ELECTORAL POLITICS IN BODOLAND TERRITORIAL REGION OF ASSAM WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO 18TH LOKSABHA ELECTION OF 2024
The 2024 Parliamentary Election which was conducted in Assam (inclusive of BTR) in three phases (19th, 26th April & 7th May) witnessed certain twists and turns in the behaviours of the voters of Bodoland Territorial Region with regard to their choice of parties and the candidates. Unlike the previous Lok Sabha Elections of 2014 and 2019, many non-Bodo voters of 1-Kokrajhar (ST) HPC remained away from the non-Bodo politics perpetrated by a section of leaders and voted for UPPL BJP alliance candidate. In 4-Darrang-Udalguri HPC, majority of the voters showed their allegiance to BJP and helped the concerned party and the candidate to win for the second consecutive time.
Keywords: BPF, BTR, GSP, INC, NDA, UPPL