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Polling agents wearing PPE kits seen inside the counting center during the counting of votes for Assam Elections 2021, in Guwahati, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Credit: PTI Photo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated party leaders who emerged victorious in West Bengal, Kerala and Tamil Nadu
BJP candidate from Barchalla constituency Ganesh Limbu celebrates as trends show party's win at Assam Assembly Elections 2021, in Sonitpur district, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Credit: PTI Photo
Smriti Irani congratulates BJP party leaders on second consecutive win in Assam.
Bharatiya Janata Party will form the government and the CM will also be from BJP, to continue development in the State: Assam Minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma
(ANI)
Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal talks with media after BJP party's winning trend during counting day of Assam Assembly Elections, at the office, in Guwahati, Sunday, May 2, 2021. Credit: PTI Photo
BJP wins one seat, leading in 56.
Meanwhile, Mamata Banerjee and BJP's Suvendu Adhkari's poll battle is becoming the most-watched fight in West Bengal.Catch live updates from Bengal assembly election results here.
Here's all you need to know about Akhil Gogoi's Raijor Dal
Raijor Dal, led by jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi on April 1 decided to join hands with Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) for the Assam Assembly elections 2021. Gogoi's newly-formed party, formed during the anti-CAA protests, has emerged as a forced to reckon within a brief span of time in the state's political landscape and is looking to make an impact in the Assembly polls.
Anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi has won 45.19% seats from Sibsagar constituency.
Sarbananda Sonowal wins from Majuli constituency.
Assam Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma wins Jalukbari constituency for the 5th consecutive term by a margin of 1,01,911 votes.
Sonowal thanks PM Modi on BJP's victory in Assam
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman congratulates Assam CM Sarbanand Sonowal on victory
Pro-people policies of Narendra Modi-led govt under Sarbananda Sonowal once again helped BJP in winning Assembly elections in Assam. Congratulations to PM Modi, CM Sonowal, J P Nadda and 'karyakartas' on BJP’s impressive victory in Assam: Defence Minister
Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Credit: PTI File Photo
Congress claims Grand Alliance of opposition parties will emerge victorious and form government in Assam once final results are out despite trends showing comeback for BJP.
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Akhil Gogoi is leading with at least 4,235 votes in the seventh round, tweets Raijor Dal party.
Can the BJP retain power in Assam? The ruling BJP-led NDA is surging ahead of the Grand Alliance spearheaded by the Congress, leading in 77 of the 119 seats, trends show.
From Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah to BJP president JP Nadda, top leaders of the saffron party have claimed in almost all poll rallies in Assam so far that the Congress and AIUDF would lay the “red carpet” for ghuspetias, or infiltrators from neighbouring Bangladesh. “Can Congress stop infiltration with Ajmal on their lap?” Modi has insinuated in almost every rally he has addressed in Assam so far.
Assam Jatiya Parishad leader Lurinjyoti Gogoi trailing in Naharkatia: Trends.
Assam Election Result 2021: Constituency-wise live data, party-wise performance, winners and losers
The high-pitched battle for Assam Assembly elections 2021 took place as the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic gripped the country.
Click here for the constituency-wise results for Assam Assembly elections
NDA leading in 77 seats, Grand Alliance ahead in 40 seats, trends show.
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BJP's Himanta Biswa Sarma leading from Jalukbari seat.
BJP candidate Himanta Biswa Sarma shows his finger marked with indelible ink after casting vote at a polling station. Credit: Twitter Photo/PTI
ECI takes serious note of reports coming in of congregation(s) of people to celebrate anticipated victory. EC has directed Chief Secretaries of all 5 states to file FIR in each such case, suspend concerned SHO and report action taken immediately of each such incidence: ECI
(ANI)
People blessed us, BJP to retain power in Assam: Sarbananda Sonowal
Elated over the initial trends of Assam poll results, which showed that the BJP has an edge over its rivals, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Sunday exuded confidence that the saffron party-led alliance will retain power in the state.
Election officials wearing faceshields and masks as a preventive measure against the Covid-19 coronavirus, count votes at a counting station for the Assam state legislative assembly elections in Guwahati on May 2, 2021. Credit: PTI Photo
NDA leading in 71 seats, Grand Alliance ahead in 38 in Assam, according to trends.
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As per the trends, it is clear that Bharatiya Janata Party will form the government in Assam: Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal
NDA leading in 61 seats, Grand Alliance in 26 in Assam, according to trends.
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Official trends for 98 seats | BJP leading on 50 seats, its ally Asom Gana Parishad on 11. Congress leading on 19 seats, its ally AIUDF on 9.
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Official trends for 59 seats | BJP leading on 31 seats, its ally Asom Gana Parishad on 6. Congress leading on 9, its ally AIUDF on 5.
(ANI)
Guwahati: Activists of Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) adviser Akhil Gogoi and others raise slogans during a protest against the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), in Guwahati, Thursday, December 5, 2019. Credit: PTI File Photo
Raijor Dal chief & jailed anti-CAA protest leader Akhil Gogoi leading from Sibsagar, according to initial trends.
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CM Sarbananda Sonowal, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, AGP chief Atul Bora leading from Majuli, Jalukbari and Bokakhat respectively, according to initial trends.
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According to official trends, Congress is leading on 1 seat
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Counting of votes in Assam Assembly polls begins at 331 centres
Counting of votes polled for 126 Assembly seats in Assam began at 331 counting centres at 8 am amid the spiralling Covid-19 cases.
Counting of votes for Assembly elections 2021 begins. Votes being counted across Assam, Kerala, Puducherry, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
Counting of votes for Assam Assembly polls to be held at two locations in Dibrugarh, at Dibrugarh Govt Boys Higher Secondary School and Deputy Commissioner Office, Dibrugarh.
Counting staff, counting agents arriving at counting venue & being given face masks, face shields etc at Halflong.
Will the CAA end BJP's run in Assam?
Did the anti-CAA anger that spilled onto the streets of Assam in December 2019 turn into votes against BJP? Or did the developmental activities of the BJP-led government manage to convince the voters to give them a second term?
Hajong tribal women show their voter identity cards as they wait in the queue to cast their votes at a polling Station for Assembly polls, at Boko in Kamrup district, Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Credit: PTI Photo
Assam verdict to decide the fate of alliance politics
The counting of votes on Sunday for Assembly elections in Assam would not just give a verdict about who would form the next government but would also decide the success of alliance politics, perhaps tried more vigorously for the first time.
Congress not to participate in poll debates on counting day
The Congress on Saturday decided that it will not participate in election debates on television on Sunday when the results for Assembly polls for five states are out.
Assam exempts journalists, known politicians coming from outside state for polls results from 7-day home quarantine
The Assam Government on Saturday exempted leaders of recognised political parties and accredited journalists arriving from outside in connection with the Assembly election from undergoing compulsory home quarantine for seven days.
Could Sunday herald the rise of a Federal Front?
The spectacular win of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls and its prolonged afterglow have managed to conceal another interesting electoral detail: the party that so dominates Parliament has an underwhelming record in Assembly polls.