Drupad Borgohain

Drupad Borgohain was born on 7 November 1941 (anniversary of the October Revolution).{{cite book|author=Linda K. Fuller|title=National Days/national Ways: Historical, Political, and Religious Celebrations Around the World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=llmCOvtWcUcC&pg=PA300|date=1 January 2004|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-275-97270-7|page=300}} He lived in Maduri village, Sivasagar district.Election Commission of India. [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/miscellaneous_statistics/VicePresd/VP_RS.pdf Members of Rajya Sabha] He was the son of Manik Chandra Borgohain and Rupeswari Borgohain. He studied at Nazira High School and Sivasagar College. He obtained a B.A. (Hons.) degree. A teacher by profession, he worked at the Maduri Middle Vernacular School during 1960–1961. He went on to teach at the Chakimukh Middle English School between October 1961 and January 1963, and then at Nazira Higher Secondary Multi Purpose School from 1 February 1963 until 31 December 1982.

He became a CPI party member in April 1963. He was active in the All India Youth Federation between 1965 and 1978, being elected to its National Council. He served as Joint Secretary of the Assam State Council of AIYF between 1965 and 1968, then becoming the president of the Assam State Council.

Borgohain resigned from his teaching job to become a political whole-timer in 1982.{{cite book|author=India. Parliament. Rajya Sabha|title=Who's who|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=r7iKAAAAMAAJ|year=1998|publisher=Rajya Sabha Secretariat.|page=70}} He stood as the CPI candidate in the Nazira seat in the 1983 Assam Legislative Assembly election. He finished in second place with 2,460 votes (18.83% of the votes in the constituency), being defeated by Hiteswar Saikia of the Indian National Congress.Election Commission of India. [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1983/StatisticalReportAssam83.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 1983 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ASSAM]

Borgohain was a member of the Rajya Sabha (upper house of the Parliament of India) between April 1998 and April 2004.Communist Party of India, Maharashtra State Council. [http://cpimedia.org/rajyasabha.html CPI Rajyasabha Members from 1952 to upto date.] He stood as a candidate in the Jorhat Lok Sabha seat in the 2004 general election. Borgohain finished in second place with 172,332 votes (25.84% of the votes in the constituency).Election Commission of India. [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/statisticalreports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2004 TO THE 14th LOK SABHA – VOLUME I (NATIONAL AND STATE ABSTRACTS & DETAILED RESULTS)]

Borgohain contested the 2006 Assam Legislative Assembly election. He won the Nazira seat, defeating the Congress Party candidate Hemoprova Saikia a Handloom and Textiles Minister of the state government.Frontline. [http://www.frontline.in/static/html/fl2310/stories/20060602002103100.htm Coalition concerns] Borgohain obtained 37,623 votes (44.62%).Election Commission of India. [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_AS_2006.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2006 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ASSAM]

Borgohain again contested the Jorhat seat in the 2009 general election. He finished in third place with 74,185 votes (9.72%).Election Commission of India. [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf General Elections, 2009 (15th LOK SABHA) – 25 – CONSTITUENCY WISE DETAILED RESULTS] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130802000135/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/25_ConstituencyWiseDetailedResult.pdf |date=2 August 2013 }} He obtained 22.21% of the votes in the Nazira assembly segment, but merely 3.8% of the votes in the Jorhat assembly segment.Election Commission of India. [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLIII/VolIII_DetailsOfAssemblySegmentsOfPC.pdf GENERAL ELECTIONS – INDIA, 2009 – Details for Assembly Segments of Parliamentary Constituencies] Borgohain lost the Nazira assembly seat in the 2011 election. He finished in second place with 18,700 votes (22.58), being defeated by Debabrata Saikia of the Congress Party.Election Commission of India. [http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/Stats_Report_AS2011.pdf STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTION, 2011 TO THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF ASSAM]

CPI launched Borgohain as its candidate in the Jorhat seat in the 2014 Lok Sabha election.The Statesman. [http://www.thestatesman.net/news/47088-16th-ls-polls-mounting-challenges-for-assam-sitting-mps.html 16th LS polls: Mounting challenges for Assam sitting MPs] His candidature received support from the Communist Party of India.The Telegraph. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140407075847/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1140328/jsp/northeast/story_18125693.jsp#.U0IBGVfcjIU Assam options open: Yechury]

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