Jorhat Assembly constituency

Jorhat Assembly constituency is one of the 126 assembly constituencies of Assam Legislative Assembly. Jorhat forms part of the Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency. The longest serving representative of the constituency is Shri Hitendra Nath Goswami who is heading for last 22 years.

Indian National Congress (7 Times) (46.7%)
Asom Gana Parishad (3 Times) (20.0%)
Bharatiya Janata Party ( 2 Times) (13.3%)
Independent ( 2 Time) (13.3%)
Janata Party( 1 Time) (6.67%)

Members of Legislative Assembly

2021 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Hitendra Nath Goswami	68,321	48.84	−4.46
	INC	Rana Goswami	61,833	44.20	1.72
	AJP	Nirod Changkakoti	6,925	4.95	4.95
	Independent	Ranjit Baruah	1,100	0.79
	NOTA	None of the above	1,717	1.23	0.33
Majority	6,488	4.64	−5.78
Turnout	1,39,896	75.29	−4.66
Registered electors	1,85,804
	BJP hold	Swing	{{{swing}}}

2016 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	BJP	Hitendra Nath Goswami	69,209	52.90
	INC	Rana Goswami	55,571	42.48
	CPI(M)	Nirmal Gogoi	1,548	1.18
	LDP	Prodyut Bora	1,372	1.04
	AIUDF	Sanjeev Rajkhowa	842	0.64
	Independent	Bhaskar Jyoti Mahanta	635	0.48
	Independent	Jiban Chandra Sarmah	448	0.34
	NOTA	None of the above	1,184	0.90
Majority	13,638	10.42
Turnout	1,30,809	79.95
Registered electors	1,63,602
	BJP gain from INC	Swing

2011 Assam Legislative Assembly election:Jorhat
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rana Goswami	68049	64.85
	AGP	Hitendra Nath Goswami	30079	28.67
	BJP	Karabi Chakraborty	5354	5.1
	AITC	Sarifun Nisha	1449	1.38
Majority	37970
Turnout	104391
Registered electors	133,959
	INC hold	Swing	{{{swing}}}

2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election:Jorhat
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Rana Goswami	49742	48.79
	AGP	Hitendra Nath Goswami	44862	44
	BJP	Yadab Doloi	5176	5.07
	AGP(P)	Deepanjali Bora	1271	1.24
	JD(U)	Amardip Singh	897	0.8
Majority	4,880
Turnout	101948
Registered electors	145,426
	INC gain from AGP	Swing	{{{swing}}}

2001 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Hitendra Nath Goswami	39,421	49.52
	INC	Padma Nath Sarma	33,380	41.93
	NCP	Nirmal Goswami	2,119	2.66
	Independent	Sumanta Chaliha	1,736	2.18
	Independent	Dimbeswar Borah	1,329	1.67
	CPI(ML)L	Kanaklata Dutta	769	0.97
	Independent	Jadab Khound	411	0.52
	Independent	Dr. Abhijit Kumar Gogoi	223	0.28
	Independent	Lakhmidhar Borah	223	0.28
Majority	6,041	7.59
Turnout	79,611	63.52
Registered electors	127,505
	AGP hold	Swing	{{{swing}}}

1996 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Hitendra Nath Goswami	36,890	49.88
	INC	Padmanath Sarma	22,200	30.02
	JD	Dulal Borua	11,280	15.25
	BJP	Palit Bora	3,147	4.26
	AIIC(T)	Tosheswar Dutta	440	0.59
Majority	14,690	19.86
Turnout	73,957	66.74
Registered electors	114,720
	AGP hold	Swing	{{{swing}}}

1991 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	AGP	Hitendra Nath Goswami	23,249	39.31
	INC	Dina Nath Rajkhowa	20,451	34.58
	NAGP	Pradip Mahanta	5190	8.77
	Independent	Samiran Bordoloi	2,762	4.67
	Independent	Satyendra Kumar Kataky	1,697	2.87
	JD	Devananda Bora	1,548	2.62
	Independent	Kabin Khound	826	1.40
	Independent	Prasanta Katani	566	0.96
	United Reservation Movement Council	Baharuddin Ahmed	538	0.91
	Independent	Hem Bora	416	0.70
	Independent	Lakhi Goswami	414	0.70
	Asom Jatiyatabadi Dal	Dilipeswar Bora	412	0.70
	Independent	Jyoti Prasad	409	0.69
	Independent	Tosheswar Borua	318	0.54
	Independent	Premananda Goswami	277	0.47
	Independent	Mridula Barkakoti	75	0.13
Majority	2,798	4.73
Turnout	59,148	60.00
Registered electors	102,675
	AGP gain from Independent Politician	Swing	{{{swing}}}

1985 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent Politician	Abhijit Sarmah	43,382	68.62
	INC	Dina Nath Rajkhowa	15,691	24.82
	JP	Dulal Baruah	2,840	4.49
	Independent	Girin Baruah	744	1.18
	BJP	Ram Kumar Baruah	398	0.63
	Independent	Pulak Chandra Gogoi	163	0.26
Majority	27,691	43.8
Turnout	63,218	72.78
Registered electors	89,611
	Independent Politician gain from INC	Swing	{{{swing}}}

1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Dina Nath Rajkhowa	968	78.89
	CPI(M)	Surendranath Hazarika	158	12.88
	Independent	Lutfur Rahman	63	5.13
	Independent	Nabin Neog	38	3.10
Majority	810	66.01
Turnout	1227	1.84
Registered electors	72,377
	INC gain from Janata party	Swing	{{{swing}}}

1978 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JP	Dulal Baruah	22,530	53.88
	CPI(M)	Dilip Bhattacharya	7837	18.74
	INC	Nirmal Goswami	7663	18.33
	Indian National Congress - I	Kushram Sarmah	2916	6.97
	Independent	Nabin Chandra Bora	389	0.93
	Independent	Jitenjit Baruah	262	0.63
	Independent	Shrimanta Madhab	219	0.52
Majority	14,693	35.14
Turnout	41,816	64.21
Registered electors	66,260
	JP gain from INC	Swing	{{{swing}}}

1972 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Bijoy Krishna Handique	15,175	53.55
	Independent	Jogen Saikia	10,045	35.44
	SSP	Banghidhar Dutta	3120	11.01
Majority	5,130	18.11
Turnout	28,340	56.09
Registered electors	51,844
	INC hold	Swing	{{{swing}}}

1967 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	J. Saikia	11,921	49.18
	PSP	A. C. Barooah	11,249	46.41
	Independent	P. Barkakati	1,069	4.41
Majority	672	2.77
Turnout	24,239	57.94
Registered electors	44,692
	INC gain from Independent Politician	Swing	{{{swing}}}

1962 Assam Legislative Assembly election: Jorhat
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Dulal Baruah	7848	30.04
	PSP	Bangshidhar Dutta	7188	27.51
	INC	Harinarayan Baruah	6,734	25.78
	Independent	Nil Kamal Bezbarua	2518	9.64
	CPI	Kirti Nath Bordoloi	1130	4.33
	Independent	Suresh Chandra Barua	493	1.89
	Independent	Chandrika Prasad Sahu	215	0.82
Majority	660	2.53
Turnout	26,126	52.67
Registered electors	54,444
	Independent Politician gain from INC	Swing	{{{swing}}}