2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election

2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election
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126 seats in the Assam Legislative Assembly
64 seats needed for a majority
Registered14,439,167
Turnout75.1%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Tarun Gogoi Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
Party INC AGP
Last election 34 59
Seats won 71 20
Seat change Increase37 Decrease39
Percentage 39.75% 20.02%
CM before election

Prafulla Kumar Mahanta
AGP

Elected CM

Tarun Gogoi
INC

Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly were held in 2001 to elect members of 114 constituencies in Assam, India. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and Tarun Gogoi was appointed as the Chief Minister of Assam.[1][2] The number of constituencies was set as 126, by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.[3]

After the elections, the sitting MP for Kaliabor. Tarun Gogoi became the chief minister. His brother, Dip Gogoi, the winner from the Titabar constituency, resigned from his seat so that Tarun could win the seat in a by-election. Dip later fought and won the by-election for the, now vacant, Kaliabor Lok Sabha seat.

  1. ^ Manogya Loiwal (23 November 2020). "Longest-serving CM of Assam, six-time MP, lawyer: The long, illustrious career of Tarun Gogoi". India Today. Retrieved 13 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Assam Legislative Assembly - Chief Ministers since 1937". Assam Legislative Assembly. Archived from the original on 13 May 2006. Retrieved 13 May 2006.
  3. ^ "DPACO (1976) - Archive Delimitation Orders". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 9 December 2020.