BJP sweeps Assam civic polls, wins 75 of 80 municipal boards

Guwahati: The BJP secured a runaway victory in Municipal Board polls in Assam by cornering 73 civic bodies out of the total 80, as per poll results declared by the Assam State Election Commission (ASEC) on Wednesday.

The Congress, the principal opposition party of the state, failed miserably and could not win a single civic body till now. The result of one civic body is yet to come.

Interestingly, in Mariani Municipal Board, Independent candidates won seven of the 10 wards while the remaining three were bagged by the BJP. The poll results also gave five hung municipal boards, the ASEC said.