The Assam assembly election results have revealed a striking rare pattern: only two parties, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Bodoland People's Front (BPF), secured more than 50% of the votes in the constituencies they contested, according to a detailed statistical report released by the Election Commission (EC) on Friday.
BJP's Performance
Despite contesting nine seats fewer than the Congress, the BJP polled over 17 lakh more votes. The BJP contested in 90 of the 126 seats and won 82. Its vote share in the contested constituencies stood at 54.84%, a first for the party in Assam. With a total of 81,92,498 votes polled in its favor, its overall vote share of the state's valid votes was 38.29%, which reduces to 37.81% when NOTA votes are taken into account.
This feat of crossing the 50% mark is similar to the 2022 Gujarat assembly election, where the BJP crossed the 50% mark. Since it contested all 182 seats, the overall vote share and the vote share in contested seats were identical at 52.5%.
India's multi-party system means votes are split among several contenders, and a single party bagging more than 50% vote share is very rare.
In the 2021 Assam election, the BJP's vote share in the 93 seats it contested was 45.71%, while its share of the votes polled in the entire state was 33.21%. The BJP had contested in 93 of the 126 seats and won 60. Back then, only the All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) had a vote share over 50% in the seats it contested, winning 16 of the 20 seats it contested.
BPF's Strong Showing
The BPF, on the other hand, though contesting only 11 seats in 2026, emerged as a regional powerhouse, winning 10 of them. With a 3.77% overall share of valid votes, the party crossed the 50.76% mark in contested seats, reflecting its deep local connect and strong grassroots presence in the Bodoland areas.
Congress and Other Parties
In contrast, the Congress in 2026 contested 99 seats and won only 19, recording a share of 37.49% of votes in the seats it contested. Its overall share of valid votes was 30.21%, and 29.84% when NOTA votes are counted.
Regional parties like the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the AIUDF retained pockets of influence but did not cross the 50% threshold in their constituencies.
Independents, who contested in large numbers, polled 4.43% of votes but failed to secure any wins, while NOTA accounted for 1.23%, signaling modest voter dissatisfaction.
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Prabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is currently the Chief of Bureau (northeast). He has been reporting in mainstream Indian national media since 2001. He has been a field journalist reporting on a gamut of issues from India's northeastern region and major developments in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh concerning India and the northeastern region. He has been covering insurgency—internal and cross-border, politics, natural calamities, environment, etc. He is a post-graduate in Geological Sciences from Gauhati University.
