Devasish Sharma resigned from his job and received the BJP ticket just 25 days ahead of the Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma was circumspect about a BJP victory in the Muslim-majority Assam seat. But it was Himanta's appeal and the BJP's organisational strength that proved the CM wrong.
If you have been following this blog, you kept yourself best-updated on the live results for the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency of Assam. BJP candidate Devasish Sharma has registered a victory by a margin of around 1.4 lakh over AIUDF's Badruddin Ajmal. The Congress, which fought to retain the Muslim-majority seat, was a distant third. The by-election was necessitated as Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi resigned and switched over to the BJP. Voting was held for the Nagaon seat on October 6, and the turnaround was about 76%. Just ahead of the counting, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said BJP might not win Nagaon seat, but Congress would be reduced to third spot. He would be happy he was proven wrong on the first, and right on the second. Shounak Sanyal and Sushim Mukul brought to you the updates throughout the day.
The BJP is all set to win the Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election by a margin of over 1.5 lakh votes, with the Congress languishing in the third spot. Raijor Dal leader and former Congress ally, Akhil Gogoi, called the party's defeat in a constituency with over 55% Muslim voters a tragedy for all anti-BJP forces.
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