Union Minister and BJP candidate Sarbananda Sonowal cast his vote in Dibrugarh, Assam today, marking the start of the first phase of Lok Sabha Elections.
Sonowal is contesting against Lurinjyoti Gogoi from the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), also the in the Dibrugarh constituency.
The BJP has chosen Sonowal over sitting MP Rameshwar Teli. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Manoj Dhanowar is also contesting.
Voting for five seats in Assam started at 7 am today in Dibrugarh, Jorhat, Kaziranga, Sonitpur and Lakhimpur. Over 8.647 million people are eligible to vote in 10,001 polling booths across Assam.
The voters will determine the fate of 35 candidates including Sonowal, his rival Gogoi and Gaurav Gogoi of the Congress. The BJUP is contesting all five seats in the first phase, the Congress in four, the AAP in two and the Trinamool Congress, the Assam Jatiya Parishad and CPI in one each.
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