Ruling Bharatiya Janata Party created history in the north eastern Indian state of Assam by becoming the first non-Congress party to win two successive terms in the state assembly elections there.
Staving off a spirited fightback from its main challenger Congress, the saffron party, along with its regional allies like Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), won 75 out of the total 126 seats, 11 less than the previous assembly elections five years ago. The Congress-led 10-party alliance including All India United Democratic Front (AIDUF) of perfume baron Badruddin Ajmal, finished runners up with a total of 50 seats this time. The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, which did not have AIDUF in it in 2016 but had Left parties, got 26 seats in the 2016 poll.
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GUWAHATI: The AJP (Assam Jatiya Parishad), Raijar Dal and the AGM (Anchalik Gana Morcha) have failed to cut the ice to make their presence felt as alternative regional forces in the State. The results of the Assembly poll have proved it.
Among the three newly-floated regional parties, only the Raijar Dal has won a seat in the candidature of its president Akhil Gogoi.
It has come to light that the anti-CAA (Citizenship Amendment Act) agitation spearheaded by the AJP in the State had no impact on the voters of the State. The Raijar Dal and the AGM also lent their support to the agitation.
Read more about Assembly polls: TMC surges ahead in West Bengal, edge for DMK in Tamil Nadu on Business Standard. The ruling Trinamool Congress was ahead of the BJP in the keenly watched state of West Bengal while the saffron party-led NDA was leading in Assam and the DMK in Tamil Nadu
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The ruling Trinamool Congress was ahead of the BJP in the keenly watched state of West Bengal while the DMK had an edge in Tamil Nadu as trends poured in for counting of votes on Sunday in the high-stakes assembly elections in four states and a union territory. In Assam, the ruling BJP-led NDA was leading in 22 seats, while the Grand Alliance spearheaded by the Congress is ahead in 15 places, according to initial trends available from counting of postal ballots in Assam, officials said. The ruling LDF in Kerala was leading in 75 of the total 140 seats while opposition UDF was ahead in 56 segments as counting of votes for the April 6 assembly elections got underway.