Page 19 - Assam Assembly Polls

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

No pact with Bangladesh, so Vajpayee failed to solve infiltration issue: Amit Shah

Shah, however, declined to commit on deportation of illegal immigrants

Tracking the trend in Assam

A comparative analysis of contesting candidates in the Assam Assembly polls 2016 (Phases I, II), compared with those who contested the 2011 elections

Assam assembly polls: Infiltration continues to be major poll plank in state

While BJP is pledging to resolve the issue, ruling Congress claims it has already taken initiative in this regard

Assam assembly polls: Lack of tie-up with Left may split secular votes, says Tarun Gogoi

However, he ruled out any post-poll tie up with AIUDF led by Badruddin Ajmal, the face of Bengali Muslims

Assam assembly polls: People want development in state, says Sarbananda Sonowal

Sonowal, the BJP's chief ministerial candidate, also said that people want an administration that protect their culture too

Assam assembly polls: Over 35% polling recorded till midday

CM Tarun Gogoi along with his wife Dolly Gogoi, son and MP Gaurav Gogoi and brother Deep Gogoi were among the early voters

Assam assembly polls: 20% votes cast in first couple of hours

Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi, along with his wife Dolly Gogoi, son and MP Gaurav Gogoi cast their vote