BJP retains power in Assam; Himanta wins for fifth time

Geetashree Tamuli, wife of Raijor Dal President Akhil Gogoi who won Assam polls from Sivasagar while being in a prison, in Guwahati, on Sunday. Pic/PTI

Assam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday thanked the people of Assam for supporting the National Democratic Alliance in the Assembly polls. After winning a fifth consecutive term in Assembly polls, BJP leader and senior Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that he did not want to talk about who would become the next chief minister of the state as the decision will be made by the party's central parliamentary board.

2016 Results
Total seats 126
BJP 60
Congress 26
AGP 14
AIUDF 13
OTHERs 13

BJP + 64
Cong + 35
AIUDF 16
OTHER 02
Agp 09
Total no. of seats 126
SOURCE: Election Commission of India

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