The Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced that the polling for Lok Sabha elections will be held in 7 phases from April 19 to June 1 and counting of votes on 4th June.
The model code of conduct has come into force starting the evening of March 16 and will remain in force even after the polling on April 26 till the entire process of counting is completed on June 4.
Total Lok Sabha seats:
Assam which comprises 14 Lok Sabha constituencies including Kaziranga, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Darrang-Udalguri, Diphu, Karimganj, Silchar, Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Barpeta, Guwahati.
Among these 14 Lok Sabha seats, 11 seats are unreserved, two are reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates, and one is reserved for Scheduled Caste (SC) candidates.
Schedule: Date of voting and Result
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Assam will be conducted in 3 phases, the first phase of polling will be held on April 19, followed by April 26, and May 7.
The state’s 14 Lok Sabha constituencies will participate in the electoral process as per the following breakdown:
Phases | Dates | Constituencies |
Phase 1 | April 19 | Kaziranga, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh, Jorhat |
Phase 2 | April 26 | Darrang-Udalguri, Diphu, Karimganj, Silchar, Nagaon |
Phase 3 | May 7 | Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Barpeta, Guwahati |
Main parties
According to the 2011 census, Assam’s population exceeds 3.11 crore, with Muslims comprising 34.2% of the population. There are 2.19 crore voters in Assam, including 1.12 crore male voters, 1.07 crore female voters, and 491 third gender voters.
In the 2014 elections, the BJP secured 7 out of the 14 Lok Sabha seats, while the Congress and the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) each won three seats, and one seat went to an Independent candidate.
In the 2019 elections, BJP had contested in 10 seats, AGP in three and Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) in one. BJP won 9 seats. BJP dumped BPF in 2020 and started a new partnership with UPPL.
BJP recently announced that it will contest in 11 of the 14 seats in Assam in the coming Lok Sabha election and share two of the remaining three seats with ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the third one with United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL).
Full list of candidates for Assam Lok Sabha elections 2024: