Jorhat
Lok Sabha constituency
Jorhat within the state of Assam
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionNortheast India
StateAssam
Assembly constituenciesJorhat
Titabar
Mariani
Teok
Amguri
Nazira
Mahmara
Sonari
Thowra
Sibsagar
Established1952–present
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
PartyBharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India.

Assembly segments

Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]

Current assembly segments

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party MLA
93 Sonari None Charaideo
94 Mahmara
95 Demow Sibsagar
95 Sibsagar
97 Nazira
98 Majuli ST Majuli
99 Teok None Jorhat
100 Jorhat
101 Mariani
102 Titabar

Previous assembly segments

Constituency number Name Reserved for (SC/ST/None) District Party MLA
98 Jorhat None Jorhat

BJP

Hitendra Nath Goswami
100 Titabar None Jorhat

INC

Bhaskar Jyoti Baruah
101 Mariani None Jorhat

BJP

Rupjyoti Kurmi
102 Teok None Jorhat AGP Renupoma Rajkhowa
103 Amguri None Sibsagar AGP Prodip Hazarika
104 Nazira None Sibsagar INC Debabrata Saikia
105 Mahmara None Charaideo

BJP

Jogen Mohan
106 Sonari None Charaideo

BJP

Dharmeswar Konwar
107 Thowra None Sibsagar

BJP

Sushanta Borgohain
108 Sibsagar None Sibsagar IND Akhil Gogoi

Members of Parliament

Year Winner Party
1952 Debeswar Sarmah Indian National Congress
1957 Mofida Ahmed
1962 Rajendranath Barua Praja Socialist Party
1967 Indian National Congress
1971 Tarun Gogoi
1977
1984 Parag Chaliha Independent
1991 Bijoy Krishna Handique Indian National Congress
1996
1998
1999
2004
2009
2014 Kamakhya Prasad Tasa Bharatiya Janata Party
2019 Topon Kumar Gogoi

Election results

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Jorhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Topon Kumar Gogoi 543,288 51.35
INC Sushanta Borgohain 4,60,635 43.54
CPI Kanak Gogoi 17,849 1.69
NOTA None of the above 12,569 1.19
AITC Ribulaya Gogoi 6,121 0.58 N/A
Majority 82,653 7.81
Turnout 10,58,820 77.57
BJP hold Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Jorhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa 4,56,420 48.99 +10.95
INC Bijoy Krishna Handique 3,54,000 38.00 -9.46
AGP Prodip Hazarika 46,626 5.01 +5.01
CPI Drupad Borgohain 28,930 3.11 -6.61
AIUDF Nasir Ahmed 7,331 0.79 +0.79
AITC Ribulaya Gogoi 5,759 0.62 +0.62
SP Gunin Basumatari 5,754 0.62 +0.62
Independent Raj Kumar Dowarah 4,737 0.51 -0.25
AAP Manorom Gogoi 3,659 0.39 +0.39
AIFB Horen Borgohain 3,472 0.37 +0.37
NOTA None of the above 14,648 1.57 ---
Majority 1,02,420 11.00 +1.58
Turnout 9,31,568 78.32
BJP gain from INC Swing +6.25

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General elections 2009

2009 Indian general elections: Jorhat
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Bijoy Krishna Handique 3,62,320 47.44
BJP Kamakhya Prasad Tasa 2,90,406 38.02
CPI Drupad Borgohain 74,185 9.71
Majority 71,914 9.42
Turnout 7,63,554 64.58
INC hold Swing

See also

References

  1. "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
  2. Jorhat District, Assam. Expenditure Details of Contesting Candidates Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine

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