Held by Biraj Kumar Sharma, AGP vice-president, Minister for Municipal Administration in Mahanta government. Sharma won the seat in 1985, lost to Citta Ranjan Patowari (Cong) in 1991 and won it back in 1996.

Sharma, as chief convenor of the All Assam Gana Sangram Parishad (AAGSP), was a signatory to the 1985 Assam Accord alongwith then AASU president Prafulla Kumar Mahanta and general secretary Bhrigu Kumar Phukan. He was also a minister in the Mahanta government of 1985-90.

Sharma is now candidate of the AGP-BJP alliance. But he is facing a tough challenge from Pankaj Bora, general secretary and spokesperson of the Congress. Bora, a better speaker, won prize in debates during his college days. Bora had in 1991 contested as Congress (S) candidate, coming second with 9668 votes (15.19 per cent).

Sharma on the other hand is personally known to almost every voter in the constituency. He is always available to the people, often becoming "ghar ka murgi, daal barabar." His constituency has all the important newspaper houses, the Nehru Stadium and three major cremation grounds, of the Hindus, Muslims as well as Christians. And he regularly visits them to express condolence for the dead.

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