2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election

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126 seats in the Assam Legislative Assembly 64 seats needed for a majority
Registered	14,439,167
Turnout	75.1%
Majority party Minority party   Leader Tarun Gogoi Prafulla Kumar Mahanta Party INC AGP Last election 34 59 Seats won 71 20 Seat change 37 39 Percentage 39.75% 20.02%
CM before election Prafulla Kumar Mahanta AGP Elected CM Tarun Gogoi INC

Elections to the Assam Legislative Assembly were held in 2001 to elect members of 114 constituencies in Assam, India. The Indian National Congress won the popular vote and a majority of seats and Tarun Gogoi was appointed as the Chief Minister of Assam.^[1][2] The number of constituencies was set as 126, by the recommendation of the Delimitation Commission of India.^[3]

After the elections, the sitting MP for Kaliabor. Tarun Gogoi became the chief minister. His brother, Dip Gogoi, the winner from the Titabar constituency, resigned from his seat so that Tarun could win the seat in a by-election. Dip later fought and won the by-election for the, now vacant, Kaliabor Lok Sabha seat.

Result

Party		Votes	%	Seats	+/–
	Indian National Congress	4,230,676	39.75	71	+37
	Asom Gana Parishad	2,130,118	20.02	20	–39
	Bharatiya Janata Party	995,004	9.35	8	+4
	Nationalist Congress Party	267,173	2.51	3	+1
	Autonomous State Demand Committee	118,610	1.11	2	–3
	Samajwadi Party	109,822	1.03	1	New
	Samata Party	83,815	0.79	1	New
	All India Trinamool Congress	58,361	0.55	1	New
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	189,349	1.78	0	–2
	Communist Party of India	116,889	1.10	0	–3
	Autonomous State Demand Committee (Progressive)	98,032	0.92	0	New
	United Minorities Front, Assam	43,712	0.41	0	–2
	People's Democratic Front (India)	35,147	0.33	0	New
	Others	88,626	0.83	0	0
	Independents	2,076,653	19.51	19	+8
Total		10,641,987	100.00	126	+4
Valid votes		10,641,987	98.26
Invalid/blank votes		188,628	1.74
Total votes		10,830,615	100.00
Registered voters/turnout		14,439,167	75.01
Source: ECI[4]

Elected members