Assam Assembly election: CM Sarbananda Sonowal files nomination from Majuli

Majuli (Assam): Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Tuesday (March 9) filed his nomination from Majuli Assembly constituency for the second time, forward of the Assembly polls.

The time period of the 14th Legislative Assembly of Assam is as much as May 31, 2021. The Assembly elections for 126 seats will probably be held in three phases beginning from March 27. In 2016 Assembly polls have been held in two phases. A complete of two,32,44,454 electors will elect the candidates in Assam for the fifteenth Legislative Assembly of Assam. Of the 126 seats, the variety of reserved seats for SCs is eight and for STs, it’s 16. The variety of polling cubicles in Assam has been elevated from 24,890 to 33,530, a rise of 35.71 per cent. 

In Assam, elections shall be held in three phases. The first section of notification is March 2 and 47 seats in 12 districts will go to the polls. The final date of nomination March 9 and the date of ballot is March 27. 

In the second section, 39 constituencies in 13 districts will go to the polls on April 1. A complete of 41 constituencies in 12 districts will go to the polls on April 6.

In 2016, the BJP scripted historical past and shaped the federal government for the primary time within the state ending Congress`s 15-year rule. BJP and its allies Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Bodoland People`s Front (BPF) gained a mixed 86 seats within the 126-member Assam Assembly. 

BJP bagged 60 seats, AGP 14, and BPF 12 seats. Congress, which ran the state for 3 straight phrases below the management of Tarun Gogoi, might handle to win solely 26 seats.

In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, BJP gained 9 of the 14 parliamentary seats whereas its allies the AGP, and the BPF drew a clean. On the opposite hand, Congress bagged three seats and the AIUDF and an impartial gained one seat every.

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Earlier in January, the Assam Congress unit had introduced that 5 political events together with Congress, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF), Communist Party of India (CPI), CPI (Marxist), CPI (Marxist-Leninist), and Anchalik Gana Morcha would contest the state Assembly polls collectively to oust the Sonowal authorities from energy.

The BJP is relying closely on central management to return to energy once more within the state. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP chief JP Nadda visited the state and addressed the massive gatherings in numerous components of the state.