Jorhat Assembly constituency

Constituency of the Assam legislative assembly in India

Jorhat
Constituency No. 100 for the Assam Legislative Assembly

Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Jorhat
LS constituency	Tezpur
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly

Incumbent Hitendra Nath Goswami
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.

Members of Legislative Assembly

1952: Debeswar Sarmah, Indian National Congress
1957: Mahidhar Pegu, Indian National Congress
1962: Dulal Chandra Barua, Independent
1967: J. Saikia, Indian National Congress
1972: Bijoy Krishna Handique, Indian National Congress
1978: Dulal Chandra Barua, Janata Party
1983: Dinanath Rajkhowa, Indian National Congress
1985: Abhijit Sarmah, Independent
1991: Hitendra Nath Goswami, Asom Gana Parishad
1996: Hitendra Nath Goswami, Asom Gana Parishad
2001: Hitendra Nath Goswami, Asom Gana Parishad
2006: Rana Goswami, Indian National Congress
2011: Rana Goswami, Indian National Congress
2016: Hitendra Nath Goswami, Bharatiya Janata Party
2021: Hitendra Nath Goswami, Bharatiya Janata Party^[4]

Election results

2021

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Hitendra Nath Goswami	68,321	48.84	-4.46
	INC	Rana Goswami	61,833	44.20	1.72
	AJP	Nirod Changkakoti	6,925	4.95	4.95
	Independent	Ranjit Baruah	1,100	0.79
	NOTA	None of the above	1,717	1.23	0.33
Majority			6,488	4.64	-5.78
Turnout			1,39,896	75.29	-4.66
Registered electors			1,85,804
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat^[6]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	BJP	Hitendra Nath Goswami	69,209	52.90
	INC	Rana Goswami	55,571	42.48
	CPI(M)	Nirmal Gogoi	1,548	1.18
	LDP	Prodyut Bora	1,372	1.04
	AIUDF	Sanjeev Rajkhowa	842	0.64
	Independent	Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta	635	0.48
	Independent	Jiban Chandra Sarmah	448	0.34
	NOTA	None of the above	1,184	0.90
Majority			13,638	10.42
Turnout			1,30,809	79.95
Registered electors			1,63,602
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2011

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election:Jorhat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Rana Goswami	68049	64.85
	AGP	Hitendra Nath Goswami	30079	28.67
	BJP	Karabi Chakraborty	5354	5.1
	AITC	Sarifun Nisha	1449	1.38
Majority			37970
Turnout			104391
Registered electors			133,959
	INC hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

References

^ "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
^ "Jorhat Assembly constituency Election Result - Legislative Assembly constituency". resultuniversity.com. Retrieved 21 August 2021.
^ "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.