Assam assembly election, May 2021

The 15th Assam legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared

126

64 needed for a majority

Largest party

BJP

60 seats · short of a majority

Candidates

946

74 women, 6 elected

Turnout

82.05%

1.92 cr of 2.34 cr

The house

126 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

BJP60
INC29
AIUDF16
AGP9
UPPL6
BOPF4
IND1
CPM1

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Assam assembly election (2016)

BOPF

-8

AGP

-5

INC

AIUDF

Parties

Ordered by seats won

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Strike rate	Votes	Share	Share +/−	Deposits lost
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	60	0	93	45.7%	63,84,538	33.21%	+3.71	6
INC Indian National Congress	29	+3	95	39.4%	57,03,341	29.67%	-1.29	3
AIUDF All India United Democratic Front	16	+3	20	53.8%	17,86,551	9.29%	-3.76	1
AGP Asom Gana Parishad	9	-5	29	32.9%	15,19,777	7.91%	-0.24	6
UPPL United People's Party Liberal	6	—	11	40.6%	6,51,744	3.39%	—	1
BOPF BOPF	4	-8	12	37.7%	6,51,073	3.39%	-0.55	0
IND Independent	1	0	381	1.9%	11,39,423	5.93%	-5.11	371
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1	+1	2	45.4%	1,60,758	0.84%	+0.28	0
AJP AJP	0	—	82	5.6%	7,02,992	3.66%	—	75
AITC All India Trinamool Congress	0	0	15	1.4%	36,008	0.19%	+0.02	15
VOTERSPART…VOTERSPARTYINTERNATIONAL	0	—	26	0.8%	33,111	0.17%	—	26
CPI Communist Party of India	0	0	1	17.4%	27,290	0.14%	-0.08	0
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	4	5.5%	26,403	0.14%	+0.04	3
JD(U)JD(U)	0	0	33	0.4%	21,970	0.11%	+0.04	33
BHARATIYAG…BHARATIYAGANAPARISHAD	0	—	15	0.8%	21,869	0.11%	—	15
SUCI SUCI	0	0	27	0.4%	18,805	0.10%	0.00	27
NPP NPP	0	—	11	1.0%	18,087	0.09%	—	11
AUTONOMOUS…AUTONOMOUSSTATEDEMANDCOMMITTEE	0	—	3	4.2%	15,887	0.08%	—	3
RJD Rashtriya Janata Dal	0	—	1	10.2%	13,321	0.07%	—	1
POLITICALJ…POLITICALJUSTICEPARTY	0	—	5	1.1%	8,425	0.04%	—	5
LJP Lok Janshakti Party	0	0	8	0.6%	7,979	0.04%	-0.01	8
NCP Nationalist Congress Party	0	0	8	0.6%	7,724	0.04%	-0.23	8
THENATIONA…THENATIONALROADMAPPARTYOFINDIA	0	—	8	0.5%	6,726	0.04%	—	8
RASHTRIYAL…RASHTRIYALOKSAMTAPARTY	0	—	5	0.9%	6,123	0.03%	—	5
RASHTRIYAU…RASHTRIYAULAMACOUNCIL	0	—	10	0.3%	5,023	0.03%	—	10
RPIA RPIA	0	0	7	0.4%	4,096	0.02%	-0.04	7
REVOLUTION…REVOLUTIONARYCOMMUNISTPARTYOFINDIARASIKBHATT	0	—	1	1.7%	3,453	0.02%	—	1
ASOMSONGRA…ASOMSONGRAMIMANCHAASOM	0	—	3	1.0%	3,303	0.02%	—	3
AIFB AIFB	0	0	6	0.4%	3,000	0.02%	+0.01	6
REPUBLICAN…REPUBLICANPARTYOFINDIAA	0	—	5	0.3%	2,304	0.01%	—	5
ALLINDIAMI…ALLINDIAMINORITIESFRONT	0	—	2	0.6%	2,201	0.01%	—	2
JANATAPARTY JANATAPARTY	0	—	2	0.4%	1,562	0.01%	—	2
BHARTIYATR…BHARTIYATRIBALPARTY	0	—	2	0.6%	1,536	0.01%	—	2
ASOMJANAMO…ASOMJANAMORCHA	0	—	3	0.3%	1,488	0.01%	—	3
BAHUJANMAH…BAHUJANMAHAPARTY	0	—	1	1.0%	1,290	0.01%	—	1
LOKRAKSHAP…LOKRAKSHAPARTY	0	—	1	0.5%	1,137	0.01%	—	1
REPUBLICAN…REPUBLICANPARTYOFINDIA	0	—	2	0.2%	591	0.00%	—	2
SWARNABHAR…SWARNABHARATPARTY	0	—	1	0.3%	582	0.00%	—	1
SP Samajwadi Party	0	0	2	0.2%	561	0.00%	-0.04	2
HINDUSTHAN…HINDUSTHANNIRMANDAL	0	—	1	0.3%	492	0.00%	—	1

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Assam at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one. Showing the 40 largest parties. The full list is at /api/elections/assam-2021/parties?limit=500.

Largest victories of May 2021

All seats via API →

Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
JANIA	Assam	AIUDFRafiqul Islam	BJPShahidul Islam	1,44,77578.42%
SALMARA SOUTH	Assam	INCWAZED ALI CHOUDHURY	INDNURUL ISLAM MOLLAH	1,35,57477.85%
JAMUNAMUKH	Assam	AIUDFSiraj Uddin Ajmal	AGPSadik Ullah Bhuyan	1,18,56063.34%
JALUKBARI	Assam	BJPHIMANTA BISWA SARMA	INCROMEN CHANDRA BORTHAKUR	1,01,91160.31%
RUPOHIHAT	Assam	INCNURUL HUDA	BJPNAJIR HUSSAIN	1,06,35258.77%
PATACHARKUCHI	Assam	BJPRANJEET KUMAR DASS	INCSANTANU SARMA	62,85355.42%
TINSUKIA	Assam	BJPSANJOY KISHAN	AJPSHAMSHER SINGH	70,79754.07%
DHING	Assam	AIUDFAminul Islam	INDMehboob Muktar	1,02,96749.68%
GAUHATI EAST	Assam	BJPSIDDHARTHA BHATTACHARYA	INCASHIMA BARDOLOI	84,10049.16%
JONAI	Assam	BJPBHUBAN PEGU	INCHEMA HARI PRASANNA PEGU	1,10,98745.27%

Closest results of May 2021

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Assembly seat	State	Winner	Runner-up	Margin
BARHAMPUR	Assam	BJPJITU GOSWAMI	INCSURESH BORAH	7510.52%
NAZIRA	Assam	INCDebabrata Saikia	BJPMayur Borgohain	6830.62%
DUDHNAI	Assam	INCJADAB SWARGIARY	BJPSHYAMJIT RABHA	1,2760.71%
BIJNI	Assam	BJPAJOY KUMAR RAY	BOPFKAMALSHING NARZARY	1,0030.72%
LAHARIGHAT	Assam	INCDR. ASIF MOHAMMAD NAZAR	INDSIDDIQUE AHMED	2,0281.24%
TEOK	Assam	AGPRENUPOMA RAJKHOWA	INCPALLABI GOGOI	1,3501.30%
NAOBOICHA	Assam	INCBHARAT CHANDRA NARAH	INDAJIJUR RAHMAN	3,6131.87%
LAKHIMPUR	Assam	BJPMANAB DEKA	INCDR. JOY PRAKASH DAS (J.P.)	3,0361.94%
UDHARBOND	Assam	BJPMIHIR KANTI SHOME	INCAJIT SINGH	2,6852.06%
THOWRA	Assam	INCSUSHANTA BORGOHAIN	BJPKUSHAL DOWARI	2,0062.07%