2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election

After the 2001 elections, the Indian National Congress formed the government. In 2002, the Bodo Liberation Tigers Force and the Assam Government headed by Chief Minister, Tarun Gogoi, signed a memorandum for a peace agreement. The Bodoland Territorial Council was established in 2003 under the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India. In 2005, the Bollywood Hindi-language war film, Tango Charlie, was banned in Assam for allegedly defaming the Bodo people. Tribal Affairs minister, Bharat Narah, warned that a film defaming the people of Assam would not be allowed screening. Before the elections, the Indian National Congress and the Bodoland People's Front formed an electoral alliance against the opposition parties, the Asom Gana Parishad and the Bharatiya Janata Party. ==Schedule==

, holding a press conference in New Delhi on March 1, 2006, to announce the schedule for Legislative Assembly election of Assam along with those of Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, and Puducherry.|260x260px The election schedule is as follows: == Results ==

The Indian National Congress won 53 seats in the assembly. The party had a pre-election tactical seat-sharing agreement with Hagrama Mohilary, whose supporters won 11 seats as independents and joined the Bodoland People's Front (BPF). The Congress and the BPF subsequently formed a coalition government which returned to power in the 2011 elections. ==References==