Guwahati: President of the Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) Bhupen Kumar Borah on Saturday has approved the nomination of 55 candidates out of 60 for the Guwahati Municipal Corporation election as Congress candidates from the Wards listed below:
List of Candidates of GMC Election, 2022
- Maligaon- Open- Pending
- Maligaon- Open – Tapan Kalita
- Maligaon- Open- Rashmi Das
- Jalukbari -Women -Bitumani Mazumdar
- Jalukbari- Open -Reshma Begum
- Jalukbari –SC Women- Kalbin Kumari
- Jalukbari- Open- Uttam Kr. Dey
- Jalukbari- Open- Shabin Sarma
- Maligaon- SC Women- Rajita Das
- Maligaon- Women- Rinki Nath Rajbongshi
- Bharalumukh- Women- Mamoni Deka
- Bharalumukh- Open- Lakshman Rabha
- Bharalumukh- Women- Durga Devi
- Bharalumukh- Women- Chayashree Sarma Medhi
- Bharalumukh- Open- Abdul Jenisar Khan
- Panbazar- Open- Deepak Prasad
- Panbazar- Women- Sajira Begum
- Panbazar- Open- Parag Das
- Bharalumukh- SC- Mamoni Roy
- Kalapahar- Open- Bipul Debnath
- Kalapahar- Open- Purnima Biswas
- Kalapahar- Women- Pending
- Kalapahar- ST Women- Sangita Boro
- Kalapahar- Open- Sameer Bong Jang
- Kalapahar- Women- Manisha Ingti
- Ulubari- Open- Pending
- Ulubari- ST Open- Anamika Boro Swargiary
- Ulubari- Women- Jitanjalee Bora
- Ulubari- Open- Chandasmita Das
- Panbazar- Women- Pending
- Panbazar- Women- Lakshmi Prabha Bordoloi
- Chandmari- SC- Gitali Das
- Chandmari- Women- Rima Goswami
- Chandmari- Women- Impy Das
- Chandmari- Open- Ramani Das
- Chandmari- Women- Mainajan Begum
- Zoo Road- Women- Namita Das
- Zoo Road- Open- Parash Gargya
- Zoo Road- Open- Avijit Mazumdar
- Ulubari- Women- Mina Saikia Gogoi
- Beltola- Women- Minakhi Lahan Das
- Beltola- Women- Maitri Devi Senapati
- Beltola- Women- Bharati Deka Medhi
- Beltola- Open- Kusha Gogoi
- Beltola- Women- Sima Bora
- Dispur-Open- Pranjal Phukan
- Beltola- Open- Dhrubajyoti Sarma
- Beltola- Open- Madhusmita Das
- Dispur- Open- Shyamal Hazarika
- Zoo Road- Open- Naba Kumar Goswami
- Dispur- ST Women-Sonia Doloi
- Noonmati- Open-Jagadish Das
- Noonmati- Women-Rubi Sarkar
- Zoo Road- Women-Beauty Ahmed
- Noonmati- Open-Himakshi Baishya Saikia
- Noonmati- Women-Ruby Das
- Noonmati- Women-Bharati Bhagawati
- Noonmati- Women-Bandana Barman
- Dispur- Open- Pending
- Dispur- Open- Swapan Kumar Das
It needs to be mentioned that Guwahati Municipal Corporation Election will be held on April 19, 2022.
The Assam State Election Commission has decided to hold the election to the 60 wards of Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) Election on April 19, 2022.
Moreover, the voting will be held from 8.30 am to 4.30 pm. The total number of voters in the municipal elections is 6,98,829. The total number of polling stations is 69.
The voting will take place in EVMs provided by the Election Commission.
The Covid protocol must be followed during voting and counting ballots. From 9 p.m. to 8 a.m., no campaigning will be permitted. Only 30 national political party leaders can run the campaign.
It is to be noted that women will be given 50% of the seats in municipal elections. Two wards would be reserved for Scheduled Caste women, while four wards will be reserved for Scheduled Caste Men. The highest amount a candidate can spend is Rs.2.5 lakh.