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Assam Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) Elections 2016
Assam Assembly elections were concluded in two phases on 4 and 11 April to select representatives from 126 constituencies of the state legislative assembly. The overall voter turnout was higher than that of the 2011 Assembly election.The Congress has been in power in this frontier state for three consecutive terms. Riding high on the anti-incumbency factor strongly working against the Congress, the BJP secured an important victory in 2016 Assam Assembly elections. The saffron party's tie-up with regional contenders BPF and AGP further consolidated its victory. It won 86 seats in the assembly. BJP member Sarbananda Sonowal contested successfully from Majuli constituency. He took oath as the chief minister of the state on 24 May 2016.
Polling Summary of Assam Assembly Election 2016
Phase 1
The first phase of Assam Assembly elections was conducted on 4 April in 65 constituencies of upper Assam and Barak Valley. BJP and Congress CM candidates Sarbananda Sonowal and Tarun Gogoi were two of the most prominent candidates in contention for the first phase.While Sonowal cast his vote from Majuli, Gogoi cast his from Titabor. According to data with the Election Commission of India,
The polling percentage was 82.2%. There were reports of malfunctioning electronic voting machines (EVMs) in some polling centres which affected voting for some time. However, election officials said that the defective EVMs were swiftly replaced. Except for a few incidents of violence in Goalpara, polling was largely peaceful.
Phase 2
The second and final phase of Assam Assembly elections was held on 11 April in Guwahati, Lower Assam and Bodoland Territorial Areas. Some of the prominent names among the 525 candidates in the fray were cabinet ministers Rakibul Hussain, Chandan Sarkar and Nazrul Islam, besides two-time former chief minister and AGP member Prafulla Mahanta, AIUDF chief and Dhubri MP Badruddin Ajmal and former Congress minister and current BJP member Himanta Biswa Sarma.
The voter turnout was 87.03%.
Security was beefed up, especially in the four Bodoland Territorial Area districts, where NDFB(S) ultras are operational and more than 50,000 polling personnel had been deployed in order to ensure free and fair elections. There were incidents of violence in Barpeta district in which one elderly voter lost his life and two CRPF personnel were injured. About 143 EVMS were replaced due to technical error. Voting was more or less peaceful in other areas.
About Assam Legislative Assembly
Assam has a unicameral type of legislature. Its principal law-making body, the Legislative Assembly, is located in the state capital Dispur. The assembly consists of 126 seats filled by representatives directly elected from single-member constituencies. The term of the assembly normally lasts five years.
Assam's legislature owes its origin to the Government of India Act, 1935. A bicameral legislature came into being in 1937 by the provisions of this act. Following independence in 1947, the legislative council was abolished. As a result, Assam's legislature became unicameral.
In next few decades, Assam was truncated a number of times to make way for smaller states in the north-east. The strength of the assembly, too, underwent a number of modifications due to changing demography and geographical boundaries. At present, the assembly has a strength of 126 members.
Elections to the Assembly were first conducted in 1952. The Indian National Congress won 76 seats and formed the government. Bishnu Ram Medhi of Congress became the chief minister.
The last assembly elections were held in two phases in 2011. It led to a thumping victory to the incumbent Indian National Congress. Chief minister Tarun Gogoi was sworn in for the third consecutive term. The only other person to have achieved this feat was Bimala Prasad Cheliha.
Shri P.B. Acharya is the current governor of Assam. Pranab Gogoi is the speaker of the House and Bhimananda Tanti the deputy speaker. The post of main opposition leader stands vacant as no other party secured the required number of 21 seats in the 2011 elections.
Assembly Election Results of Assam
The tables below represent the assembly election results for the state of Assam untill now starting from the most recent year 2016.
Last Updated on May 3, 2020