Guwahati: BJP Dominates Assam By-Elections, Secures All Five Seats
In a sweeping victory, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured all five seats in the recently conducted by-elections in Assam, including the Samaguri constituency in Nagaon. This constituency, historically a Congress stronghold, was held by Dhubri MP Rakibul Hussain for several terms until he vacated it upon being elected MP. Subsequently, his son Tanzil Hussain ran for the seat but faced a significant defeat to BJP’s Diplu Ranjan Sarma who won by a 26,200 vote margin.
The victory marks a significant shift, with the Congress losing a key traditional stronghold for the first time in over 20 years. Despite initial confidence, the Congress failed to overcome the BJP’s campaign efforts in Samaguri, which had been marked by poll-related violence.
Elsewhere in Assam, the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL), a BJP ally, saw Nirmal Kumar Brahma securing the Sidli Assembly seat with a comfortable margin of 37,016 votes against the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF) candidate, Suddho Kumar Basumatary. The Asom Gana Parishad’s (AGP) Diptimayee Choudhury also achieved a landslide victory in Bongaigaon, defeating Congress’s Brajenjit Singha by 35,164 votes.
In the Behali Assembly constituency, BJP’s Diganta Ghatowal emerged victorious over Congress’s Jayanta Borah with a 9,051 vote lead, while in Dholai, BJP’s Nihar Ranjan Das led against Congress’s Dhrubajyoti Purkayastha by 9,017 votes with one round of counting left.
These results firmly position the BJP-led alliance as bypoll sweepers, leaving Congress to reassess strategies ahead of the 2026 state Assembly elections. Vote counting, which commenced under strict security after the November 13 polls, underscores the BJP’s state-level dominance—a trend that could resonate as Assam gears up for the larger electoral battle just a year and a half away.
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Publish Date: 2024-11-23 19:18:00
