Analysis | Rise in the east helps Bharatiya Janta Party clinch Assam
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The saffron camp slipped a bit in the Barak Valley widely considered a stronghold
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BJP supporters celebrate after winning majority in Assam in BJP state head office in Guwahati. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR
The saffron camp slipped a bit in the Barak Valley widely considered a stronghold
The eastern region of Assam helped the BJP and its allies clinch Mandate 2021, although they bagged 11 seats fewer than in 2016.
Of the 47 seats in the first phase of polling, the BJP and Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) bagged 37 seats, two more than five years ago. These seats covered six Lok Sabha constituencies straddling eastern, northern and parts of central Assam.
BJP will form the government and the Chief Minister will also be from BJP, to continue development in the State, said Assam Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Assam Election Results 2021 Live Updates: Counting Of Votes Underway Amid Strict Covid Protocol Assam Election Results 2021 Live Updates: Counting Of Votes Underway Amid Strict Covid Protocol Assam Election Results 2021 Live: Counting of votes for the assembly elections in the state is underway with strict adherence to health protocols as it is taking place amid a raging second wave of COVID-19.
Assam Election Results 2021: Assam voted in three phases on March 27, April 1 and April 6.
The BJP has crossed the half-way mark in early leads, ahead of its nearest rival Congress, which campaigned hard to reclaim its one-time bastion in Assam. Counting of votes for the assembly elections in the state is underway with strict adherence to health protocols as it is taking place amid a raging second wave of COVID-19. An average 82.04 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the elections to 126 assembly constituencies in Assam.
Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, who was cruising ahead with almost 14,000 votes, has won the Jalukbari constituency and retained his seat defeating his INC counterpart Romen Chandra Borthakur.
Sonowal is leading with a margin of almost 8,000 votes over his INC counterpart Rajib Lochan Pegu, as the saffron party looks to secure its electoral victory for a second term.