Tarun Gogoi leads Congress to hat-trick in Assam

Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi led his party into a straight third win with the Congress getting well beyond the majority mark, as counting for state elections concluded on Friday.

In the state, the major fight was between the the ruling Congress and the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and final figures showed the incumbent bagging 74 seats while the AGP got 11 seats and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) 5.

Analysts said Gogoi?s commendable work and the fragmented opposition had ensured that the chief minister returned for the third term.

Exit polls in Assam had predicted divergent results with one survey leaning in favour of the Tarun Gogoi-led Congress government and the other predicting a hung assembly.