Assam Assembly Polls

Assam election 2021: 76.96% turnout recorded in 'peaceful' phase 2 polling; EC issues notice to Himanta Biswa Sarma

Long queues were seen outside most of the 10,592 polling stations across the 13 districts in the Barak Valley, the Hill region and parts of Central and Lower Assam since early morning

Assam Election 2021: 39 seats to vote in Phase 2 today; list of constituencies, key candidates in fray

The first phase of elections in the state was held on 27 March, while voting in the third and final phase is scheduled to be held on 6 April

Assam Assembly polls: 8 newspapers get EC notice over ad claiming BJP's victory in phase 1

The notices were sent to the newspapers following a complaint filed by the Congress alleging that the advertisement violated the Model Code of Conduct

Assam polls: Why did BJP spend crores on newspaper ad if confident of winning all Upper Assam seats, asks Congress

Congress also filed a police complaint against Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP chief JP Nadda, and eight newspapers for 'camouflaging an ad as news' predicting BJP's victory in all Upper Assam seats

Assam Assembly election 2021, Jorhat profile: BJP's Hitendra Nath Goswami defeated Congress' Rana Goswami in 2016

The voter turnout in the Jorhat constituency in the 2016 election was 79.86 percent, while in the 2011 election, the polling percentage was 68.17 percent

Assam Assembly election 2021, Ripun Bora profile: Congress' state chief hopes to retain Gohpur stronhold

In 2016, Bora was both elected to the Rajya Sabha after which he was appointed the Assam Congress chief in place of Anjan Datta, who died after a brief illness, by Sonia Gandhi

Assam Assembly election 2021, Atul Bora profile: Former AASU chief is credited with breathing new life into AGP

As a student, Bora participated in the Assam movement. Before becoming the AASU chief, he served as the organisation's organising and general secretary

Assam Assembly election 2021, Naharkatia profile: Assam Jatiya Parishad chief Lurinjyoti Gogoi to contest from seat

The sitting MLA, AGP's Naren Sonowal, won the seat in the 2016 polls by garnering 46,051 votes or 46.75 percent of the vote share

Assam Assembly election 2021, Duliajan profile: Chief of newly-formed Assam Jatiya Parishad party to fight BJP

The Assam Jatiya Parishad has forged an alliance with the Raijor Dal party of jailed anti-citizenship law activist Akhil Gogoi

Assam Assembly election 2021, Chabua profile: CAA likely to play significant factor in town rocked by 2019 violence

The BJP will not be contesting from the Chabua seat in the upcoming Assembly election, but has given it to its ally, AGP, in their seat-sharing arrangement