Politics of Assam

The political structure of Assam in India is headed by the ceremonial post of the Governor. He is assisted by a council of ministers, headed by the Chief Minister, who are members of the Assam Assembly. In recent years the Governor has become more powerful, especially because the last two Governors have been ex-Army generals and the Army is entrusted with anti-insurgency operations against ULFA and other armed groups.

History

The Assam legislative structure is unicameral and consists of the 126-member Assam Assembly. Members are elected for a period of 5 years. The Assam Assembly is presided over by the Speaker, who is generally a member of the ruling party.

State Government

Year	Assembly	Total seats	Government	Seats won	Chief Minister	Opposition
1946-52	Provincial Assembly	108	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	50	Gopinath Bordoloi/Bishnu Ram Medhi	Muslim League
1952-57	1st Assembly	108	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	76	Bishnu Ram Medhi	Socialist Party
1957-62	2nd Assembly	108	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	71	Bishnu Ram Medhi/Bimala Prasad Chaliha	Praja Socialist Party
1962-67	3rd Assembly	105	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	79	Bimala Prasad Chaliha	All Party Hill Leaders Conference
1967-72	4th Assembly	126	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	73	Bimala Prasad Chaliha/Mohendra Mohan Choudhury	All Party Hill Leaders Congress
1972-78	5th Assembly	114	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	95	Sarat Chandra Sinha	Samyukta Socialist Party
1978-79	6th Assembly	126	Janata Party/Communist Party of India/Plains Tribals Council of Assam	53/11/4	Golap Borbora/Jogendra Nath Hazarika	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress
1979-80	–	–	Government of India	–	President Rule
1980-81	6th Assembly	126	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress/Communist Party of India/Independents	51/11/4	Anowara Taimur	Janata Party
1981-82	–	–	Government of India	–	President Rule
1982	6th Assembly	126	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress/Communist Party of India/Independents	51/11/4	Kesab Chandra Gogoi	Janata Party
1982-83	–	–	Government of India	–	President Rule
1983-85	7th Assembly	126	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	91	Hiteswar Saikia	Plains Tribals Council of Assam
1985-90	8th Assembly	126	File:Flag of Asom Gana Parishad.svg Asom Gana Parishad	69	Prafulla Kumar Mahanta	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress
1990-91	–	–	Government of India	–	President Rule
1991-96	9th Assembly	126	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	66	Hiteswar Saikia/Bhumidhar Barman	File:Flag of Asom Gana Parishad.svg Asom Gana Parishad
1996-2001	10th Assembly	126	File:Flag of Asom Gana Parishad.svg Asom Gana Parishad/Communist Party of India/United Minorities Front	59/2/2	Prafulla Kumar Mahanta	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress
2001-06	11th Assembly	126	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	71	Tarun Gogoi	File:Flag of Asom Gana Parishad.svg Asom Gana Parishad
2006-11	12th Assembly	126	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress/Bodoland People's Front	53/10	Tarun Gogoi	File:Flag of Asom Gana Parishad.svg Asom Gana Parishad
2011	13th Assembly	126	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress/Bodoland People's Front	78/11	Tarun Gogoi	File:AIUDF-flag.svg All India United Democratic Front

National Legislature

Lok Sabha districts in Assam after the 2009 elections

Assam sends 14 Member of Parliament(s) to the Lok Sabha.

Year	Lok Sabha	Total seats		Largest party	Seats won
1951	First Lok Sabha	12	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	11
1957	Second Lok Sabha	12	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	10
1962	Third Lok Sabha	12	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	9
1967	Fourth Lok Sabha	14	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	10
1971	Fifth Lok Sabha	14	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	13
1977	Sixth Lok Sabha	14	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	10
1980	Seventh Lok Sabha	8	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	8
1985	Eighth Lok Sabha	15		File:Flag of Asom Gana Parishad.svg Asom Gana Parishad	7
1989	Ninth Lok Sabha	–	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	No elections	–
1991	Tenth Lok Sabha	14	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	8
1996	Eleventh Lok Sabha	14	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	5
1998	Twelfth Lok Sabha	14	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	11
1999	Thirteenth Lok Sabha	14	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	10
2004	Fourteenth Lok Sabha	14	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	7
2009	Fifteenth Lok Sabha	14	style="background-color: Template:INC/meta/color" |	File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg Indian National Congress	7

• Karimganj 1 – Congress
• Silchar 2 – BJP
• Autonomous District 3 – Congress
• Dhubri 4 – AUDF
• Kokrajhar 5 – BPF (Congress)
• Barpeta 6 – Congress
• Gauhati 7 – BJP
• Mangaldoi 8 – BJP
• Tezpur 9 – AJP
• Nowgong 10 – BJP
• Kaliabor 11 – Congress
• Jorhat 12 – Congress
• Dibrugarh 13 – Congress
• Lakhimpur 14 – Congress

External links

• Assam Assembly - Official website