NDA secures majority in Assam, set to form govt. for third straight term

THE ruling NDA is set to form the government in Assam for the third time in a row after securing a majority with the alliance winning 77 seats, more than the halfway mark of 68 in the 126-member Assembly, on Monday (May 4, 2026) as the counting progresses in the State, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI) data.

While the BJP won 65 seats till 7 p.m., its allies — the Bodo Peoples' Front (BPF) bagged seven and the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) secured five. The BJP, AGP and BPF were leading in 17, five and three seats, respectively.

CM Himanta Biswa Sarma won the Jalukbari seat for a record sixth consecutive term, ECI data showed. He defeated Congress candidate Bidisha Neog by 89,434 votes.

In the Opposition camp, the Congress won seven seats and was leading in 12, while the AIUDF, Raijor Dal and Trinamool Congress bagged one seat each.

In a major blow to the Congress, its State president Gaurav Gogoi lost in Jorhat to veteran politician and sitting BJP MLA Hitendranath Goswami by 23,181 votes.