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 |
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| 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 |
Last Updated on August 06, 2021