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	The [[political structure]] of [[Assam]] in [[India]] is headed by the ceremonial post of the [[Governors of Assam\|Governor]]. He is assisted by a [[council of ministers]], headed by the [[Chief Ministers of Assam\|Chief Minister]], who are members of the [[Legislative Assembly of Assam\|Assam Assembly]]. In recent years the Governor has become more powerful, especially because the last two Governors have been [[Indian Army\|ex-Army generals]] and the Army is entrusted with anti-insurgency operations against [[ULFA]] and other armed groups . <ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Assam/Government-and-society</ref>		The [[political structure]] of [[Assam]] in [[India]] is headed by the ceremonial post of the [[Governors of Assam\|Governor]]. He is assisted by a [[council of ministers]], headed by the [[Chief Ministers of Assam\|Chief Minister]], who are members of the [[Legislative Assembly of Assam\|Assam Assembly]]. In recent years the Governor has become more powerful, especially because the last two Governors have been [[Indian Army\|ex-Army generals]] and the Army is entrusted with anti-insurgency operations against [[ULFA]] and other armed groups .<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Assam/Government-and-society\|title = Assam - Government and society \| Britannica}}</ref>

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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}
{{More references|date=October 2012}}
The [[political structure]] of [[Assam]] in [[India]] is headed by the ceremonial post of the [[Governors of Assam|Governor]]. He is assisted by a [[council of ministers]], headed by the [[Chief Ministers of Assam|Chief Minister]], who are members of the [[Legislative Assembly of Assam|Assam Assembly]]. In recent years the Governor has become more powerful, especially because the last two Governors have been [[Indian Army|ex-Army generals]] and the Army is entrusted with anti-insurgency operations against [[ULFA]] and other armed groups . <ref>https://www.britannica.com/place/Assam/Government-and-society</ref>

==History==
The Assam legislative structure is [[unicameral]] and consists of the 126-member Assam Assembly. Members are [[Elections in India|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]].<ref>http://assamassembly.gov.in/</ref>

===State Government===
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! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Year
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Assembly
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Total seats
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Government
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Seats won
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Chief Minister
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Opposition
|-
| 1946-52
| Provincial Assembly
| 108
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 50
| [[Gopinath Bordoloi]]/[[Bishnu Ram Medhi]]
| [[All-India Muslim League|Muslim League]]
|-
| 1952-57
| 1st Assembly
| 108
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 76
| [[Bishnu Ram Medhi]]
| Socialist Party
|-
| 1957-62
| 2nd Assembly
| 108
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 71
| [[Bishnu Ram Medhi]]/[[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]]
| [[Praja Socialist Party]]
|-
| 1962-67
| 3rd Assembly
| 105
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 79
| [[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]]
| All Party Hill Leaders Conference
|-
| 1967-72
| 4th Assembly
| 126
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 73
| [[Bimala Prasad Chaliha]]/[[Mahendra Mohan Choudhry|Mohendra Mohan Choudhury]]
| All Party Hill Leaders Congress
|-
| 1972-78
| 5th Assembly
| 114
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 95
| [[Sarat Chandra Sinha]]
| [[Samyukta Socialist Party]]
|-
| 1978-79
| 6th Assembly
| 126
| [[Janata Party]]/[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India]]/Plains Tribals Council of Assam
| 53/11/4
| [[Golap Borbora]]/[[Jogendra Nath Hazarika]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 1979-80
| –
| –
| [[File:Flag_of_India.svg|30px]] Government of India
| –
| President Rule
|
|-
| 1980-81
| 6th Assembly
| 126
| [[Indian National Congress]]/[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India]]/Independents
| 51/11/4
| [[Anowara Taimur]]
| [[Janata Party]]
|-
| 1981-82
| –
| –
| [[File:Flag_of_India.svg|30px]] Government of India
| –
| President Rule
|
|-
| 1982
| 6th Assembly
| 126
| [[Indian National Congress]]/[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India]]/Independents
| 51/11/4
| [[Kesab Chandra Gogoi]]
| [[Janata Party]]
|-
| 1982-83
| –
| –
| [[File:Flag_of_India.svg|30px]] Government of India
| –
| President Rule
|
|-
| 1983-85
| 7th Assembly
| 126
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 91
| [[Hiteswar Saikia]]
| Plains Tribals Council of Assam
|-
| 1985-90
| 8th Assembly
| 126
| [[Asom Gana Parishad]]
| 69
| [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 1990-91
| –
| –
| [[File:Flag_of_India.svg|30px]] Government of India
| –
| President Rule
|
|-
| 1991-96
| 9th Assembly
| 126
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 66
| [[Hiteswar Saikia]]/[[Bhumidhar Barman]]
| [[Asom Gana Parishad]]
|-
| 1996-2001
| 10th Assembly
| 126
| [[Asom Gana Parishad]]/[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India]]/United Minorities Front
| 59/2/2
| [[Prafulla Kumar Mahanta]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|-
| 2001-06
| 11th Assembly
| 126
| [[Indian National Congress]]
| 71
| [[Tarun Gogoi]]
| [[Asom Gana Parishad]]
|-
| 2006-11
| 12th Assembly
| 126
| [[Indian National Congress]]/[[Bodoland People's Front]]
| 53/10
| [[Tarun Gogoi]]
| [[Asom Gana Parishad]]
|-
| 2011-16
| 13th Assembly
| 126
| [[Indian National Congress]]/[[Bodoland People's Front]]
| 78/11
| [[Tarun Gogoi]]
|[[All India United Democratic Front]]
|-
| 2016-21
| 14th Assembly
| 126
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]] / [[Asom Gana Parishad]] / [[Bodoland People's Front]]
| 61/14/12
| [[Sarbananda Sonowal]]
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|}

===National Legislature===
[[File:Assam_Lok_Sabha_2009_map.jpg|right|thumb|Lok Sabha districts in Assam after the 2009 elections]]

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

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! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Year
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Lok Sabha
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Total seats
| style="width:4px" |
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Largest party
! style="background:#666; color:white;"|Seats won
|-
|1951
|[[1st Lok Sabha|First Lok Sabha]]
|12
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|11
|-
|1957
|[[2nd Lok Sabha|Second Lok Sabha]]
|12
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|10
|-
|1962
|[[3rd Lok Sabha|Third Lok Sabha]]
|12
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|9
|-
|1967
|[[4th Lok Sabha|Fourth Lok Sabha]]
|14
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|10
|-
|1971
|[[5th Lok Sabha|Fifth Lok Sabha]]
|14
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|13
|-
|1977
|[[6th Lok Sabha|Sixth Lok Sabha]]
|14
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|10
|-
|1980
|[[7th Lok Sabha|Seventh Lok Sabha]]
|8
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|8
|-
|1985
|[[8th Lok Sabha|Eighth Lok Sabha]]
|15
! style="background-color: {{Asom Gana Parishad/meta/color}}" |
| [[Asom Gana Parishad]]
|7
|-
|1989
|[[9th Lok Sabha|Ninth Lok Sabha]]
|–
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
|[[File:Flag_of_India.svg|30px]] No elections
|–
|-
|1991
|[[10th Lok Sabha|Tenth Lok Sabha]]
|14
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|8
|-
|1996
|[[11th Lok Sabha|Eleventh Lok Sabha]]
|14
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|5
|-
|1998
|[[12th Lok Sabha|Twelfth Lok Sabha]]
|14
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|11
|-
|1999
|[[13th Lok Sabha|Thirteenth Lok Sabha]]
|14
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|10
|-
|2004
|[[14th Lok Sabha|Fourteenth Lok Sabha]]
|14
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|7
|-
|2009
|[[15th Lok Sabha|Fifteenth Lok Sabha]]
|14
! style="background-color: {{INC/meta/color}}" |
| [[Indian National Congress]]
|7
|-
|2014
|[[16th Lok Sabha|Sixteenth Lok Sabha]]
|14
! style="background-color: {{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" |
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|7
|-
|}

*[[Karimganj (Lok Sabha constituency)|Karimganj]] ''1'' – [[All India United Democratic Front]]
*[[Silchar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Silchar]] ''2'' – [[Indian National Congress]]
*[[Autonomous District (Lok Sabha constituency)|Autonomous District]] ''3'' – [[Indian National Congress]]
*[[Dhubri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dhubri]] ''4'' – [[All India United Democratic Front]]
*[[Kokrajhar (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kokrajhar]] ''5'' – Independent
*[[Barpeta (Lok Sabha constituency)|Barpeta]] ''6'' – [[All India United Democratic Front]]
*[[Gauhati (Lok Sabha constituency)|Gauhati]] ''7'' – [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*[[Mangaldoi (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mangaldoi]] ''8'' – [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*[[Tezpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Tezpur]] ''9'' – [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*[[Nowgong (Lok Sabha constituency)|Nowgong]] ''10'' – [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*[[Kaliabor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kaliabor]] ''11'' – [[Indian National Congress]]
*[[Jorhat (Lok Sabha constituency)|Jorhat]] ''12'' – [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*[[Dibrugarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Dibrugarh]] ''13'' – [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
*[[Lakhimpur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Lakhimpur]] ''14'' – [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]

==See also==
*[[United Tribal Nationalist Liberation Front]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://assamassembly.nic.in/ Assam Assembly] - Official website

{{Assam}}
{{Politics of India by state or territory}}

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