Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency

Jorhat
AS-14
Jorhat ; AS-14
Lok Sabha constituency
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Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
Assembly constituencies	Jorhat ; Titabar ; Mariani ; Teok ; Majuli ; Nazira ; Mahmara ; Sonari ; Demow ; Sibsagar
Established	1952–present
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Gaurav Gogoi
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Last updated July 01, 2024

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		Charaideo
95	Demow		Sibsagar
95	Sibsagar				Akhil Gogoi
97	Nazira			INC	Debabrata Saikia
98	Majuli	ST	Majuli		Bhuban Gam
99	Teok	None	Jorhat		Renupoma Rajkhowa
100	Jorhat				Hitendra Nath Goswami
101	Mariani				Rupjyoti Kurmi
102	Titabar			INC	Bhaskar Jyoti Baruah

Previous assembly segments

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party	MLA
98	Jorhat	None	Jorhat	BJP	Hitendra Nath Goswami
100	Titabar			INC	Bhaskar Jyoti Baruah
101	Mariani			BJP	Rupjyoti Kurmi
102	Teok			AGP	Renupoma Rajkhowa
103	Amguri		Sibsagar	AGP	Prodip Hazarika
104	Nazira		Sibsagar	INC	Debabrata Saikia
105	Mahmara		Charaideo	BJP	Jogen Mohan
106	Sonari		Charaideo	BJP	Dharmeswar Konwar
107	Thowra		Sibsagar	BJP	Sushanta Borgohain
108	Sibsagar		Sibsagar	RD	Akhil Gogoi

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner
1952	Debeswar Sarmah	Indian National Congress
1957	Mofida Ahmed	Indian National Congress
1962	Rajendranath Barua	Praja Socialist Party
1967	Rajendranath Barua	Indian National Congress
1971	Tarun Gogoi
1977	Tarun Gogoi
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	Bharatiya Janata Party
2024	Gaurav Gogoi	Indian National Congress

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Jorhat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Gaurav Gogoi	751,771	54.04	10.50
	BJP	Topon Kumar Gogoi	607,378	43.66	7.69
	NOTA	None of the above	14,555	1.05	0.14
Majority			1,44,393	10.38
Turnout			13,91,160	80.55	2.98
	INC gain from BJP		Swing

General election 2019

2019 Indian general elections: Jorhat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Topon Kumar Gogoi	543,288	51.35	+2.36
	INC	Sushanta Borgohain	4,60,635	43.54	+5.54
	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

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References

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

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[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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