SONARI, Feb 14 � The Congress and the BJP won eight wards each at the Sonari Municipal Board.
In Ward No. 1, Pranita Panging (BJP) defeated Namita Paul (Cong); in Ward No. 2 Sabita Mandal (BJP) beat Rupa Gogoi Patel (Cong); in Ward No. 3, Anita Baidya (BJP) defeated Sikha Mandal Roy (Cong); in Ward No. 4, Sandhya Kar (Cong) defeated Helen Choudhury Baruah (BJP); and in Ward No. 5, Kabir Ahmed (Cong) beat Imdad Hussain (BJP) by a margin of one vote. Kabir Ahmed got 329 votes, while Imdad Hussain got 328 votes.
In Ward No. 6, Dipamoni Gogoi (BJP) defeated Junmoni Phukon (Cong); in Ward No. 7, Bidyut Paul (BJP) defeated Apu Paul (Cong); while in Ward No. 8, Girin Gogoi (BJP) defeated Duleswar Gogoi (Cong); and in Ward No. 9, Rakesh Chandra Das (Cong) defeated Subhash Paul (BJP); in Ward No. 10 Promud Phukon (Cong) defeated Golak Konwar (BJP); in Ward No. 11, Runu Handique (Cong) defeated Alpana Baruah (BJP); while in Ward No. 12, Mira Konwar Baruah (Cong) defeated Mina Gogoi (BJP).
In Ward No. 13, Utpal Gogoi (Cong) defeated Gethuram Gogoi (BJP); in Ward No. 14, Babita Dutta (Cong) won by defeating Bandana Tamuli (BJP); in Ward No. 15, Ram Paik (BJP) defeated Dataram Sahu (Cong); and in Ward No. 16, Abhijit Cheleng (BJP) defeated Sanju Tanti (Cong).
In the Moran Town Committee, the Congress won six wards, while the BJP won five. The winning candidates are (Ward No. 1) Chandra Sekhar Chetia (Cong); (Ward No. 2) Mahamaya Dhar (Cong); (Ward No. 3) Sangita Kanu (BJP); (Ward No. 4) Janaki Baruah Phukon (Cong); (Ward No. 5) Dipak Gogoi (Cong); (Ward No. 6) Amardeep Bhagowati (BJP); (Ward No. 7) Sukhi Gohoi (BJP); (Ward No. 8) Manjit Borgohain (BJP); (Ward No. 9) Anima Konwar (BJP); (Ward No. 10) Munmi Changmai (Cong); and (Ward No. 11) Gulnahar Begum (Cong) respectively.
