Margherita goes for BJP

BJP candidate Bhaskar Sharma maintained the  Margherita seat by defeating Manoranjan Borgohain of the Congress party. 

In the 2016 Assam Assembly elections, Bhaskar Sharma had won  this seat by defeating Pradyut Bordoloi of INC by a margin of 22,744 votes which was 16.63% of the total votes polled in the constituency. BJP had a vote share of 55.85% in 2016 in the seat.