India, Sept. 26 -- Five years after being ousted from power, the Bodoland Peoples Front (BPF) looks set to emerge as the single largest party in the Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC).

Till 9 pm on Friday, the BPF was leading in 22 of the total 40 seats in the council that runs the administration in five districts of western Assam. Elections to the BTC were held on September 22.

The ruling United Peoples' Party Liberal (UPPL) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were leading in 8 and 10 seats, respectively. The Congress wasn't ahead in any seat.

The BTC polls are being viewed as the semi-final in the five districts ahead of assembly elections due in March-April next year. Of the total 126 seats in the Assam assembly, 15 are from the 5 dist...