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Four Assam parliamentary constituencies will go to polls in the phase-III on April 23. Out of these constituencies, here are some details about the Gauhati constituency:
In Gauhati, there are 17 candidates in the fray for the seat.
The candidates are:
- Queen Oja (BJP)
- Bobbeeta Sharma (INC)
- Manoj Sharma (All India Trinamool Congress)
- Avijit Chakraborty (Bharatiya Gana Parishad)
- Sadek Ali (Republicn Party of India-A)
- Pankaj Das (Swarna Bharat Party)
- Partha Pratim Baruah (Voters Party International)
- Mamoni Sarma (Purvanchal Janta Party-Secular)
- Rajib Kakati (Hindusthan Nirman Dal)
- Ratul Kumar Choudhury (Samajwadi Party)
- Rubi Neog (National Republican Congress)
- Alimuddin Ahmed (Independent)
- Upamanyu Hazarika (Independent)
- Utpal Borgohain (Independent)
- Junmoni Devi Khaund (Independent)
- Faruk Ahmed Bhuyan (Independent)
- Shankha Sinha (Independent)
Out of these 17 candidates, the major fight will be in between Congress' Bobbeeta Sharma and BJP's Queen Oja.
- Total voters: 21,78,617
- Male voters: 11,00,746
- Female voters: 10,77,793
- Transgender voters: 78
- Total polling stations: 2,592
Assembly Constituencies:
- Dudhnai (ST)
- Boko (SC)
- Chaygaon
- Palasbari
- Hajo
- Jalukbari
- Dispur
- Guwahati East
- Guwahati West
- Barkhetri
Results in last five Lok Sabha elections:
- 1998: Bhubaneshwar Kalita, INC
- 1999: Bijoya Chakravarty, BJP
- 2004: Kirip Chaliha, INC
- 2009: Bijoya Chakravarty, BJP
- 2014: Bijoya Chakravarty, BJP