BJP retains Assam, improves 2016 tally

GUWAHATI: respectively.

“This is the result of the support of the people,” said chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal

“We are grateful to voters for reposing faith in us for the next five years and will work with renewed energy for them,” said BJP spokesperson Subhash Dutta.

On the other hand, Congress won 28 seats while alliance partners All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) bagged 14 and Bodoland Peoples’ Front (BPF) and the CPI(M) won one seat each.

In 2016, the BJP and its allies had won 86 seats and formed the government in Assam.

As predicted by most exit polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) returned to power in Assam, becoming the first noncongress government to win consecutive terms in the northeastern state.

The BJP and its allies won 76 seats in the 126-member assembly, while the opposition Congress and its allies won 46 seats, according to the results announced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday.

The BJP on its own won 56 seats while its alliance partner Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United Peoples Party Liberal (UPPL) won 12 and eight seats

Smriti Kak Ramachandran