2018 Assam panchayat election

The 2018 Assam panchayat election were held in two phases, on 5 and 9 December 2018.[3][4] The counting of votes started on 12 December and results were declared on 15 December.[5] More than 15.6 million people were eligible to vote and voter turnout was over 78 per cent.[6][7][8]

2018 Assam panchayat election
5 and 9 December
26,784 posts
Turnout78.2% Increase
  First party Second party
 
Leader Sarbananda Sonowal Debabrata Saikia
Party BJP INC
Leader since 2018 2018
Last election 1,780[1]
[ZP+AP+GP(P)+GP(W)]		 13,537
[ZP+AP+GP(P)+GP(W)]
Seats won 11,325[2]
[ZP+AP+GP(P)+GP(W)]		 8,970[2]
[ZP+AP+GP(P)+GP(W)]
Seat change Increase 9,545 Decrease 4,567
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Atul Bora Badruddin Ajmal
Party AGP AIUDF
Leader since 2016 2005
Last election 2,703
[ZP+AP+GP(P)+GP(W)]		 3,551
[ZP+AP+GP(P)+GP(W)]
Seats won 1,963
[ZP+AP+GP(P)+GP(W)]		 1,319
[ZP+AP+GP(P)+GP(W)]
Seat change Decrease 740 Decrease 2,232

The Bharatiya Janata Party won 11,325 seats in total,[2][9] while the Indian National Congress won 8,970 seats. Other parties won 6,489 seats.[2][10][11][12]

Background

Assam Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 made provisions for establishing a three-tier Panchayati Raj system in the State at the village, intermediate and district level.[13]

Total number of Elected Representatives and Chairpersons in the State

No. Panchayat Representatives Chairpersons
1. Zilla Parishad 420 21
2. Anchalik Panchayat 2,201 185
3. Gaon Panchayat 24,222 2,201

Election schedule

The Assam State Election Commission announced that the Polls would hold in two Phases. The polling for the first phase was held on 5 December 2018, while that for the second phase took place on 9 December 2018. The final counting of votes was started from 12 December 2018 in the 26 districts across the state.[6][14]

In first phase, polls were held in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Sivasagar, Charaideo, Jorhat, Majuli, Golaghat, Nagaon, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Biswanath, Sonitpur, Darrang, Morigaon, Kamrup (Metro) and Kamrup districts. In the second phase, the election were held in Nalbari, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Dhubri, South Salmara Mankachar, Goalpara, Cachar, Hailakandi, Karimganj and Hojai districts[15]

Party wise results

Zilla Parishad

The election results for 420 Zilla Parishad Members are as follows[10]

No.
 Political Party Seats won Seat share (in %) Seat change
1. BJP 212 50.48 Increase197
2. INC 147 35.00 Decrease126
3. AIUDF 26 6.19 Decrease50
4. AGP 19 4.52 Decrease10
5. Others 16 3.81 Decrease11

Anchalik Panchayat

The election results for 2,197 Anchalik Panchayat Members are as follows[10]

No.
 Political Party Seats won Seat share (in %) Seat change
1. BJP 1,025 46.66 Increase895
2. INC 771 35.09 Decrease464
3. AIUDF 139 6.33 Decrease258
4. AGP 118 5.37 Decrease64
5. Others 144 6.55 Decrease112

Gaon Panchayat (President)

The election results for 2,197 Gaon Panchayat Presidents are as follows[10]

No.
 Political Party Seats won Seat share (in %) Seat change
1. BJP 994 45.24 Increase888
2. INC 760 34.59 Decrease463
3. AGP 137 6.24 Decrease46
4. AIUDF 130 5.92 Decrease257
5. Others 176 8.01 Decrease125

Gaon Panchayat (Ward)

The election results for 21,970 Gaon Panchayat Wards are as follows[10]

No.
 Political Party Seats won Seat share (in %) Seat change
1. BJP 9,094 41.39 Increase7,565
2. INC 7,292 33.19 Decrease3,514
3. AGP 1,689 7.69 Decrease620
4. AIUDF 1,024 4.66 Decrease1,599
5. Others 2,871 13.07 Decrease1,502

Overall Result
No.
 Political Party Seats won Seat share (in %) Seat change
1. BJP[2] 11,325 42.28 Increase9,545
2. INC 8,970 33.49 Decrease4,567
3. AGP 1,963 7.33 Decrease740
4. AIUDF 1,319 4.92 Decrease2,232
5. Others 3,207 11.98 Decrease1,750

District wise results
S.No. District Total BJP INC AGP AIUDF Others
1 Nagaon 2,093 815 764 294 110 110
2 Cachar 1,971 919 710 15 19 308
3 Kamrup Rural 1,694 759 536 207 5 187
4 Dhubri 1,608 283 737 17 315 256
5 Barpeta 1,248 191 650 73 143 191
6 Golaghat 1,241 547 490 197 0 7
7 Karimganj 1,160 393 414 4 72 277
8 Dibrugarh 1,139 737 296 104 0 2
9 Jorhat 1,099 401 551 133 0 14
10 Tinsukia 1,040 745 256 18 0 21
11 Morigaon 1,033 370 416 68 54 125
12 Sonitpur 1,003 696 239 43 0 25
13 Sivasagar 1,001 463 403 129 0 6
14 Lakhimpur 989 497 292 59 15 126
15 Goalpara 988 388 355 19 80 346
16 Biswanath 925 769 119 11 0 26
17 Darrang 914 315 311 38 94 156
18 Hojai 816 319 295 57 129 16
19 Nalbari 793 523 212 27 0 31
20 Bongaigaon 792 156 250 239 79 68
21 Dhemaji 787 227 248 41 0 271
22 Hailakandi 755 187 16 6 35 511
23 Charaideo 439 326 106 4 0 3
24 South Salmara- Mankachar 425 18 127 83 151 46
25 Bajali 329 152 85 50 18 24
26 Kamrup Metropolitan 258 175 57 22 0 4
27 Majuli 244 154 35 5 0 50
Total 26,784 11,325 8,970 1,963 1,319 3,207

Legend

  Largest Party (BJP) — 17
  Largest Party (INC) — 7
  Largest Party (AGP) — 0
  Largest Party (AIUDF) — 1
  Largest Party (Others) — 2

See also

References
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