Pradan Baruah

Pradan Baruah is an Indian politician who is member of Parliament and elected to 16th Lok Sabha from Lakhimpur seat since November 2016. He won the by-election in November 2016, on a seat vacated by Sarbananda Sonowal, who had resigned in May 2016 after becoming the Chief Minister of Assam.^[1] Baruah was earlier the member of Assam Legislative Assembly from Dhemaji Assembly constituency in Dhemaji district.

Pradan Baruah
Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 November 2016
Preceded by	Sarbananda Sonowal
Constituency	Lakhimpur
Member of Legislative Assembly for Dhemaji
In office 19 May 2016 – 22 November 2016
Preceded by	Sumitra Patir
Succeeded by	Dr. Ranoj Pegu
Personal details
Born	(1965-04-30) 30 April 1965 (age 60) Silapathar, Dhemaji, Assam
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Spouse	Arunima Baruah
Children	2
Residence	Dhemaji, Assam
Occupation	Social worker politician
As of 12 December, 2016 Source:

He is a member of Bharatiya Janata Party. Previously, Baruah was member of Indian National Congress but defected from Congress before the assembly election along with Himanta Biswa Sarma in 2016.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}