Gohpur Assembly constituency

Gohpur Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Gohpur forms part of the Tezpur Lok Sabha constituency.^[1][2][3]

Gohpur
Constituency No. 78 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Biswanath
Lok Sabha constituency	Tezpur
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Elected year	2021

Members of Legislative Assembly

• 1951: Gahan Chandra Goswami, Indian National Congress
• 1957: Bishnulal Upadhyaya, Indian National Congress
• 1962: Bishnulal Upadhyaya, Indian National Congress
• 1967: Bishnulal Upadhyaya, Indian National Congress
• 1973: Ram Chandra Sarmah, Samyukta Socialist Party
• 1978: Ram Chandra Sarmah, Janata Party
• 1985: Ganesh Kutum, Independent
• 1991: Kosheswar Barua, Indian National Congress
• 1996: Ganesh Kutum, Asom Gana Parishad
• 2001: Ripun Bora, Indian National Congress
• 2006: Ripun Bora, Indian National Congress
• 2011: Monika Bora, Indian National Congress
• 2016: Utpal Borah, Bharatiya Janata Party

Year	Member	Party
2021	Utpal Borah[4]		Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Gohpur^[5]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Utpal Borah	85,424	58.26
	INC	Monika Bora	56,489	38.53
	CPI(ML)L	Halan Purtti	1,189	0.81
	Independent	Sabir Narzary	967	0.66
	Independent	Deben Saikia	928	0.63
	NOTA	None of the above	1,621	1.10
Majority			28,935	19.73
Turnout			1,46,618
Registered electors
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Biswanath district
• List of constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly