Abhayapuri Assembly Elections 2026: Bhupen Roy registers massive victory for BJP, defeats Congress by 58,926 votes

In Abhayapuri, Bhupen Roy of BJP secured a landslide victory, polling 1,11,154 votes. He defeated Congress candidate Pradip Sarkar by a massive margin of 58,926 votes. TMC’s Kaushik Ranjan Das finished a distant third with 1,497 votes, as the constituency delivered an emphatic mandate in favour of BJP.Abhayapuri is a town located in Assam’s Bongaigaon district and the headquarters of the North Salmara subdivision. It is a general (unreserved) Assembly constituency. In 2026, the BJP fielded Bhupen Roy against Congress’s Pradip Sarkar in the assembly elections.During 2016 Assembly elections Abhayapuri was divided into two constituencies Abhayapuri North and Abhayapuri South. In 2016 assembly elections, INC’s Abdul Hai Nagori won this seat beating the AGP candidate by a margin of 2,139 votes in Abhayapuri North while in Abhayapuri South AIUDF’s Ananta Kumar Malo won this seat beating AGP candidate by 191 votes.The Assam assembly elections took place in a single phase on April 9 with counting scheduled for May 4. The estimated voter turnout in Abhayapuri Assembly constituency of Assam was 90.81% till 7pm in comparison to 2021 which was 81.8%. Assam’s 2026 assembly elections recorded a historic voter turnout of 85.9% by evening on April 9, the highest since the state’s first polls in 1951, with large numbers of people turning out to vote despite rain. This marks the highest turnout in the state’s history, surpassing the previous highs of 84.67% in 2016 and 82.04% in 2021.According to ED data, women recorded a voter turnout of 86.5% in the 2026 assembly elections, over a percentage point higher than men at 85.3%. This also marks the highest-ever female participation in the state.