Ruling Congress retained Lakhipur Assembly constituency of Assam as its candidate Rajdeep Goala defeated his nearest BJP rival Sanjay Thakur by 9172 votes. Mr. Goala garnered 40,090 votes, while Mr. Thakur got 30918 votes, election office said.
The seat was held by Rajdeep Goala’s father Dinesh Prasad Goala whose death necessitated the by-poll.
Opposition AIUDF President Badruddin Ajmal’s son Abdur Rahim Ajmal is leading over Congress’ Bashir Uddin Laskar in Jamunamukh. In Silchar, BJP’s Dilip Kumar Paul is ahead of Arun Dutta Majumdar of Congress.
Initial trend
In Lakhipur, AIUDF’s Mukesh Pandey is leading by 2,000 votes over former Congress MLA Dinesh Prasad Goala’s son Rajdeep Goala.
In Silchar, Dilip Kumar Paul of BJP is ahead of Arun Dutta Majumdar of Congress by nearly 15,000 votes.
The by-election on September 13 was necessitated following the election of Silchar Congress MLA Sushmita Dev and Jamunamukh AIUDF MLA Mohammad Sirajuddin Ajmal to the Lok Sabha during the last general elections.
The death of sitting Congress MLA Dinesh Prasad Goala necessitated the by-poll in Lakhipur.
