Tag: Assam Polls

Deputy Commissioners and Superintendents of Police of five districts, where the bye-lections are going on, are personally monitoring the situations. An election official said that showcasing Assam's vibrant traditional culture, many of the polling stations were decorated with local produce and items.

Himanta Biswa Sarma elected the leader of the BJP legislature party at a meeting held at the Assam assembly campus where outgoing Chief Minister Sarbananada Sonowal and party's four central observers were present.

Guwahati: The ruling BJP-led alliance in Assam is leading in 77 of the state’s 126 assembly constituencies and looks set to form the government for the second consecutive term, though…

Bhubaneswar: The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has appointed former Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee (OPCC) president Jaydev Jena along senior party leader Mohan Prakash as the observers for the Assam Assembly poll. The two leaders have been entrusted with the task of observing and monitoring party prospects and poll management in Assam. In January, the […]

Guwahati: As many as 77.21 per cent of the 73,44,631 voters exercised their franchise in the second phase of polling in Assam on Thursday, election officials said, adding that no untoward incident was reported from the 39 constituencies, where balloting ended at 6 p.m. “The turnout of the electorate is 77.21 per cent. The percentage […]

Guwahati: The ruling BJP along with the allies would retain power in Assam and it would secure “at least 100 seats” in the next year’s election to the 126-member state Assembly, the party’s National Vice-President Baijayant Jay Panda claimed on Thursday. Panda, who is the Assam in-charge for the saffron party, while talking to the […]