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Himanta Biswa Sarma announced BJP and allies will contest 103 of 126 Assam seats, aiming for a sweep. Delimitation opens new constituencies for youth and women candidates.
Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma (PTI Photo)
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the BJP and its allies would likely contest 103 of the 126 seats in the upcoming Assam state assembly elections and asserted that the saffron camp led coalition will sweep the polls.
While speaking to reporters after BJP’s state core committee meeting in Guwahati on Friday, Sarma explained the seat-sharing formula, saying the contestable seats reflect the state’s “population pattern,” which, according to him, naturally limits the BJP’s winnable footprint.
“In Assam, we can’t win more than 100 seats. That is the population pattern. We can contest in 103 of the 126 seats in Assam. But it does not mean that we can’t contest in other seats. In terms of the population pattern, the BJP and our ally parties can only reach 103 seats. Our footprint will be in 103 seats,” he said as quoted by news agency ANI.
#WATCH | Guwahati, Assam: CM Himanta Biswa Sarma says, “In Assam, we can’t win more than 100 seats. That is the population pattern. We can contest in 103 of the 126 seats in Assam. But it does not mean that we can’t contest in other seats. In terms of the population pattern, the… pic.twitter.com/GlY6V6VQFV— ANI (@ANI) November 21, 2025
He explained that delimitation has opened up 10–15 new constituencies where the party currently has no sitting MLAs. Sarma said this will allow the BJP to “organically bring forward youth and women” in the upcoming election cycle.
He said that the BJP has always given opportunities to the youth and in each election, new candidates are given a chance and this time they stand a better chance due to delimitation, which has created new constituencies.
The Chief Minister further said that the party expects support from Assamese Muslims but does not anticipate votes from the ‘Miya’ community, a pejorative term used for Bengali-speaking Muslims.
“Earlier BJP would have contested in 90 constituencies. But after the delimitation, 10-15 new constituencies have formed where there is no MLA today. Organically, we can bring forward youth and women this time. BJP will get Assamese Muslims’ vote, but will not get Miya Muslim vote…” he added.
He further said that the party will “comfortably win” the elections on the strength of its development model.
“There is no need to worry about the result,” he said, adding, “The BJP won in Bihar, Maharashtra, Haryana, Delhi and now the party will win in Assam again.”
In a statement earlier in the day, the BJP said the party has decided to contest the forthcoming assembly elections with its alliance partners, aiming to win 103 out of the 126 seats in the state.
The BJP’s poll preparations have started and the decision to form 36 election sub-committees has been taken which will be announced in the next few days, he said.
Claiming that the party faces no political challenges, Sarma said, “The BJP has members from all communities. If they had not supported us, the party could not have become such a big organisation. We support the demands of different communities because we are part of them.”
The core committee meeting was held in the presence of BJP’s national general secretary (Organisation) BL Santhosh and was attended by Chief Minister Sarma, state party president Dilip Saikia, Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, national secretary and MP Kamakhya Tasa, state in-charge Harish Dwivedi, state general secretary (Organisation) Rabindra Raju and other senior leaders.
Prior to the core committee meeting, the CM attended the concluding session of the meeting of the newly appointed coordinators and in-charges of all 126 assembly constituencies and discussed strategies for disseminating government initiatives and achievements among the public through party workers.
(With inputs from agencies)
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben…Read More
Shobhit Gupta is a sub-editor at News18.com and covers India and International news. He is interested in day to day political affairs in India and geopolitics. He earned his BA Journalism (Hons) degree from Ben… Read More
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