BPF Sweeps BTC Polls, Winning 28 of 40 Bodoland Territorial Council Seats

PTI,  GUWAHATI, September 27, 2025 : The Bodoland People’s Front (BPF), led by Hagrama Mohilary, swept the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) polls in Assam, winning 28 of the 40 seats, officials said on Saturday.

The United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) and the BJP, alliance partners in the outgoing council, finished a distant second and third with seven and five seats respectively, down from their previous tally of 12 and nine.

Mohilary won from Debargaon constituency, but lost the Chirangduar seat to his former comrade Khampa Borgoyary, who joined the UPPL. Outgoing BTC chief Pramod Boro won from Goimari, but lost in Dotma to BPF's Prakash Basumatary.

Among other prominent winners are former minister and BPF candidate Rihon Daimari from Bhairabkunda, and former AGP minister Rekharani Das Boro, now in the BJP, from Baganpara constituency.

The BPF had emerged as the single largest party in the 2020 polls with 17 seats, but the UPPL formed the council with the BJP and the Gana Suraksha Party (GSP).

Election to the 40-member council, comprising the five districts of Kokrajhar, Chirang, Baksa, Udalguri, and Tamulpur, was held on September 22.

Among the 40 seats, 30 are reserved for Scheduled Tribe (ST) candidates, five for non-STs, and the remaining five are open to both ST and non-ST candidates.

The outgoing council was headed by alliance partners UPPL, BJP, and GSP. In the 2020 council polls, the UPPL won 12 seats, BJP nine, and GSP one, while the Bodoland People's Front (BPF), which had headed the council for the previous three terms, emerged as the single largest party with 17 seats. Congress secured one seat, with its elected member joining the BJP later.