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2004 Indian General Election In Assam
The 2004 Indian general election polls in Assam were held for 14 seats in the state. The result was United Progressive Alliance winning 9 out of the 14 seats, while the National Democratic Alliance (India), National Democratic Alliance, captured only 2 seats. Asom Gana Parishad managed to get 2 seats. In Assam there was a three-cornered contest between Congress, BJP and Asom Gana Parishad (the main regional party of the state). Congress contested all 14 seats in the states, BJP 12 and AGP 12. BJP supported one JD(U) candidate and the Bodo nationalist candidate in Kokrajhar. The left parties (CPI(M), CPI and CPI(ML)L) had a joint front. Congress won nine seats. AGP got a comeback, winning two seats. BJP also won two seats, although one of them was the popular singer Bhupen Hazarika. Hazarika stood in Guwahati, and his election ought to reflect his personal popularity, rather than that of the party he had just joined. CPI(ML)L lost its seat in the Karbi Anlong hills, largely due ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Assam
Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur to the east; Meghalaya, Tripura, Mizoram and Bangladesh to the south; and West Bengal to the west via the Siliguri Corridor, a wide strip of land that connects the state to the rest of India. Assamese and Boro are the official languages of Assam, while Bengali is an additional official language in the Barak Valley. Assam is known for Assam tea and Assam silk. The state was the first site for oil drilling in Asia. Assam is home to the one-horned Indian rhinoceros, along with the wild water buffalo, pygmy hog, tiger and various species of Asiatic birds, and provides one of the last wild habitats for the Asian elephant. The Assamese economy is aided by wildlife tourism to Kaziranga National Park and Manas National Park, which are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP) is a communist party in India. The party was founded on 19 March 1940 by Tridib Chaudhuri and has its roots in the Bengali liberation movement Anushilan Samiti and the Hindustan Socialist Republican Army. The party got around 0.4% of the votes and three seats in the Lok Sabha elections in 1999 and 2004. It is part of the Left Front (West Bengal), Left Front (Tripura) and Congress-led United Democratic Front (Kerala). History Development of Anushilan Marxism A major section of the Anushilan movement had been attracted to Marxism during the 1930s, many of them studying Marxist–Leninist literature whilst serving long jail sentences. A minority section broke away from the Anushilan movement and joined the Communist Consolidation, and later the Communist Party of India. The majority of the Anushilan Marxists did however, whilst having adopted Marxist–Leninist thinking, feel hesitant over joining the Communist Party. The Anushilanite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anwar Hussain (politician)
Syed Anwar Hussain (born 1 April 1947) was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Dhubri constituency of Assam from 2004 to 2009 and is a member of the Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political party in India with widespread roots. Founded in 1885, it was the first modern nationalist movement to emerge in the British Em ... (INC) political party. External links Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website 1947 births Indian National Congress politicians Living people Bengali politicians Indian Muslims India MPs 2004–2009 People from Bongaigaon district Lok Sabha members from Assam Indian National Congress politicians from Assam {{Assam-INC-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhubri (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. Dhubri consists of 10 assembly segments of Lower Assam, covering all of South Salmara-Mankachar District and Dhubri districts and part of Goalpara district. Assembly segments Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Members of Parliament Election results General elections 2019 General elections 2014 ''The Sentinel''. 16 candidates file nomination in Karimganj'' See also * Dhubri district * South Salmara-Mankachar District * Goalpara District * List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, is made up of Members of Parliament ( MPs). Each MP, represents a single geographic constituency. There are currently 543 constituencies while maximum seats will fill up to 550 (after ar ... References {{reflist Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam Dhubri distr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvin Teron
Elvin may refer to: * Elvin (given name) * Elvin (surname) * Elvin (service), a distributed event routing service * '' Elvin!'', a 1968 album by Elvin Jones See also * * * Alvin (other) * Elfin (other) * Elvan (other) * Elven (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Biren Singh Engti
Biren Sing Engti (born 2 March 1945) is an Indian politician from Karbi Anglong, Assam. He is a member of Indian National Congress (INC) political party. He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represented the Autonomous District constituency of Assam Assam (; ) is a state in northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . The state is bordered by Bhutan and Arunachal Pradesh to the north; Nagaland and Manipur .... External links Home Page on the Parliament of India's Website 1945 births Indian National Congress politicians from Assam Living people India MPs 2004–2009 People from Karbi Anglong district India MPs 2009–2014 India MPs 1971–1977 India MPs 1977–1979 India MPs 1980–1984 India MPs 1984–1989 Lok Sabha members from Assam India MPs 2014–2019 {{Assam-INC-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Autonomous District (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Autonomous District Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the Indian state of Assam. The constituency consists of three autonomous districts namely Dima Hasao, Karbi Anglong and West Karbi Anglong district. The constituency seat is reserved for Scheduled Tribes. Vidhan Sabha cum Assembly segments Autonomous District Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Members of Parliament Election results General election 2019 General election 2014 General election 2009 General elections 2004 See also * Dima Hasao district * Karbi Anglong district * West Karbi Anglong district * List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha The Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Parliament of India, is made up of Members of Parliament ( MPs). Each MP, represents a single geographic constituency. There are currently 543 constituencies while maximum seats will fill up to 550 (after ar ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kabindra Purkayastha
Kabindra Purkayastha (born 15 December 1931) is a former union minister of state of India. He served as minister of state for communication in Atal Bihari Vajpayee government from 1998 to 1999. He is a senior leader of Bharatiya Janata Party in Assam, India. He was born in 1931 in Kamarkhal in Sylhet district now in Bangladesh and studied M.A. at Gauhati University. He was first elected to Lok Sabha in 1991 from Silchar constituency in Assam. He was re-elected to the Lok Sabha in 1998 from same constituency. In 2009, he was elected to the 15th Lok Sabha, defeating heavyweight candidates Santosh Mohan Dev of INC and Badruddin Ajmal of AUDF from Silchar. But in 2014 LS-election, he has been defeated by Sushmita Dev (INC), daughter of Santosh Mohan Dev Santosh Mohan Dev (1 April 1934 – 2 August 2017), was an Indian political leader and a key member of the Indian National Congress. Mr. Dev was first elected to the Parliament of India, Parliament in 1980, the first of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sontosh Mohan Dev
Santosh Mohan Dev (1 April 1934 – 2 August 2017), was an Indian political leader and a key member of the Indian National Congress. Mr. Dev was first elected to the Parliament of India, Parliament in 1980, the first of his seven terms in office as the Member of parliament, Lok Sabha, Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha. Out of these seven, he has represented Silchar (Lok Sabha constituency), Silchar constituency, Assam five times and he was elected from Tripura West (Lok Sabha constituency), Tripura West constituency twice. Mr Dev has the rare distinction of being elected from two different states. Political career During his political career as an elected representative, Dev held crucial cabinet and non Cabinet posts. Dev had represented India in the Population Conference held in China in 1982 and was a member of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference at Isle of Man in 1984. He was the Union Minister of State for Tourism and Communication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silchar (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Silchar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. From 1951 to 1971, the area under it was referred as Cachar constituency. The constituency covers the entirety of Cachar district in the Barak Valley. Vidhan Sabha segments Silchar Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments: Members of Lok Sabha Election Results Lok Sabha Elections 2019 General elections 2014 Lok Sabha elections 1971 * Jyotsna Chanda (INC) : 100,798 votes * A. F. Golam Osmani (IND) : 37,794 Lok Sabha elections 1952 * Two candidates elected from this constituency, then called 'Cachar Lushal Hill'. * Member One : Laskar, Nibaran Chandra (INC) : 192847 votes, defeated Ghose, Satyendra Kishore (KMPP) : 84160 votes * Member Two : Deb, Suresh Chandra (INC) : 182,692 votes, defeated Patni, Nitai Chand (KMPP) : 71,704 votes See also * 2019 Indian general election in Assam The 2019 Indian genera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parimal Suklabaidya
Parimal Suklabaidya (born 20 January 1958) is an Indian Politician from the state of Assam. He is a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from the Bharatiya Janata Party. He became a minister in the Sarbananda Sonowal Sarbananda Sonowal ( Assamese: সৰ্বানন্দ সোণোৱাল / IPA: xɔɹbanɔndɔ xʊnʊwal; born 31 October 1962) is an Indian politician from Assam who is the current Cabinet Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways and ...-led government in 2016. He has been elected for the fourth time from the Dholai constituency. Newsmen, 24 May 2016 References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Su ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya
Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya (born 1 December 1942) in Karimganj, Assam, India, is an Indian politician who was a Member of Parliament from Lok Sabha. He represented the Karimganj constituency in Assam from 2004 to 2014 and is a member of the Indian National Congress. Background * Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya was educated at the University of Guwahati and graduated with a MA degree in economics. He is married to Sandhya Suklabaidya and is father to two children. Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya has 3 Grandchildren Suklabaidya taught at the Silchar Polytechnic and National Defence Academy. He retired as Joint Director of Higher Education of Assam. Political career Suklabaidya has served three terms as a Member of Parliament (MP) from the Lok Sabha. He was elected from Karimganj in 2004 and was re-elected in 2009. Suklabaidya is a member of the Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party but often simply the Congress, is a political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
