GUWAHATI: Voting will be held in five Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam on Thursday in the second phase of the general election. There is likely to be a direct battle between ruling BJP and the Congress on these five Lok Sabha seats.
The constituencies going to polls are Karimganj, Silchar, Autonomous District, Mangaldoi and Nowgong.
Of the five seats of Assam going to the polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress had won two seats each in 2014 and one had been won by All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF).
AUTONOMOUS DISTRICT
SL. NO. | Candidate Name | Party Name |
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1 | BIREN SINGH ENGTI | Indian National Congress |
2 | HOREN SING BEY | Bharatiya Janata Party |
3 | LIENKHOCHON | National People's Party |
4 | HOLIRAM TERANG | Autonomous State Demand Committee |
5 | JONES INGTI KATHAR | Independent |
KARIMGANJ
SL. NO. | Candidate Name | Party Name |
---|---|---|
1 | KRIPANATH MALLAH | Bharatiya Janata Party |
2 | CHANDAN DAS | All India Trinamool Congress |
3 | SWARUP DAS | Indian National Congress |
4 | RADHESHYAM BISWAS | All India United Democratic Front |
5 | AJOY KUMAR SARKAR | All India Forward Bloc |
6 | NIKHIL RANJAN DAS | Hindusthan Nirman Dal |
7 | RADHESHYAM BISWAS | All India United Democratic Front |
8 | PROBASH CHANDRA SARKAR | SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST) |
9 | ANUPAM SINGHA | Independent |
10 | PARIKSHIT ROY | Independent |
11 | RABINDRA CHANDRA DAS | Independent |
12 | RAJU DAS | Independent |
13 | KESHAB LAL DAS | Independent |
14 | RAMNARAYAN SUKLABAIDYA | Independent |
15 | SATYAJIT DAS | Independent |
16 | HARILAL RABIDAS | Independent |
MANGALDOI
SL. NO. | Candidate Name | Party Name |
---|---|---|
1 | DILIP SAIKIA | Bharatiya Janata Party |
2 | BHUBANESWAR KALITA | Indian National Congress |
3 | SUDHENDU MOHAN TALUKDAR | All India Trinamool Congress |
4 | AINUL HAQUE | Asom Jana Morcha |
5 | GANDHESHWAR MOCHAHARI | Voters Party International |
6 | BIREN BASAK | Bharatiya Gana Parishad |
7 | MANI RAM BASUMATARY | Hindusthan Nirman Dal |
8 | SWARNALATA CHALIHA | SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST) |
9 | KAZI NEKIB AHMED | Independent |
10 | JAYANTA KUMAR KALITA | Independent |
11 | PRODEEP KUMAR DAIMARY | United People’s Party, Liberal |
NOWGONG
SL. NO. | Candidate Name | Party Name |
---|---|---|
1 | Pradyut Bordoloi | Indian National Congress |
2 | Sri Rupak Sharma | Bharatiya Janata Party |
3 | Sahadeb Das | All India Trinamool Congress |
4 | Azgor Ali | Purvanchal Janta Party (Secular) |
5 | Saiful Islam Choudhury | Asom Jana Morcha |
6 | Sukanta Mazumdar | Bharatiya Gana Parishad |
7 | Zakir Hussain | Independent |
SILCHAR
SL. NO. | Candidate Name | Party Name |
---|---|---|
1 | RAJDEEP ROY | Bharatiya Janata Party |
2 | SUSHMITA DEV | Indian National Congress |
3 | HITABRATA ROY | All India Trinamool Congress |
4 | NAZIA YASMIN MAZUMDAR | National People's Party |
5 | Badrul Islam Barbhuiya | All India Forward Bloc |
8 | Shyam Deo Kurmi | SOCIALIST UNITY CENTRE OF INDIA (COMMUNIST) |
9 | Ashitava Dutta | Independent |
10 | Ashutosh Bhattacharjee | Independent |
11 | Nazmul Haque Laskar | Independent |
12 | Puran Lal Goala | Independent |
13 | Dilip Kumar | Independent |
14 | Mohendra Chandra Das | Independent |
15 | Shuvadip Datta | Independent |
16 | Sabindra Das | Independent |
Voting for 14 seats in Assam is being held in three phases. In the first phase on April 11, voting was held in five seats namely Tezpur, Kaliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur. For the remaining four seats namely Dhubri, Kokrajhar, Barpeta and Gauhati, voting will be held in the third phase on April 23.
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