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BJP wins two, leading in five

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Press Trust of India Guwahati
BJP is all set to emerge as the single largest party in Assam, winning two seats of the 14 Lok Sabha seats and establishing substantial leads in five others.

Ruling Congress and main opposition party AIUDF are leading in three each and an independent in one.

A major loss for Congress has been that of the outgoing Union DONER Minister Paban Singh Ghatowar, five time MP from Dibrugarh constituency, who gas been drubbed by BJP's Rameswar Teli by 1,85,347 votes.

In Tezpur, BJP's Ram Prasad Sarmah defeated Congress MLA Bhupen Borah by 86,006 votes.

BJP is set to win Lakhimpur, Jorhat, Nowgong, Gauhati and Mangaldoi seats.
 

Results of the remaining LS seats are yet to be announced with EVM glitches reported in several constituencies. Returning officers have sought the Election Commission's permission to declare the results where leads are unassailable, official sources said here.

The highest winning margin in the state was in Kokrajhar(ST) constituency with Independent candidate former ULFA battalion commander Naba (Hira) Sarania leading over former Rajya Sabha MP and Independent U G Brahma by 3,55,779 votes.

As per the trends outgoing Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Ranee Narah was set to lose to BJP state unit President Sarbananda Sonowal who stole the march over her by 3,03,264 votes.

In Jorhat, six time Congress MP Bijoy Krishna Handique is also facing a rout in the hands of BJP's tea and youth leader Kamakhya Prasad Tassa who was ahead of him by 1,02,420 votes.

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First Published: May 16 2014 | 7:39 PM IST

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