Assam Election Result 2021 | Majuli Assembly Constituency: BJP's Sarbananda Sonowal wins by 43,192 votes

BJP candidate Sarbananda Sonowal won Majuli constituency.

Assam Assembly Election 2021 Majuli Constituency: Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal of the BJP won from Majuli assembly seat on May 2 defeating Congress candidate Rajib Lochan Pegu by 43,192votes.

Sonowal, who retained his seat for the second time, polled 71,436 votes (67.53 per cent), while the Congress candidate has to his credit 28,244 votes (26.7 per cent), according to the Election Commission of India website.

Besides Sonowal, there were five contestants in the fray from the seat.

The chief minister had earlier in the day said, as per trends, the BJP-led alliance will retain power in the state.

"The public blessed us. It is now sure that there will be a BJP government and we are coming back with our partners AGP and UPPL," Sonowal told reporters.

A victory for Barak-Brahmaputra, Hills & Plains. ✌️

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Thank you Hon'ble PM Shri @narendramodi ji. pic.twitter.com/IzBPDDfXIJ

— Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) May 2, 2021

Sonowal was up against Rajib Lochan Pegu of Congress and Sishudhar Doley of Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP). Other candidates in the fray are candidates Bhaity Richong (SUCIC) and Purna Pegu (IND).

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Majuli Assembly constituency in Majuli district of Assam went to polls on , March 27.  Majuli seat is part of the Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency, which falls in the Upper Assam region of Assam.

In the 2016 Assembly elections Sarbananda Sonowal of BJP won from this seat beating Rajib Lochan Pegu of INC by a margin of 18,923 votes.

In the 2021 Assam Assembly elections, the voter turnout was calculated at 79.31 percent. In 2016, this seat registered a turnout of 85.33 percent, while it was 79.33 percent in 2011.

As this constituency is the sitting Chief Minister's turf, it is an important one for the BJP alliance to conquer.

Counting of votes for the assembly polls is also underway across Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of Puducherry.

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