Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency

Kokrajhar
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Kokrajhar ; AS-1
Lok Sabha constituency
	Interactive Map Outlining Kokrajhar. Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	Northeast India
State	Assam
Established	1952
Reservation	ST
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Joyanta Basumatary
Party	United People's Party Liberal
Elected year	2024

Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam state in north-eastern India. The seat is reserved for scheduled tribes.

Assembly segments

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

Current assembly segments

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
1	Gossaigaon	None	Kokrajhar	UPPL
2	Dotma	ST		UPPL
3	Kokrajhar	ST		BPF
4	Baokhungri	None		UPPL
5	Parbatjhora	None		BPF
19	Sidli–Chirang	ST	Chirang	UPPL
20	Bijni	None	Chirang	UPPL
41	Manas	None	Baksa	UPPL
42	Baksa	ST	Baksa	UPPL

Previous assembly segments

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District	Party	MLA
28	Gossaigaon	None	Kokrajhar	UPPL	Jiron Basumatary
29	Kokrajhar West	ST	Kokrajhar	BPF	Rabiram Narzary
30	Kokrajhar East	ST	Kokrajhar	UPPL	Lawrence Narzary
31	Sidli	ST	Chirang	UPPL	Nirmal Kumar Brahma
33	Bijni	None	Chirang	BJP	Ajoy Kumar Ray
40	Sorbhog	None	Barpeta	CPI(M)	Manoranjan Talukdar
41	Bhabanipur	None	Bajali	BJP	Phanidhar Talukdar
58	Tamulpur	None	Baksa	UPPL	Jolen Daimary
62	Barama	ST	Baksa	UPPL	Bhupen Boro
63	Chapaguri	ST	Baksa	UPPL	Urkhao Gwra Brahma

Members of Parliament

Year	Winner
1957	D. Basumatari	Indian National Congress
1962
1967
1971
1977	Charan Narzary	Independent
1984	Samar Brahma Choudhury
1991	Satyendranath Brohmo Choudhury
1996	Louis Islary
1998	Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary
1999
2004
2009		Bodoland People's Front
2014	Naba Kumar Sarania	Independent
2019	Naba Kumar Sarania	Independent
2024	Joyanta Basumatary	United People's Party Liberal

Election results

General election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Kokrajhar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UPPL	Joyanta Basumatary	488,995	39.39	18.27
	BPF	Kampa Borgoyari	4,37,412	35.23	5.03
	INC	Garjan Mushahary	1,13,736	9.16	0.78
	GSP	Binita Deka	94,189	7.59	New
	Independent	Prithviraj Narayandev Mech	33,737	2.72	N/A
	AITC	Gauri Sankar Sarania	23,519	1.89	New
	NOTA	None of the above	13,912	1.12	0.04
Majority			51,583	4.16	1.61
Turnout			12,41,496	83.55	0.25
	UPPL gain from Independent		Swing

2019

2019 Indian general elections: Kokrajhar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Naba Kumar Sarania	484,560	32.75	−19.07
	BPF	Pramila Rani Brahma	446,774	30.20	+10.29
	UPPL	Urkhao Gwra Brahma	312,435	21.12
	INC	Sabda Ram Rabha	147,118	9.94
	CPI(M)	Biraj Deka	28,128	1.90
	NOTA	None of the Above	15,988	1.08	N/A
Majority			37,786	2.55
Turnout			1,479,744	83.30
	Independent hold		Swing

General elections 2014

2014 Indian general elections: Kokrajhar
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Naba Kumar Sarania (Hira)	634,428	51.82	+51.82
	Independent	Urkhao Gwra Brahma	278,649	22.76	−7.28
	BPF	Chandan Brahma	243,759	19.91	−28.89
	Independent	Sabda Ram Rabha	20,074	1.64	−19.52
	AITC	Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary	17,537	1.43	+1.43
	Independent	Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary	11,239	0.92	−47.88
	NOTA	None of the above	18,183	1.49
Majority			355,779	29.07	+18.80
Turnout			1,224,243	81.23
	Independent gain from BPF		Swing

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References

^ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
^ The Sentinel. 16 candidates file nomination in Karimganj Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine