Hojai Assembly constituency is one of the 126 state legislative assembly constituencies in Assam state in North Eastern India. It is also one of the 9 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Nagaon Lok Sabha constituency.
| Hojai | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 91 for the Assam Legislative Assembly | |
 Ramkrishna Ghosh, the present MLA of Hojai | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | Northeast India |
| State | Assam |
| Division | Central Assam |
| District | Hojai |
| LS constituency | Nagaon |
| Established | 1967 |
| Total electors | 266,431 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Assam Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | BJP |
| Alliance | NDA |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
edit| Election | Member | Political Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Ramkrishna Ghosh | BJP | 2021-Incumbent | |
| 2016 | Shiladitya Dev | 2016-21 | ||
| 2011 | Ardhendu Kumar Dey | Indian National Congress | 2011-16 | |
| 2006 | Aditya Langthasa | All India United Democratic Front | 2006-11 | |
| 2001 | Ardhendu Kumar Dey | INC | 1991-06 | |
| 1996 | ||||
| 1991 | ||||
| 1985 | Santi Ranjan Dasgupta | IND | 1985-91 | |
| 1983 | Sadhan Ranjan Sarkar | INC | 1983-85 | |
| 1978 | Santi Ranjan Dasgupta | JP | 1978-83 | |
| 1972 | Idris Ali Fakir | INC | 1972-78 | |
| 1967 | R Ahmed | SWA | 1967-72 | |
Election results
edit2021
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Ramkrishna Ghosh | 125,790 | 56.64% | +2.25 | |
| INC | Debabrata Saha | 92,008 | 41.43% | +23.30 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,724 | 0.78% | +0.09 | |
| Margin of victory | 33,782 | 15.33% | −13.44 | ||
| Turnout | 220,372 | 83.24% | −2.87 | ||
| BJP hold | Swing | +2.25 | |||
2016
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BJP | Shiladitya Dev | 1,05,615 | 54.39 | +35.53 | |
| AIUDF | Dhaniram Thousen | 49,756 | 25.62 | −6.27 | |
| INC | Ardhendu Kumar Dey | 35,207 | 18.13 | −26.26 | |
| Independent | Md. Zakir Hussain | 1,432 | 0.73 | N/A | |
| Independent | Mainul Hoque | 795 | 0.40 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,342 | 0.69 | N/A | |
| Majority | 55,859 | 28.77 | +16.27 | ||
| Turnout | 1,94,147 | 86.11 | +6.85 | ||
| BJP gain from INC | Swing | +4.64 | |||
2011
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Ardhendu Kumar Dey | 70,649 | 44.39 | ||
| AIUDF | Dr. Aditya Langthasa | 50,755 | 31.89 | ||
| BJP | Shiladitya Dev | 30,011 | 18.86 | ||
| AGP | Narayan Chandra Bhowmik | 2,623 | 1.64 | ||
| CPI(M) | Jogeshwar Das | 1,577 | 0.99 | ||
| Independent | Deba Prasad Chauhan | 1,420 | 0.89 | ||
| AITC | Debashish Dutta | 941 | 0.59 | ||
| AIMF | Md. Abdul Karim | 672 | 0.42 | ||
| Independent | Arun Dev | 476 | 0.29 | ||
| Majority | 19,894 | 12.50 | |||
| Turnout | 1,59,124 | 79.26 | |||
| INC gain from AIUDF | Swing | ||||
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "AC_Wise Final Result as per Form 21E". CEO Assam.
External links
edit- "Results of all Assam Assembly elections". eci.gov.in. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 15 March 2022.