Assam election results: BJP leads Congress, NDA ahead in nearly 100 seats

The counting of votes in the 2026 Assam Assembly elections was underway on Monday.

As of 10.55 am, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance was leading in 98 seats and the Congress-led bloc in 26 in early trends, data from the Election Commission showed.

The BJP was leading in 78 seats and the Congress in 25.

The All India United Democratic Front was leading in two seats.

A party of an alliance needs 64 seats in the 126-member Assembly for a majority.

The counting began at 8 am. Polling was held on April 9. Several exit polls have predicted that the BJP would win the elections.

Follow Scroll’s coverage of the 2026 Assam Assembly elections here.

In 2021, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance retained power with 75 seats. While Sarbananda Sonowal was the chief minister during the National Democratic Alliance’s first term between 2016 and 2021, Himanta Biswa Sarma had taken over the position after the election.

The voter turnout in Assam was 85.9%, the highest ever in the state. In the 2021 polls, the state had recorded a turnout of 82%.

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