Assam By-polls: BJP Announces Candidates for Dholai, Behali, and Samaguri Seats

The UPPL and AGP are yet to announce their candidates in the respective seats.

The Assam BJP has announced its candidates for 3 of the 5 Assembly seats where by-polls are scheduled to be held on November 13 this year.

The party on Saturday fielded Nihar Ranjan Das for the Dholai seat, Diganta Ghatowar for Behali, and Diplu Ranjan Sarma for the Samaguri seat.

The 3 National Democratic Alliance (NDA) alliance partners – BJP, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United People’s Party–Liberal (UPPL) are gearing up for the by-polls to 5 Assam Assembly seats.

It may be mentioned here that of the 5 seats, BJP is contesting 3 seats while UPPL will contest the Sidli seat and the AGP will contest the Bongaigaon seat.

The UPPL and AGP are yet to announce their candidates in the respective seats.

The 5 seats fell vacant as the MLAs representing these seats were elected as MPs in the recently held 18th Lok Sabha polls.

The Sidli seat fell vacant as Joyanta Basumatary of the UPPL who was representing the seat, was elected from the Kokrajhar Lok Sabha seat.

Behali seat fell vacant after 4-time Behali MLA (2001, 2006, 2016 and 2021), Ranjit Dutta won the Sonitpur Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 3,61,408 votes defeating his nearest rival, Prem Lal Ganju of Congress. Dutta got 7,75,788 votes while Ganju got 4,14,380 votes.

By-poll for the Bongaigaon seat has been necessitated as 8-time MLA from the seat, Phani Bhushan Choudhury of the AGP, an ally of BJP in Assam, won the Barpeta Lok Sabha seat with 8,60,113 votes defeating his nearest rival Deep Bayan of the Congress who polled 6,37,762 votes.

Congress leader Rakibul Hussain, a 5-time MLA from the Samaguri Assembly seat won the Dhubri Lok Sabha seat with 14,71,885 votes defeating sitting MP Badruddin Ajmal of AIUDF who got 4,59,409 votes. Therefore, election for the Samaguri Assembly seat will have to be held.

Bypolls for the Dholai Assembly seat will have to held as Assam Transport, Excise and Fisheries Minister in the Himanta Biswa Sarma Government and 5-time MLA of Dholia, Parimal Suklabaidya won from the Silchar Lok Sabha seat trouncing Surya Kanta Sarkar of Congress by 2,64,311 votes.

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