Gohpur Assembly constituency

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

Gohpur
Constituency No. 72 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Biswanath
Lok Sabha constituency	Sonitpur
Established	1951
Reservation	None

Members of Legislative Assembly

Election		Member	Party affiliation
	1952	Gahan Chandra Goswami	Indian National Congress
	1957	Bishnulal Upadhyaya
	1962
	1967
	1972	Ram Chandra Sarmah	Samyukta Socialist Party
	1978		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
	2011	Monika Bora
	2016	Utpal Borah	Bharatiya Janata Party
	2021

Election results

2016

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Gohpur^[4]

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