Nagaon LS Bypoll: Campaigning Ends, BJP Confident of Wresting Congress Seat
The BJP-led NDA is confident after a three-cornered contest in a constituency where Muslims make up 55% of voters, officials said.
- On Tuesday, about 76% of 19.05 lakh electors voted in the Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election, where voters chose between 15 candidates in a contest dominated by the BJP, Congress, and the All India United Democratic Front .
- The by-election became necessary after Pradyut Bordoloi, who won the seat in 2019 and 2024 as a Congress candidate, quit the party to join the BJP and contested the state polls in April this year.
- Nagaon's demographic composition, split between 55% Muslim and 45% Hindu voters, makes it a strategic battleground and a litmus test for the AIUDF, led by Badruddin Ajmal, to revitalize its support base.
- High-Voltage campaigning featured sharp exchanges, including food-related insults between Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma and Congress MP Rakibul Hussain, while opposition leaders charged the BJP with indulging in "communal politics."
- Counting for the Nagaon by-election is scheduled for October 9, which will determine if the BJP's grassroots outreach expanded its mandate beyond the 102 seats won in April.
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Assam: Campaign ends for Nagaon LS bypoll amid accusations, controversies
Nagaon (Assam), Oct 4 (PTI) A high-octane campaign for the Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll in Assam ended on Sunday as the BJP-led NDA went all out to woo voters in the minority-dominated constituency, while the Congress came out in full strength to retain the seat. The AIUDF remained the third force in the contest, seeking […]
Election campaigning for the by-elections in the Nandigram and Rajnagar assembly seats will conclude on Sunday evening. In Nandigram, candidates from several parties, including Congress candidate Milan Pradhan and BJP candidate Hasirai Rath, are campaigning. In Rajnagar, the BJP, Congress, AJUP, and both factions of the TMC are in the fray. Voting for both seats will take place on October 6th, and counting will take place on October 9th.
Nagaon bypoll: NDA steps up final-day push, 2,309 booth committees to hold padyatras
Campaigning for the Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election is intensifying, with Debashis Sharma representing the NDA. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma led 15 public meetings across eight Assembly segments. On the final campaign day, all polling booths will conduct padyatras to engage local voters. Over 1,100 meetings were also held by senior leaders and party workers. Various party wings organized 9,500 courtyard meetings to mobilize voter support effe…
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