Assam Panchayat results: Counting of votes had begun at 8 am on Sunday (May 11)
As Assam Panchayat results are being declared with counting of votes underway since 8 am on Sunday (May 11), the BJP and its allies have had an almost clean sweep while the Congress, the main Opposition party in the State, has been decimated in these grassroots-level elections.
While the BJP and its ally AGP have emerged victorious in 307 out of the total 397 Zila Parishad seats, the Congress won in just 62 seats while other parties and Independents have won 28 seats.
On the other hand, out of the total 2,192 Anchalik Panchayat seats, NDA candidates have won 1,409 seats while the Congress won just 122 seats while others have won 41 seats.
The Congress has also suffered massive setbacks in Upper Assam districts, including Jorhat and Sivasagar districts which fall under the Jorhat Parliamentary constituency from where Gaurav Gogoi had won the general elections last year.
In both Jorhat and Sivasagar district, the Congress party failed to win even a single Zila Parishad or Anchalik Panchayat seat.
In almost every district in Upper Assam, the party has put up a disappointing show with BJP and AGP candidates winning most of the Zila Parishad and Anchalik Panchayat seats.
The Panchayat polls are being seen as the semi-finals ahead of next year’s assembly elections in the State.
Elections were held in 27 districts of Assam in two phases — on May 2 and 7.
Elections in the first phase were held in Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, Charaideo, Sivasagar, Majuli, Jorhat, Golaghat, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, Sonitpur, Biswanath, Cachar, Hailakandi, and Sreebhumi districts on May 2.
On the other hand, polls in the second phase on May 7 in Barpeta, Bajali, Nalbari, Kamrup, Kamrup Metro, Hojai, Nagaon, Morigaon, Darrang, Dhubri, South Salmara, Mankachar, Goalpara and Bongaigaon.
A total of 1,289 candidates — 21 Zila Parishad members, 151 Anchalik Panchayat members and 1,117 Gaon Panchayat members — were elected unopposed prior to the two-phase elections.
[Updated till 7 pm on Monday (May 12)]
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