2025, Vol. 7, Issue 7, Part C

Author(s): Dadul Dewri

Abstract: Electoral politics refers to the process of election, factors involved in the election and the voting behavior of the electors. Elections are considered as the main pillars of modern democracy. Because, election gives opportunity to the people to participate in the government formation as well as to exercise the political power. India is regarded as the largest and stable democracy in the world. India is following the model of representative democracy where elections are the main basis of democracy. In India elections are held to form every government. Assam is the largest state in the North Eastern part of India. It has a strategic importance, as a gateway to India’s international relation with South Asian countries. Thus, the electoral politics of Assam is politically significant in the politics of India. Since 2011, there has been change in the trends of electoral politics of Assam. The massive rising of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is noticed in the electoral politics of the State since 2014 Lok Sabha election. On the other hand the Indian National Congress (INC) which was ruling the state for 15 years consecutively loses the support base in the state after 2011 Assembly elections. At the same time the AGP is also confined as a supportive alliance partner with the BJP during this period. In this study an analysis will be made about the trends in the electoral politics of Assam during the period from 2011 to 2024 with the help of election results of the Assam Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha elections. At the same time we will try to identify the potential determinants of the voting behavior of the electors of Assam during the stated period.

DOI: 10.33545/26646021.2025.v7.i7c.604

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