About 76% voter turnout in Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll
The Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency in Assam recorded a 76% voter turnout during a bypoll held on Tuesday. The election features a three-way contest between the BJP, Congress, and the AIUDF, with results expected to be announced on October 9.
Why it matters
This bypoll is a significant indicator of political sentiment in the region following the resignation of the previous incumbent.
About 76% of some 19.05 lakh electors voted for the bypoll to the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency in central Assam on Tuesday (October 6, 2026).
State election officials said the final voting percentage was expected to rise as people who entered polling stations before 5 p.m. were allowed to exercise their franchise.
The bypoll was necessitated after Pradyut Bordoloi, who won the constituency for the second successive term in 2024, quit Congress to contest and win the Dispur Assembly seat on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ticket.
Fifteen candidates are vying for the Nagaon parliamentary constituency, which comprises eight Assembly segments in Morigaon and Nagaon districts. However, the contest is expected to be primarily among the BJP’s Devasish Sharma, a former bureaucrat; Congress’s Sibamoni Bora, a former MLA; and All India United Democratic Front chief Mohammed Badruddin Ajmal, an MLA and three-time former MP.
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