By TCN News
Guwahati: Phase 1 of Assam’s election is going to be held on 4 and second phase on April 11. Total of 981 candidates will contest of which 85 are females. In the first phase there are 485 candidates for 62 constituencies and in second phase there are 496 candidates for 64 constituencies. Maximum numbers of candidates are fielded by Congress at 128 and the same for BJP is 120, AGP 104, Trinamool Congress 99, AIUDF 78, and BPF 29, CPI and CPI-M 15 candidates each. The 4 Karimganj South has the maximum number of candidates with 25. 2,093 and 2,985 polling stations had been identified as hyper-sensitive and sensitive for the first phase of polls and 2,033 and 4,175 for the second phase.
High Profile candidates for the first phase are:
Prithvi Majhi, Congress, Minister of Planning,
Nurjamal Sarkar, Congress, Irrigation Minister,
Muktadir Choudhury, AIUDF, six term MLA and ex-Congress candidate
Saidul Alam,AGP
Ataur Rehman Majharbhuyan, AIUDF, ex MLA
Abdul Siddique, AIUDF
Mohit Majumdar, AIUDF, advocate, Hailakandi
Promod Gogoi, CPI, 5 times MLA
Dhrupad Borgohain, CPI, Nazira
Tanka Bahasur Roy, Congress, current speaker, Borchola
Pronoti Phukan, current Dy speaker, Naharkatia
Tarun Gogoi, current CM, Titabor