NEW DELHI: The Election Commission of India announced the schedule for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Assam on Saturday, March 16. Assam will go to the polls in 3 phases.
Dibrugarh Lok Sabha constituency
Dibrugarh is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state of Assam in north-eastern India. It covers Margherita, Digboi, Makum, Tinsukia, Chabua-Lahowal, Dibrugarh, Khowang, Duliajan, Tingkhong, Naharkatia assembly segments.
Dibrugarh constituency voting and counting
The Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat is scheduled to go to polls in the first phase on April 19, and the counting of votes will be done on June 4.
Dibrugarh constituency Candidates
The Dibrugarh Lok Sabha seat is set to witness a fierce contest between the Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) candidate Manoj Dhanowar, who will be up against BJP strongman Sarbananda Sonowal and Assam Jatiya Parishad candidate Lurinjyoti Gogoi in a triangular contest.
Dibrugarh constituency main parties
In Assam, the BJP is contesting in 11 seats, while its ally party, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), will contest in Barpeta and Dhubri seats, and the United People’s Party Liberal (UPPL) in Kokrajhar seat.
Congress has announced the list of candidates for 12 parliamentary seats. On the other hand, AAP is contesting from two Lok Sabha seats, the party has also fielded a candidate in the Sonitpur seat.
Dibrugarh Lok Sabha 2019 result
In the 2019 elections, the Dibrugarh parliamentary constituency had 1,314,319 electors. Rameswar Teli of the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious with 659,583 votes, defeating Congress candidate Paban Singh Ghatowar, who got 295,017 votes, losing by a margin of 364,566 votes.