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The counting of votes for the bypolls to five Assembly seats in Assam is scheduled to begin on November 23 at 8 am. Notable transitions included BJP leaders Parimal Suklabaidya and Ranjit Dutta, who secured the Cachar and Tezpur Lok Sabha seats; AGP's Phani Bhushan Choudhury winning in Barpeta; and UPPL’s Joyanta Basumatary claiming the Kokrajhar seat. Dholai - In …

Assam: Congress alleges discrepancy in EVM votes in Karimganj; inquiry ordered

The opposition Congress in Assam has alleged that there was discrepancy in counting of votes in electronic voting machines at Karimganj Lok Sabha seat of the state, the results of which were declared on June 4 along with the seats in the rest of the country. The chief electoral officer Assam said the returning officer and DC Karimganj has been …

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The Left Front-Congress combine has made a last-ditch effort for a seat-sharing arrangement with the Tipraha Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance, or TIPRA Motha, led by Tripura’s royal scion, Pradyot Bikram Manikya Debbarma. The push is a bid to offset the probable division of anti-BJP votes after the TIPRA Motha fielded 42 candidates — 22 in non-tribal areas beyond the Tripura …

Algapur constituency is located in Assam’s Hailakandi district. The voter turnout in Algapur in the previous Assembly election was 83.08 percent Algapur constituency is located in Assam’s Hailakandi district. Past election results and winners In the 2016 Assembly election, the AIUDF’s Nizam Uddin Choudhury, with 50,531 votes, convincingly bested the BJP’s Kaushik Rai, who received a mere 32,777 votes. In …