BJP candidate Devasish Sharma won the Nagaon Lok Sabha by-election with 7,14,349 votes. He defeated AIUDF chief Mohammed Badruddin Ajmal by 1,42,224 votes, while Congress candidate Sibamoni Bora finished third.
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Sharma finished almost ten percentage points ahead of Ajmal
The Election Commission of India’s results portal gave Sharma 49.12% of the votes recorded and Ajmal 39.34%. Bora received 1,29,492 votes, or 8.90%, leaving the Congress nominee well behind the two leading candidates.
Share of the 14,54,380 votes recorded on the ECI results portal.
| Label | Value |
| BJP — Sharma | 714349 |
| AIUDF — Ajmal | 572125 |
| INC — Bora | 129492 |
| Other 12 candidates | 29170 |
| NOTA | 9244 |
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Data source: Election Commission of India — Nagaon parliamentary by-election, October 2026
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The first three candidates accounted for 97.36% of the vote
Sharma, Ajmal and Bora together received 14,15,966 votes. The other 12 candidates collected 29,170 between them, while NOTA accounted for 9,244. Ayush Kumar Singh, an independent candidate, received 799 votes; that figure appears in the ECI candidate table.
All 15 candidates and NOTA, ranked by votes recorded.
| Label | Value |
| Devasish Sharma | 714349 |
| Mohammed Badruddin Ajmal | 572125 |
| Sibamoni Bora | 129492 |
| Monirul Hussain | 6746 |
| Sabina Yasmin | 4083 |
| Saifur Rahman | 3639 |
| Younus Tamuly | 2602 |
| Mustakim Alam | 2322 |
| Inamul Huda | 2054 |
| Barnali Sarma | 1676 |
| Hafiz Burhanuddin | 1532 |
| Faruk Khan | 1344 |
| Nazrul Islam | 1310 |
| Emran Hussain | 1063 |
| Ayush Kumar Singh | 799 |
| NOTA | 9244 |
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Data source: Election Commission of India — Nagaon parliamentary by-election, October 2026
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The winning margin was larger than the third-placed total
Sharma’s 7,14,349 votes exceeded Ajmal’s 5,72,125 by 1,42,224. The margin was 12,732 votes greater than Bora’s entire tally, underlining how strongly the contest was concentrated between the BJP and AIUDF candidates.
The winner’s total minus the runner-up’s total.
| Label | Value |
| Sharma votes | 714349 |
| Ajmal votes | -572125 |
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Data source: Election Commission of India — Nagaon parliamentary by-election, October 2026
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The by-election moved the seat from Congress to the BJP
The vacancy arose after Congress MP Pradyut Bordoloi resigned from the party, joined the BJP and entered the Assam Assembly from Dispur. Polling took place on 6 October and the result was reported on 9 October. Turnout was 76.19% across a parliamentary constituency comprising eight Assembly segments in Nagaon and Morigaon districts.
Vote totals recorded by the Election Commission of India.
| Label | Value |
| Devasish Sharma | 714349 |
| Mohammed Badruddin Ajmal | 572125 |
| Sibamoni Bora | 129492 |
| Monirul Hussain | 6746 |
| Sabina Yasmin | 4083 |
| Saifur Rahman | 3639 |
| Younus Tamuly | 2602 |
| Mustakim Alam | 2322 |
| Inamul Huda | 2054 |
| Barnali Sarma | 1676 |
| Hafiz Burhanuddin | 1532 |
| Faruk Khan | 1344 |
| Nazrul Islam | 1310 |
| Emran Hussain | 1063 |
| Ayush Kumar Singh | 799 |
| NOTA | 9244 |
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Data source: Election Commission of India — Nagaon parliamentary by-election, October 2026
