Guwahati, May 4 -- Reported by Avik Chakraborty

Dibrugarh: Sitting MLA Prasanta Phukan on Monday won the Dibrugarh Assembly constituency in the Assam election for a fifth consecutive term, defeating Assam Jatiya Parishad's (AJP) Mainak Patra by a margin of over 70,000 votes.

This victory comes nearly two decades after he first won the seat by a margin of 175 votes.

The state Power Minister's latest win continues his electoral record in Dibrugarh. When Phukan first won from the constituency in 2006, he defeated sitting Congress MLA Kalyan Kumar Gogoi by 175 votes, 28,424 against 28,249.

Since then, Phukan's winning margins have increased. He won by 19,609 votes in 2011, 27,374 in 2016, and 38,005 in 2021. Monday's result is his largest...