GUWAHATI, Nov 23: After BJP candidate Diganta Ghatowal was declared the winner in Behali, AGP candidate Diptimoyee Choudhury — wife of former 8-time Bongaigaon MLA Phani Bhushan Choudhury — has made it 2-0 in favour of the BJP-led ruling alliance by defeating Congress candidate Brajenjit Singha by a margin of 35,164 votes in Bongaigaon.
In Begali, BJP candidate Diganta Ghatowal defeated his Congress rival Jayanta Bora by a margin of over 9,000 votes
The BJP also won the Dholai and Samaguri seats while UPPL’s Nirmal Kumar Brahma defeating his BPF rival Suddho Basumatary in Sidli.
Polls were held in Dholai (SC) in Barak Valley, and in Samaguri, Behali, Bongaigaon and Sidli on November 13 after legislators of these five constituencies were elected to the Lok Sabha in the general elections held in April and May this year.
