2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election information
2016 legislative assembly election in Assam, India
2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election
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4–11 April 2016
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All 126 seats in the Assam Legislative Assembly 64 seats needed for a majority
Turnout
84.72% (8.68pp)
Majority party
Minority party
Third party
Leader
Sarbananda Sonowal
Tarun Gogoi
Badruddin Ajmal
Party
BJP
INC
AIUDF
Alliance
NDA
UPA
Grand Alliance
Leader since
2016
1976
2005
Leader's seat
Majuli
Titabar
Salmara South (lost)
Last election
27
78
18
Seats won
86
26
13
Seat change
59
52
5
Popular vote
7,035,724 (NDA)
5,238,655 (INC)
2,207,945 (AIUDF)
Percentage
41.9%
31.0%
13.0%
Results of the election
Chief Minister before election
Tarun Gogoi
INC
Elected Chief Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal
BJP
The Assam Legislative Assembly Election of 2016 was held in two phases, on 4 and 11 April 2016, to elect members of the 126 constituencies in Assam, a state in North-eastern India.[1] The overall voter turnout was 84.72%, which set a new record for Assam.[2][3] The turnout was an increase from the 2011 Assembly election figure of 75%.[4]
The counting of votes and results declaration was completed on 19 May 2016. The election 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 (BJP, lit "Indian People's Party") led by Sarbananda Sonowal. Sonowal became the first elected BJP chief minister in the Northeast, and his victory marked the start of other BJP victories in the Northeast, a region traditionally ruled by regional parties or the INC.
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^"More than 90 per cent turnouts mark aggressive Muslim voting in Assam". Archived from the original on 16 April 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2016.
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