Lok Sabha Elections 2024: This Assam Family Has Nearly 350 Voters
Five constituencies in Assam -- Kaziranga, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur, Dibrugarh and Jorhat will go to the booth on April 19, on the first day of polling in the Lok Sabha elections 2024.
Among these constituencies, Sonitpur may hold the unique distinction of having the largest family of voters.
One family, 350 votes
With nearly 350 voters, the family of the late Ron Bahadur Thapa of Phuloguri Nepali Paam in Sonitpur is one of the largest that will exercise their franchise on April 19.
Ron Bahadur Thapa is survived by 12 sons and 9 daughters from his wives and more than 150 grandchildren.
With a family of nearly 1200 members in total, nearly 350 members are to exercise their voting rights in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.
Most of them living in same village
There are nearly 300 families from the same ancestor living in the Phuloguri Nepali Paam area in the Sonitpur parliamentary constituency.
Til Bahadur Thapa, village headman of Nepali Paam village and son of the late Ron Bahadur, told ANI that there are around 350 people in their entire family who are eligible to cast their votes.
1,200 members in the family
"My father came here along with my grandfather in 1964 and settled down in the state. My father had five wives and we have 12 brothers and 9 sisters. He had 56 grandchildren by his sons. I don't know the grandchildren from the daughter's side. In this election, there are nearly 350 members of the Thapa family in Nepali Paam who are eligible to cast their votes. If we count all children, then the total members of our family will be more than 1,200," Til Bahadur Thapa told ANI.
He added that his father raised 12 sons and 9 daughters.?According to the family members, Ron Bahadur died in 1997, leaving behind his big, fat family.
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