BJP leading in Assam panchayat polls

  • | Monday | 17th December, 2018

GUWAHATI: The BJP is maintaining a lead in Assam panchayat polls by pocketing 41 per cent of the total seats and marching ahead of the Congress which secured 32 per cent of the seats, as counting continued for the fifth day on Sunday.The BJP has bagged 10,953 seats, followed by the Congress 8,646, Independents 2,927 as counting for the 26,808 posts across the state continued, Assam State Election Commissioner (ASEC) said in a press rel;ease.The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), an alliance partner of the BJP-led government which contested independently, was in the fourth position with 1,853 seats till Sunday evening while minority dominated, the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) of the opposition, bagged 1,309 posts, the ASEC said.

GUWAHATI: The BJP is maintaining a lead in Assam panchayat polls by pocketing 41 per cent of the total seats and marching ahead of the Congress which secured 32 per cent of the seats, as counting continued for the fifth day on Sunday.The BJP has bagged 10,953 seats, followed by the Congress 8,646, Independents 2,927 as counting for the 26,808 posts across the state continued, Assam State Election Commissioner (ASEC) said in a press rel;ease.The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), an alliance partner of the BJP-led government which contested independently, was in the fourth position with 1,853 seats till Sunday evening while minority dominated, the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) of the opposition, bagged 1,309 posts, the ASEC said.

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