Jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi became the first Assamese to win an election without hitting the campaign trail, as he clinched the Sibsagar constituency, defeating his nearest rival Surabhi Rajkonwari of the BJP by a decisive 11,875 votes. The founder of the newly floated Raijor Dal — arrested in December 2019 over sedition charges — bagged 57,219 votes as an …
Sibsagar, is an Assembly/Vidhan Sabha seat in Upper Assam region and Sivasagar district of Assam. In the 2011 Assam Assembly elections, there were a total of 1,35,478 eligible electors, of which 69,340 were male, 66,138 female and voters of the third gender. PAST WINNERS/MLAS: In the 2016 Assam Assembly elections, Pranab Kumar Gogoi of INC won in this seat by …
The party also fielded Rana Goswami from Jorhat, Subhramitra Gogoi from Sibsagar, Rajkumar Nilanetra Neog from Dibrugarh and Sibnath Chetia from Digboi The Congress on Saturday announced a list of 40 candidates for the. According to the list, the party’s state unit chief Ripun Bora will contest from Gohpur and Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia will contest from his traditional …
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