CPI(ML) Liberation contested 19 seats and Holiram Terangs peoples Front in 3. BJP contested 15 seats. But in face of the sharp polarization between Congress and PAPA, all others got only marginal votes with no seats.
PAPA had been extremely confident of wresting the Council from the Congress, highlighting the achievement of the peace agreement between UPDS and the Government. It contested on a plank of peace, development and implementation of Agreement. But in fact, as the election results show, PAPA, instead of evolving as a political alternative to the Congress, proved itself to be dependent on the Congress, and its poll plank, with its focus on the 25 November 2011 Agreement, only helped Congress retain and regain strength.
CPI(ML) opposed the 25 November 2011 Agreement as surrender of and betrayal of the movement for Autonomous State. The party will continue to carry forward the Autonomous State movement and Karbi Peoples movement against corruption and plunder.
