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Once again, religious identity emerged as a determining factor in the State
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Once again, religious identity emerged as a determining factor in the State
After wresting Assam from the Congress in 2016, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was able to retain the State in the recently concluded Assembly election, thus strengthening its eastern footprint. In 2016, the BJP successfully consolidated Hindu votes in a State where elections were largely governed by the multiple ethnicities it hosts. The story after five years remains more or less the same, with religious identity yet again emerging as one of the key determinants for electors, albeit on a slightly muted level. Of course, the Lokniti-CSDS post-poll survey data indicate relatively high satisfaction with both the Central and State governments among voters and the absence
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GUWAHATI: The BPF (Bodoland People s Front) has decided to cooperate with the next government on all core issues of the people in the BTR (Bodoland Territorial Region) and the State as large. This has been stated by Durga Das Boro, one of the four newly elected BPF legislators. He has been elected from Kalaigaon Constituency in Udalguri district this time.
Talking to The Sentinel, he added, We fought the Assembly polls along with our allies in the Mahajoot . The BPF secured four seats. In the Assembly, all our four legislators will reflect all the key issues of the people in the BTR and across the State. The BPF will cooperate with the new government in Dispur also on COVID management.
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Assam Assembly Elections | Mahajot fails to net tribal votes
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Not just among Bodos, the Congress’s performance among other tribal voters, such as Tiwas, Rabhas, Mechs, Karbis, Hajongs and Misings elsewhere, was also particularly underwhelming
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Not just among Bodos, the Congress’s performance among other tribal voters, such as Tiwas, Rabhas, Mechs, Karbis, Hajongs and Misings elsewhere, was also particularly underwhelming
With religious polarisation, the voting preferences of various caste and tribal groups in Assam became more similar than different from each other in this Assembly election. This meant that the
Assam verdict: 29 charts that show just how polarised the election was
As the BJP-led alliance won the polls, the state’s deep communal divide manifested itself in the result.
The Bharatiya Janata Party, not surprisingly, retained the state of Assam with a comfortable majority of seats (75) in the 126-seat house. However, this number was lower than its 2016 performance, when its alliance won 86 seats. In fact, the BJP-Asom Gana Parishad combine has kept losing a bit of ground over the past three elections, including the 2019 General Election.
Comparing alliances performance is not easy because their composition changes over time.
In 2016 and 2019, the Bodoland People’s Front was part of the National Democratic Alliance along with the BJP. In 2021, it contested alongside the Congress. This time, the Congress also entered an alliance with the All India United Democratic Front, which had contested on its own in previous elections. This year, the Congress coalition included eigh