Nagaon Bypoll: BJP’s Debashish Sharma gets 47,402 votes, AIUDF and Congress trail

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Debashish Sharma secured 47,402 votes and was leading in the Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll, according to the latest Election Commission of India (ECI) trends on Friday, October 9.

All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) candidate Badruddin Ajmal was trailing with 21,107 votes, while Congress candidate Sibamoni Bora had received 6,544 votes.

Sharma was leading Ajmal by 26,295 votes, while the margin between Sharma and Bora stood at 40,858 votes.

The bypoll to the Nagaon parliamentary constituency in Assam is witnessing a contest among Sharma, Ajmal and Bora.

Vote counting began at 8 am on Friday amid tight security, with counting taking place at Dawson Higher Secondary School and Government Boys’ School in Nagaon district.

The bypoll is witnessing a contest among BJP candidate Debashish Sharma, Congress candidate Sibamoni Bora and AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal.