Gossaigaon Assembly constituency

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Gossaigaon
Constituency No. 28 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region Northeast India
State Assam
Division Lower Assam
District Kokrajhar
LS constituency Kokrajhar
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party UPPL
Elected year2021

Gossaigaon is one of the 126 constituencies of the Assam Legislative Assembly in India. Gossaigaon forms a part of the Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency.

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionNameParty
1952 Jatindra Narayan Das Indian National Congress
1957 Mithius Tudu Independent politician
1962
1967
1972 Indian National Congress
1978
1983
1985
1991 Tajendra Narzary Independent politician
1996 Asom Gana Parishad
2001 Mithius Tudu Indian National Congress
2006 Majendra Narzary Independent politician
2011 Bodoland People's Front
2016
2021
2021 (By-election) Jiron Basumatary United People's Party Liberal

Election results

2021 by-election

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly By-Election: Gossaigaon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
UPPL Jiron Basumatary 58,769 39.64 +1.09
INC Jowel Tudu30,51720.58New
BPF Dhruba Kumar Brahma Narzary20,43513.78−31.41
AIUDF Khairul Anam Khandakar19,25512.99New
Independent Osman Goni SK.14,3349.67New
Independent Kamal Roy1,4781New
None of the Above None of the Above1,3690.92
Majority28,25219.06
Turnout 1,48,27477.70
UPPL gain from BPF Swing

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Gossaigaon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BPF Majendra Narzary 70,40745.19
UPPL Somnath Narzary60,06438.55
IND Khairul Anam Khandakar9,1745.89
IND Surjyanath Tudu3,9822.56
IND Abdul Samad Choudhury3,8312.46
Majority10,3436.71
Turnout 1,59,23984.03
BPF hold Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Gossaigaon
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BPF Majendra Narzary45,51731.93
AIUDF Ravi Sankar Kasireddy39,47627.69
INC Ashim Hasda32,18722.58
IND Somnath Narzary17,92412.57
IND Wilson Hasda3,7862.66
Majority6,0414.24
Turnout 85.83
BPF hold Swing

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