Jorhat
Constituency No. 98 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
DistrictJorhat
LS constituencyTezpur
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Elected year2021

Jorhat Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly.[1][2] Jorhat forms part of the Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency.[3] The longest serving representative of the constituency is Shri Hitendra Nath Goswami who is heading for last 22 years.


Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021 result

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hitendra Nath Goswami 68,321 48.84 -4.46
INC Rana Goswami 61,833 44.20 1.72
AJP Nirod Changkakoti 6,925 4.95 4.95
Independent Ranjit Baruah 1,100 0.79
NOTA None of the above 1,717 1.23 0.33
Majority 6,488 4.64 -5.78
Turnout 1,39,896 75.29 -4.66
Registered electors 1,85,804
BJP gain from INC Swing

2016 result

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Hitendra Nath Goswami 69,209 52.90
INC Rana Goswami 55,571 42.48
CPI(M) Nirmal Gogoi 1,548 1.18
LDP Prodyut Bora 1,372 1.04
AIUDF Sanjeev Rajkhowa 842 0.64
Independent Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta 635 0.48
Independent Jiban Chandra Sarmah 448 0.34
NOTA None of the above 1,184 0.90
Majority 13,638 10.42
Turnout 1,30,809 79.95
Registered electors 1,63,602
BJP gain from INC Swing

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election:Jorhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Rana Goswami 68049 64.85
AGP Hitendra Nath Goswami 30079 28.67
BJP Karabi Chakraborty 5354 5.1
AITC Sarifun Nisha 1449 1.38
Majority 37970
Turnout 104391
Registered electors 133959
INC hold Swing {{{swing}}}

References

  1. "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
  4. "Jorhat Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
  5. "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  6. "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

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