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Congress wins in Assam, Gogoi set for 3rd term

Guwahati: Congress got a comfortable majority in the Assam Assembly Elections as the party won 77 out of the total 126 seats. This means that incumbent Tarun Gogoi will be the Chief Minister for third term in a row. The opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and BJP won in only 10 and 4 seats respectively. Others including independents won in 35 seats. CM Gogoi retained his Titabor seat for third consecutive term defeating his nearest AGP rival by 54514 votes. The party also won from Teok, Bokajan (ST) and Jalukbari constituencies. Membor Gogoi won from Teok for the third straight time, defeating AGP's Hemanta Kalita by 29,899 votes. From Bokajan (ST) seat, Kiengdoong Engti defeated independent Jagat Singh Engti by 16,809 votes, while in Jalukbari Health Minister Himanta Sarma won for the third time defeating his BJP rival by a record 77,161 votes. Congress candidate Bharat Chandra Narah, MLA for the last 25 years, lost to AGP's Nabakumar Toley by a margin of 5,600 from Dhakuakhana. In a big boost for the Trinamool Congress, which romped to power in West Bengal, the party for the first time won in Assam with its candidate Dwipen Pathak from Hajo defeating former Lok Sabha MP Kirip Chaliha of Congress by 500 votes. Trinamool contested in 112 seats.

                                                                                                               
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