2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election

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All 126 seats in the Assam Legislative Assembly 64 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	76.04%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Tarun Gogoi Badruddin Ajmal Hagrama Mohilary Party INC AIUDF BPF Leader's seat Titabar Did not contest Did not contest Last election 53 10 Did not contest Seats won 78 18 12 Seat change 25 8 12 Percentage 39.39% 12.57% 6.13%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   AGP Leader Chandra Mohan Patowary Rameswar Teli Dwipen Pathak Party AGP BJP AITC Leader's seat Dharmapur (lost) Duliajan Hajo Last election 24 10 0 Seats won 10 5 1 Seat change 14 5 1 Percentage 16.29% 11.47% 2.05%
Seatwise results of the election
Structure of the Assam Legislative Assembly after the election
Chief Minister before election Tarun Gogoi INC Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi INC

The 13th Assam Legislative Assembly election was held in two phases on 4 and 11 April 2011 to elect members from 126 constituencies in Assam, India. The result was announced on 13 May.^[1]

Bharatiya Janata Party was accused of turning the anti-immigrant feeling in Assam into a communal row but still failed miserably.^[2] The election resulted in a landslide victory for the Indian National Congress swept the election and its incumbent Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi was sworn in for the third straight term.^[3] AIUDF emerged as a key opposition party and won 18 of 126 seats. Tarun Gogoi became the second Chief Minister (the first was Bimala Prasad Chaliha) to be elected Chief Minister for the third consecutive term and formed his third ministry.