Congress’s Gaurav Gogoi wins Jorhat Lok Sabha elections 2024, defeats BJP’s Topon Gogoi

Gaurav Gogoi vs Topon Gogoi, Jorhat Elections Result 2024: Gaurav Gogoi took on BJP's Topon Gogoi, who lost by the margin of 1,44,393 votes.

By: Express Web Desk
Updated: June 5, 2024 12:42 PM IST

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Jorhat Result 2024, Gaurav Gogoi vs Topon Gogoi: Jorhat Lok Sabha constituency will witness an electoral battle between BJP and Congress.

Jorhat Elections Result 2024: Congress candidate Gaurav Gogoi has won the Jorhat Lok Sabha seat in Assam, defeating his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rival Topon Gogoi by a substantial margin. Gaurav secured 7,51,771 votes, while Topon managed to garner 6,07,378 votes, thereby winning by a margin of 1,44,393 votes.

This was the first time the two-time MP Gaurav contested from Jorhat in upper Assam. Gaurav’s family’s pocket borough Kaliabor — it was represented for nearly three decades by his father and former Assam CM Tarun Gogoi, uncle Dip Gogoi, and then him — was redrawn, transformed, and renamed Kaziranga in last year’s delimitation of parliamentary and Assembly constituencies.

The contest has become a prestige battle, a two-way fight between Gaurav and sitting MP Topon Gogoi of the BJP. The BJP leader is also a former MLA of Sonari, one of the Assembly segments of the parliamentary seat.

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