The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led in Assam, while the opposition Congress party trailed in the first 90 minutes after the vote counting, which began at 8 a.m. on Monday.
At 9:30 am, trends were available for 28 of the 126 seats, with the BJP leading in 19, and its allies, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF), in two and three.
The Congress Party was leading in only two seats and its ally, the Assam Jatiya Parishad, in one seat. The All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), which is not part of any alliance, was leading in one seat.
State Congress president Gaurav Gogoi, who contested from Jorhat, was trailing BJP legislator Hitendranath Goswami by more than 1,000 votes.
Ministers Bijosh Hazarika (Jagirud), Ajanta Neog (Golaghat), Ranoj Biju (Dhemaji), Prasanta Phukan (Dibrugarh) and former MP Pallab Lochan Das (Biswanath) were among the prominent BJP candidates.
The NDA hopes to return to power for the third time in a row in Assam, where opinion polls have predicted a landslide victory for the ruling alliance. The counting of votes took place in the states of Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry after the end of the largest electoral process since the 2024 elections.
