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Assam elections 2026: Congress releases 2nd list of 23 candidates, leaves 15 seats for allies

Assam elections 2026: Congress releases 2nd list of 23 candidates, leaves 15 seats for allies

The Indian National Congress on Saturday released its second list of 23 candidates for the upcoming Assam Legislative Assembly election 2026, fielding leaders such as Abdul Khaleque, Rakibuddin Ahmed and Bipul Gogoi.The party left 15 constituencies for its alliance partners as part of its seat-sharing arrangement for the polls.List on candidates in 2nd listHere is the full 2nd list as released by Congress:

Sl. No. No & Names of Constituencies Selected Candidates
1 6 GOLAKGANJ KARTIK CHANDRA RAY
2 9 BIRSING JARUA WAZED ALI CHOUDHURY
3 10 BILASIPARA AMRIT BADSHA
4 11 MANKACHAR MOHIBUR ROHMAN
5 14 GOALPARA EAST ABUL KALAM RASHEED ALAM
6 15 DUDHNAI -ST KISHOR KUMAR BRAHMA
7 17 SRIJANGRAM NURUL ISLAM
8 22 MANDIA ABDUL KHALEQUE
9 27 CHAMARIA RAKIBUDDIN AHMED
10 31 RANGIA PRANJIT CHOUDHURY
11 34 DIMORIA – SC KISHORE KUMAR BARUAH
12 35 NEW GUWAHATI SANTANU BORAH
13 50 MANGALDAI SMT. RIJUMONI TALUKDAR
14 63 HOJAI SMT. JHILLI CHOUDHURY
15 65 DHEKIAJULI BATASH URANG
16 68 RANGAPARA KARTIK CHANDRA KURMI
17 72 GOHPUR DR SANKAR JYOTI KUTUM
18 78 DHEMAJI (ST) SAILEN SONOWAL
19 86 TINSUKIA DEVID PHUKAN
20 91 TINGKHONG BIPUL GOGOI
21 104 DERGAON SMT. SAGORIKA BORA
22 120 DHOLAI (SC) DHRUBJYOTI PURKAYASTHA
23 124 KARIMGANJ SOUTH AMINUR RASHID CHOUDHURY

Seats left for allies

Sl. No. Constituency
1 21 BHOWANIPUR – SORBHOG
2 26 BAJALI
3 29 PALASBARI
4 36 GUWAHATI CENTRAL
5 44 GORESWAR
6 54 MORIGAON
7 59 BARHAMPUR
8 62 BINNAKANDI
9 71 BEHALI (SC)
10 81 SADIYA
11 88 DIBRUGARH
12 89 KHOWANG
13 107 SARUPATHAR
14 110 DIPHU (ST)
15 112 AMRI (ST)

The party had released its first list of 42 candidates for the Assam polls earlier this month, fielding key leaders including Gaurav Gogoi from Jorhat, Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia from Nazira, and sitting MLAs Nandita Das from Hajo-Sualkuchi and Diganta Barman from Barkhetri. The list also included Mira Borthakur Goswami from Dispur, while youth leaders Tanzil Hussain and Prateek Bordoloi were fielded from Samaguri and Margherita respectively

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