Guwahati: Five defectors, including four former Congress leaders, won seats in the Assam election, with former Nagaon MP Pradyut Bordoloi and former Assam Congress president Bhupen Kumar Borah among the most prominent victors.Bordoloi, who quit Congress dramatically, was handed a last-minute ticket from the high-profile Dispur constituency in Guwahati. He was expected to face a…
Kokrajhar: Monday’s results of the Assam assembly elections delivered a “ruthless verdict” in favour of the Hagrama Mohilary-led BPF in the Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR). After the final results, BPF and NDA made a near-total sweep of the 15 newly carved out assembly seats, following the 2023 delimitation. This was possible after Mohilary decided to…
Guwahati: Women representation in the next assembly will remain unchanged at seven, mirroring the previous strength in the House. Altogether 59 women candidates were in fray this time against 81 in 2021.In the 2021 assembly elections, three of the seven women candidates fielded by BJP secured victory, while two from Congress managed to win out…
Dibrugarh: In upper Assam’s tea garden belt, comprising Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Jorhat, Sivasagar, Charaideo and Golaghat districts, the BJP and its ally, AGP, swept all 25 assembly seats, underlining the decisive role of the mostly Adivasi tea garden voters. While the BJP won 23 seats, AGP secured two.In these five districts of the upper Assam region,…
Guwahati: The 2026 election was the first where Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was the face, front and centre of BJP, rather than its backroom strategist and he delivered the finest, steering his party well past the majority mark of 64 in the assembly for the first time, while handing NDA its third straight…
Silchar: The political landscape of the Barak Valley witnessed a tectonic shift on Monday as BJP secured a commanding lead in nine out of the 13 newly-delimited assembly constituencies. The performance marks a significant upswing for the saffron party compared to the 2021 elections, where NDA managed only six seats against the then-opposition alliance’s nine.Trends…
Guwahati: Post delimitation, the number of assembly seats in Guwahati rose from four to five, yet the outcome remained unchanged, with the NDA once again sweeping the city.In the 2021 assembly election, all four Guwahati seats had gone to the NDA, underlining its continued dominance in the urban capital.In this election, attention was centred sharply…
Guwahati: The assembly election revealed sharp regional contrasts that explain how the BJP secured its first solo majority.In the nine districts of lower Assam (excluding the Bodoland Territorial Council) having 33 seats, BJP won 16, while Congress managed 11, AGP five, and the TMC made a symbolic entry with one seat in Mandia, reflecting the…
Guwahati: It is Rongali Bihu once again in Assam, and celebrations began right from morning onwards on Monday at the state BJP headquarters in the Basistha area here after early trends showed party candidates leading in most constituencies. Party workers described the BJP’s victory as unprecedented in Assam’s history.With spirited party workers dancing to the…
Guwahati: Redrawn constituency boundaries in Assam reduced the number of Muslim-majority seats from 35 to 22, reshaping traditional Muslim voter strongholds and influencing the outcome of the first assembly election held after the 2023 delimitation exercise.While the total number of assembly seats remained unchanged at 126, the delimitation had a clear effect on representation, keeping…
