Assam Polls 2021: BJP sweeps five LACs in Tinsukia district

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TINSUKIA: The BJP swept all 5 LACs — Tinsukia, Digboi, Margherita, Doomdooma and Sadiya in the Tinsukia district. While Sanjoy Kishan in 122 Tinsukia LAC won with the highest margin of 70,445 votes, Rupesh Gowala begged the coveted Doomdooma seat. While in Tinsukia LAC all other 9 contesting candidates including former bureaucrat Shamsher Singh (AJP) forfeited a security deposit.

In 122 Tinsukia LAC sitting MLA & Minister, Sanjoy Kishan secured 85,320 votes out of 1,30,068 valid votes. In 123 Digboi LAC sitting MLA Suren Phukan (BJP) defeated Shibnath Chetia (INC) by a margin of 26,402 votes. In 124 Margherita, sitting MLA Bhaskar Sharma defeated INC candidate Manoranjan Borgohain by a margin of 58,216 votes. In 125 Doomdooma LAC, Rupesh Gowala an ACMS leader trailed sitting INC MLA Durga Bhumij by a margin of 8,081 votes. In 126 Sadiya LAC, the sitting MLA Bolin Chetia defeated INC candidate Lakhin Chandra Chetia by a margin of 22,084 votes while the general secretary of Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) Jagadish Bhuyan relegated to 3rd position.

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