Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency

Lok Sabha constituency in Assam

Kokrajhar
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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

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

### Current assembly segments

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Constituency number  | Name  | Reserved for (SC/ST/None)  | District  | Party  | MLA

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1  | Gossaigaon | None  | Kokrajhar |  |
2  | Dotma  | ST  |  |
3  | Kokrajhar  | ST  |  |
4  | Baokhungri  | None  |  |
5  | Parbatjhora  | None  |  |
19  | Sidli–Chirang  | ST  | Chirang |  |
20  | Bijni | None  |  |
41  | Manas  | None  | Baksa |  |
42  | Baksa  | ST  |  |

### Previous assembly segments

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Constituency number  | Name  | Reserved for (SC/ST/None)  | District  | Party  | MLA

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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 | Joyanta Basumatry
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

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Year  | Winner  | Party

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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
2024 | Joyanta Basumatary |  | United People's Party Liberal

## Election results

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### General election 2024

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In Kokrajhar Constituency 2024 Lok Sabha Election, Joyanta Basumatary of United People's Party, Liberal (UPPL) won by 51,583 votes.[2][3]

2024 Indian general election: Kokrajhar Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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
| NOTA | None of the above  |  |  |
Majority  | 51,583  | 4.16  | 1.61
Turnout |  | 83.55  | 0.25
| UPPL gain from Independent | Swing |  |

### 2019

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2019 Indian general elections: Kokrajhar Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| Independent | Naba Kumar Sarania | 484,560  | 32.75  | −19.07
| BPF | Pramila Rani Brahma | 446,774  | 30.2  | +10.29
| UPPL | Urkhao Gwra Brahma | 312,435  | 21.12  |
| INC | Sabda Ram Rabha | 147,118  | 9.94  |
| CPI(M) | Biraj Deka | 28,128  | 1.9  |
| 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

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2014 Indian general elections: Kokrajhar Party  | Candidate  | Votes  | %  | ±%

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| 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

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1. ^ "List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies" (PDF). Assam. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2006. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
2. ^ "Kokrajhar Constituency Lok Sabha Election Results 2024". Bru Times News.
3. ^ "Kokrajhar Assam Lok Sabha constituency election 2024: Candidates, Name of Parties, ECI election dates". Financialexpress. 4 June 2024.
4. ^ The Sentinel. 16 candidates file nomination in Karimganj Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine

## See also

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* Kokrajhar district
* List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha

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Lok Sabha constituencies of Assam

Current|

1. Kokrajhar (ST)
2. Dhubri
3. Barpeta
4. Darang–Udalguri
5. Gauhati
6. Diphu (ST)
7. Karimganj
8. Silchar (SC)
9. Nowgong
10. Kaziranga
11. Sonitpur
12. Lakhimpur
13. Dibrugarh
14. Jorhat

Former|

| 1952-2019|

* Autonomous District

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1957-2019|

* Tezpur

1967-2019|

* Kaliabor
* Mangaldoi

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