The BJP wrested the Nagaon Lok Sabha seat from the Congress on Friday, with party candidate Devasish Sharma defeating his nearest rival AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal by 1,42,224 votes in the bypoll, the Election Commission said.
Sharma, a former IAS officer, polled 7,14,349 votes, while Ajmal, the Binnakandi legislator, bagged 5,72,125 votes. Former Congress MLA Sibamoni Bora finished a distant third with 1,29,492 votes, according to data available on the EC website.
The bye-election to the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency was necessitated after Congress’ Pradyut Bordoloi, who held the seat since 2019, resigned from the grand old party to join the ruling BJP. He successfully contested this year’s assembly elections from the Dispur constituency.
Fifteen candidates contested the Lok Sabha bypoll, and most forfeited their deposits, officials said.
The parliamentary constituency has eight assembly segments spread across Nagaon and Morigaon districts.
A voter turnout of 76.19 per cent was recorded in the October 6 bypoll.
-PTI
