Assam Assembly election results: BJP set to end Congress’ 15-year rule

Congress, which had 68 seats in the outgoing House, managed to win only 21 seats and was leading in just four
others. The performance of the main opposition party in the outgoing assembly AIUDF turned out to be poor as it won only nine seats and was leading in four others. Compounding its owes, its chief Badruddin Ajmal lost to Congress candidate Wajed Ali Choudhury in South Salmara.

BJP’s Chief Ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sonowal won a convincing victory in Majuli (ST) seat and outgoing Congress chief minister Tarun Gogoi did so in Titabor.

Election Results 2016: Reading Into The Early Trends

BJP’s state election convenor Himanta Biswa Sarma, who left Congress to join the saffron party, romped home with a record margin 85,935 votes over Congress candidate Niren Deka.

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AGP President Atul Bora won against sitting Congress MLA Arun Phukan by 40,193 votes, while his party colleague and former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta defeated his Congress rival Suresh Bora by a margin of 4558 votes in Baharampur.

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Real time updates on Assam election results 2016:

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Constituency wise breakdown of Assam election results 2016

Highlights:

# “Heartiest congratulations to Modi ji and Shah ji for the historic and grand win in Assam,” Mahrashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis tweeted.

# The victory in Assam is very crucial. It is a border state from where a Congress Prime Minister (Manmohan Singh)
ruled for 10 years and now we have been able to have our own government. It is a big achievement: Amit Shah.

# “People are now expecting a change for development and achche din (good days). They have high hopes from the new government. I wish BJP and Sonowal fulfil those: Tarun Gogoi.

# Accept verdict with humility will play role of constructive opposition as desired by people of Assam: Tarun Gogoi.

# Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulates Sarbanand Sonwal over phone, says BJP will do everything possible to fulfill dreams of people of Assam.

# Sincerely grateful to people of Assam for giving us opportunity to work for development of state: Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP.

# We accept people’s verdict with humility, will work harder till we win confidence and trust of people: Rahul Gandhi.

# Want to congratulate BJP. We have lost because of Congress party: Badruddin Ajmal, AIUDF Chief.

# AIUDF chief Ajmal loses to Congress in Salmara South.

# How things stand at 11.15 am

# BJP picked up its first win in the state with Kushal Dowari sealing Thowra.

# AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal is still trailing in Salmara South to Congress candidate Wazed Ali Choudhury.

# Here are how things stand at 9.45 am. Early trends indicate that BJP is likely to dislodge Gogoi’s Congress and form government in Assam.

# BJP has passed the 50-seat mark. Congress hasn’t improved on its sputtering start to the day and they are far behind with at 17.

# AIUDF are in close third, leading in 14 seats.

# BJP and its allies are surging ahead at the moment. The saffron party seems to have dominated upper Assam and made inroads into former Congress bastions. Congress currently in distant second (15) to BJP’s (45).

# BJP and its allies have stretched their lead to 20 seats while Congress are trying to hang in there with 9.

# No surprises here, former Congress man and Gogoi’s aide Hemanta Biswa Sarma is in the lead in Jalukbari. BJP are currently in the lead in 3 constituencies and Congress in 2.

# Former Assam chief minister and AGP chief Prafulla Kumar Mahanta overtakes Congress candidate Suresh Bora in Barhampur.

# BJP is currently in the lead in Dibrugarh.

# Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi is also in the lead in Titabar.

# The first trends are in — Congress candidate Suresh Bora is currently leading in Barhampur constituency.

# Will Assam see a new face sitting on the chief minister chair?

# Like Bihar, BJP will only celebrate for first two hours, after that when picture gets clear we will celebrate: Badruddin Ajmal, AIUDF.

# Exit polls were wrong, we will get 30 to 40 seats. I am confident: Badruddin Ajmal, AIUDF.

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