Jalukbari (Assam) Assembly Constituency Elections

About Jalukbari Assembly Constituency

Jalukbari is constituency No. 51 of Assam legislative assembly. It is situated in Kamrup Metropolitan district. It comes under the Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency. It is an open constituency. According to the Election Commission of India, Jalukbari comprises 1,67,985 registered voters. It includes 85,214 male and 82,771 female registered voters.

Himanta Biswas Sarma won this seat for the third consecutive time when he clinched victory in the 2011 Assembly elections. Sarma has held the Jalukbari seat since 2001. He contested on Congress ticket and bagged 93,812 votes. He defeated his nearest contender by as many as 77,403 votes, that is, 59.48% of the total valid votes. BJP candidate Prodyut Kumar Bora, the nearest contender, got 16,409 votes. The voter turnout was 77.47 %. Interestingly, Sarma has since moved to the BJP and slated to fight the next elections on BJP ticket.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Jalukbari Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Jalukbari assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
2021	51	Jalukbari	GEN	Himanta Biswa Sarma.	M	BJP	130762	Ramen Chandra Borthakur	M	INC	28851
2016	51	Jalukbari	GEN	Himanta Biswa Sarma.	M	BJP	118390	Niren Deka	M	INC	32455
2011	51	Jalukbari	GEN	Himanta Biswa Sarma.	M	INC	93812	Prodyut Kumar Bora	M	BJP	16409
2006	51	Jalukbari	GEN	Himanta Biswa Sarma	M	INC	76948	Puspa Deka	M	AGP	34480
2001	51	Jalukbari	GEN	Himanta Biswa Sarma	M	INC	45054	Bhrigu Kumar Phukan	M	NCP	35035
1996	51	Jalukbari	GEN	Bhrigu Kumar Phukan	M	AGP	46446	Himanta Biswa Sarma	M	INC	29318
1991	51	Jalukbari	GEN	Bhrigu Kumar Phukan	M	NAGP	34599	Adil Shah	M	INC	14484
1985	51	Jalukbari	GEN	Bhrigu Kumar Phukan	M	IND	45086	Dwijendra Nath Sarma	M	INC	10289
1983	51	Jalukbari	GEN	Shah Jalal Ali	M	INC	3824	Kamal Das	M	CPM	1809
1978	51	Jalukbari	GEN	Lakhyadhar Choudhury	M	JNP	15294	Kamal Krishna Das	M	CPM	14093
1972	60	Jalukbari	GEN	Rebati Das	M	INC	8809	Ailen Medhi	M	IND	5764
1967	60	Jalukbari	GEN	S. Medhi	M	IND	14384	R.R. Das	M	INC	8967