Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency of Assam: Full list of candidates, polling dates

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Mangaldoi is one of 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the north-eastern state of Assam. Voting here for the 2019 Lok Sabha election took place on April 18. The result will be out on May 23.

Mangaldoi registered 83.60 per cent voter turnout in Lok Sabha Election 2019, a gain of 2.1 per cent from 2014. The total number of electors in the constituency is 1795529 while 1501008 came out to exercise their franchise. While in 2014, the constituency registered 81.50 per cent voter turnout. The total number of electors in the constituency was 1513151 while 1233145 voted.

Dilip Saikia of the Bharatiya Janata Party, Bhubaneswar Kalita of the Indian National Congress, Sudhendu Mohan Talukdar of the All India Trinamool Congress, Ainul Haque of the Asom Jana Morcha and Gandheshwar Mochahari of the Voters Party International are some of the prominent names who contested the Lok Sabha election 2019 from Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency in Assam.

Here is the full list of candidates who contested the Lok Sabha election in 2019 from Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituency of Assam:

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

The Mangaldoi  Lok Sabha constituency has over 15 lakh electors and has traditionally been a Congress stronghold but has never won Lok Sabha elections here since 2004. Local reports however suggest that people at large here are now hinting at a change.