Dibrugarh: The election campaigning for the Dibrugarh Municipal Board (DMB) polls ended on Friday evening. The political parties took out rallies in support of their candidates. Altogether 81 candidates remain in the fray in the 22-ward Dibrugarh Municipal (DMB) election after six candidates withdrew their nominations.
BJP candidate Gautam Dutta won uncontested from ward no 1 after the lone rival candidate Dinendra Nath Sakia from the Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) withdrew his nomination. Along with the AJP candidate, the five candidates who withdrew their papers were independents Atish Chandra Bagchi, Paltu Das (both ward no 4), Daniya Ahmed (ward no 10), Arun Kumar Jain (ward no 11) and Asish Sengupta (ward no 14).
The BJP has put up candidates in all the 22 seats while the INC is contesting in 19 seats. The Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) is contesting in 9 seats followed by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in 7 seats and Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) in 4 seats. The Dibrugarh Municipal Board has the largest electorate with 1,17,690 voters in its 22 wards. There will be 129 polling stations in Dibrugarh.
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