BJP, allies get 41.5 per cent of votes in Assam

BJP and its alliance partners AGP and BPF swept the Assam Assembly polls garnering a total 41.5 per cent vote share, while the defeated ruling Congress got 31 per cent of the total votes polled.
The saffron party, which is forming the government in the state for the first time, upped its presence from only six MLAs to 60 and has secured voteshare of 29.5 per cent by logging 49,92,185 votes, according to the Election Commission's website.
BJP's poll partners Asom Gana Parishad got 8.1 per cent of share with 13,77,482 votes, while the Bodo Peoples Party got 3.9 per cent with 6,66,057 votes.

BJP had contested in 89 seats, AGP 20 and BPF 13 seats, while Congress fought in 122 seats, opposition AIUDF in 74 constituencies.
Congress alone has 31 per cent vote share logging 52,38,655 votes winning 26 seats.
AIUDF has secured vote share of 13 per cent with 22,07,945 votes and won 13 seats, followed by Independents at 11 per cent with 18,67,532 votes with only one of them winning.
The rest of the votes have been shared by CPM (0.6 per cent), CPI (0.2 per cent), BGanP (0.2 per cent) and NCP (0.3 per cent), according to the Election Commission.