Assam panchayat polls: BJP-led NDA secures win, CM Himanta hails occasion management, guarantees new schemes


The NDA gained 300 of 397 Zilla Parishad seats and 1,436 of two,192 Anchalik Panchayat seats throughout 27 districts.

Guwahati:

The BJP-led NDA has secured a sweeping victory within the 2025 panchayat polls in Assam. Alongside ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), the NDA gained 300 of 397 Zilla Parishad seats and 1,436 of two,192 Anchalik Panchayat seats throughout 27 districts.

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, talking on the state BJP headquarters in Guwahati, hailed the result as a powerful endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s management and the NDA’s welfare-focused governance.

He expressed gratitude to BJP president JP Nadda, Union Dwelling Minister Amit Shah, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, and senior BJP chief BL Santosh for his or her help.

The NDA secured 76.22 p.c of the vote in Zilla Parishads and 66 p.c in Anchalik Panchayats. Of the Anchalik Panchayat seats, BJP gained 1,265 and AGP 171, whereas Congress managed 72 Zilla Parishad seats and 21 p.c in Anchalik Panchayats.

Sarma known as the outcomes a transparent pro-incumbency mandate, noting a 26 p.c enhance in seat and vote share in comparison with 2018. He stated this landslide victory, coming a yr forward of the 2026 Meeting elections, builds on BJP’s sturdy exhibiting within the 2024 Lok Sabha polls.

He highlighted that the NDA gained practically all Zilla Parishad seats in Hindu-majority areas and made inroads in minority-dominated constituencies, securing 5 such seats and ending second in a number of others. Sarma instructed these features may translate into wins in over 100 meeting seats if the pattern continues.

The Chief Minister additionally introduced that new growth schemes can be rolled out from subsequent month, boosting public help additional forward of 2026.

The panchayat elections have been held in two phases, on Might 2 and Might 7. The NDA carried out strongly in districts together with Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Majuli, Sonitpur, Nagaon, and others.

In a message on X, Sarma thanked the individuals of Assam and described the result as a powerful vote of confidence within the NDA’s imaginative and prescient.