Assam Polls

Congress wrests Algapur constituency

Press Trust of India | Thursday February 28, 2013

Congress candidate Mandira Roy today wrested the Algapur Assembly constituency defeating her nearest AIUDF rival Mehbubul Hassan by 991 votes in the bypoll.

71.31 per cent voters cast vote in Algapur bypoll

Press Trust of India | Monday February 25, 2013

An estimated 71.31 per cent voters on Sunday cast their votes in the by-election to Algapur Assembly constituency in Assam's Barak Valley.

Dry days declared in border areas of Assam due to Nagaland polls

Press Trust of India | Friday February 22, 2013

Dry days have been declared in the Assam-Nagaland border areas by the Sibsagar district administration on Friday and Saturday due to the Nagaland Assembly elections.

Assam poll violence: Two more killed in police firing in Dhubri

Press Trust of India | Friday February 15, 2013

Two people were killed today and 11 others seriously injured in firing by security men amid clashes at a panchayat vote counting centre in Assam's Hatsingimari subdivision where indefinite curfew has been imposed.

Assam poll violence: Director General of Police says situation improving, defends police firing

Alok Pandey | Thursday February 14, 2013

No fresh killings have been reported from Assam's Goalpara district where protests by the Rabha Hajong tribe during Tuesday's village council elections triggered violence. The death toll has gone up to 21 today. Director General of Police, Jayanto Na...

Assam poll violence: Toll rises to 20 after overnight clashes, fresh police firing; curfew imposed

Alok Pandey | Thursday February 14, 2013

Three more people have died in police firing in Assam's Goalpara district, taking the death toll in the last one day to 20. Thirteen people have died in police firing and six in clashes, which continued overnight between the Rabha Hajong tribe, which...

75 per cent voting reported in violence-hit Assam local polls

Edited by Amit Chaturvedi (With PTI inputs) | Tuesday February 12, 2013

An estimated 75 per cent electorate exercised their franchise in the third and final phase of panchayat elections in Assam today which was marred by violence leaving 10 dead and several others, including security personnel, injured.

11 killed in police firing during local polls in Assam; Army deployed

Reported by Alok Pandey; Edited by Shamik Ghosh | Wednesday February 13, 2013

Eleven people have been shot dead in clashes between police and tribal groups opposed to local elections in Assam. The Army has now been deployed to help the local police maintain law and order in Goalpara district, where the clashes were reported.

Assam election results: Tarun Gogoi wins for a third time

NDTV Correspondent | Saturday May 14, 2011

Tarun Gogoi is set for an unprecedented third term as Chief Minister of Assam.? Today, voters gave his party, the Congress, 76 of the 126 seats in Assam -? five more than what the party had in the last Assembly.?Anti-incumbency, says Mr Gogoi, cannot over-rule development."The secret ...

Stage set for counting of votes in Assam

Press Trust of India | Thursday May 12, 2011

The stage is set for counting of votes for Assam Assembly on Friday more than a month after the polls to decide the fate of 1,081 candidates in 126 seats.Polling, by and large peaceful, was held in two phases on April 4 and April 11 and recorded a high voter turnout of more than 75 per cent.Official...

Narendra Modi takes on PM for not voting in Assam polls

NDTV Correspondent | Thursday April 14, 2011

Never a man to miss a political opportunity, Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi took a dig at Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday, using the occasion of Dr BR Ambedkar's birth anniversary."I am pained that India's PM Dr Manmohan Singh, who is a voter in Assam, did not go to Assam to vote in ...

Assam polls: 70.35 per cent voter turnout in final phase

Press Trust of India | Monday April 11, 2011

Barring some clashes and police firing that injured 22 people, the second and last phase of assembly polls in Assam passed off peacefully today with a voter turnout of 70.35 per cent.At least 22 people were injured and one of them was hospitalised as forces baton charged voters and fired in air twic...

Assam polls: Enthusiastic voters turn out in large numbers

Press Trust of India | Monday April 11, 2011

Voters, dressed in colourful attire, turned out in large numbers in front of the polling stations as serpentine queues were seen in almost all the 64 assembly constituencies of Assam going to poll today for the second phase.From an old man carried by his son, to a 90-year old lady with a walking sti...

Assam elections: Final phase of polling today

Press Trust of India | Monday April 11, 2011

The stage is all set for the second and final phase of polls in 64 Assembly constituencies in 14 districts of Central and Lower Assam today.Polling will be held amidst tight security as violence was feared in the four Bodo Territorial Administered Districts (BTAD), where the Ranjan Daimary led anti-...

Assam polls: 75 per cent turnout in first phase

Press Trust of India | Monday April 4, 2011

An estimated 75 per cent voters today exercised their franchise in the first phase of the Assam assembly election covering 62 of the 126 constituencies, which was by and large peaceful."The figure is likely to cross 75 per cent as reports from remote areas are still coming in", Additional Chief Elec...