STAFF REPORTER
GUWAHATI: The BJP-led alliance is set to form the government at Dispur by securing 75 seats. The Congress-led alliance, on the other hand, is stuck at 50, till the filing of this report.
While the BJP-AGP-UPPL alliance did well in Upper Assam and North Bank, the Congress-led alliance performed well in Lower Assam and the Barak Valley. In Upper Assam, the Congress had to pay the price in the form of four seats – Sivasagar, Sarupathar, Doomdooma and Golaghat – for allying with the AIUDF. The worst setback for Congress is that its president Ripun Bora was defeated in Gohpur. Ajanta Neog made it to Dispur from Golaghat on a BJP ticket.
While the tally of the AGP fell to nine from 14 in 2016, the BPF suffered the worst setback when its three ministers – Pramila Rani Brahma, Chandan Brahma and Rihan Daimary – were defeated.
Till the time of filing of this report, the BJP was leading to winning in 60 seats, AGP in 9 seats, Congress in 30, AIUDF in 15, BPF in 4, Raijar Dal 1, CPI(M) 1 and the UPPL in 6 seats. In the two hill districts – Karbi Anglong and Dima Hasao – all the five seats went to the BJP.
In Central Assam, BJP's Angoorlata Deka lost her Batadrava seat to Shibamoni Bora of the Congress.
The Congress-led alliance did well in the Barak Valley by leading to a win in nine seats, leaving six seats for the BJP.
Amongst the three newly created regional parties – AJP, Raijar Dal and the Anchalik Gana Morcha – only Raijar Dal president Akhil Gogoi came out the winner from Sivasagar.
Amongst the biggest winners, while Himanta Biswa Sarma from Jalukbari defeated his nearest Congress rival by a margin of around 1.30 lakh votes, in Dispur LAC BJP candidate Atul Bora defeated his nearest Congress rival by around 1.20 lakh votes.
In the Congress-led alliance only the AIUDF is benefitted, but not the Congress.