Guwahati Lok Sabha constituency
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| Guwahati AS-5 | |
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| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Interactive Map Outlining Guwahati Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Northeast India |
| State | Assam |
| Established | 1952 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Guwahati, (also spelt as Gauhati), is one of the largest Lok Sabha constituency in Assam.
Assembly segments
[edit]Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
Current assembly segments
[edit]| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Party | MLA | 2024 Lead | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Goalpara West | ST | Goalpara | INC | BJP | ||
| 15 | Dudhnai | INC | BJP | ||||
| 27 | Chamaria | None | Kamrup | INC | |||
| 28 | Boko–Chaygaon | ST | INC | BJP | |||
| 29 | Palasbari | None | BJP | BJP | |||
| 33 | Dispur | Kamrup Metro | BJP | BJP | |||
| 34 | Dimoria | SC | BJP | ||||
| 35 | New Guwahati | None | BJP | ||||
| 36 | Guwahati Central | BJP | |||||
| 37 | Jalukbari | BJP | BJP | ||||
Previous assembly segments
[edit]| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District | Party | MLA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 36 | Dudhnai | ST | Goalpara | Jadab Swargiary | |
| 48 | Boko | SC | Kamrup | INC | Nandita Das |
| 49 | Chaygaon | None | Kamrup | INC | Rekibuddin Ahmed |
| 50 | Palasbari | None | Kamrup | Hemanga Thakuria | |
| 51 | Jalukbari | None | Kamrup Metro | Himanta Biswa Sarma | |
| 52 | Dispur | None | Kamrup Metro | Atul Bora Sr. | |
| 53 | Gauhati East | None | Kamrup Metro | Sidhharth Bhatacharya | |
| 54 | Gauhati West | None | Kamrup Metro | AGP | Ramendra Narayan Kalita |
| 55 | Hajo | None | Kamrup | Suman Haripriya | |
| 60 | Barkhetry | None | Nalbari | Diganta Barman |
Members of Parliament
[edit]^ by-poll
Election results
[edit]General election 2024
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bijuli Kalita Medhi | 894,887 | 55.95 |  1.25
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| INC | Mira Borthakur Goswami | 6,43,797 | 40.25 |  2.64
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| NOTA | None of the above | 20,249 | 1.27 | ||
| Majority | 2,51,090 | 15.70 | |||
| Turnout | 78.39 | 2.48
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| BJP hold | Swing | 1.25
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General election 2019
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Queen Oja | 1,008,936 | 57.20 | +6.60 | |
| INC | Bobbeeta Sarma | 6,63,330 | 37.61 | +7.90 | |
| IND. | Upamanyu Hazarika | 21,193 | 1.20 | +1.20 | |
| AITC | Manoj Sarma | 10,141 | 0.57 | +0.03 | |
| IND. | Faruk Ahmed Bhuyan | 9,044 | 0.51 | +0.51 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 10,466 | 0.59 | +0.15 | |
| Majority | 3,45,606 | 19.59 | −1.30 | ||
| Turnout | 17,63,950 | 80.87 | +2.23 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | +6.60 | |||
General election 2014
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Bijoya Chakravarty | 764,985 | 50.60 | +5.86 | |
| INC | Manash Borah | 4,49,201 | 29.71 | −13.96 | |
| AIUDF | Gopi Nath Das | 1,37,254 | 9.08 | +2.47 | |
| AGP | Birendra Prasad Baishya | 86,546 | 5.72 | +5.72 | |
| Independent | Benedict Alok Areng | 12,432 | 0.82 | +0.82 | |
| AITC | Biju Phukan | 8,162 | 0.54 | +0.54 | |
| Independent | Pradip Kalita | 7,345 | 0.49 | +0.49 | |
| Regional Democratic Secular Congress | Kazi Nekib Ahmed | 6,636 | 0.44 | +0.44 | |
| Independent | Anil Bhagawati | 5,782 | 0.38 | +0.38 | |
| AAP | Pranjal Bordoloy | 4,809 | 0.32 | +0.32 | |
| Independent | Dr. Faruk Aahammed Bhuyan | 3,540 | 0.23 | +0.23 | |
| SP | Bandana Barman Baruah | 3,240 | 0.21 | −0.12 | |
| Independent | Dhiraj Medhi | 2,845 | 0.19 | +0.19 | |
| Independent | Padmeshwar Phukan | 2,629 | 0.17 | +0.17 | |
| Independent | Khargeswar Das | 2,532 | 0.17 | +0.17 | |
| Lok Bharati | Gopi Baruah | 2,411 | 0.16 | +0.16 | |
| Independent | Ajad Ali | 2,385 | 0.16 | +0.16 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 6,720 | 0.44 | +0.44 | |
| Majority | 3,15,784 | 20.89 | +19.82 | ||
| Turnout | 15,12,248 | 78.67 | +14.35 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | +5.86 | |||
1956 by-election
[edit]In 1956, a bye-election was held. The election was won by the INC candidate Devendra Nath Sarma with 45057 votes, against Hem Barua of Praja Socialist Party with 29112 votes. [2]
See also
[edit]| GE 2019 |
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References
[edit]- ^ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
- ^ "Details of Bye Elections from 1952 to 1995". ECI, New Delhi. Archived from the original on 19 July 2017. Retrieved 13 September 2017.