A second win, and a hung house
What happened
Indian National Congress held onto power for another term, though this time without a majority of its own.
The INC won 53 of the 126 seats.
That fell short of the 64-seat majority mark, leaving the house hung — a result where no single party wins enough seats to govern alone.
The Asom Gana Parishad won 24 seats.
What changed
INC lost significant ground even while staying in office, and a new party entered the assembly for the first time.
The INC fell from 71 seats to 53.
That new entrant was AUDF.
Turnout — the share of registered voters who actually cast a ballot — also moved, up +2.0 pp from the previous election.
Notable numbers
A few numbers from that election stand out.
The tightest finish was in Jania, Assam, decided by a margin of just 90 votes — how far ahead the winner finished, in votes, over whoever came second.
The widest winning margin came in Titabar, Assam, where the winner finished 48.6% of the vote ahead of the runner-up.
Statewide turnout reached 75.7%, the highest Assam had recorded up to that point.
The most crowded ballot was in Algapur, Assam, where 25 candidates stood for one seat.
The backdrop
This election also saw a wide field of small parties and independents win seats, not just the two main contenders.
11 different parties won at least one seat, independents included — they alone took 22.