THE ruling NDA is set to form the Government in Assam for the third consecutive term after securing a two-thirds majority, with a record high of 102 seats in the 126-member Assembly, while the Congress-led Opposition delivered its worst performance in recent times on Monday. The BJP, which contested 90 seats, won 82, while its allies -- the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), which contested 11 seats, and the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which fought in 26 seats -- bagged 10 constituencies each.

 

The party secured a majority on its own for the first time in the State. It had won 60 seats in the previous two polls in 2021 and 2016. In the Opposition camp, the Congress, which contested 99 seats, won 19 constituencies, while the Badruddin Ajmal-led AIUDF and Akhil Gogoi-led Raijor Dal secured two seats each, and TMC bagged one constituency. Raijor Dal, an Opposition alliance partner, had contested 13 seats, while others - Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), CPI(M) and APHLC -- drew a blank.