HT Correspondent
SIVASAGAR, June 4: INC candidate Gaurav Gogoi secured a clear mandate from the electorates in 95 Demow LAC and 96 Sivasagar LAC segments of the Jorhat parliamentary constituency. In Sivasagar LAC, Gaurav Gogoi, the INDIA candidate, garnered 91,843 votes, while NDA candidate and sitting MP Topon Kumar Gogoi received 73,095 votes, 18,748 votes less than his rival. Out of the 167,372 votes polled in the constituency, NOTA claimed the third-highest position with 1,094 votes, ahead of Independent candidate Raj Kumar Duwora (728 votes) and Ekam Sanatan Bharat Dal’s Arun Chandra Handique (612 votes).
Joining his supporters in celebrations in Sivasagar soon after the results were out, Gaurav Gogoi thanked the new voters he termed as “Natun Asom”, who had returned home from different places to vote for change, civility, secularity, and harmony. Sivasagar MLA Akhil Gogoi, who played a key role in Gaurav Gogoi’s victory, told the media here that the people voted against divisive polarising politics of the BJP, and it is a win for democracy.
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In Demow LAC, Gaurav Gogoi secured 77,933 votes while Topon Kumar Gogoi got 67,879 votes, resulting in a lead of 16,060 votes.
In Nazira LAC, traditionally an INC stronghold, out of 147,131 votes polled, Gaurav Gogoi received 70,727 votes while Topon Kumar Gogoi got 70,600 votes.
The most astounding results came from Sonari LAC, the birthplace of Topon Kumar Gogoi, where he trailed miserably. Gaurab Gogoi got 71,603 votes against 61,269 votes of the NDA candidate. In Mahmora LAC, Gaurav Gogoi got 62,680 votes while Topon Gogoi received only 53,030 votes.
Topon Kumar Gogoi’s defeat in his home constituency has been attributed by a conscious section of voters to his failure to utilise social media, lack of coordination between the alliance partners’ workers and leaders, and verbose lectures of BJP leaders, besides the candidate’s own lack of mobility among the electorates.
The counting process in Sivasagar, Nazira, and Sonari was notably peaceful due to extensive security measures in Sivasagar and Charaideo districts, along with increased voter awareness about democratic principles. (The final results for Nazira LAC were delayed due to reported glitches in EVMs.)
