New Guwahati assembly election results: Diplu Ranjan Sarmah wins for BJP, registers 47,668-vote lead

In New Guwahati, Diplu Ranjan Sarmah of BJP secured a decisive victory, polling 89,636 votes and defeating Congress candidate Santanu Bora by a margin of 47,668 votes. AAP’s Aditya Gogoi finished a distant third with 1,791 votes, as the constituency delivered a clear mandate in favour of BJP.In Assam's New Guwahati, BJP candidate Diplu Ranjan Sarmah emerged as the winner, defeating Congress's Santanu Bora by 47,668 votes. In the 2026 assembly elections, Diplu Ranjan secured his win with 89,636 votes. Meanwhile, INC candidate Bora stood behind with 41,968 votes and Aam Aadmi Party's Aditya Gogoi had 1,791 votes to his name.Exit polls had suggested a decisive edge for the incumbent government led by Himanta Biswa Sarma, with most agencies predicting that the Bharatiya Janata Party is on course to win a third straight term in Assam.Voting for all 126 constituencies took place on April 9, with turnout exceeding 85%, among the highest seen in recent years.Importantly, the strong voter participation was evident not only in rural regions but also in urban areas, indicating widespread and energetic engagement from voters across the state.New Guwahati Assembly Constituency is a newly created Assembly constituency in Assam’s Kamrup Metropolitan district, carved out during the 2023 delimitation exercise that redrew the city’s electoral map.The constituency largely comprises areas that were earlier part of the now-abolished Gauhati East and Gauhati West Assembly seats.For the 2026 elections, the BJP has fielded a new candidate, Diplu Ranjan Sarmah, from the reconstituted New Guwahati seat.Before delimitation, the region fell under the Gauhati East constituency. In the 2021 Assembly elections, BJP leader Siddhartha Bhattacharya won the seat with a decisive mandate, securing 1,13,461 votes defeating Congress candidate Ashima Bordoloi by a margin of 84,100 votes.