2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election
The 2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election was the 15th quinquennial legislative assembly election held in the Indian state of Assam from March 27 to April 6 in three phases, to elect 126 MLAs to the 15th Assam Legislative Assembly. The votes were counted and the result declared on Sunday, 2 May. The term of the previous Fourteenth Legislative Assembly of Assam ended on 31 May 2021.
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All 126 seats in the Assam Legislative Assembly 64 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Registered | 23,436,864 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turnout | 82.42% (2.30%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Seats by party United People's Party Liberal : 6 seats | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seats by coalition National Democratic Alliance : 75 seats Mahajot : 50 seats Raijor Dol: 1 seat | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election saw the incumbent BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) retaining power with 75 seats, which marks the first time a non-INC alliance winning consecutive terms in the state. The Mahajot led by INC won 50 seats, increasing its tally from 26 in 2016. Jailed activist and Raijor Dal founder and President Akhil Gogoi contested the election as an independent candidate and won the Sibsagar seat by a margin of 11,875 votes.