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Assam polls see 67 candidates withdraw, 722 remain in fray, key contenders include CM Himanta Biswa Sarma, while ex BJP MLA Nandita Gorlosa joins Congress after ticket denial.
The prominent candidates who will be contesting this elections include Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, state Congress president Gaurav Gogoi, Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia of the Congress, AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal, Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary.
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Since the announcement of election dates for Assam Assembly elections, a total of 67 candidates have withdrawn their nominations.
According to PTI, a total of 722 candidates are left in the fray for the Assam assembly elections after 67 nominees pulled out of the contest on the last day of withdrawal on Thursday.
The candidates who withdrew their nominations are National Peoples’ Party’s (NPP) Md Aminul Islam (Mankachar seat), who had resigned from the AIUDF recently, four Autonomous State Demand Committee (ASDC) members and one leader of the Gondwana Ganatantra Party. The remaining ones are all independents.
The ASDC members who withdrew their papers are Kamal Singh Bey (Bokajan), Mandal Enghi (Howraghat), Gulson Bey (Diphu) and Anjoshi Terang (Haflong).
According to PTI, a total of 815 candidates had filed 1,389 nomination papers and 789 candidates were found eligible.
The prominent candidates who will be contesting this elections include Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, state Congress president Gaurav Gogoi, Leader of the Opposition Debabrata Saikia of the Congress, AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal, Assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary.
On March 23, Assam politician and former Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Nandita Gorlosa joined the Congress party at the last minute ahead of the 2026 assembly elections in Assam.
The sitting MLA from the Haflong (ST) constituency and a former state minister took the step after the BJP denied her a ticket for the upcoming polls, instead nominating newcomer Rupali Langthasa from the seat.
As part of a broader strategy to counter anti-incumbency, the BJP dropped several sitting MLAs and fielded newcomer Rupali Langthasa from the Haflong seat.
Her switch came just a day before the nomination deadline and prompted the Congress to reshuffle its candidate list, with the party deciding to field her from the Haflong constituency.
March 31, 2026, 19:27 IST
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