The surge in participation did not translate into votes for AIUDF. Instead, it consolidated behind Congress, which swept most minority-heavy seats. Constituencies with over 95% Muslim electorates — ...

All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) president and candidate from Binnakandi constituency, Maulana Badruddin Ajmal, shows his ink-marked finger after casting a vote in the Assam Assembly ...

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The Congress's Rakibul Hussain snatched its only seat — Dhubri, Ajmal's bastion since the AIUDF's formation in 2005 — by a margin of more than 10 lakh votes.