About 76% voter turnout in Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll
Election officials said the figure is expected to increase as voters who entered polling stations before 5 p.m. were allowed to exercise their franchise
On October 6, 2026, approximately 76% of around 19.05 lakh eligible voters participated in the bypoll for the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency in central Assam. The final voter turnout is anticipated to increase as individuals who cast their ballots prior to 5 p.m. are permitted to register their vote. The bypoll was prompted by Pradyut Bordoloi, who had successfully represented the constituency twice before, deciding to abandon the Congress party and contest and secure a seat in the Dispur Assembly under the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) banner.
The constituency encompasses eight Assembly segments located in Morigaon and Nagaon districts, with fifteen candidates competing for the parliamentary seat. The BJP's Devasish Sharma, a former civil servant, the Congress's Sibamoni Bora, a former MLA, and the All India United Democratic Front chief Mohammed Badruddin Ajmal, an MLA and three-time former MP, are anticipated to be the primary contenders in the race.
All three contenders expressed confidence in their chances of winning the seat. There was a brief altercation over accusations of vote-switching at a polling booth in Nagaon district's Juria, but otherwise, the voting process was largely peaceful. Opposition party representatives, including Ajmal and Congress's Dhubri MP Rakibul Hussain, alleged that unidentified individuals infiltrated multiple polling stations, while the latter also accused the BJP of attempting to manipulate the election. The vote tally is set to take place on October 9.
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