Assam: Notification issued for second-phase polling in 5 LS seats

The notification for the second phase of polling in five Lok Sabha seats of Assam on April 26 was issued on Thursday, an election official said.

Voting will take place in Nagaon, Darrang-Udalguri, Diphu (ST), Silchar (SC) and Karimganj during the second phase.

No nominations were filed on Thursday for the five Lok Sabha constituencies, the official said.

The prominent candidates to contest in the second phase are Congress sitting MP Pradyut Bordoloi from Nagaon against BJP's Suresh Bora and AIUDF Aminul Islam while BJP sitting MP Dilip Saikia has been pitted against Congress candidate Madhab Rajbongshi in Darrang-Udalguri.

In Silchar (SC), Assam Excise Minister Parimal Suklabaidya is the BJP candidate and he will take on Congress youth leader and district general secretary Surjya Kanta Sarkar.

In Karimganj, sitting BJP MP Kripanath Mallah has been given the ticket against Congress candidate Hafez Ahmed Choudhury and AIUDF's Sahabul Islam Choudhury.

In Diphu (ST), the BJP has fielded first-timer Amarsing Tisso against its former MLA and now Congress candidate Joyram Engleng.

The last date for filing of nominations is April 4, scrutiny on April 5 and the last date for withdrawal of nominations is April 8.

Polling for the 14 Sabha constituencies in Assam will be held in first three phases on April 19, 26 and May 7.

Five constituencies each will go to the polls in the first and second phases while in the third phase, polling will be held in four seats.

In the first phase, 38 candidates filed their nominations for the Kaziranga, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Sonitpur and Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituencies. In the outgoing Lok Sabha, BJP held nine seats, Congress three, AIUDF and an independent one from the state.

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