2022 Assam Municipal elections
6 March 2022
977 seats
Turnout69.66%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Himanta Biswa Sarma Debabrata Saikia Atul Bora
Party BJP INC AGP
Alliance NDA UPA NDA
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader Badruddin Ajmal Akhil Gogoi Arvind Kejriwal
Party AIUDF RD AAP

Municipal elections was held in the Indian state of Assam on 6 March 2022; the results were declared on 9 March. The elections is scheduled for 80 urban local bodies. Elections were originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but were delayed because of pandemic.

Schedule

Poll event Schedule
Notification date 9 February 2022
Last Date for filing nomination 15 February 2022
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination 20 February 2022
Date of poll 6 March 2022
Date of counting of votes 9 March 2022

Voter statistics

GenderNo. of voters.
Male8,32,348
Female8,41,534
Other17
Total16,73,899

List of Municipalities ward wise

Sl. No. District Municipal Boards Wards Voters (2022)
1 Karimganj Karimganj

Badarpur

Ramkrishna Nagar

 27

11

10

 49,374

14,144

11,094

2 Hailakandi Hailakandi

Lala

 16

10

 28,474

9,678

3 Cachar Sonai

Lakhipur

 11

10

 14,077

10,149

4 Dhubri Dhubri

Gauripur

Golakganj

Chapar

Bilasipara

Sapatgram

 16

13

10

10

14

10

 49,144

20,786

10,199

16,438

29,942

10,525

5 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon

Abhayapuri

 25

11

 39,557

13,169

6 Goalpara Goalpara

Lakhipur

 19

10

 41,408

10,790

7 Barpeta Barpeta

Barpeta Road

Howly

Sarthebari

Sorbhog

 22

10

10

10

10

 36,292

28,737

14,385

6,153

6,846

8 Bajali Patshala

Patacharkuchi

 10

10

 12,817

3,089

9 Nalbari Nalbari

Tihu

 17

10

 36,599

11,551

10 Kamrup North Guwahati

Palashbari

Rangia

 10

10

10

 19,531

4,213

22,007

11 Darrang Sipajhar

Mongoldoi

Kharupetia

 10

10

11

 9,618

21,001

17,021

12 Morigaon Morigaon 11 22,896
13 Nagaon Nagaon

Dhing

Raha

Kampur

 29

10

10

10

 98,542

15,324

9,612

8,560

14 Hojai Hojai

Lanka

Lumding

Doboka

 19

11

13

10

 27,991

30,181

23,750

9,567

15 Sonitpur Tezpur

Rangapara

Dhekiajuli

Jamugurihat

 19

10

10

10

 49,594

11,280

16,558

6,712

16 Biswanath Biswanath

Gohpur

Sootea

 12

10

10

 14,662

9,890

9,664

17 Lakhimpur North Lakhimpur

Bihpuria

Narayanpur

Dhakuakhana

 21

10

10

10

 44,671

8,912

4,143

10,182

18 Dhemaji Dhemaji

Silapathar

 10

12

 24,166

19,520

19 Golaghat Golaghat

Sarupathar

Barpathar

Dergaon

Bokakhat

 12

10

10

10

10

 28,050

11,084

7,716

16,984

14,706

20 Jorhat Jorhat

Teok

Titabar

Mariani

 19

10

10

10

 57,095

7,389

13,882

16,784

21 Sibsagar Sibsagar

Amguri

Dimow

Nazira

Simaluguri

 14

10

10

10

10

 32,196

5,826

6,037

10,188

6,576

22 Charaideo Sonari

Moran

 16

11

 20,507

5,439

23 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh

Naharkatia

Chabua

Namrup

 22

10

10

10

 1,17,690

15,046

6,242

9,976

24 Tinsukia Tinsukia

Makum

Doomdooma

Chapakhowa

Margherita

Digboi

 15

10

10

10

10

10

 78,900

13,543

16,631

8,078

23,263

18,996

Parties and Alliances

Following is a list of political parties and alliances which contested in this election:

  NDA

Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP Himanta Biswa Sarma TBD
Asom Gana Parishad AGP Atul Bora TBD

  UPA

Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
Indian National Congress INC Debabrata Saikia TBD
Assam Jatiya Parishad AJP Lurinjyoti Gogoi TBD

  Other

Party Symbol Leader Contesting Seats
All India United Democratic Front AIUDF Badruddin Ajmal TBD
Raijor Dal RD Akhil Gogoi TBD
Aam Aadmi Party AAP Dr.Bhaben Chowdhry TBD

Voter Turnout

Sl. No. District Municipal Boards Turnout (%)
1 Karimganj Karimganj

Badarpur

Ramkrishna Nagar

 65.40

64.86

70.92

2 Hailakandi Hailakandi

Lala

 66.65

73.97

3 Cachar Sonai

Lakhipur

 74.00

67.49

4 Dhubri Dhubri

Gauripur

Golakganj

Chapar

Bilasipara

Sapatgram

 70.80

71.30

74.35

81.43

78.19

70.36

5 Bongaigaon Bongaigaon

Abhayapuri

 74.32

67.04

6 Goalpara Goalpara

Lakhipur

 79.00

82.00

7 Barpeta Barpeta

Barpeta Road

Howly

Sarthebari

Sorbhog

 71.55

75.14

80.67

79.90

79.00

8 Bajali Patshala

Patacharkuchi

 68.60

79.10

9 Nalbari Nalbari

Tihu

 72.27

71.48

10 Kamrup North Guwahati

Palashbari

Rangia

 59.07

69.34

82.10

11 Darrang Sipajhar

Mongoldoi

Kharupetia

 75.73

68.18

73.97

12 Morigaon Morigaon 72.12
13 Nagaon Nagaon

Dhing

Raha

Kampur

 61.14

70.42

70.32

69.89

14 Hojai Hojai

Lanka

Lumding

Doboka

 72.26

68.50

61.29

74.71

15 Sonitpur Tezpur

Rangapara

Dhekiajuli

Jamugurihat

 62.68

69.24

72.00

72.97

16 Biswanath Biswanath

Gohpur

Sootea

 69.51

69.99

72.07

17 Lakhimpur North Lakhimpur

Bihpuria

Narayanpur

Dhakuakhana

 68.91

73.05

83.01

78.69

18 Dhemaji Dhemaji

Silapathar

 67.25

68.42

19 Golaghat Golaghat

Sarupathar

Barpathar

Dergaon

Bokakhat

 60.33

71.74

69.58

52.23

67.28

20 Jorhat Jorhat

Teok

Titabar

Mariani

 58.40

72.51

65.19

66.50

21 Sibsagar Sibsagar

Amguri

Dimow

Nazira

Simaluguri

 64.36

74.24

66.38

65.11

74.07

22 Charaideo Sonari

Moran

 63.52

70.42

23 Dibrugarh Dibrugarh

Naharkatia

Chabua

Namrup

 58.02

64.54

77.79

51.91

24 Tinsukia Tinsukia

Makum

Doomdooma

Chapakhowa

Margherita

Digboi

 62.73

51.25

54.80

73.12

63.87

59.32

Total 80 Boards 69.66

Results

Results By Municipal Board Wise

Municipal Boards Seats
NDA UPA Others
Tinsukia District
Tinsukia MB 15 13 0 2
Makum MB 10 9 0 1
Doomdooma MB 10 9 1 0
Chapakhowa MB 10 7 3 0
Margherita MB 10 10 0 0
Total 55 48 4 3
Dibrugarh District
Dibrugarh MB 22 21 1 0
Naharkatia MB 10 8 2 0
Chabua MB 10 8 2 0
Namrup MB 10 7 0 3
Total 52 44 5 3
Sibsagar District
Sibsagar MB 14 12 0 2
Dimow MB 10 10 0 0
Nazira MB 10 7 0 3
Simaluguri MB 10 9 1 0
Amguri MB 10 5 4 1
Total 54 43 5 6
Charaideo District
Sonari MB 16 14 0 2
Moran MB 11 9 1 1
Total 27 23 1 3

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