Guwahati: The counting of votes for 126 assembly constituencies in Assam began on Monday to decide whether the ruling NDA retains power for the third successive term or the Congress-led opposition alliance wrests it.
The electoral fate of 722 candidates will be decided at 40 centres, where counting began across all 35 districts at 8 am.
Most of the districts have a single centre comprising all constituencies in each district, barring Nagaon, which has three centres, and Kokrajhar, Tinsukia and Jorhat, which have two centres each.
ECI Assam election results 2026 LIVE: In early counting trends, the BJP is ahead in several key Guwahati-area constituencies.
In Dimoria, AGP’s Tapan Das is leading, while INC’s Kishore Kumar Baruah is behind. In Dispur, Pradyut Bordoloi is significantly ahead, with INC and independent candidates trailing. In New Guwahati, BJP’s Diplu Ranjan Sarmah leads comfortably over INC’s Santanu Bora. In Guwahati Central, Vijay Kumar Gupta (BJP) is ahead of Kunki Choudhury (AJP), while in Jalukbari, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma leads over INC’s Bidisha Neog.
