According to Election Commission statistics, both the BJP and Congress witnessed an increase in vote shares by over one per cent in the recent Lok Sabha elections in Assam. The saffron party’s vote share rose from 36.41 per cent in 2019 to 37.43 per cent in 2024, securing nine out of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Meanwhile, Congress, winning three constituencies, saw its vote share increase from 35.79 percent to 37.48 per cent during the same period.
NDA’s marginal dip
While the overall vote share of the NDA, which clinched 11 seats in Assam, experienced a marginal dip of 0.45 per cent, its constituent, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), witnessed a decline in vote share from 8.31 per cent in 2019 to 6.46 per cent in 2024.