Lok Sabha elections 2024: The Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency will witness a contest between BJP candidate Topon Kumar Gogoi and Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi. Gaurav made the transition to the Jorhat constituency because of the delimitation course of that dissolved the Kaliabor seat the place he’s a sitting MP from. He had gained the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections from the seat. His title was introduced within the listing of candidates by the Congress which has fielded 12 out of 14 candidates in Assam. Gaurav shall be up in opposition to BJP’s Topon Kumar Gogoi.
This is the primary election in Assam after the delimitation course of carried out by the Election Commission of India final yr, which was criticised by the Opposition alleging that it was being completed to assist the ruling BJP.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has 9 MPs within the present Lok Sabha from the state, whereas its allies AGP and UPPL don’t have any illustration. The Congress holds three seats and the AIUDF one, whereas one other is an Independent candidate.
Jorhat Lok Sabha seat
During the 2019 election, Jorhat registered a voter turnout of 77.2 per cent. The Lok Sabha constituency additionally consists of 10 Assembly segments.
BJP’s Topon Gogoi emerged victorious within the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, securing over 50 per cent votes. He gained with 543,288 votes.
Who is Gaurav Gogoi?
Gaurav Gogoi is the sitting two-time MP who’s operating for re-election in 2024. He is the deputy chief of the social gathering within the Lok Sabha. In the 2014 normal elections when the nation was being swept by the Modi wave, Tarun Gogoi, Assam longest-serving chief minister, ensured his son’s victory from the Kaliabor seat.
After Tarun Gogoi’s dying in 2020, Gaurav shall be operating for the Lok Sabha for the primary time from the Jorhat seat which was as soon as represented by his father twice within the Lok Sabha.
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