Assam assembly election, May 1991

126 assembly constituencies in Assam, 70.34% turnout.

Seats

126

Candidates

1,657

50 women, 5 elected

Turnout

70.34%

83.6 lakh of 1.19 cr

Leading party

INC

66 of 126 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Assam

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
INC Indian National Congress	66	+41	125	24,55,302	29.35%	+6.12
AGP Asom Gana Parishad	19	+19	121	14,99,911	17.93%	—
IND Independent	15	-77	858	17,91,086	21.41%	-40.09
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	10	+10	48	5,48,271	6.55%	+5.49
NAGP NAGP	5	+5	85	4,56,209	5.45%	—
CPI Communist Party of India	4	+4	37	2,06,541	2.47%	+1.26
ADC ADC	4	+4	8	1,33,280	1.59%	—
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2	0	29	3,21,926	3.85%	-0.63
JD Janata Dal	1	+1	95	3,98,623	4.77%	—
ICSSCS ICSSCS	0	0	45	1,20,927	1.45%	—
URC URC	0	0	55	1,09,578	1.31%	—
UMF UMF	0	0	29	1,08,620	1.30%	—
PTCA PTCA	0	0	15	88,496	1.06%	—
GGS GGS	0	0	12	42,383	0.51%	—
JP JP	0	0	31	26,477	0.32%	—
UPCA UPCA	0	0	9	17,853	0.21%	—
AJD AJD	0	0	20	9,744	0.12%	—
IPF IPF	0	0	4	9,174	0.11%	—
SLP Samajwadi Lok Parishad	0	0	7	6,683	0.08%	—
CPI(ML)CPI(ML)	0	0	2	4,167	0.05%	—
AJP AJP	0	0	6	3,447	0.04%	—
RCPIRB RCPIRB	0	0	3	2,292	0.03%	—
JD(S)JD(S)	0	0	4	1,222	0.01%	—
RCPI Rani Chennamma Party	0	0	2	1,052	0.01%	—
LKD Lok Dal	0	0	4	1,036	0.01%	-0.21
DDP DDP	0	0	1	336	0.00%	—
AMB AMB	0	0	2	196	0.00%	—

INC66 (52%)
AGP19 (15%)
IND15 (12%)
BJP10 (8%)
NAGP5 (4%)
CPI4 (3%)
Others7 (6%)

INC66
AGP19
IND15
BJP10
NAGP5
CPI4
Others7

INC66
AGP19
IND15
BJP10
NAGP5
CPI4
ADC4
CPM2
Others1

Constituency performance

From the 126 results in Assam

Closest contest

NAHARKATIA

won by 56 (0.10%)

Biggest victory

KOKRAJHAR WEST

won by 0 (—)

Highest turnout

GOSSAIGAON

86.04%

Lowest turnout

KOKRAJHAR WEST

0.00%

Seat change

Against Assam's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1985), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained24 (19%)
Changed hands102 (81%)

24 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 102 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Assam, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 126 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 126

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
ABHAYAPURI NORTH	AGPBHUPEN ROY	INCABDUL HAI NAGORI	2,4494.04%	83.6%
ABHAYAPURI SOUTH	INCCHANDAN KUMAR SARKAR	AGPRABIN BANIKYA	6931.01%	79.3%
ALGAPUR	AGPSAHIDUL ALAM CHODHARY	BJPKRISHNA PRASAD RAI	6,4028.86%	77.7%
AMGURI	INCANJAN DUTTA	AGPPRADIP HAZARIKA	2570.53%	62.8%
BADARPUR	INCABU SALEH NAJMUDDIN	BJPDIPAK DEB	34,05143.73%	85.8%
BAGHBAR	INCDILDAR REZZA	UMFSHEIKH A. HAMID	4330.73%	82.0%
BAITHALANGSO	ADCHOLIRAM TERANG	INCDHANIRAM RONGPI	5,8018.17%	64.5%
BARAMA	NAGPPANI RAM RABHA	AGPREKHA RANI DAS BORO	2,3283.19%	73.0%
BARCHALLA	INCRUDRA PARAJULI	AGPPRAFULLA KUMAR GOSWAMI	16,17225.13%	73.4%
BARHAMPUR	AGPPRAFULLA KUMAR MAHANTA	INCRAMESH CHANDRA PHUKAN	17,33324.73%	70.0%
BARKHETRY	INCBHUMIDHAR BARMAN	NAGPPULAKESH BARUA	1,9072.54%	71.4%
BARKHOLA	JDABDUL MATIN MAZUMDAR	BJPNABENDU KUMAR DAS	5,1587.78%	74.5%
BARPETA	INCISMAIL HUSSAIN	INDMUKUL DAS	3,7374.13%	85.1%
BATADROBA	INCGOUTOM BORA	AGPDIGEN CHANDRA BORA	4,6956.86%	74.5%
BEHALI	INCBARNABASH TANTEE	INDBISWAJEET GOSWAMI	20,54042.17%	70.0%
BHABANIPUR	INDMILAN BORO	AGPSURENDRA NATH MEDHI	8,98913.72%	79.1%
BIHPURIA	INCBORGARAM DEORI	AGPKESHARAM BORA	2,8885.13%	67.4%
BIJNI	INDKAMAL BRAHMA	INCUDAY CHANDRA DAS	21,19931.11%	84.2%
BILASIPARA EAST	INCANOWAR HUSSIN	ICSSCSSARAT CHANDRA SINHA	12,99116.23%	78.9%
BILASIPARA WEST	CPIGIASUDDIN AHMED	UMFALI AKBAR MIAH	2,8094.46%	83.2%
BISWANATH	INCNURJAMAL SARKAR	AGPPRABIN HAZARIKA	18,03929.10%	74.1%
BOKAJAN	ADCMONSING RONGPI	INCRAJEN TIMUNG	15,95430.64%	69.1%
BOKAKHAT	INCBHUPEN BHUYAN	AGPBHAGIRATH KARAN	15,60529.62%	66.5%
BOKO	INCGOPINATH DAS	NAGPJYOTI PRASAD DAS	10,70413.78%	74.4%
BONGAIGAON	AGPPHANI BHOOSAN CHOUDHARY	CPMBALI NARAYAN SINGHA	5,7768.48%	78.6%
CHABUA	INCUPENDRA SANATAN	AGPBHABEN BARUA	15,02925.25%	64.6%
CHAPAGURI	AGPSUREN SWARGIARY	INDJOG MOHAN BARKACHARY	8751.16%	76.3%
CHAYGAON	AGPKAMALA KALITA	INCJOY KUMAR JAIN	6,3939.54%	75.9%
CHENGA	INDLIAKAT ALI KHAN	INCHEMANTA TALUKDAR	16,31028.84%	78.1%
DALGAON	INCSYEDA ANWARA TAIMUR	UMFABDUL JABBAR	2880.41%	77.4%
DERGAON	INCHEM PRAKASH NARAYAN	AGPNALIN CHANDRA HAZARIKA	4390.74%	63.4%
DHAKUAKHANA	AGPBHARAT CHANDRA NARAH	INCPARAMANANDA DOLEY	5,3866.95%	72.9%
DHARMAPUR	INDCHANDRA MOHAN PATOWARY	INCKISHORE	8,25914.07%	63.4%
DHEKIAJULI	INCHIRANYA BORA	AGPRATUL NATH	24,48038.53%	71.6%
DHEMAJI	AGPDILIP KUMAR SAIKIA	INCDURGESWAR PATIR	8,0119.61%	69.3%
DHING	INCMUZIBAR RAHMAN	AGPINMUL HAQUE	34,41846.68%	75.3%
DHOLAI	BJPPARIMAL SUKLABAIDYA	AGPKAMAKHYA PRASAD MALA	16,31222.66%	65.0%
DHUBRI	BJPDHRUBA KR. SEN.	CPMSABER ALI SHEIKH	3,7515.31%	77.1%
DIBRUGARH	INCKESHAB GOGOI	AGPBHASKAR BORA	9,07018.95%	52.7%
DIGBOI	INCRAMESWAR DHANOWAR	AGPLILA BORA	22,74542.90%	62.9%
DIPHU	ADCDIPENDRA RONGPI	INCKUNJALAL HAGJER	16,86426.04%	66.3%
DISPUR	AGPATUL BORA	INCAKON BORA	11,36614.57%	57.6%
DOOM DOOMA	INCDILESWAR TANTI	AGPMONOJ MANKI	29,68755.81%	58.9%
DUDHNAI	INCJAGAT PATGIRI	AGPAKAN RABHA	1,5732.29%	71.9%
DULIAJAN	INCANIYA GOGOI	AGPDIGANTA SAIKIA	12,92224.51%	57.7%
GAUHATI EAST	INCCHITTA RANJAN PATOWARI	ICSSCSPANKAJ BORA	8,45513.28%	49.3%
GAUHATI WEST	NAGPRAMENDRA NARAYAN KALITA	AGPRAM KUMAR DAS	1,6452.35%	59.0%
GAURIPUR	INCMD. MOHIDUL HAQUE	BJPBIRENDRA NATH RAY	1,8732.40%	83.0%
GOALPARA EAST	INCRATNESHWAR DAS	AGPJYOTISH CHANDRA DAS	4,6706.69%	73.0%
GOALPARA WEST	INDNAZMUL HOQUE	AGPPRAFULLA KUMAR RABHA	5,4548.02%	80.7%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Assam alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Assam assembly election, May 1991?

Indian National Congress won 66 of 126 seats in Assam, a clear majority.

What was the voter turnout in the Assam assembly election, May 1991?

Turnout was 70.34% — 83.6 lakh of 1.19 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Assam have?

Assam has 126 assembly seats.