<p>The ruling <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/bjp">Bhartiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) alone led in majority of the constituencies in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/assam">Assam</a>, touching 78 seats, according to the Election Commission of India. </p><p>While BJP leads comfortably, its alliances of the NDA, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF) are ahead in 10 seats each. </p><p>Meanwhile, the Congress leads in 24 seats The AIUDF is leading in two seat, according to the EC.</p>.Assam Assembly elections 2026: How Assam voted in the past?.<p>Assam Congress president and chief Gaurav Gogoi was trailing in the Jorhat assembly constituency, while Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was leading from the Jalukbari seat. </p><p>AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi was also ahead in Khowang, while Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi was leading in Sibsagar which he represented as an Independent in the outgoing assembly.</p><p>NDA's alliance partner AGP's president Atul Bora and working president Keshab Mahanta, both ministers in Sarma's cabinet, were leading in Bokakhat and Kaliabor respectively.</p><p>The counting of votes began at 8 am, with postal ballots being taken up first.</p><p>Polling in all 126 assembly constituencies in the state was held in a single phase on April 9 with a record 85.96 per cent of the 2.5 crore voters having exercised their franchise. </p>
<p>The ruling <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/bjp">Bhartiya Janata Party</a> (BJP) alone led in majority of the constituencies in <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tags/assam">Assam</a>, touching 78 seats, according to the Election Commission of India. </p><p>While BJP leads comfortably, its alliances of the NDA, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF) are ahead in 10 seats each. </p><p>Meanwhile, the Congress leads in 24 seats The AIUDF is leading in two seat, according to the EC.</p>.Assam Assembly elections 2026: How Assam voted in the past?.<p>Assam Congress president and chief Gaurav Gogoi was trailing in the Jorhat assembly constituency, while Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma was leading from the Jalukbari seat. </p><p>AJP president Lurinjyoti Gogoi was also ahead in Khowang, while Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi was leading in Sibsagar which he represented as an Independent in the outgoing assembly.</p><p>NDA's alliance partner AGP's president Atul Bora and working president Keshab Mahanta, both ministers in Sarma's cabinet, were leading in Bokakhat and Kaliabor respectively.</p><p>The counting of votes began at 8 am, with postal ballots being taken up first.</p><p>Polling in all 126 assembly constituencies in the state was held in a single phase on April 9 with a record 85.96 per cent of the 2.5 crore voters having exercised their franchise. </p>
