Assam chief electoral officer Anurag Goel stated that preparations for counting of votes on 4 May for the assembly election, held on 9 April 2026, have been completed. The counting will start at 8 am simultaneously in 40 designated centres across 35 counting districts. The ECI deputed 126 counting observers (IAS officers from rest of India) for Assam along with 2,348 micro-observers (all central government employees) for the process. A total of 5,981 counting officials will be deputed for the counting day, where the final results are expected by the evening hours. Terming it a historic election, where 85.91 percent of 2,50,54,463 Assam electorates participated in the single-phase polling on 9 April to elect their representatives out of 722 candidates from different political parties and independent contenders. He also added that the last five assembly elections in Assam witnessed the voters’ turnout as 82.02 percent in 2021, 84.64 % in 2016, 76.05 % in 2011, 75.72 % in 2006 and 75.16 % in 2001.
Amazingly, all the major exit polls forecast the return of Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance in Assam elections, only varying the number of winning constituencies from 70 to 100 plus in the 126-member assembly. The opposition alliance led by Indian National Congress along with other contenders was projected to win far less than the majority mark of 64 seats. When the BJP, expecting a third consecutive term in Dispur, was predicted to cross the halfway mark independently by all the poll surveyors, the Congress was put nearly half of the magic number in those reviews.
Peoples Pulse research organization, in its exit polls, indicated a decisive mandate in favour of the National Democratic Alliance, where the BJP is projected to win between 69 and 73 seats. According to their survey, BJP ally Asom Gana Parishad may win 8–11 seats and another collaborator Bodoland People’s Front is expected to get 8–9 seats. On the other hand, the Congress is projected to win 22 to 26 seats only, where other parties namely All India United Democratic Front, United People’s Party Liberal, Communist Party of India-Marxist along with independents may win a negligible number of seats. Today’s Chanakya indicated a landslide victory for the BJP-led alliance offering 93 to 111 seats, where the opposition bloc may get 14 to 32 seats and others will be limited within two seats. Similarly, JVC exit poll projected a win in 88-101 seats for the BJP-AGP-BPF alliance and 23-33 seats for the opposition alliance and around 5 for others.
Metrize provided 85-95 seats for the ruling alliance, 25-32 seats for the opposition block with 6-12 for others and Kamakhya Analytics predicted 85-95 seats for the BJP block and 26-39 seats for the opposition alliance with 0-3 seats for others. On the other hand, Axis My India predicted 88-100 seats for the saffron alliance and 24-36 seats for the opposition group, where the BJP alone is shown as winner in 70-80 seats and Congress independently in 22-30 seats. It gave others from zero to three seats. Poll Diary forecast 86-101 seats for the NDA, 15-26 sets for the Congress front and zero for others. People’s Insight exit poll offered 88-96 seats for the BJP, 30-34 seats for the Congress alliances with 2-4 seats for others. At the same time, P-MARQ gave 82- 94 seats to BJP allies and 30-40 seats for the opposition, where Janmat predicted 87-98 seats for the saffron alliance and 29-30 seats for the Congress front.
Assam readies for assembly poll counting on Monday
