Assam Election Result updates

In Silchar constituency, Kabindra Purkayastha of the BJP defeated Badruddin Ajmal of the AUDF by a margin of 41,470 votes. Purkayastha received 2, 43,532 votes against 2, 02,062 votes received by Ajmal. Santosh Mohan Dev of the Congress came third by receiving 1, 97,244 votes. Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya of the Congress defeated Rajesh Mallah of the AUDF by a margin of 7,920 votes.

Congress wins Karimganj Lok Sabha constituency

4 P.M. AUDF president Badruddin Ajmal has won by 1.89 lakh votes from Dhubri Lok Sabha constituency in Assam.

AUDF candidate from Karimganj Mr. Rajesh Malla is leading by 48 thousand votes in Karimganj.

Badruddin Ajmal has lost in Silchar against BJP candidate Kabindra Purkayastha, Santosh Mohan Dev 3rd.

Mr. Sirajuddin Ajmal (AUDF) has lost from Nogoan and Kilyabor constituencies.

2 P.M. In assam Congress leading in 5 of the 14 LS seat. Congress maintained lead in five of the 14 constituencies in Assam while AGP-BJP is leading in 5 seats and AUDF in 3 seats.

Congress MP Santosh Mohan Dev was running a poor third behind Rabin Purkayastha (BJP) and Badaruddin Ajmal (AUDF) in Silchar.

However B K Handique was ahead of his AGP rival in Jorhat. AUDF's Baduruddin Ajmal was way ahead of his Congress rival in the Dhubri seat.

AUDF's Rajesh Malla and Abdus Samad had established early leads in the Karimganj and Barpeta LS seats respectively.

Mani Kumar Subba was ahead in Tezpur. Rani Narah was ahead inLakhimpur seat.

BJP's Rajen Gohain was ahead in Nagaon while Bijoya Chakravarty was trailing in Guwahati seat.

Assam Election, Sonia Gandhi addresses poll rally in Silchar

Assam Election

Correspondent
HAILAKANDI, April 13 – Congress chief Sonia Gandhi today appealed the people of Barak Valley to root out the communal forces in order to maintain the peace. Addressing an election rally in Silchar’s India Club Ground, Sonia termed the AGP-BJP alliance a destructive and anti development. She said that they will never be successful in Assam politics as the people of Assam want peace. She said that the Assam Accord was signed by her husband Late Rajiv Gandhi for the peace of Assam.

She said that Assam is now boiling due to the communal and anti-people forces and urged the people to teach them a lession by electing the Congress candidates in all the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the State. Sonia praised both Manmohan Singh and Tarun Gogoi. The meeting was attended by about 2,500 people.

Her twenty minutes lecture was mainly based on the good performance of Manmohan and Gogoi. The rally was presided over by the APCC-I president Bhubaneswar Kalita and was addressed by the Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and the candidate of Silchar Lok Sabha constituency, Santosh Mohan Dev. ASSAM TRIBUNE