GUWAHATI: After 17 long years, the much awaited Guwahati Press Club general elections were conducted successfully on 12th March, 2020.
The results have been announced on 13th March.
Manoj Kumar has been elected President of GPC with a total of 449 votes. Madhov Goswami, the other Presidential candidate polled 320 votes.
Dhani Ram Kalita became the Vice President of GPC, without any opposing contestant. He secured 331 votes.
For the post of Vice President (Reserved for women), Mousumi Sarma Baruah won with a total of 301 votes. Arunima Kalita emerged in the second position with 277 votes.
Sanjoy Ray was elected as the General Secretary with 404 votes, against Partha Dev Goswami who secured 270 votes.
A tough competition was seen for the post of Assistant General Secretary between Manindra Kumar Deka and Prasanta Kumar Baruah and Deka won with a 2 vote margin. While Deka got a total of 292 votes, Baruah was left second with 290 votes.
Meanwhile, Assistant General Secretary (Reserved for women) position has been won by Manisha Kalita with 304 votes.
Raju Baruah will be the next Organising Secretary with 209 votes, and Nayan Pratim Kumar the next Treasurer of GPC with 355 votes.
The Cultural Secretary position is won by Pallavi Poli Bora with 369 votes, and the Dhiraj Hazarika won for the post of Sports Secretary with 282 votes.
It has to be mentioned that the 17th General Elections of the Guwahati Press Club took place in the premises of the club on 12th March. Voting was conducted since 10 am to 4 pm. The counting of votes went on throughout the night. The overall turnout of voters was 95.59%.