Assam State Assembly Elections 2011
Updates:
| > 13th May 2010: Counting of votes to begin at 8:00 AM sharp today at 839 centers spread over in the five states involving 43,982 personnel. |
| > Counting of votes on 13th May 2011. Election Results expected by afternoon. |
| > Exit poll survey, conducted by CVB News-C-Voter indicate no clear majority for any party/alliance. Read More |
| >11th April 2011: 70% polling in the 2nd & final phase of Assam polls. Voters turnout in large numbers in all the 64 assembly constituencies. |
| > 11th April 2011: 2nd Phase Polling completed. |
| > 4th April 2011, Polling for the first phase of elections held in Assam has seen more than 66 percent of the people exercised their franchise without any untoward incident. |
| > Nearly 8.5 million voters exercised their franchise in the first round of the two-phase Assam elections. |
| > There were 11,000 polling booths to coduct the first phase of elections in Assam. |
| > Voting was held for the first phase of assembly elections in 62 of the 126 assembly seats in Assam spread over 13 districts. |
| > The fate of an estimated 485 candidates was sealed in the ballot; of these, 38 are women. |
Update : 4th April 2011, Elections to five assemblies, the biggest vote since the 2009 general elections, began today with the first phase of elections being held in Assam where more than 66 percent of the people exercised their franchise without any untoward incident.
Election Commission has said that 66.24 percent of the nearly 8.5 million voters exercised their franchise till 3 p.m. when voting closed in the first round of the two-phase Assam elections. Voting began at 7 a.m. There were 11,000 polling booths to coduct the first phase of elections in Assam. Voting was held for the first phase of assembly elections in 62 of the 126 assembly seats in Assam spread over 13 districts. The fate of an estimated 485 candidates was sealed in the ballot; of these, 38 are women.
Congress' Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi said he was confident of a third straight term in office, the opposition too claimed victory and said the ruling party was in for a drubbing at the hustings. Gogoi is contesting from the Titabar assembly constituency in Jorhat district.
Assam State Assembly Elections 2011 Schedule: Phase 1 and Phase 2
1st March 2011, The Assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry will be held from April 4 to May 10. Announcing the schedule, the Election Commission said on Tuesday that the counting of polls would be uniformly taken up on May 13.
The model code of conduct has come into effect and is applicable to the Central government with respect to those States/Union Territory going to the polls, the State/UT governments, political parties and the candidates, Chief Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi said.
The CEC, who announced the poll schedule, along with Election Commissioners V.S. Sampath and H.S. Brahma here, said that for the first time non-resident Indians, who had already registered themselves as voters, would be eligible to vote and instructions had been given to polling officials in this regard.
| State | Total No. of ACs | Reserved for SC | Reserved for ST |
| Assam | 234 | 44 | 02 |
Number of Polling Stations in the poll going States/UT of Assam are as follows:
| Assam | 23813 |
Model Code of Conduct
The Model Code of Conduct comes into effect immediately from now onwards. All the provisions of the Model Code will apply to the whole of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Assam and West Bengal and will be applicable to all candidates, political parties, the State Governments of Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and UT Administration of Puducherry and the Union Government from today itself.
Attention of the political parties and candidates is particularly invited to the following provisions of the Model Code:- “There shall be no appeal to caste or communal feelings for securing votes. Mosques, Churches, Temples or other places of worship shall not be used as forum for election propaganda.”
Schedule for holding General Election to the Legislative Assembly of Assam.
| S. No. | Poll Event | 1st Phase ( 62 ACs) | 2nd Phase ( 64 ACs) |
| 1. | Issue of Notification | 10.3.2011 (Thursday) | 18.3.2011 (Friday) |
| 2. | Last date for making Nominations | 17.3.2011 (Thursday) | 25.3.2011 (Friday) |
| 3. | Scrutiny of Nominations | 18.3.2011 (Friday) | 26.3.2011 (Saturday) |
| 4. | Last date for withdrawal of candidature | 21.3.2011 (Monday) | 28.3.2011 (Monday) |
| 5. | Date of Poll | 4.4.2011 (Monday) | 11.4.2011 (Monday) |
| 6. | Counting of Votes | 13.5.2011 (Friday) | 13.5.2011 (Friday) |
| 7. | Date before which election process shall be completed | 18.5.2011 (Wednesday) | 18.5.2011 (Wednesday) |
#Poll Timings 07.00 AM to 03.00 PM for all ACs.
| Detailed Phase wise Schedule: Assam Assembly Elections 2010 | |
| Schedule : Constituencies going to Poll during Phase I | Schedule : Constituencies going to Poll during Phase II |
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| State Assembly Elections 2006 | |||
Party |
Contested |
Won |
VOTE* % |
| INC | 120 | 53 | 32.7 |
| AGP | 100 | 24 | 25.59 |
| BJP | 125 | 10 | 12.07 |
| AUDF | 69 | 10 | 16.12 |
| CPI | 9 | 1 | 15.04 |
| CPM* | 16 | 2 | 11.24 |
| NCP | 51 | 1 | 6.01 |
| Others** | 507 | 25 | |
| Total | 997 | 126 | |
* Percentage of votes for the AC **Others consist of Independents and all other parties who contested the elections |
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RULING PARTY |
| INC+ |
| Chief Minister |
| Mr. Tarun Gogoi |
| State Government |
| State Chief Electoral Officer |
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