Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency

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Gauhati
Lok Sabha constituency
Gauhati Lok Sabha 2008.svg
Constituency details
Country India
Region Northeast India
State Assam
Established1952
ReservationNone
Member of Parliament
17th Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Party Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year2019

Gauhati , also spelt Guwahati, is a Lok Sabha constituency in Assam.

Contents

Assembly segments

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

Current assembly segments

Constituency numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictPartyMLA
13 Goalpara West ST Goalpara
15 Dudhnai
27ChamariaNone Kamrup
28 Boko–Chaygaon ST
29 Palasbari None
33 Dispur Kamrup Metro
34DimoriaSC
35New GuwahatiNone
36Guwahati Central
37 Jalukbari

Previous assembly segments

Constituency numberNameReserved for (SC/ST/None)DistrictPartyMLA
36 Dudhnai ST Goalpara

INC

Jadab Swargiary
48 Boko SC Kamrup INC Nandita Das
49 Chaygaon None Kamrup INC Rekibuddin Ahmed
50 Palasbari None Kamrup

BJP

Hemanga Thakuria
51 Jalukbari None Kamrup Metro

BJP

Himanta Biswa Sarma
52 Dispur None Kamrup Metro

BJP

Atul Bora Sr.
53 Gauhati East None Kamrup Metro

BJP

Sidhharth Bhatacharya
54 Gauhati West None Kamrup Metro AGP Ramendra Narayan Kalita
55 Hajo None Kamrup

BJP

Suman Haripriya
60 Barkhetry None Nalbari

INC

Diganta Barman

Members of Parliament

YearWinnerParty
1952 Rohini Kumar Chaudhury Indian National Congress
1956^Devendra Nath Sarma
1957 Hem Barua Praja Socialist Party
1962
1967 Dhireswar Kalita Communist Party of India
1971 Dinesh Goswami Indian National Congress
1977 Renuka Devi Barkataki Janata Party
1985 Dinesh Goswami Independent
1989 Elections not held in Assam
1991 Kirip Chaliha Indian National Congress
1996 Prabin Chandra Sarmah Asom Gana Parishad
1998 Bhubaneshwar Kalita Indian National Congress
1999 Bijoya Chakravarty Bharatiya Janata Party
2004 Kirip Chaliha Indian National Congress
2009 Bijoya Chakravarty Bharatiya Janata Party
2014
2019 Queen Oja

^ by-poll

Election results

2024

2024 Indian general election: Gauhati
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Bijuli Kalita Medhi
INC Mira Barthakur Goswami
NOTA None of the above
Majority
Turnout
gain from Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Gauhati
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Queen Oja 1,008,936 57.20 +6.60
INC Bobbeeta Sarma6,63,33037.61+7.90
IND. Upamanyu Hazarika21,1931.20+1.20
AITC Manoj Sarma10,1410.57+0.03
IND. Faruk Ahmed Bhuyan9,0440.51+0.51
NOTA None of the Above 10,4660.59+0.15
Majority3,45,60619.59-1.30
Turnout 17,63,95080.87+2.23
BJP hold Swing +6.60

16th Lok Sabha: 2014 Lok Sabha elections

2014 Indian general elections: Gauhati
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Bijoya Chakravarty 7,64,98550.60+5.86
INC Manash Borah4,49,20129.71-13.96
AIUDF Gopi Nath Das1,37,2549.08+2.47
AGP Birendra Prasad Baishya86,5465.72+5.72
Independent Benedict Alok Areng12,4320.82+0.82
AITC Biju Phukan8,1620.54+0.54
Independent Pradip Kalita7,3450.49+0.49
Regional Democratic Secular CongressKazi Nekib Ahmed6,6360.44+0.44
Independent Anil Bhagawati5,7820.38+0.38
AAP Pranjal Bordoloy4,8090.32+0.32
Independent Dr. Faruk Aahammed Bhuyan3,5400.23+0.23
SP Bandana Barman Baruah3,2400.21-0.12
Independent Dhiraj Medhi2,8450.19+0.19
Independent Padmeshwar Phukan2,6290.17+0.17
Independent Khargeswar Das2,5320.17+0.17
Lok BharatiGopi Baruah2,4110.16+0.16
Independent Ajad Ali2,3850.16+0.16
NOTA None of the Above 6,7200.44+0.44
Majority3,15,78420.89+19.82
Turnout 15,12,24878.67+14.35
BJP hold Swing +5.86

1956 by-election

In 1956, a bye-election was held. The election was won by the INC candidate Devendra Nath Sarma with 45057 votes, against Hem Barua of Praja Socialist Party with 29112 votes. [2]

See also

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References

  1. "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
  2. "Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995". ECI, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.