BJP wrests Assam’s Nagaon Lok Sabha seat after seven years

By The Hindu Staff

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BJP wrests Assam’s Nagaon Lok Sabha seat after seven years — Photo credit: The Hindu

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma waves to the gathering during an election campaign in support of party candidate Devasish Sharma ahead of the Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election on October 2, 2026 | Photo Credit: PTI

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency in central Assam after seven years, with its candidate Devasish Sharma bagging almost 50% of the votes polled on October 6.

The underlying narrative of the BJP’s bypoll victory on Friday (October 9, 2026) was its inroads into areas dominated by Muslims, mostly of Bengal origin, who became a majority in the constituency after the 2023 delimitation.

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Mr. Sharma, a former bureaucrat, polled 7,13,662 votes, which was 1,41,916 more than his nearest rival and chief of the minority-based All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) Mohammed Badruddin Ajmal. Congress candidate Sibamoni Bora, a former MLA, finished a distant third with 1,29,363 votes.

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Originally published by The Hindu on Oct 9, 2026 Read the full article at thehindu.com

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