Golaghat Assembly constituency

Golaghat
Golaghat
Constituency No. 95 for the Assam Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
District	Golaghat
LS constituency	Kaziranga
Reservation	None
Elected year	2021

Golaghat Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Golaghat forms part of the Kaziranga Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]^[2]^[3] Ajanta Neog has been the most successful candidate in this constituency, winning it consecutively five times since 2001.

Members of Legislative Assembly

1951: Rajendranath Barua, Indian National Congress
1957: Rajendranath Barua, Indian National Congress
1962: Dandeswar Hazarika, Indian National Congress
1967: Soneswar Bora, Samyukta Socialist Party
1972: Soneswar Bora, Socialist Party
1978: Soneswar Bora, Janata Party
1983: Nagen Neog, Indian National Congress
1985: Debeswar Bora, Independent
1991: Nagen Neog, Indian National Congress
1996: Atul Bora, Asom Gana Parishad
2001: Ajanta Neog, Indian National Congress
2006: Ajanta Neog, Indian National Congress
2011: Ajanta Neog, Indian National Congress
2016: Ajanta Neog, Indian National Congress
2021: Ajanta Neog, Bharatiya Janata Party

Election results

2021 result

Assam Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Golaghat^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Ajanta Neog	81,651	50.63	+4.01
	INC	Bitupan Saikia	72,326	44.84	-5.32
	AJP	Reena Saikia	5,062	3.14	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	2,245	1.39	+0.24
Majority			9,325	5.79	+2.25
Turnout			1,61,284	78.59	-5.47
Registered electors			2,05,196
	BJP gain from INC		Swing

2016 result

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Golaghat^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Ajanta Neog	73,862	50.16	-14.72
	BJP	Bitupan Saikia	68,649	46.62	+44.03
	AIUDF	Syed Jahid Abdullah	1,804	1.22	N/A
	Independent	Dipankar Das	1,193	0.81	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,717	1.16	N/A
Majority			5,213	3.54	-34.07
Turnout			1,47,225	84.06	+6.72
Registered electors			1,75,129
	INC hold		Swing

2011 result

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Golaghat
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Ajanta Neog	79,648	64.88
	AGP	Amiyo Bora	33,477	27.27
	AITC	Debeswar Bora	5,006	4.08
	BJP	Debajit Bora	3,179	2.59
	NCP	Amrit Goswami	1,447	1.18
Majority			46,171	37.61
Turnout			1,22,757	77.34
Registered electors			1,58,719
	INC hold		Swing

References

^ "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
^ "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

External links

"Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.

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[delimitation2008-1] "Delimitation of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies Order - 2008". Election Commission of India. 26 November 2008. Retrieved 12 February 2021.

[ceo-2] "List of Assembly constituencies showing their Parliamentary constituences wise break-up" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[ceomap-3] "Map of Assam showing District-wise assembly and Parliamentary constituencies" (PDF). www.ceoassam.nic.in. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[election2021-4] "Assam General Legislative Election 2021". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.

[election2016-5] "Assam General Legislative Election 2016". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 13 November 2021.