Assembly elections of five states declared

Q.  Which party won in the Assembly elections for Assam?

- Published on 20 May 16

a. INC
b. BJP
c. SP
d. Left front

ANSWER: BJP
 
Assembly election results of five states — Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry — were declared on May 19, 2016. BJP won in Assam while INC won 17 of 30 seats in Puducherry. BPS also emerged as a strong party with government in 9 states and power sharing in 4 states.
  • Congress is in power in only 6 of 29 states.
  • Pime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won power for the first time in the northeastern state of Assam.
  • The Left Democratic Front (LDF) won 91 seats with the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) at 47 in a state that has stuck to its trend of not voting the same government in twice.
  • Tamil Nadu has bucked a similar trend of yo yo politics, handing Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa a second successive term. The AIADMK won 134 seats, well past the half-way mark at 118, while the DMK-Congress got 98 seats.
  • Mamata Banerjee has constructed another sweep, with her Trinamool Congress winning 211 of the state’s 294 seats. The Left-Congress alliance was far behind at 77.

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