Eight nominations filed for 4 LS seats in Assam

Press Trust of India  |  Guwahati 

Altogether eight nominations have been filed for the third and final phase of polls to four Parliamentary constituencies in till Monday, an election office spokesperson said.

BJP candidate and her rival of the have filed their nominations for the Gauhati Lok Sabha seat while for Dhubri constituency and of Voter's Party International (VPI) filed his papers for Kokrajhar constituency on Monday.

Badruddin Ajmal, AITC's Nurul Islam Choudhury and Independent Asrof Ali- had earlier filed their papers Dhubri seat.

In Barpeta constituency, no candidate has so far filed their nomination.

The last date of filing of nomination for the last phase is April 4 next, scrutiny is on April 5 and the last date of withdrawal is April eight.

The constituencies going to polls in the last phase scheduled on April 23 are Gauhati, Barpeta, Dhubri and Kokrajhar.

Polling will be held for the first phase on April 11 for the constituencies of Tezpur, Kaliabor, Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur where 41 candidates are in fray while in the second phase, 50 candidates are in fray for the constituencies of Karimganj (SC), Silchar, (ST) and Nowgong.

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First Published: Mon, April 01 2019. 19:30 IST