Page 16 - Assam Assembly Polls

Battle for Assam: BJP eyes Congress bastion

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looked optimistic of forming the government in Assam under the leadership of Sarbananda Sonowal

Assam Assembly polls: Counting begins for 126 Assembly seats

Polling in Assam was held in two phases on April 4 and April 11

Assam assembly polls: Badruddin Ajmal sees greater role for AIUDF at national level

Ajmal plans on campaigning in the Uttar Pradesh polls next year as part of the 'grand alliance'

Assam assembly polls: Will Himanta Biswa Sarma make BJP's luck in the state?

While Sarbananda Sonowal is projected as the BJP's CM candidate, is it Sarma that the party is mainly depending on to fight for them at a street level

Assam assembly polls: Will Majuli see the rise of a new star for BJP or more of the same?

The constituency will see BJP's chief ministerial candidate Sarbananda Sonowal go up against sitting MLA Rajib Lochan Pegu of Congress

Assam assembly polls: Will Prafulla Kumar Mahanta manage to ditch his 'fading star' moniker?

Mahanta will face off against AIUDF's Shariful Islam Siddique and Congress' Suresh Bora in Barhampur

Assam assembly polls: Badruddin Ajmal - Will he stand strong against the political bigwigs?

While AIUDF has an increasing hold on Muslims within the state, Ajmal takes pride in the 'all-embracing approach' of the party

Assam assembly polls: Will Sarbananda Sonowal break Gogoi's 15-year rule?

53-year-old Sonowal is BJP's CM candidate and one of the most popular candidates in Assam

Assam assembly polls: 15 years of Gogoi - Anti-incumbency or home-ground advantage

Titabor, which has been Gogoi's seat for 15 years, has a record for returning Congress candidates since independence, barring once

Assam assembly polls: More or less a done deal; Himanta likely to bag Jalukbari again

The former blue-eyed boy of chief minister Tarun Gogoi stands in fray with Congress candidate Niren Deka

Assam assembly polls: Two-time former CM Prafulla Kumar Mahanta squares off against former aide

Mahanta has enjoyed the privilege of being Barhampur MLA for five consecutive times. Will the trend continue?

Assam assembly polls: Assam's youngest major party takes on Congress in Salmara South

AIUDF chief Badaruddin Ajmal is pitted against Siraj Hussain of BJP and Wazed Ali Choudhury of Congress

Assam assembly polls: BJP, AIUDF explore post-poll deal

An AIUDF leader said that Badruddin Ajmal had been approached by the BJP

Increase in assets of re-contesting MLAs in Assam

Assets of members of the Assam Legislative Assembly who were elected in 2011 have increased substantially over five years. According to the election watchdog Association for Democratic Reform (ADR), based on the sworn affidavits of those MLAs elected in 2011 and are seeking re-election in 2016, the assets of several members of the Legislative Assembly have increased many times in their five-year term. The increase is secular across party lines. Here is a list of the 10 MLAs whose assets have gone up the most dramatically between 2011 and 2016

Govt, BJP milk PM's Saudi visit to reach out to Muslims in Assam, Bengal and Kerala

Minority Affairs Minister Najma Heptulla says the visit sent positive message in Assam

Assam polls: BJP hopes to gain from PM's Riyadh visit, Sufi conference

Assam concludes voting for crucial second phase where Muslims are a determining factor

Assam assembly polls: 40% votes cast till midday

Security measures were intensified along the international boundary with Bangladesh and Bhutan, to ensure smooth functioning

PM Modi's allegations that I did nothing for Assam not true: Manmohan Singh

Singh said that the people will "reward the Congress for the good work it has done for the people of the state for the last 15 years"

Assembly polls: CRPF fire in air to control agitating voters in Assam

Voters agitated over alleged misbehaviour of a jawan of the central force with a pregnant woman in Kamrup district

Assembly polls: 25% polling recorded in Assam, 20% in West Bengal

The first phase of polling in Assam on April 4 had witnessed an 82.20% voter turnout in 65 Assembly constituencies