New Delhi, March 19 -- The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) released the first list of 88 candidates for the upcoming Assam assembly elections on 19 March. The saffron party has fielded Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from the Jalukbari seat.

The 126 seats of Assam Assembly are voting in single phase on 9 April. The results will be announced on 4 May.

 

The first list of candidates also named Pradyut Bordoloi, who joined the party after quitting Congress. Bordoloi has been fielded from Assam's Dispur assembly seat.

Bordoloi, Lok Sabha Member of Parliament from Nagaon, joined the BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday, a day after resigning from the Congress.

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