Campaigning ends for by-polls in 5 Assam assembly seats
Guwahati Oct 27 PTI Campaigning ended on Wednesday in the five assembly constituencies of Assam where by-elections will be held on October 30The by-polls will be conducted in Gossaigaon Bhabanipur Tamulpur Mariani and Thowra seats Campaigning came to end at 5 pmThe ruling BJP has fielded its candidates in three seats leaving the other two to alliance partner UPPL The Congress put up nominees in all the five while its former allies the AIUDF and the BPF are contesting in two and one seats respectivelyAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma his predecessor and Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal canvassed for BJP and UPPL candidates Senior leaders of the Congress including national general secretary Jitendra Singh and state president Bhupen Bora campaigned for their respective nomineesAltogether 31 contestants are in the fray in the five seats Their electoral fate will be decided by 796 lakh voters Voting will take place from 7 am to 5 pm while counting will be held on November 2The poll results however will not affect the composition of the government The prominent contestants include Rupjyoti Kurmi Sushanta Borgohain Phanidhar Talukdar all BJP Luhit Konwar and Jowel Tudu both Congress Jubbar Ali and Khairul Anam Khandakar both AIUDF and Jiron Basumatary of the UPPL In the 126-seat House the ruling BJP has 59 MLAs its allies AGP and UPPL nine and five MLAs each respectively The opposition Congress has 27 AIUDF 15 BPF three and CPIM one MLA besides an Independent legislatorBy-polls in Gossaigaon and Tamulpur were necessitated due to death of the sitting MLAs while the incumbents of Bhabanipur Mariani and Thowra resigned from their seats to join the ruling BJP Gossaigaon seat was won by the Bodo Peoples Front BPF in the March-April Assembly election while the United Peoples Party Liberal UPPL had bagged Tamulpur Mariani and Thowra had Congress MLAs while Bhabanipur was cornered by AIUDF PTI ESB TR SSG NN NN
Guwahati Oct 27 PTI Campaigning ended on Wednesday in the five assembly constituencies of Assam where by-elections will be held on October 30The by-polls will be conducted in Gossaigaon Bhabanipur Tamulpur Mariani and Thowra seats Campaigning came to end at 5 pmThe ruling BJP has fielded its candidates in three seats leaving the other two to alliance partner UPPL The Congress put up nominees in all the five while its former allies the AIUDF and the BPF are contesting in two and one seats respectivelyAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma his predecessor and Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal canvassed for BJP and UPPL candidates Senior leaders of the Congress including national general secretary Jitendra Singh and state president Bhupen Bora campaigned for their respective nomineesAltogether 31 contestants are in the fray in the five seats Their electoral fate will be decided by 796 lakh voters Voting will take place from 7 am to 5 pm while counting will be held on November 2The poll results however will not affect the composition of the government The prominent contestants include Rupjyoti Kurmi Sushanta Borgohain Phanidhar Talukdar all BJP Luhit Konwar and Jowel Tudu both Congress Jubbar Ali and Khairul Anam Khandakar both AIUDF and Jiron Basumatary of the UPPL In the 126-seat House the ruling BJP has 59 MLAs its allies AGP and UPPL nine and five MLAs each respectively The opposition Congress has 27 AIUDF 15 BPF three and CPIM one MLA besides an Independent legislatorBy-polls in Gossaigaon and Tamulpur were necessitated due to death of the sitting MLAs while the incumbents of Bhabanipur Mariani and Thowra resigned from their seats to join the ruling BJP Gossaigaon seat was won by the Bodo Peoples Front BPF in the March-April Assembly election while the United Peoples Party Liberal UPPL had bagged Tamulpur Mariani and Thowra had Congress MLAs while Bhabanipur was cornered by AIUDF PTI ESB TR SSG NN NN
