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The party is poised for a big victory having won 340 wards followed by the Congress winning 232 and the AGP, 39
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Guwahati: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday swept the municipal elections in Assam winning 340 wards and getting a majority in 30 municipal boards and town committees.
The results of 702 of the 743 wards have been declared so far while that of Golaghat and Silchar was yet to come in, accrording to Assam state election commissioner H.N. Bora.
The BJP won in 340 wards followed by the Congress winning 232, the AGP-39, the AIUDF-8, the NCP-4, the BPF and the CPM with one each while independents captured 77 wards.
Out of the 74 municipal boards and committees, the BJP got a majority in 30 bodies, the Congress in 17, the AGP in two, the NCP in one while there was a tie between two parties in four and no majority in ten bodies, Bora said.
More than 73% of an estimated 1.4 million voters exercised their franchise in the polls held on 9 February to decide the fate of 2,900 candidates.
A repoll was held in a booth of ward number two in Hojai municipality following complaints regarding anomalies in ballot papers by the candidates.
Election was adjourned in three wards under Demow town committee following a Gauhati high court order. The Congress had swept the urban body polls in 2009, winning 400-plus wards with the AGP and the BJP finishing a distant second and third respectively.
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