Assam Assembly Election 2016 News
Newly-elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators in Assam will meet here on Sunday to elect Sarbananda Sonowal as the leader of the legislature party, formalising the choice as the new Chief Minister of the state.
Women representatives will thus comprise only 6.35 per cent of the 126-member house, lower than the 11.1 per cent in the last assembly.
Gogoi went to the Raj Bhawan this evening and tendered his resignation to the Governor who asked him to continue till the new government assumes office.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief ministerial candidate in Assam Sarbananda Sonowal on Friday thanked the people of the northeastern state for `overwhelming love`.
The BJP on Thursday made history in Assam, decimating Congress which was dethroned in Kerala too even as Jayalalithaa and Mamata Banerjee romped home for a second consecutive term in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.
BJP President Amit Shah too has congratulated the prime minister and CM designate Sarbananda Sonowal over the emphatic victory in Assam.
PM Modi said on Thursday - "I thank the people of this country for reposing faith in the BJP."
BJP is all set to form the government in Assam as the final tally is out. BJP and its two poll allies AGP and BPF have secured 86 seats in the 126-member assembly. Catch all the latest updates here!
Taken aback by the drubbing the Left Front-Congress alliance received in the West Bengal assembly polls, two opposition leaders, who played a key role in forging the unlikely pact, on Thursday blamed the "adverse political atmosphere" and the "selective transfer of BJP votes in specific constituencies" for the electoral debacle.
While the non-performing and corrupt governments in some states were rejected, voters clearly preferred the development plank of incumbent governments which promised to usher their states in a new era of growth and prosperity. Here are the key takeaways from these elections.
As the Congress is inching close to face identity crisis after losing two more prominent states – Assam and Kerala – on Thursday, the party leaders think its time to promote vice president Rahul Gandhi.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday congratulated his Tamil Nadu and West Bengal counterparts J Jayalalithaa and Mamata Banerjee over the victory of AIADMK and All India Trinamool Congress in the Assembly elections.
Hitting out at Congress, Shah said, “Assembly Election Results show that people who trying to disrupt Parliament and politicise issues have been shown doors by voters.”
The BJP was on the road to victory in Assam for the first time.
The 47-year-old street smart politician was once the blue-eyed boy of Tarun Gogoi.
With Congress displaying a dismal performance in Assembly Election in West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Assam, party vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accepted defeat with humility.
In the history of Indian politics, BJP for the first time opened its account in Kerala Assembly Election 2016.
Keeping in view the latest trends available so far, BJP+ ( BJP-AGP-BPF alliance) has taken a huge lead and it seems the party is all set to form its first government in BJP-AGP-BPF alliance) has taken a huge lead and it seems the party is all set to form its first government in Assam. BJP+ is leading on more than 80 seats, while Congress is ahead just in 22 constituencies.
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