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Who governs Assam today

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Himanta Biswa Sarma
Chief Minister of Assam

In office since 10 May 2021 · 5 years, 4 months

Himanta Biswa Sarma (born 1 February 1969) is an Indian politician and lawyer serving as the 15th and the current Chief Minister of Assam since 2021. A former member of the Indian National Congress, Sarma joined the Bharatiya Janata Party on 23 August 2015 and soon was made convenor of NEDA. He is a six time Member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from Jalukbari, having been elected since 2001.

Current seats
20
in the present Lok Sabha
Elections contested
15
Leading party, 2024
BJP
9 of 14 seats

Compare elections

See what changed between any two Lok Sabha elections in Assam.

2024vs

Seat swings, vote share shifts and constituency-level changes, side by side.

Seat share over the years

Seats and vote share by election for the parties that have won the most Lok Sabha seats in Assam

Party202420192014200920041999199819961991198419801977197119671962
INC33379101058401013109
BJP997422112000000
IND011011111801000
AGP100120051000000
Others113201222223143
Total seats14141414141414141414214141412

Seats won over time

The four parties that have won the most Lok Sabha seats in Assam

0471115196219671971197719801984199119961998199920042009201420192024INCBJPINDAGP
  • INC
  • BJP
  • IND
  • AGP

Constituency performance

From the 14 results in Assam, 2024

Best performance
Sonitpur
RANJIT DUTTA, 60.21% share
Closest contest
KARIMGANJ
won by 18,360 (1.60%)
Biggest victory
DHUBRI
won by 10,12,476 (41.27%)

Seat change & vote share

Assam, 2024

14SEATS
  • Retained4 (29%)
  • Changed hands4 (29%)
  • New seat6 (43%)

4 constituencies were won by the same party as 2019; 4 changed hands; 6 did not exist then.

Vote share by party
INC37.44%
BJP37.43%
AGP6.47%
BPF3.88%
AIUDF3.12%
IND2.44%
UPPL2.44%
AJP2.07%

Result by election

BJP 9INC 3UPPL 1AGP 1
  • BJP9
  • INC3
  • UPPL1
  • AGP1
BJP 9INC 3IND 1AIUDF 1
  • BJP9
  • INC3
  • IND1
  • AIUDF1
BJP 7INC 3AIUDF 3IND 1
  • BJP7
  • INC3
  • AIUDF3
  • IND1
INC 7BJP 4AGP 1AUDF 1BOPF 1
  • INC7
  • BJP4
  • AGP1
  • AUDF1
  • BOPF1
INC 9BJP 2AGP 2IND 1
  • INC9
  • BJP2
  • AGP2
  • IND1
INC 10BJP 2CPI(ML)(L) 1IND 1
  • INC10
  • BJP2
  • CPI(ML)(L)1
  • IND1
INC 10IND 1ASDC 1UMFA 1BJP 1
  • INC10
  • IND1
  • ASDC1
  • UMFA1
  • BJP1
AGP 5INC 5CPM 1BJP 1ASDC 1IND 1
  • AGP5
  • INC5
  • CPM1
  • BJP1
  • ASDC1
  • IND1
INC 8BJP 2IND 1AGP 1CPM 1ADC 1
  • INC8
  • BJP2
  • IND1
  • AGP1
  • CPM1
  • ADC1
IND 8INC 4ICS 1PTC 1
  • IND8
  • INC4
  • ICS1
  • PTC1
INC(I) 2
  • INC(I)2
INC 10BLD 3IND 1
  • INC10
  • BLD3
  • IND1
INC 13AHL 1
  • INC13
  • AHL1
INC 10PSP 2CPI 1AHL 1
  • INC10
  • PSP2
  • CPI1
  • AHL1
INC 9PSP 2HLC 1
  • INC9
  • PSP2
  • HLC1

Top leaders

Chief Ministers of Assam, most recent first

Full history →
Himanta Biswa Sarma
BJPIncumbent
2021present
Sarbananda Sonowal
BJP
20162021
Tarun Gogoi
INC
20012016
Bhumidhar Barman
INC
19961996

Constituencies

20 current, 41 under former boundaries · showing 1–50 of 61

No.ConstituencyReservationElectionsLast contested
1KARIMGANJSC42024
2SILCHARGEN42024
3AUTONOMOUS DISTRICTST32019
4Darrang-UdalguriGEN12024
4DHUBRIGEN42024
5GuwahatiGEN12024
5KOKRAJHARST42024
6BARPETAGEN42024
6DiphuGEN12024
7GAUHATIGEN32019
8MANGALDOIGEN32019
9NagaonGEN12024
9TEZPURGEN32019
10KazirangaGEN12024
10NOWGONGGEN32019
11KALIABORGEN32019
11SonitpurGEN12024
12JORHATGEN42024
13DIBRUGARHGEN42024
14LAKHIMPURGEN42024
1CACHARformer boundaryGEN21971
1CACHARformer boundaryGEN11962
1KARIMGANJformer boundarySC82004
2KARIMGANJformer boundarySC21971
2KARIMGANJformer boundarySC11962
2SILCHARformer boundaryGEN82004
3AUTONOMOUS DISTRICTformer boundaryST72004
3AUTONOMOUS DISTRICTSformer boundaryST11971
3AUTONOMOUS DISTRICTSformer boundaryST11962
3AUTONOMOUS DISTSformer boundaryST11967
4DHUBRIformer boundaryGEN72004
4DHUBRIformer boundaryGEN11962
4DHUBRIformer boundaryGEN21971
5GOALPARAformer boundaryST11962
5KOKRAJHARformer boundaryST21971
5KOKRAJHARformer boundaryST72004
6BARPETAformer boundaryGEN21971
6BARPETAformer boundaryGEN72004
6GAUHATIformer boundaryGEN11962
7BARPETAformer boundaryGEN11962
7GAUHATIformer boundaryGEN21971
7GAUHATIformer boundaryGEN72004
8DARRANGformer boundaryGEN11962
8MANGALDAIformer boundaryGEN21971
8MANGALDOIformer boundaryGEN72004
9NOWGONGformer boundaryGEN11962
9TEZPURformer boundaryGEN21971
9TEZPURformer boundaryGEN72004
10JORHATformer boundaryGEN11962
10NOWGONGformer boundaryGEN72004

Seats marked “former boundary” were redrawn by a later delimitation order. A name that survives a redrawing keeps its own page, with each boundary era labelled on the result.