Assam Assembly Election Results 2016 - As it happened
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!
May 19, 2016, 22:23 PM IST
Will decide after 2 years whether to continue in office: Tarun Gogoi
Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, who has declared that the current Assembly Elections as his last, will decide whether to continue in office after two years if he is elected again.
Apr 18, 2016, 00:11 AM IST
14 Assam constituencies record more than 90 pc turnout
In a record turnout, more than 90 per cent voters exercised their franchise in 14 constituencies in Assam in the second and final phase of just concluded Assembly polls.
Apr 13, 2016, 13:26 PM IST
Assembly Elections 2016: 79.91 percent voter turnout in West Bengal, 82.02 percent in Assam, says EC
Asserting that elections by far went peacefully in Assam and West Bengal, the Election Commission on Monday said that electorates came in good numbers to exercise their franchise.
Apr 11, 2016, 22:33 PM IST
Assam Assembly polls 2016: Decline in number of candidates with criminal records
There has been a decline of three per cent in the number of candidates with criminal records contesting Assam Assembly polls this year as compared to 2011 elections, an NGO said on the basis of self-sworn affidavits of the candidates.
Apr 08, 2016, 23:11 PM IST
PM Modi attacks Gogoi, says Congress running Assam with remote control
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday attacked the Tarun Gogoi-led Congress government in Assam for its alleged misrule and neglecting the people of the northeastern state.
Apr 08, 2016, 12:50 PM IST
Assam Assembly polls 2016: Campaigning ends for first phase, 539 candidates in fray
Campaigning in 65 assembly constituencies in Upper Assam, the north bank of Brahmaputra river and Barak Valley where polling will be held in the first phase on Monday, came to an end on Saturday.
Apr 02, 2016, 22:59 PM IST
40 percent candidates in Assam's first phase polls graduates, postgraduates
Fifty six percent of the 539 candidates in the first phase of Assam assembly elections are Class five to Class 12 passouts while another 40 percent are graduates or postgraduates, as per their declarations on educational qualifications.
Apr 02, 2016, 00:50 AM IST
Key Assam parties hailed for making tobacco control an issue
The Voluntary Health Association of Assam (VHAA) has welcomed the initiative of the major political parties in the state to include issues pertaining to tobacco control in their respective election manifestos following its advocacy efforts.
Mar 30, 2016, 11:42 AM IST
My fight is not against Tarun Gogoi, but against poverty, corruption: PM Narendra Modi in Assam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi kick-starts election campaign in Assam by addressing a rally at Tinsukia on Saturday. The top Bharatiya Janata Party leader will address four more public meetings in the poll bound state today and two others on Sunday.
Mar 26, 2016, 11:25 AM IST
