The Lok Sabha elections 2019 come not long after the contentious Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 lapsed on February after the government failed to table it in the Rajya Sabha.
The Bill had triggered widespread protests across the entire northeast including Assam and promoted the BJP’s alliance partner in the state government, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) to walk out. With the BJP insisting that it will revive the Bill, the party runs the risk of facing a possible backlash from voters.
The Citizenship Bill had advocated easier process of granting citizenship to non-Muslim refugees from Bangladesh, Pakistan and Afghanistan which locals fear would swamp the region with foreigners and dilute their culture.
The National Register of Citizens or NRC is another touchy issue after 40 lakh people were left out of the list in July 2018
Number of Lok Sabha seats in the state: 14
Date of poll: April 11, April 18, April 23
Party wise break-up of the Lok Sabha seats: BJP: 7, AIUDF: 3, CONG: 3, IND: 1
Number of voters in the state: 20,722,150 (As on Oct, 2017)
Voter turnout in 2014 : 80.13%
Number of Assembly Seats: 126
Partywise break-up of assembly seats: BJP:61, CONG: 25, AGP: 14, AIUDF: 13, BPF: 12, IND: 1
Key leaders across parties: BJP: Bijoya Charaborty, Rajen Gohain, Sarbananda Sonowal, Himanta Biswa Sarma, CONG: Tarun Gogoi, Gaurav Gogoi, Ripun Bora, Sushmita Dev, AIUDF: Badruddin Ajmal
Key issues: 1. Citizenship Amendment Bill, 2. National Register of Citizens, 3. ST status to six new communities.
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