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| Registered | 23,436,864 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 82.42%[1] ( 2.30 pp) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Seats by party Bharatiya Janata Party : 60 seats Asom Gana Parishad : 9 seats United People's Party Liberal : 6 seats Indian National Congress : 29 seats All India United Democratic Front : 16 seats Bodoland People's Front : 4 seats Communist Party of India (Marxist) : 1 seat Independent : 1 seat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election was the 15th quinquennial legislative assembly election held in the Indian state of Assam from March 27 to April 6 in three phases, to elect 126 MLAs to the 15th Assam Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the result declared on Sunday, 2 May. The term of the previous Fourteenth Legislative Assembly of Assam ended on 31 May 2021.[2]
The election saw the incumbent BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) retaining power with 75 seats, which marks the first time a non-INC alliance winning consecutive terms in the state. The Mahajot led by INC won 50 seats, increasing its tally from 26 in 2016.[3] Jailed activist and Raijor Dal founder and President Akhil Gogoi contested the election as an independent candidate and won the Sibsagar seat by a margin of 11,875 votes.[4]
Background
The election in 2016 brought a change of power as the Indian National Congress (INC), which had formed the government under Tarun Gogoi since 2001, lost its majority to the Bharatiya Janata Party led by Sarbananda Sonowal.
Demographics
According to the 2011 census, 61.5% were Hindus, 34.22% were Muslims.[5][6] Christian minorities (3.7%) are mostly among some of the Scheduled Castes and Tribes (SC/ST) population.[7]
The six communities in Assam[8] – Maran, Matak, Tai Ahom, Chutia, Koch Rajbongshi and the tea tribes have been demanding grant of ST status since a long time. These six communities are numerous and would play a major role in the elections. The Scheduled Tribe population (both ST(Plains) and ST(Hills) combined in Assam is around 13% of which the Bodo people (an indigenous Assamese community) account for 40% and the Scheduled Caste population is about 7.4% of which the Kaibarta and Jal Keot (both indigenous Assamese & migrant Bengali communities) combined account for about 36%.[9]
Out of 32 districts of Assam, 11 are Muslim majority according to the 2011 census.[10] These districts are Dhubri, Goalpara, Barpeta, Morigaon, Nagaon, Hojai, Karimganj, South Salmara–Mankachar, Hailakandi, Darrang and Bongaigaon.[11][12][13] Bodos have a population share of 12% and the Kaibarta and Jal Keot have a total share of about 10% (all of which are a part of the indigenous Assamese community).[14] The share of the indigenous Assamese communities in Assam was about 47% in the 2001 census which has reduced to about 40-45% in 2016 as predicted by the experts. Indigenous Assamese Muslims, also known as Khilonjia Muslims, include ethnic groups such as Goria and Moria, and are estimated to be around 40 lakhs in population out of a total 1 crore (4 million out of 10 million) Muslims in Assam.[15]
Voter statistics
According to the CEO office, 23,374,087 General electors were eligible to vote in the Assam Assembly election. Of these, 132,081 voters had disabilities, 289,474 voters were above the age of 80, 1,281,918 were newly enrolled voters, and 505,874 voters were in the age group of 18–19 years. Apart from these, there were also 63,074 service voters.[16] More than 1.08 lakh D-voters were barred from casting their votes in this election.[17]
| Total electors | Male voters | Female voters | Third Gender Voters | Service voters | Overseas electors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23,437,172 | 11,823,286 | 11,550,403 | 398 | 63,074 | 11 |
Schedule
| Poll Event | Phase | |||
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| I | II | III | ||
| Constituencies | 47 | 39 | 40 | |
| Map of constituencies and their phases | 
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| Date of Issue of Notification | 2 March 2021 | 5 March 2021 | 12 March 2021 | |
| Last Date for filling nomination | 9 March 2021 | 12 March 2021 | 19 March 2021 | |
| Scrutiny of nomination | 10 March 2021 | 15 March 2021 | 20 March 2021 | |
| Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination | 12 March 2021 | 17 March 2021 | 22 March 2021 | |
| Date of Poll | 27 March 2021 | 1 April 2021 | 6 April 2021 | |
| Date of Counting of Votes | 2 May 2021 | |||
| Source: Election Commission of India | ||||
Parties and alliances
NDA
| Party | Symbol | Leader | Contesting Seats | ||
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| Bharatiya Janata Party | BJP | 
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Ranjeet Kumar Dass | 93 | |
| Asom Gana Parishad | AGP | 
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Atul Bora | 29 | |
| United People's Party Liberal | UPPL | Pramod Boro | 11 | ||
Mahajot
