Assam voted on September 13 for by-polls to 3 Assembly constituencies.
Early trends from Assam indicate that the All India United Democratic Front or AIUDF is ahead Silchar, Lakhipur and Jamunamukh assembly constituencies. Counting in these constituencies which voted on September 13 got underway at 8 AM today.
Saturday's by-election was necessitated following the election of Silchar Congress MLA Sushmita Dev and Jamunamukh AIUDF MLA Mohammad Sirajuddin Ajmal to the Lok Sabha in May.
The death of sitting Congress MLA Dinesh Prasad Goala necessitated the by-poll in Lakhipur.
While Arun Dutta Majumdar (Congress), Dilip Kumar Paul (BJP) and Nur Ahmed Barbhuyan (AIUDF) are among the prominent contestants in Silchar, former Congress MLA Dinesh Prasad Goala's son Rajdeep Goala (Cong), Mukesh Pandey (AIUDF) and Sanjay Thakur (BJP) are notable candidates in Lakhipur.
Jamunamukh has AIUDF president Badruddin Ajmal's son Abdur Rahim Ajmal, Bashir Uddin Laskar (Cong) and Bilal Uddin (BJP) in the fray among others.