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2001 Assam Legislative Assembly Election
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. The number of constituencies was set as 126, by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India. 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. Result Elected members See also * List of constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly * 2001 elections in India References {{Assam elections Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Assam Legislative Assembly
The Assam Legislative Assembly is the unicameral Assam Legislature, legislature of the List of states and union territories of India, Indian state of Assam. It is housed in Dispur, the capital city of Assam, geographically situated in present Lower Assam, Western Assam region. The Legislative Assembly comprises 126 Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Members of Legislative Assembly, directly elected from single-seat constituencies. Its term is five years, unless sooner dissolved. The presiding officer of the Assembly is the List of speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly, Speaker, currently Biswajit Daimary. Members of the Assembly are directly elected by the people of Assam through elections held every five years, unless the Assembly is dissolved earlier. The current Assembly was elected in April–May 2021, and the next election is scheduled for 2026. The Assembly plays a key role in law-making for the state, handling crucial matters such as state budgets, developme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Samata Party
The Samata Party (SAP) is a political party in India, initially formed in 1994 by George Fernandes and Nitish Kumar, is now being led by Uday Mandal as its National President. Samata Party once launched Nitish Kumar as the Chief Minister of Bihar. It was an offshoot of the Janata Dal, with the alleged casteism of the parent party being the reason given for the split. The party has socialist leanings; at one point, it wielded considerable political and social influence in North India, particularly in Bihar. In 2003, most Samata Party members joined Janata Dal (United). Only a faction led by MP Brahmanand Mandal remained in the Samata party and continued to use the party name and symbols. History In the general elections of 1996, the Samata Party formed an alliance with the Bharatiya Janta Party and won eight seats, six of which were in Bihar and one each in Uttar Pradesh and Odisha. Before the election, the party was largely rooted only in Bihar. In the 1998 general ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Karimganj North Assembly Constituency
Karimganj North Assembly constituency is one of the 126 constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly. Karimganj North (constituency number 3) is one of the 5 constituencies located in Karimganj district. Karimganj North is part of Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency along with 7 other assembly segments, namely, Patharkandi, Karimganj South, Ratabari and Badarpur in Karimganj district, Hailakandi, Katlicherra and Algapur in Hailakandi district. Members of Legislative Assembly since 1957 * 1957: Ranendra Mohan Das, Praja Socialist Party * 1962: Rathindra Nath Sen, Independent * 1967: Rathindra Nath Sen, Independent * 1972: Abdul Muqtadir Choudhury, Indian National Congress * 1978: Nishith Ranjan Das, Communist Party of India (Marxist) * 1983: Ketaki Prasad Dutta, Indian National Congress * 1985: Sirajul Hoque Choudhury, Independent * 1991: Mission Ranjan Das, Bharatiya Janata Party * 1996: Sirajul Hoque Choudhury, Asom Gana Parishad * 2000: Mission Ranjan Das, Bharatiy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Patharkandi Assembly Constituency
Patharkandi Assembly constituency is one of the 126 state legislative assembly constituencies in Assam Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ... state in North Eastern India. It is also one of the 8 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2021 2016 2011 2006 See also * Patharkandi * List of constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly References External links * {{coord, 24.61, 92.32, display=title Assembly constituencies of Assam Karimganj district Politics of Assam Constituencies established in 1951 1951 establishments in Assam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ratabari Assembly Constituency
Ramkrishna Nagar Assembly constituency formerly known as Ratabari Assembly constituency is one of the 126 state legislative assembly constituencies in Assam state in North Eastern India. It is also one of the 8 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency. This constituency is reserved for the Scheduled caste candidates. Members of the Legislative Assembly Election results 2021 2019 2016 2011 See also * List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly * Ramkrishna Nagar Ramkrishna Nagar, most commonly known as R.K Nagar, is a small municipality township situated around 47km from Sribhumi, India. The topography of the area comprises undulating hillocks. It is well connected by bus service from Sribhumi and share ... References External links * {{coord, 24.59, 92.40, display=title Karimganj district Assembly constituencies of Assam Politics of Assam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
People's Democratic Front (India)
People's Democratic Front or Popular Democratic Front can refer to: *People's Democratic Front (Burma) *People's Democratic Front (Hyderabad), India *People's Democratic Front (Indonesia) *People's Democratic Front (Iran) *People's Democratic Front (Meghalaya), India *People's Democratic Front (Peru) *People's Democratic Front (Romania) *Popular Democratic Front (Italy) See also * People's Democracy (other) * People's Democratic Movement (other) * People's Democracy Party (other) People's Democracy Party may refer to: * People's Democracy Party (Turkey), Kurdish party 1994–2003 * People's Democracy Party (South Korea), communist party founded 2016 * People's Democracy (Ireland), radical socialist group 1968–1996, mainl ... * People's Democratic Party (other) {{Disambig, political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
United Minorities Front, Assam
United Minorities Front, Assam was a regional political party in Assam, India. UMFA was set up in 1985 by the All Assam Minority Students' Union, Citizens Rights Preservation Committee (CRPC) and other religious / linguistic minority people of Assam, as a response to the "Assam Agitation" of All Assam Students' Union and the signing of the Assam Accord. The support of UMFA came mainly from Bengali Muslims and Hindus. The first president of UMFA was Kalipada Sen. The party merged with AIUDF in 2005. On 13 April 2013, the State Executive Committee has been formed in the State Level Conference held at Lengtisingha in the district of Bongaigaon Bongaigaon () is an industrial town in the Indian state of Assam. Its urban area spans across Bongaigaon and Chirang district. It also acts as the district headquarters of Bongaigaon district and commercial and industrial hub of the west par .... History UMFA was formed in the year 1985. It contested in the Assembly and general ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Autonomous State Demand Committee (Progressive)
Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC), originally Peoples Democratic Front, was set up as a mass organization of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation with the aim of statehood for the Karbi Anglong region in the India state of Assam. ASDC was active in the districts of Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao (North Chachar Hills). Several elections to the Lok Sabha and the District Council were won under ASDC banner. Dr. Jayanta Rongpi represented the area in the Lok Sabha, elected as the ASDC candidate in 1991, 1996 and 1998. Later, ASDC split into two, with one section the Autonomous State Demand Committee (United) breaking away from CPI(ML) Liberation and aligning with the Bharatiya Janata Party. The main group loyal to CPI(ML) Liberation reorganized themselves as Autonomous State Demand Committee (Progressive). From 1999 election onwards, Autonomous State Demand Committee (Progressive) candidates contest election on the banner of Communist Party of India (M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
