• Kamal Kumar Brahma

The Lok Sabha elections elect the members of parliament from different part of India who takes part in the highest policy-making process in the nation. Likewise, the Kokrajhar constituency, lone lok sabha constituency in BTAD, could able to send different representatives from different party since 1957. Elections in this seat is contested with a quest to preserve Bodo’s cultural identity and fight for other’s rights against increasing Bodo hegemony. This led polarization of votes along ethnic lines. Another aspect of elections in this constituency is that in recent years electorates have chosen Independent candidates as their representative in Lok Sabha. In the present study, an attempt has been made to study the political issues of major political parties and Independent candidates in Kokrajhar constituency in the 2019 Parliamentary elections. Moreover, this paper also tries to highlight the background of Parliamentary elections in Bodo dominated Kokrajhar HPC.

BTAD, Elections, Bodoland, Separate State.

"SEVENTEENTH LOK SABHA ELECTIONS IN BTAD AREA: A BATTLE FOR THE SEPARATE STATE OF BODOLAND", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.68-73, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905B10.pdf

"SEVENTEENTH LOK SABHA ELECTIONS IN BTAD AREA: A BATTLE FOR THE SEPARATE STATE OF BODOLAND", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp68-73, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1905B10.pdf