Jorhat Assembly constituency

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.

Jorhat
Constituency No. 98 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Jorhat
Lok Sabha constituency	Jorhat
Established	1951
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Assam Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Hitendra Nath Goswami
Party	BJP
Elected year	2021

Most successful parties from Jorhat Assembly Constituency

1. Indian National Congress (7 Times) (46.666666666667%)
2. Asom Gana Parishad (3 Times) (20%)
3. Bharatiya Janata Party ( 2 Times) (13.333333333333%)
4. Independent ( 2 Time) (13.333333333333%)
5. Janata Party( 1 Time) (6.6666666666667%)

Members of Legislative Assembly

  INC   Independent   JP   AGP   BJP ^[4]

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

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 hold		Swing	{{{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}}}

2006

2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election:Jorhat

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rana Goswami	49742	48.79
	AGP	Hitendra Nath Goswami	44862	44
	BJP	Yadab Doloi	5176	5.07
	Asom Gana Parishad (Pragatishel)	Deepanjali Bora	1271	1.24
	JD(U)	Amardip Singh	897	0.8
Majority			4,880
Turnout			101948
Registered electors			145,426
	INC gain from AGP		Swing	{{{swing}}}

2001

2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Hitendra Nath Goswami	39,421	49.52
	INC	Padma Nath Sarma	33,380	41.93
	NCP	Nirmal Goswami	2,119	2.66
	Independent	Sumanta Chaliha	1,736	2.18
	Independent	Dimbeswar Borah	1,329	1.67
	CPI(ML)L	Kanaklata Dutta	769	0.97
	Independent	Jadab Khound	411	0.52
	Independent	Dr. Abhijit Kumar Gogoi	223	0.28
	Independent	Lakhmidhar Borah	223	0.28
Majority			6,041	7.59
Turnout			79,611	63.52
Registered electors			127,505
	AGP hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

1996

1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Hitendra Nath Goswami	36,890	49.88
	INC	Padmanath Sarma	22,200	30.02
	JD	Dulal Borua	11,280	15.25
	BJP	Palit Bora	3,147	4.26
	AIIC(T)	Tosheswar Dutta	440	0.59
Majority			14,690	19.86
Turnout			73,957	66.74
Registered electors			114,720
	AGP hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

1991

1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Hitendra Nath Goswami	23,249	39.31
	INC	Dina Nath Rajkhowa	20,451	34.58
	Natun Asom Gana Parishad	Pradip Mahanta	5190	8.77
	Independent	Samiran Bordoloi	2,762	4.67
	Independent	Satyendra Kumar Kataky	1,697	2.87
	JD	Devananda Bora	1,548	2.62
	Independent	Kabin Khound	826	1.40
	Independent	Prasanta Katani	566	0.96
	United Reservation Movement Council	Baharuddin Ahmed	538	0.91
	Independent	Hem Bora	416	0.70
	Independent	Lakhi Goswami	414	0.70
	Asom Jatiyatabadi Dal	Dilipeswar Bora	412	0.70
	Independent	Jyoti Prasad	409	0.69
	Independent	Tosheswar Borua	318	0.54
	Independent	Premananda Goswami	277	0.47
	Independent	Mridula Barkakoti	75	0.13
Majority			2,798	4.73
Turnout			59,148	60.00
Registered electors			102,675
	AGP gain from Independent Politician		Swing	{{{swing}}}

1985

1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Politician	Abhijit Sarmah	43,382	68.62
	INC	Dina Nath Rajkhowa	15,691	24.82
	JP	Dulal Baruah	2,840	4.49
	Independent	Girin Baruah	744	1.18
	BJP	Ram Kumar Baruah	398	0.63
	Independent	Pulak Chandra Gogoi	163	0.26
Majority			27,691	43.8
Turnout			63,218	72.78
Registered electors			89,611
	Independent Politician gain from INC		Swing	{{{swing}}}

1983

1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dina Nath Rajkhowa	968	78.89
	CPI(M)	Surendranath Hazarika	158	12.88
	Independent	Lutfur Rahman	63	5.13
	Independent	Nabin Neog	38	3.10
Majority			810	66.01
Turnout			1227	1.84
Registered electors			72,377
	INC gain from Janata party		Swing	{{{swing}}}

1978

1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Dulal Baruah	22,530	53.88
	CPI(M)	Dilip Bhattacharya	7837	18.74
	INC	Nirmal Goswami	7663	18.33
	Indian National Congress - I	Kushram Sarmah	2916	6.97
	Independent	Nabin Chandra Bora	389	0.93
	Independent	Jitenjit Baruah	262	0.63
	Independent	Shrimanta Madhab	219	0.52
Majority			14,693	35.14
Turnout			41,816	64.21
Registered electors			66,260
	JP gain from INC		Swing	{{{swing}}}

1972

1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bijoy Krishna Handique	15,175	53.55
	Independent	Jogen Saikia	10,045	35.44
	SSP	Banghidhar Dutta	3120	11.01
Majority			5,130	18.11
Turnout			28,340	56.09
Registered electors			51,844
	INC hold		Swing	{{{swing}}}

1967

1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. Saikia	11,921	49.18
	PSP	A. C. Barooah	11,249	46.41
	Independent	P. Barkakati	1,069	4.41
Majority			672	2.77
Turnout			24,239	57.94
Registered electors			44,692
	INC gain from Independent Politician		Swing	{{{swing}}}

1962

1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat^[15]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dulal Baruah	7848	30.04
	PSP	Bangshidhar Dutta	7188	27.51
	INC	Harinarayan Baruah	6,734	25.78
	Independent	Nil Kamal Bezbarua	2518	9.64
	CPI	Kirti Nath Bordoloi	1130	4.33
	Independent	Suresh Chandra Barua	493	1.89
	Independent	Chandrika Prasad Sahu	215	0.82
Majority			660	2.53
Turnout			26,126	52.67
Registered electors			54,444
	Independent Politician gain from INC		Swing	{{{swing}}}