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Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency

{{short description|Lok Sabha constituency in Assam}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2018}}

{{Use Indian English|date=October 2018}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| type = LS

|name = Kokrajhar
{{Small|AS-1}}

|map_image = {{Maplink|frame=yes|plain=y|frame-width=300|frame-height=300|frame-align=center|type=shape|from=Lok Sabha constituencies/2019/Assam/Kokrajhar.map}}

|map_caption = Interactive Map Outlining Kokrajhar. Lok Sabha constituency

|established = 1952

|reservation = ST

|party = United People's Party, Liberal

|state = Assam

|mp = Joyanta Basumatary

|alliance = NDA

| latest_election_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

Kokrajhar Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:{{cite web

|url=http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf

|title=List of Parliamentary & Assembly Constituencies

|accessdate=2008-10-05

|work=Assam

|publisher=Election Commission of India

|url-status=dead

|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20060504181808/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S03/AS_ACPC.pdf

|archivedate=2006-05-04

}}

=Current assembly segments=

class="wikitable sortable"

!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number

!width="150px"|Name

!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for (SC/ST/None)

!District

!width="150px"|Party

!width="150px"|MLA

! colspan="2" |2024 Lead

1

|Gossaigaon

|None

| rowspan="5" | Kokrajhar

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|United People's Party Liberal}}" |

|UPPL

2

|Dotma

|ST

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|United People's Party Liberal}}" |

|UPPL

3

|Kokrajhar

|ST

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bodoland People's Front}}" |

|BPF

4

|Baokhungri

|None

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|United People's Party Liberal}}" |

|UPPL

5

|Parbatjhora

|None

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|Bodoland People's Front}}" |

|BPF

19

|Sidli–Chirang

|ST

| rowspan="2" | Chirang

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|United People's Party Liberal}}" |

|UPPL

20

|Bijni

|None

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|United People's Party Liberal}}" |

|UPPL

41

|Manas

|None

| rowspan="2" | Baksa

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|United People's Party Liberal}}" |

|UPPL

42

|Baksa

|ST

|

|

|style="background-color: {{party color|United People's Party Liberal}}" |

|UPPL

=Previous assembly segments=

class="wikitable sortable"

!width="50px" style="font-size:75%"|Constituency number

!width="150px"|Name

!width="100px" style="font-size:75%"|Reserved for (SC/ST/None)

!District

!width="150px"|Party

!width="150px"|MLA

28

|Gossaigaon

|None

|Kokrajhar

|bgcolor="{{party color|United People's Party Liberal}}"|UPPL

| Jiron Basumatary

29

|Kokrajhar West

|ST

|Kokrajhar

|bgcolor="{{party color|Bodoland People's Front}}"|BPF

|Rabiram Narzary

30

|Kokrajhar East

|ST

|Kokrajhar

|bgcolor="{{party color|United People's Party Liberal}}"|UPPL

|Lawrence Narzary

31

|Sidli

|ST

|Chirang

|bgcolor="{{party color|United People's Party Liberal}}"|UPPL

|Nirmal Kumar Brahma

33

|Bijni

|None

|Chirang

|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|BJP

|Ajoy Kumar Ray

40

|Sorbhog

|None

|Barpeta

|bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|

CPI(M)

|Manoranjan Talukdar

41

|Bhabanipur

|None

|Bajali

|bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|BJP

|Phanidhar Talukdar

58

|Tamulpur

|None

|Baksa

|bgcolor="{{party color|United People's Party Liberal}}"|UPPL

| Jolen Daimary

62

|Barama

|ST

|Baksa

|bgcolor="{{party color|United People's Party Liberal}}"|UPPL

|Bhupen Boro

63

|Chapaguri

|ST

|Baksa

|bgcolor="{{party color|United People's Party Liberal}}"|UPPL

|Urkhao Gwra Brahma

Members of Parliament

class="wikitable sortable"

! Year

! Winner

! colspan=2|Party

1957

| rowspan="4" |D. Basumatari

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Indian National Congress}}

1962
1967
1971
1977

|Charan Narzary

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=7|Independent (politician)}}

1984

|Samar Brahma Choudhury

1991

|Satyendranath Brohmo Choudhury

1996

|Louis Islary

1998

| rowspan="4" |Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary

1999
2004
2009

|{{Full party name with color|Bodoland People's Front}}

2014

| rowspan="2" |Naba Kumar Sarania

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Independent (politician)}}

2019
2024

|Joyanta Basumatary

|{{Full party name with color|United People's Party Liberal}}

Election results

=General election 2024=

{{Election box begin | title=2024 Indian general election: Kokrajhar}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|candidate = Joyanta Basumatary

|party = United People's Party Liberal

|votes = 4,88,995

|percentage = 39.39

|change = {{increase}}18.27

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Kampa Borgoyari

|party = Bodoland People's Front

|votes = 4,37,412

|percentage = 35.23

|change = {{increase}}5.03

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|candidate = Garjan Mushahary

|party = Indian National Congress

|votes = 1,13,736

|percentage = 9.16

|change = {{decrease}}0.78

}}

{{Election box candidate|

|party = GSP

|candidate = Binita Deka

|votes = 94,189

|percentage = 7.59

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = Independent

|candidate = Prithviraj Narayandev Mech

|votes = 33,737

|percentage = 2.72

|change = N/A

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = All India Trinamool Congress

|candidate = Gauri Sankar Sarania

|votes = 23,519

|percentage = 1.89

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

|party = None of the above

|candidate = None of the above

|votes = 13,912

|percentage = 1.12

|change = {{up}}0.04

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 51,583

|percentage = 4.16

|change = {{increase}}1.61

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 12,54,499

|percentage = 83.95

|change = {{increase}}0.65

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = United People's Party Liberal

|loser = Independent

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=2019=

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Indian general election: Kokrajhar}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Naba Kumar Sarania|votes=484,560|percentage=32.75|change=-19.07}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bodoland People's Front|candidate=Pramila Rani Brahma|votes=446,774|percentage=30.20|change=+10.29}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=United People's Party Liberal|candidate=Urkhao Gwra Brahma|votes=312,435|percentage=21.12|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Sabda Ram Rabha|votes=147,118|percentage=9.94|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Biraj Deka|votes=28,128|percentage=1.90|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the Above|votes=15,988|percentage=1.08|change=N/A}}

{{Election box majority||votes=37,786|percentage=2.55|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,479,744|percentage=83.30|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|loser =

|winner = Independent (politician)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

=General elections 2014=

{{Election box begin | title=2014 Indian general election: Kokrajhar}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Naba Kumar Sarania (Hira)|votes=634,428|percentage=51.82|change=+51.82}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Urkhao Gwra Brahma|votes=278,649|percentage=22.76|change=-7.28}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bodoland People's Front|candidate=Chandan Brahma|votes=243,759|percentage=19.91|change=-28.89}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sabda Ram Rabha|votes=20,074|percentage=1.64|change=-19.52}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=All India Trinamool Congress|candidate=Ranjit Shekhar Mooshahary|votes=17,537|percentage=1.43|change=+1.43}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sansuma Khunggur Bwiswmuthiary|votes=11,239|percentage=0.92|change=-47.88 }}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=18,183|percentage=1.49|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=355,779|percentage=29.07|change=+18.80}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,224,243|percentage=81.23|change=}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Independent (politician)

|loser = Bodoland People's Front

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

The Sentinel. [http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=187083&dtP=2014-03-28&ppr=1 16 candidates file nomination in Karimganj] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100520/http://www.sentinelassam.com/cachar/story.php?sec=2&subsec=12&id=187083&dtP=2014-03-28&ppr=1 |date=2015-09-24 }}

References

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See also

{{Lok Sabha constituencies of Assam}}

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Category:Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam

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