Assam Assembly bypolls: NDA leads in all five seats

November 02, 2021 11:16

Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma

The ruling BJP and its allies are leading in all the five assembly constituencies in Assam, where bypolls were held on October 30, according to the latest update of the counting trends put on the Election Commission of India (ECI) website.

BJP candidates Phanidhar Talukdar, Rupjyoti Kurmi and Sushanta Borgohain are leading in Bhabanipur, Mariani and Thowra seats respectively.

All the three BJP nominees were elected to the assembly in the general elections in March-April this year on tickets of opposition parties but resigned and joined the saffron party.

Talukdar had won as an AIUDF candidate, while Kurmi and Borgohain were Congress lawmakers.

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