Assam turnout nears record 86%, highest rise in Muslim-majority districts

GUWAHATI: The elector turnout successful the 2026 Assam assembly polls further climbed connected Sunday, reaching adjacent to 86%, according to the EC's past update. This marks the highest turnout successful the state's history, surpassing erstwhile highs of 84.7% successful 2016, and 82% successful 2021. Speaking to reporters successful Rajasthan, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "All Sanatani radical person voted en masse for NDA. We volition unafraid 90-100 seats successful the authorities this time." The Muslim belt, comprising the 10 Muslim-majority districts, recorded an mean turnout emergence of 4.7 points implicit 2021, the highest successful the state.