Guwahati Lok Sabha constituency

Guwahati
AS-5
Guwahati ; AS-5
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 Bijuli Kalita Medhi
Party	Bharatiya Janata Party
Elected year	2024

Guwahati, (also spelt as Gauhati), is one of the largest Lok Sabha constituency in Assam.

Assembly segments

Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party
13	Goalpara West	ST	Goalpara	INC	BJP
15	Dudhnai	ST	Goalpara	INC	BJP
27	Chamaria	None	Kamrup		INC
28	Boko–Chaygaon	ST		INC	BJP
29	Palasbari	None		BJP	BJP
33	Dispur	None	Kamrup Metro	BJP	BJP
34	Dimoria	SC			BJP
35	New Guwahati	None			BJP
36	Guwahati Central				BJP
37	Jalukbari			BJP	BJP

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party	MLA
36	Dudhnai	ST	Goalpara	INC	Jadab Swargiary
48	Boko	SC	Kamrup	INC	Nandita Das
49	Chaygaon	None	Kamrup	INC	Rekibuddin Ahmed
50	Palasbari	None	Kamrup	BJP	Hemanga Thakuria
51	Jalukbari	None	Kamrup Metro	BJP	Himanta Biswa Sarma
52	Dispur	None	Kamrup Metro	BJP	Atul Bora Sr.
53	Gauhati East	None	Kamrup Metro	BJP	Sidhharth Bhatacharya
54	Gauhati West	None	Kamrup Metro	AGP	Ramendra Narayan Kalita
55	Hajo	None	Kamrup	BJP	Suman Haripriya
60	Barkhetry	None	Nalbari	INC	Diganta Barman

^ by-poll

2024 Indian general election: Gauhati
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Bijuli Kalita Medhi	894,887	55.95	1.25
	INC	Mira Borthakur Goswami	6,43,797	40.25	2.64
	NOTA	None of the above	20,249	1.27
Majority			2,51,090	15.70
Turnout				78.39	2.48
	BJP hold		Swing	1.25

2019 Indian general elections: Gauhati
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

2014 Indian general elections: Gauhati
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

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]

^ "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.