1 min readNew DelhiUpdated: May 10, 2026 12:07 PM IST
Himanta Biswa Sarma was elected as the leader of the BJP legislature party in Assam on Sunbday.
Sarma will meet the governor later in the day to stake claim to form the new government, starting off his third consecutive term as the chief minister of Assam.
In the recently concluded elections in the northeastern states, the BJP won 82 seats, leading the National Democratic Alliance to 102 with Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) and the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) winning 10 constituencies each.
This is the NDA’s third consecutive win in Assam, with the the BJP clocking its highest-ever tally in the state. In 2021, the BJP had won 60 seats.
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