Assam Lok Sabha Election Phase 3: Key constituencies and candidate

The third phase of polls in four Lok Sabha seats in Assam - Guwahati, Barpeta, Kokrajhar and Dhubri will be held on May 7. Forty-seven candidates are in the fray in the third phase of polls and more than 81 lakh voters will exercise their franchise.

The BJP’s regional allies have more at stake in the third and final phase of the Lok Sabha election in Assam with the focus on reclaiming the ‘parliamentary space’ for representatives of indigenous or majority communities, believed to have been made easier by the 2023 delimitation.

People in Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Barpeta and Guwahati Lok Sabha constituencies will cast their vote on May 7. The ruling BJP is contesting 11 parliamentary constituencies in the state, leaving two seats for its key ally, AGP, and one seat for UPPL. Elections to 10 Lok Sabha seats in Assam took place in the first two phases.

Altogether 47 candidates are in the fray for the third and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections in four constituencies of Assam on May 7. In this phase BJP is contesting the Guwahati seat. Sitting MP Queen Oja has been dropped, and the BJP has fielded Bijuli Kalita Medhi. Congress has fielded Mira Borthakur. She was earlier in BJP and joined Congress.