Polling was underway for the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) elections successful Assam connected Monday (September 22, 2025) amid choky security.
Polling began astatine 7.30 a.m. for the 40 seats successful 5 Districts — Baksa, Chirang, Kokrajhar, Tamulpur and Udalguri, with 316 candidates successful fray. It volition proceed till 4 p.m.
People lined up extracurricular the 3,359 polling stations successful bully numbers during the archetypal hours to workout their franchise, with nary untoward incidental reported truthful far, officials said.
A full of 26,58,153 people, including 13,34,600 women, are eligible to ballot successful the elections.
Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma urged the radical of the 5 districts to spell retired and workout their franchise.
"Your 1 ballot makes each the quality and is the cardinal to a thriving & developed BTR (Bodoland Territorial Region). Vote wisely, take wisely," helium said successful a station connected X.
The State's ruling BJP is contesting the BTC elections for the archetypal clip without an alliance. The Congress has besides fielded candidates, too immoderate different smaller parties, but the main rivalry is betwixt the United Peoples' Party Liberal (UPPL), led by incumbent BTC main Pramod Boro, and the Bodoland Peoples' Front (BPF).
At present, the UPPL is successful powerfulness successful the Council successful conjugation with the BJP and the Gana Suraksha Party (GSP).
In the past elections, the UPPL had won 12 seats, the BJP 9 and GSP 1 seat.
The BPF, which was successful powerfulness astatine the assembly for the erstwhile 3 terms, emerged arsenic the azygous largest enactment with 17 seats, and Congress secured 1 seat, but its subordinate aboriginal joined the BJP.
A nationalist vacation has been declared successful the 5 Districts for the elections.
The votes are scheduled to beryllium counted connected September 26.
