Jorhat Assembly constituency

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Jorhat
Constituency No. 100 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region Northeast India
State Assam
District Jorhat
LS constituency Tezpur
Established1951
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Hitendra Nath Goswami.jpg
Incumbent
Party  BJP
Elected year 2021

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.

Contents

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Hitendra Nath Goswami 68,321 48.84 -4.46
INC Rana Goswami 61,83344.201.72
AJP Nirod Changkakoti 6,9254.954.95
Independent Ranjit Baruah 1,1000.79
NOTA None of the above1,7171.230.33
Majority6,4884.64-5.78
Turnout 1,39,89675.29-4.66
Registered electors 1,85,804
BJP gain from INC Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
BJP Hitendra Nath Goswami 69,20952.90
INC Rana Goswami 55,57142.48
CPI(M) Nirmal Gogoi 1,5481.18
LDP Prodyut Bora 1,3721.04
AIUDF Sanjeev Rajkhowa 8420.64
Independent Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta 6350.48
Independent Jiban Chandra Sarmah 4480.34
NOTA None of the above1,1840.90
Majority13,63810.42
Turnout 1,30,80979.95
Registered electors 1,63,602
BJP gain from INC Swing

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election:Jorhat
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Rana Goswami 6804964.85
AGP Hitendra Nath Goswami 3007928.67
BJP Karabi Chakraborty53545.1
AITC Sarifun Nisha14491.38
Majority37970
Turnout 104391
Registered electors 133,959
INC hold Swing {{{swing}}}

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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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