Demow election results 2026: BJP's Sushanta Borgohain won against Congress's Ajoy Kumar Gogoi

NEW DELHI: Susanta Borgohain of the BJP emerged victorious in the election, securing a total of 89681 votes. He defeated Congress candidate Ajoy Kumar Gogoi by a decisive margin of 33528 votes.BJP's Sushanta Borgohain was in contest with Congress's Ajoy Kumar Gogoi for the constituency of Demow in the 2026 assembly elections.There were a total of 178390 registered voters on the electoral rolls for the 2026 Assembly election in Demow Assembly constituency, of whom 87716 were male, 90673 female and 1 belonged to the third gender.Exit polls released on Wednesday evening for the high-stakes Assam battle indicate a clear majority for the incumbent Himanta Biswa Sarma-led government, with most pollsters favouring the BJP to secure a third consecutive term in the tea-producing state.Demow Assembly constituency (No. 95) in Assam's Sivasagar district is a newly formed seat post-2023 delimitation from the former Thowra constituency (No. 107), with elections scheduled for April 9, 2026 (results May 4), so no new MLA has been elected yet as of March 2026. The sitting MLA Sushanta Borgohain (BJP), who won Thowra in 2021 by a margin of 2,006 votes over BJP's Kushal Dowari (48,026 votes vs. 46,020), is the likely BJP candidate again, as hinted by CM Himanta Biswa Sarma. Key issues include annual floods and riverbank erosion displacing communities and ruining agriculture (Assam's primary occupation), high youth unemployment exacerbated post-floods leading to labor shortages and migration, inadequate disaster management like poor relief camps, and limited industrial development despite growing voter base (178,390 total, 230 polling stations).