Friday, March 29, 2024

BJP to contest from 92 seats in Assam; names 17 for final phase





The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has announced it will contest the upcoming Assam Assembly elections from 92 seats while its alliance partners will field their candidates from the remaining seats in the 126-member Assembly. 

The saffron party also released a list of 17 candidates for the third and final phase of the Assam polls.

The BJP is contesting the assembly elections in an alliance with Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL), who are part of the North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA), the regional arm of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

The Congress, which was in power in Assam for 15 years since 2001, has formed a ‘Grand Alliance’ with AIUDF, BPF, CPI, CPI(M), CPI(ML), Anchalik Gana Morcha (AGM), RJD and Jimochayan (Deori) Peoples’ Party (JPP) to fight the elections against the BJP-led NDA.

Elections will be held in three phases on March 27, April 1 and April 6. Results will be declared on May 2.

The 2016 elections in Assam gave a fractured mandate as no party got an absolute majority.

The BJP had emerged as the single-largest party with 60 MLAs, while its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) had won 14 and 12 seats respectively. The ruling coalition also had the support of an Independent MLA.

The Congress had won 26 seats, while the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) bagged 13 constituencies.

 


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