Mathur Jul 4, 2008 Jun 25, 2009
25 K Sankaranarayanan Jun 26, 2009 Jul 27, 2009
26 Syed Sibtey Razi Jul 27, 2009 Nov 27, 2009
27 Janaki Ballabh Patnaik Nov 27, 2009 Present