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{{short description|2006 assembly elections in Assam}}
{{Infobox legislative election|country=India|after_election=[[Tarun Gogoi]]|seats11=22|last_election1=20|last_election5=8|last_election4=2|last_election8=71|last_election11=19|party_leader8=[[Tarun Gogoi]]|title=[[List of Chief Ministers of Assam|Chief Minister]]|before_election=[[Tarun Gogoi]]|before_party=Indian National Congress|after_party=Indian National Congress|seats9=1|percentage1=20.39%|percentage2=2.51%|percentage3=9.03%|percentage4=0.89%|percentage5=11.98%|percentage6=1.02%|percentage7=1.43%|percentage8=31.08%|percentage9=0.25%|percentage10=2.13%|percentage11=16.6%|seats10=1|seats8=53|previous_election=[[2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2001]]|party5=Bharatiya Janta Party|next_election=[[2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election|2011]]|election_name=2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election|majority_seats=64|election_date=3 April 2006 (Phase 1) <br> 10 April 2006 (Phase 2)|seats_for_election=All 126 seats in the [[Assam Legislative Assembly]]|ongoing=No|party1=Asom Gana Parishad|party2=[[Asom Gana Parishad (Progressive)|AGP(P)]]|party3=Assam United Democratic Front|party4=[[Autonomous State Demand Committee|ASDC]]|party6=Communist Party of India|seats7=2|party7=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|party8=Indian National Congress|party9=Loko Sanmilon|party10=Nationalist Congress Party|party11=[[Independent politician|Independents]]|seats1=24|seats2=1|seats3=10|seats4=1|seats5=10|seats6=1|turnout=75.77%}}

'''Legislative Assembly elections''' were held in [[Assam]] in two phases between 3 and 10 April 2006 to elect members from all [[List of constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly|126 constituencies]] of the state .<ref>{{Cite web|title=Assam Assembly Election Results in 2006|url=https://www.elections.in/assam/assembly-constituencies/2006-election-results.html|access-date=2021-07-19|website=www.elections.in}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Farz|date=2006-05-22|first=Ahmed|title=Assembly elections 2006: Voters deny absolute majority to Congress in Assam|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/20060522-assembly-elections-2006-voters-deny-absolute-majority-to-congress-in-assam-783035-2006-05-22|access-date=2021-07-19|website=India Today|language=en}}</ref>

==Schedule==
'''Schedule'''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Staff|date=2006-05-09|title=State Assembly Election schedule for Assam|url=https://www.oneindia.com/election/states/2006/assam/index.html|access-date=2021-07-19|website=oneindia.com|language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Poll Event
!Phase 1
!Phase 2
|-
|Issue of notification of election
|'''Friday Mar 10, 2006'''
|'''Friday Mar 17, 2006'''
|-
|Last Date for filing nomination
|'''Friday Mar 17, 2006'''
|'''Friday Mar 24, 2006'''
|-
|Scrutiny of Nominations
|'''Saturday Mar 18, 2006'''
|'''Saturday Mar 25, 2006'''
|-
|Withdrawal of Candidature
|'''Monday Mar 20, 2006'''
|'''Monday Mar 27, 2006'''
|-
|Date of Poll
|'''Monday Apr 3, 2006'''
|'''Monday Apr 10, 2006'''
|-
|Date of Counting
|'''Thursday May 11, 2006'''
|'''Thursday May 11, 2006'''
|-
|Date of Completion
|'''Saturday May 20, 2006'''
|'''Saturday May 20, 2006'''
|}

== Results ==
{{Election results
|party1=[[Indian National Congress]]|votes1=4102479|seats1=53|sc1=
|party2=[[Asom Gana Parishad]]|votes2=2692123|seats2=24|sc2=
|party3=[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]|votes3=1581925|seats3=10|sc3=
|party4=[[Assam United Democratic Front]]|votes4=1191500|seats4=10|sc4=
|party5=[[Asom Gana Parishad Pragtisheel]]|votes5=331491|seats5=1|sc5=
|party6=[[Nationalist Congress Party]]|votes6=281038|seats6=1|sc6=
|party7=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]|votes7=188901|seats7=2|sc7=
|party8=[[Communist Party of India]]|votes8=134438|seats8=1|sc8=
|party9=[[Autonomous State Demand Committee]]|votes9=117941|seats9=1|sc9=
|party10=[[Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation]]|votes10=99881|seats10=0|sc10=
|party11=[[Trinamool Gana Parishad]]|votes11=89649|seats11=0|sc11=
|party12=[[Samajwadi Party]]|votes12=80538|seats12=0|sc12=
|party13=[[Loko Sanmilon]]|votes13=32511|seats13=1|sc13=
|party14=Navbharat Nirman Party|votes14=21060|seats14=0|sc14=
|party15=[[Lok Jan Shakti Party]]|votes15=13797|seats15=0|sc15=
|party16=[[Janata Dal (United)]]|votes16=12337|seats16=0|sc16=
|party17=[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]|votes17=7476|seats17=0|sc17=
|party18=[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]|votes18=7059|seats18=0|sc18=
|party19=United Reservation Movement Council of Assam|votes19=4541|seats19=0|sc19=
|party20=[[National Loktantrik Party]]|votes20=3595|seats20=0|sc20=
|party21=[[Janata Dal (Secular)]]|votes21=3261|seats21=0|sc21=
|party22=[[Revolutionary Communist Party of India|Revolutionary Communist Party of India (Rasik Bhatt)]]|votes22=2129|seats22=0|sc22=
|party23=[[All India Minorities Front]]|votes23=2027|seats23=0|sc23=
|party24=[[Samata Party]]|votes24=1646|seats24=0|sc24=
|party25=[[United Minorities Front, Assam]]|votes25=1427|seats25=0|sc25=
|party26=[[Muslim League Kerala State Committee]]|votes26=1180|seats26=0|sc26=
|party27=Hindusthan Suraksha Party|votes27=915|seats27=0|sc27=
|party28=Navbharat Nirman Party|votes28=850|seats28=0|sc28=
|party29=[[Republican Party of India]]|votes29=587|seats29=0|sc29=
|party30=[[Lok Shakti]]|votes30=500|seats30=0|sc30=
|party31=Independents|votes31=2191167|seats31=21
|invalid=2311
|electorate=17434019
|source=[https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4009-assam-2006/ ECI]
}}

==References==
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