2014 Lok Sabha Election Phase 1 Polling in 6 Constituencies Monday April 07,2014

Phase 1 Election Monday April 07,2014 -2 States and 6 Constituencies

• Assam - Tejpur, Kaliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur - 5 seats
• Tripura -Tripura West Constituency - 1 seat

Voting begins at 7 A. M on  Monday April 7,2014 in India, the world's largest democratic exercise has begun at 6 Lok Sabha seats in two Northeastern states.

The voting which has started at 7 o'clock will end at 6 o'clock in the evening. 

Voters in 5 Parliamentary seats in Assam and 1 in Tripura are exercising their democratic rights to elect members for the 16th Lok Sabha after the formation of which there will be a new government and the Prime Minister.

A total of 76,69,551 voters in Tejpur, Kaliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur in Assam and Tripura West in Tripura are eligible to exercise their franchise.

While the 5 seats of Assam have 64,21,004 voters - Tejpur, Kaliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur

Of these 5 seats in Assam that goes to polls today, in the 2009 general election the Congress won 4 seats — Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Kaliabor — while the AGP which contested the election in alliance with the BJP bagged the Tezpur seat.
In 2009 the AGP and the BJP had pre-poll alliance under which the AGP contested in Dibrugarh, Lakhimpur, Kaliabor and Tezpur while the BJP contested only in Jorhat.

A woman casts her vote at Boginadi polling station during the first phase of the Lok Sabha election in Lakhimpur district of Assam

Voters wait in line in Dibrugarh,Assam

Eection officials work inside a polling stating in Dibrugarh.

A polling station at Dekhijuli, around 110 miles from Guwahati, the capital of Assam

A polling  in Koliabor,Assam

Muslim voters pose with identification as they wait in line to vote outside a polling station in Koliabor

In Tripura West there are 12,48,547 electorate.

A total of 64 Candidates -51 for the 5 seats in Assam and 13 for  the Tripura West are in fray


Of total 64 candidates 6 are facing criminal cases and 3 of them are facing very serious cases. There are 17 crorepati candidates in the fray. Rs 5.75 crore is the average assets of the candidates.

Out of 64 candidates, only 10 candidates have declared assets less than Rs 4 lakh.

Assam	Dibrugarh	07-04-2014	Anup Phukon	AGP	56	Female	Post Graduate	GEN	4,737,100	0
Assam	Dibrugarh	07-04-2014	Cheni Ram Moran	AIFB	48	Female	10th	GEN	824,337	0
Assam	Dibrugarh	07-04-2014	Navajyoti Kalita	AITC	36	Female	10th	GEN	25,004,000	0
Assam	Dibrugarh	07-04-2014	Paban Singh Ghatowar	INC	62	Female	Graduate	GEN	49,229,437	0
Assam	Dibrugarh	07-04-2014	Rameshwar Teli	BJP	43	Female	10th	GEN	977,943	0
Assam	Dibrugarh	07-04-2014	Subhas Sen	CPI(ML)L	64	Female	12th	GEN	7,032,268	0
Assam	Jorhat	07-04-2014	Bijoy Krishna Handique	INC	82	Female	Post Graduate	GEN	43,378,685	0
Assam	Jorhat	07-04-2014	Drupad Borgohain	CPI	68	Female	Graduate	GEN	1,479,690	0
Assam	Jorhat	07-04-2014	Gunin Basumatari	SP	62	Female	Graduate Professional	GEN	10,322,068	0
Assam	Jorhat	07-04-2014	Horen Borgohain	AIFB	37	Female	Post Graduate	GEN	3,260,000	0
Assam	Jorhat	07-04-2014	Kamakhya Prasad Tasa	BJP	38	Female	Post Graduate	GEN	1,694,785	0
Assam	Jorhat	07-04-2014	Manorom Gogoi	AAP	44	Female	Post Graduate	GEN	6,659,665	0
Assam	Jorhat	07-04-2014	Nasir Ahmed	AIUDF	52	Female	Graduate	GEN	1,830,000	0
Assam	Jorhat	07-04-2014	Prodip Hazarika	AGP	61	Female	Post Graduate	GEN	6,989,852	0
Assam	Jorhat	07-04-2014	Rajkumar Dowarah	IND	43	Female	Graduate	GEN	487,600	0
Assam	Jorhat	07-04-2014	Ribulaya Gogoi	AITC	32	Female	10th	GEN	1,383,171	0
Assam	Kaliabor	07-04-2014	Arup Kumar Mahanta	CPI(ML)L	43	Female	Graduate	GEN	458,613	0
Assam	Kaliabor	07-04-2014	Bijoy Kr. Tiru	AIUDF	63	Female	Graduate	GEN	5,238,298	0
Assam	Kaliabor	07-04-2014	Binod Gogoi	IND	43	Female	Graduate	GEN	3,600,000	0
Assam	Kaliabor	07-04-2014	Dr. Arun Kr. Sarmah	AGP	57	Female	Doctorate	GEN	19,515,691	0
Assam	Kaliabor	07-04-2014	Gourav Gogoi	INC	31	Female	Post Graduate	GEN	5,473,199	0
Assam	Kaliabor	07-04-2014	Jinti Gogoi	AAP	39	Female	Graduate	GEN	42,000	0
Assam	Kaliabor	07-04-2014	Jiten Gogoi	IND	52	Female	8th	GEN	14,407,099	1
Assam	Kaliabor	07-04-2014	Mantu Saikia	IND	34	Female	10th	GEN	5,575,521	0
Assam	Kaliabor	07-04-2014	Mithual Kumar	AIFB	41	Female	8th	GEN	1,630,000	0
Assam	Kaliabor	07-04-2014	Mrinal Kumar Saikia	BJP	46	Female	Post Graduate	GEN	3,360,000	0
Assam	Kaliabor	07-04-2014	Rahmat Ullah	IND	30	Female	Graduate Professional	GEN	255,300	0
Assam	Kaliabor	07-04-2014	Sahaba Ahmed	IND	39	Female	Graduate Professional	GEN	10,104,000	0
Assam	Kaliabor	07-04-2014	Samsul Alam	AITC	32	Female	Graduate	GEN	605,000	0
Assam	Lakhimpur	07-04-2014	David Horo	IND	36	Female	10th	GEN	94,000	0
Assam	Lakhimpur	07-04-2014	Dhebor Gohain Boruah	AITC	57	Female	Graduate Professional	GEN	7,878,597	0
Assam	Lakhimpur	07-04-2014	Hariprasad Dihingia	AGP	44	Female	10th	GEN	80,659,606	2
Assam	Lakhimpur	07-04-2014	Hem Kanta Miri	SUCI(C)	32	Female	Graduate Professional	GEN	69,500	0
Assam	Lakhimpur	07-04-2014	Hiramoni Deka Sonowal	AAP	34	Female	Doctorate	GEN	192,000	0
Assam	Lakhimpur	07-04-2014	Hrishikesh Baruah	IND	27	Female	Post Graduate	GEN	9,000	0
Assam	Lakhimpur	07-04-2014	Keshab Gogoi	IND	45	Female	Graduate	GEN	858,000	0
Assam	Lakhimpur	07-04-2014	Khairul Islam	IND	38	Female	10th	GEN	413,129	0
Assam	Lakhimpur	07-04-2014	Mamun Imdadul Haque Chawdhury	AIUDF	34	Female	Post Graduate	GEN	567,483	0
Assam	Lakhimpur	07-04-2014	Ranee Narah	INC	50	Female	Graduate	GEN	88,519,819	0
Assam	Lakhimpur	07-04-2014	Ranjit Singh Gorh	IND	45	Female	Graduate	GEN	4,611,700	0
Assam	Lakhimpur	07-04-2014	Sarbananda Sonowal	BJP	52	Female	Graduate Professional	GEN	14,497,515	0
Assam	Lakhimpur	07-04-2014	Tanish Orang	CPI(ML)L	45	Female	8th	GEN	295,642	0
Assam	Tezpur	07-04-2014	Bhupen Kumar Borah	INC	43	Female	Post Graduate	GEN	26,084,515	0
Assam	Tezpur	07-04-2014	Elias Kujur	IND	42	Female	Graduate Professional	GEN	502,074	0
Assam	Tezpur	07-04-2014	Gopi Chand Shahabadi	AITC	69	Female	Graduate	GEN	20,624,119	0
Assam	Tezpur	07-04-2014	Joseph Toppo	AGP	65	Female	10th	GEN	3,289,490	0
Assam	Tezpur	07-04-2014	Khem Raj Chetry	CPI(M)	55	Female	12th	GEN	300,100	0
Assam	Tezpur	07-04-2014	Lakshi Kanta Kurmi	CPI(ML)L	36	Female	8th	GEN	106,200	0
Assam	Tezpur	07-04-2014	Moni Kumar Subba	IND	56	Female	8th	GEN	3,067,535,137	2
Assam	Tezpur	07-04-2014	Rajen Saikia	AIFB	54	Female	10th	GEN	1,318,447	0
Assam	Tezpur	07-04-2014	Ram Prasad Sharma	BJP	58	Female	Graduate Professional	GEN	6,655,300	0
Tripura	Tripura West	07-04-2014	Arun Kumar Bhowmik	SUCI(C)	59	Female	Graduate	GEN	2,443,828	0
Tripura	Tripura West	07-04-2014	Arunoday Saha	INC	65	Female	Doctorate	GEN	33,892,463	0
Tripura	Tripura West	07-04-2014	Binay Debbarma	IPFT	55	Female	Graduate Professional	GEN	520,000	1
Tripura	Tripura West	07-04-2014	Joganati Datta	IND	43	Female	8th	GEN	165,000	0
Tripura	Tripura West	07-04-2014	Kamal Kanti Debnath	IND	63	Female	10th	GEN	2,569,416	0
Tripura	Tripura West	07-04-2014	Partha Karmakar	CPI(ML)L	46	Female	Graduate	GEN	5,540,194	0
Tripura	Tripura West	07-04-2014	Pjech Debbarma	IND	38	Female	10th	GEN	15,085,500	0
Tripura	Tripura West	07-04-2014	Rakhal Raj Datta	AMRA BANGALEE	65	Female	Post Graduate	GEN	6,549,960	0
Tripura	Tripura West	07-04-2014	Ratan Chakraborti	AITC	63	Female	Graduate	GEN	3,314,729	0
Tripura	Tripura West	07-04-2014	Salil Saha	AAP	54	Female	Post Graduate	GEN	41,153,192	0
Tripura	Tripura West	07-04-2014	Sankar Prasad Datta	CPI(M)	56	Female	Post Graduate	GEN	1,320,900	1
Tripura	Tripura West	07-04-2014	Subal Bhowmik	IND	53	Female	Graduate Professional	GEN	4,620,411	1
Tripura	Tripura West	07-04-2014	Sudhindra Chandra Dasgupta	BJP	74	Female	Graduate	GEN	2,385,517	0

Independent candidate from Lakhimpur Hrishikesh Baruah is the poorest with declared income of just Rs 9000.
2014 Lok Sabha Election  Phase 1-Key Dates

• Issue of Notification -March 14
• Last Date for Filing Nominations -March 21
• Scrutiny of Nominations-March 22
• Last Date For Withdrawal of Candidature -March 24
• Polling Date -April 07
• Counting of Votes -May 16,2014

Assam Phase I Election -5 Constituencies

The Congress, BJP, Trinamool Congress, AIUDF, AGP, AAP, SUCI, CPI(M), AIFB and SP are contesting in the 5 seats - Tezpur, Koliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur during the first phase of elections in the Congress-ruled state

Among the 51 candidates are Union Ministers Ranee Narah and Paban Singh Ghatowar, sitting MP Bijoy Krishna Handique, Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's son Gourav Gogoi and Bhupen Kumar Bora from the Congress.

Congress rebel and Independent candidate Moni Kumar Subba is also in the fray.

For the BJP, its unit president Sorbananda Sonowal and Kamakhya Prasad Tasa are contesting, while AGP's nominees are Arun Kumar Sarma, Pradip Hazarika and Joseph Toppo.

An electorate of 64,41,634, including 31,20,067 women, are expected to exercise their franchise at 8,588 polling stations.


Former Union Minister and sitting MP Bijoy Krishna Handique, contesting as Congress nominee from Jorhat, also cast his vote with his family members.


With 6.5 lakh first time voters registered this time, long queues were seen in front of the polling booths.
Most of the early morning voters were women who said they wanted to cast their ballot before they get busy in household chores for the day.

A high turnout of 85 % was recorded for one Lok Sabha seat in Tripura, while Assam registered 76 % in 5 seats in the first phase of the elections, which began peacefully on Monday April 07,2014

In Assam, 76 % of the electorate cast their votes with a large number of EVMs malfunctioning and a re-poll being considered in some places.

Tezpur recorded 75 per cent voting, Jorhat 76 %, Lakhimpur 76% Dibrugarh 70% and Kaliabor 80 %

In Assam, prominent among the 51 candidates are Union ministers and Congress nominees Paban Singh Ghatowar (Dibrugarh) and Ranee Narah (Lakhimpur), besides former union minister and sitting Congress MP Bijoy Krishna Handique (Jorhat).
Others were Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi's son Gaurav Gogoi (Kaliabor), Congress rebel and Independent candidate Moni Kumar Subba and BJP state unit president Sabananda Sonowal (Lakhimpur).
In the 2009 Lok Sabha elections in the state, the Congress won seven of the 14 seats, its alliance partner BPF one, BJP four and AIUDF one.

Tripura Phase I Election - Tripura West Constituency

Of the two constituencies - Tripura West and Tripura East (ST), election is being held in Tripura West constituency on Monday  April 07,2014

For the seat of Tripura West, there is expected to be a multi-cornered contest between the CPM, Congress, TMC and BJP.

Among the 13 candidates, major contestants in the fray include are CPM's Shankar Prasad Dutta, Congress' Arunoday Saha, BJP's state unit chief Sudhindra Dasgupta, and chairman of the state unit of TMC Ratan Chakraborty.

The CPI(M) has won the seat 10 out of 15 times between 1952 and 2009.

 Since 1996, the CPI(M) has consistently won this seat.

Of the 12,46,794 voters for this seat 6,34,702 are men and the remaining women. 

Altogether 1,605 polling stations have been set up for the constituency of which two have been identified as veryvulnerable and 486 as vulnerable.