BTC Polls: BPF surges to lead in 16 Constituencies, UPPL leads in 12

KOKRAJHAR: It seems like status quo has been restored in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) as the Bodoland People's Front (BPF) party has surged to leads in 16 of the 40 Constituencies, while the United People's Party Liberal (UPPL) is leading in 13 Seats.

Meanwhile, the BJP party is leading in 10 of the 40 Constituencies. Both the Congress-AIUDF and the Gana Suraksha Party (GSP) are leading in one seat each.

Meanwhile, BPF supremo Hagrama Mohilary has surged to a lead in the Kachugaon Constituency where he was trailing a while back.

The election assumes significance as it is the first election in BTAD after the signing of the Bodo peace accord and the formation of Bodoland Territorial Region (BTR) earlier this year. The UPPL and BJP parties have assured to implement the tenets of the Accord in letter and in spirit.

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It needs mention here that over 78 percent voter turnout was recorded on Thursday in Bodo Territorial Council’s (BTC) second and final phase of polling, which witnessed police firing in the air to control a clash between BPF and UPPL supporters in Chirang district of Assam.

Till the closing of polls at 4.30 pm, 78.80 per cent of 10,23,404 voters exercised their franchise, deciding the fate of 111 candidates for 19 constituencies spread across Kokrajhar and Chirang districts.

The much-awaited voting for the BTC began on December 7 with over 77.01 per cent voters exercising their franchise in the first phase of polling for 21 seats in Udalguri and Baksa districts, where 130 candidates have contested. Out of the total 3,164 polling booths in the four districts, the authorities marked 606 as very sensitive and 1,266 as sensitive, and arranged tight security measures in those.

A total of 23,87,422 voters in the two phases exercised their franchise to elect their representatives for the local council, formed in 2003 and elections being held since 2005.

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